Meredith O’Reilly


Meredith has been a professional entertainer for over 30 years. She played Grandma Addams inThe Addams Family( directed by Tony Award-Winner, Jerry Zaks). She was nominated for Helpmann & Green Room Awards for her role Hold Me-Touch Me in Mel Brooks’ The Producers and was nominated for a Glugs Award playing Sylvia St Croix in Ruthless. More recently she was in Opera Australia’s productions of My Fair Lady (directed by Dame Julie Andrews, u/study Mrs Higgins) &The Sound Of Music (u/study Frau Schmidt which she played for 6 weeks in Sydney). Other highlights include Les Miserables (directed by Gale Edwards), Love Never Dies (directed by Simon Phillips & Graeme Murphy, u/study Mme Giry), Hello Dolly! (directed by Tony Award-Winner, Christopher Renshaw), Chess (u/study Florence), The Rocky Horror Show (Magenta Alternate). She appeared in Gypsy (directed by Nancye Hayes, Tessie Tura) and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Smitty), both for Melbourne’s The Production Company. She played principal roles in the Australian productions Karaoke the Musical, Life Force and King Of The Air (in concert at City Recital Hall, Sydney). She is the vocalist of the Big Band, Horns Plus and her jazz duo Mood Indigo performed all over Sydney in corporate & music venues for five years as did her later jazz quintet, The Mezzanines. Meredith’s cabaret, Curtains, about her showbiz ups and downs was seen at Sydney’s Glen St Theatre, Q Theatre & The Bondi Cabaret Festival in 2019/20. In 2021-2022 Meredith performed 3 sold out cabarets at Claire’s Kitchen. She has appeared in TV dramas, commercials, corporate films and voiceovers. She’s hosted radio shows & also narrated audio books for Vision Australia for 10 years.