Genevieve Lemon

Genevieve Lemon is an Australian singer and actress who has appeared in a number of soap operas. Her best known roles are as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours. She showed her comedic and singing talents in the televised revue show Three Men and a Baby Grand.

Early life

Lemon began her acting with the Leichhardt-based amateur theater company, The Rocks Players in inner city Sydney. Her professional career began on TV in 1982 with a minor role in "Sons and Daughters", followed shortly after with a larger role as Nurse Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors.

Films and music

Lemon has also appeared in a number of films directed by Jane Campion – Sweetie, The Piano and Holy Smoke!. She also appeared as Bunny, in Campion's miniseries Top of the Lake. She played in the stage production Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Musical as Shirley, the barmaid and owner of the Broken Hill Hotel.

Her first CD, with her band, is called Angels in the City. It is a live recording of a concert she performed in the Studio at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Singing around the House series.