Monica Sayers
- Actress
- Director
- Make-up Department
Monica Sayers is a proud Australian born Chinese artist working as an actor, voiceover, yoga teacher and DJ.
Having studied at Actors Centre Australia & ATYP, Monica continued her training at NIDA, graduating with a Bachelor in Dramatic Arts in 2004.
Over the years she has worked extensively across different mediums including TV's - The Last Anniversary (director John Polson executive producer Nicole Kidman) The Messenger, The Unlisted, Rake, Love My Way, Last Man Standing, All Saints, The Royal (UK) and The Clinic (IRE). She has featured in countless commercials, corporate and training videos, short films and voiceovers. In 2022 Monica recorded her first audiobook Raised By Wolves, an autobiography by Jess Ho, accounting her life in the hospitality industry and growing up in a migrant family in suburban Melbourne.
Monica's main theatre highlights are Romeo and Juliet (Bell Shakespeare) Chimerica and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Hugo Weaving (Sydney Theatre Co) Hay Fever with Marina Prior (Melbourne Theatre Company) Moon Rabbit Rising (Belvoir 25A) Let The Right One In (Darlinghurst Theatre) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes the musical (Hayes Theatre)
Monica is now moving into directing pieces for stage and screen. Last year she acted and co-directed a short film In A Moment, a Seb Berry production and this year will direct the Diploma Stage and Screen course students at Nida in a 40min stage performance in early April. Last month saw Monica direct an excerpt from Eric Jiang's play Noodle Salad, to celebrate Lunar New Year, produced by Slanted Theatre and Nation Theatre of Parramatta part of the Dragon Tales Festival.
Over the years she has worked extensively across different mediums including TV's - The Last Anniversary (director John Polson executive producer Nicole Kidman) The Messenger, The Unlisted, Rake, Love My Way, Last Man Standing, All Saints, The Royal (UK) and The Clinic (IRE). She has featured in countless commercials, corporate and training videos, short films and voiceovers. In 2022 Monica recorded her first audiobook Raised By Wolves, an autobiography by Jess Ho, accounting her life in the hospitality industry and growing up in a migrant family in suburban Melbourne.
Monica's main theatre highlights are Romeo and Juliet (Bell Shakespeare) Chimerica and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Hugo Weaving (Sydney Theatre Co) Hay Fever with Marina Prior (Melbourne Theatre Company) Moon Rabbit Rising (Belvoir 25A) Let The Right One In (Darlinghurst Theatre) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes the musical (Hayes Theatre)
Monica is now moving into directing pieces for stage and screen. Last year she acted and co-directed a short film In A Moment, a Seb Berry production and this year will direct the Diploma Stage and Screen course students at Nida in a 40min stage performance in early April. Last month saw Monica direct an excerpt from Eric Jiang's play Noodle Salad, to celebrate Lunar New Year, produced by Slanted Theatre and Nation Theatre of Parramatta part of the Dragon Tales Festival.
