Celeste Dodwell

Celeste Dodwell is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role as Melody Jones on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and has since appeared in a range of film, television and stage roles.

Early life and education

Dodwell was born to A Country Practice actor Grant Dodwell and shoe designer Sian Dodwell,.
She attended Mosman High School in Mosman, New South Wales. She topped the state in drama in her HSC, and at age 18, found out she had scored a role in Home and Away just three days after her final high school exam.

Career

Dodwell joined the soap opera Home and Away as Melody Jones in March 2008. It was reported that she was leaving in 2009 to study drama in London. She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2013. In 2014, she appeared with Felicity Kendal in a UK tour of Hay Fever as Jackie.
In 2016, she appeared in the fifth series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife as Roseanne Dawley, a role in which The Daily Telegraph said Dodwell did "a fine job" of representing a young mother with post-natal depression.
Her film roles have included Allied alongside Brad Pitt, Cyrano with Peter Dinklage and the 2022 Bill Nighy film Living.
In 2022, she appeared as Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, London. On 8 September 2022, the production was filmed and broadcast live for cinemas. That year, she also appeared as Joanne in season three of Atlanta.
In 2023, Dodwell could be seen in Paramount+ thriller The Castaways alongside Sheridan Smith. That year, she was also cast in the second series of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Amazon Prime Video.