Marina Finlay

Marina Finlay is a former Australian actress.

Biography

Finlay was born in 1961, in Sydney, and is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art. She learned to paint from Judy Cassab, for whom she was a model for 30 years.
She began her career as an actor who played notable roles in television soap operas – Lucy Dunlop in The Young Doctors, Elizabeth Drysdale in Taurus Rising, Lainie Dobson in Prisoner and Laura Banning in Sons and Daughters.
In 1990, Finlay left acting to be a painter. She has had several portraits in the Portia Geach [Memorial Award]. In 2006, her portrait of Hugo Weaving was hung in the Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés. In List of [Archibald Prize 2018 finalists|2018], she was an Archibald Prize finalist for her portrait of Peter and Susan O'Doherty, and their cat Coco.
Also in 2018, she was the subject of the portrait by another Archibald Prize finalist, Karyn Zamel. Finlay is also the subject of a portrait by Zamel which was a finalist in the 2016 Portia Geach Memorial Award.