Richard Roxburgh is playing Grigory Orlov, a former lover of the 18th Century Russian Empress in the HBO/Sky UK miniseries Catherine the Great.
Screenwriter Tony McNamara is Australia's lone individual nominee for this year's Oscars, with Margot Robbie missing out in the lead actress category and instead recognised as a producer on 'Barbie', which is up for Best Motion Picture.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perke, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany and Jan Sardi were among the recipients of the 52nd annual AWGIE Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, and Kodi Smit-McPhee have will carry local hopes in the film categories at January's Golden Globes, while Sarah Snook and producer Tony McNamara will fly the flag in the television awards.
Tony McNamara has reunited with 'The Favourite' director Yorgos Lanthimos for an adaptation of Scottish author Alasdair Gray's Victorian-set satire 'Poor Things', about a fully grown woman who has been implanted with the mind of an infant.
Warwick Thornton's screenplay for The New Boy and Colin and Cameron Cairnes' screenplay for Late Night with the Devil have both been nominated for the $30,000 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting through the 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Award.
Shaun Grant made it three wins in three years at Tuesday's AWGIE Awards, collecting the original feature prize for 'Nitram' to go with his previous film adaptation wins for 'Penguin Bloom' and 'The True History of the Kelly Gang'.