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Jillian is appearing in an up and coming comedy 'planking' commercial for Internet provider Superloop through production company Hooves.

Jilly's voice features in the NZ seniors Funeral Insurance commercial in 2024 for Eardrum Sydney directed by Ralph Van Dijk.

Jillian played the role of Marya at The Eternity Playhouse in electro pop opera Natasha & Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 for Darlinghurst Theatre Co. in Sydney 2023 - awarded 4 stars in time out. She received excellent reviews. Jilly performed the role of Marya and drummed the score as her when not on stage.

Jilly has formed an alliance WithinBeyond with artist Greer Taylor - 'to invite curiosity, reconnecting humanity to nature and the heart of ourselves'. They were awarded the CASP CREATE NSW grant to develop the storyboard for their short film coevolution written/designed by Greer Taylor, conceptualised/directed by Jilly with filmmaker Harry Kielly.  A teaser of the completed storyboard work was presented and very well received by the public and SCA at the end of March 2023. Jilly and Greer intend to go into pre-production and production with funding.

WithinBeyond presented it's debut multi media immersion 'happening' - veiling; grief and delight November 19 2022, which launched Greer Taylor's poetry book of that title, featuring their short film for a long time. It had a live cast on stage, sound, film, photography, original music and movement. It celebrated a full house and was well received with books sold out on the night. Jilly voiced the character of Mother Earth at this event. It's being launched on line in 2024.

Jilly played lead role Dorothy in The Griffin Theatre Co. 2022 hit black comedy play by Melissa Bubnic Ghosting The Party. She features in on line platforms for Australian Theatre Live's recording of this production. The production directed by Andrea James received 4.5 stars from The Sydney Morning Herald and Jilly received favourable reviews with her strong female cast, Belinda Giblin and Amy Hack.

Jillian is also the comic kiwi character Teresa in a new web series for Arena Media shot in June 2021, directed by Ainslie Clouston, starring/written by Helen Dallimore and Simon Burke, due for release 2024.

Jilly plays Constable Janine on Victoria MacIntyre's feature Film 'The Flood' released in cinemas 2020 and streams on 'Stan'. 

Jilly played  the 'voice of reason' for main character Ruby Tuesday and created the live vocal soundscape to a new Australian play Safety Nets written by Sarah Butler, supported by Shark Island and The ARTSLAB Kangaroo Valley. It performed February 2022 at The ARTSLAB and March 7-12 at The Adelaide Fringe Fest in the historic Bakehouse Theatre. The show was co-produced/directed by Sarah and Jilly. It received 5 stars from The Adelaide Advertiser.

 Jillian’s numerous TV credits include Rake, Cold Feet, All Saints, Home and Away, Water Rats, Small Claims and Come in Spinner plus several commercials in Australia and the UK, including starring as the comic lead in her RAA Storm on line and Australian networks, spots for the UK’s Channel 4 3D, BBC Radio 2 and Hurricane Media UK.  Jilly plays the lead Mum in IKEA's spring commercial. Film credits include, The Flood,  The Three Stooges, Walking on Water, Dead Letter Office and the UK indie Diana Clone.  Jillian is the voice of the Narrator, Bluebird , Big Brown Bear and Mother Deer for SLR Productions' award winning animation series two  Guess How Much I Love You, playing on ABC Kids TV /ABC IView and international networks. She features on their Easter and Christmas Specials also.  Jilly's with Trackdown Digital at Fox in Sydney on the animation Nate is Late which is on air on Channel 9, France One and German networks. She voices Violet, Melanie, Nate's Mum and a warrior mermaid called Hydra to name a few of her 12 characters. 

Rabobank NZ features Jillian's Kiwi voice on their online training through I & G Studios Sydney.

Her Australian and International theatre credit/ highlights include Ghosting the Party  Griffin Theatre Co. 2022, The Great Comet of 1812 Darlinghurst Theatre Co., 2023, Safety Nets, The Turn of the Screw, for The ARTSLAB 2020, The Maitland and Morpeth String Quartet' 2019 with The Sydney Acacia String Quartet, by Nick Enright, for 'Arts in The Valley Festival', 2017 The Way of All Fish , the 2016 Songs about Girls and their Fingertips, the 2015 Tempting Morsels for the ARTSLAB, A Brave New World Scandinavian/European Tour, Oliver Twist European/Asia tour and A Christmas Carol (TNT Britain/ADG Europe) Dinnerladies (No.1 UK tour for The Comedy Theatre Co), Wildboyz (Robert Warner Productions ) Elgiva Theatre UK, Beautiful Bodies (Leicester Square Theatre) for Six in the City, History of Theatre (UK tour for Traffic of the Stage) Hugh Jackman’s The Boy from Oz (National Arena tour as Valerie and Judy Garland cover for Chrissy Amphlett, directed by Kenny Ortega) The Witches of Eastwick as Eudora and performed Jane cover for Marina Prior, The Misanthrope (Belvoir) Cyrano de Bergerac, Simpatico, Dead White Males, Juno and the Paycock (Sydney Theatre Company) The Tempest (Bell Shakespeare) and Dear World (Opera Australia).