Biography
Hayley McElhinney (born 12 September 1974) is an Australian stage, film and television actress. Graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1999, McElhinney has performed around Australia and in the United States with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Black Swan Theatre Company, Perth Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company. She was nominated for a Helpmann Award in 2007 and was a core member of Sydney Theatre Company's Actor's Company ensemble from 2006 – 2008. She pla...
Known For
Complete Filmography
How to Please a Woman
2022
as Hayley
When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself...
Rams
2020
as May
In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal ill...
Hearts and Bones
2019
as Josie Avril
A shell-shocked photojournalist, haunted by what he has witnessed on assignment in Africa, returns home on the eve of becoming a father. When one of h...
The Gateway
2018
as Ruth
A particle physicist grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash uses a revolutionary machine to bring him back, with dire consequences for h...
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
2015
A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.
The Babadook
2014
as Claire
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sini...
Redd Inc.
2012
as Sheena O'Leary
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by a demented, escaped serial killer; former regional manager Thomas Reddmann. He assi...
Pig
2011
as Mother
A young boy wakes one morning to find his mother crying. He takes his father's rifle from the shed and sets off into the bush. "Pig" tells the story o...
City Loop
2000
as Katie
City Loop tells the story of six young people who work in a pizzeria, as they struggle to comes to terms with boredom, fear of responsibility and pizz...
Proclivitas
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as Officer Tara
A former addict rekindles a past romance, awakening painful memories and a terrifying demon determined to possess her.