Mabel Li

Vitals

Gender
Female
Pronoun
she/they
Age Range
16 - 26
Ethnicity
Chinese, Asian
Base Location
Sydney
Hair
Black
Eye
Dark Brown
Memberships
M.E.A.A
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Agent

Agent
Sue Barnett & Associates
Phone

Feature Photo
Mabel Li
Feature Clip

Credits

2025

Television
Hannah Garton
Careless
Easy Tiger / Synchronicity Films
Stevie Cruz-Martin
Television
Aunt Vidala
The Testaments
MGM
Mike Barker

2024

Television
Jenny
He Had It Coming
Jungle Entertainment
Rachel House, Anne Renton
Theatre
Jess
Cost of Living
Melbourne Theatre Company
Anthea Williams
Television
Cynthia Alice
Bay of Fires (Series 2)
Archipelago Productions & Fremantle Media Australia
Jonathan Brough, Jocelyn Moorhouse
Theatre
Niamh
Never Closer
Belvoir, Company B
Hannah Goodwin

2023

Theatre
Nina
The Seagull
Sydney Theatre Company
Imara Savage
Television
Pieta
Erotic Stories
Lingo Pictures
Various
Theatre
Sabrina
Miss Peony
Belvoir, Company B
Courtney Stewart

2022

Theatre
Niamh
Never Closer
25A Belvoir St Theatre
Hannah Goodwin
Short Film
Penny
Voice Activated
Spaceboy Pty Ltd/Mad Ones Films
Television
Jenny
Safe Home (Mini-series)
Kindling Pictures / SBS
Stevie Cruz-Martin

2021

Television
Cheung Lei
New Gold Mountain (Mini-series)
Goalpost Television for SBS
Corrie Chen

2020

Web Series
Ruby
The Tailings
For SBS - Liz Doran Productions, 2 Jons, Roar Film
Stevie Cruz-Martin
Theatre
Performer
Delilah by the Hour
Brand X
Claudia Osborne

2019

Theatre
The Nurturer
Pool (no Water)
NIDA
Benjamin Schostakowski
Voice Over
Antidote Festival Campaign
Sydney Opera House
Short Film
Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl
Muse
The Revolt
Joanna Joy
Theatre
Ivy
Goldilocks
NIDA
Michael Gow

2018

Theatre
Lulu
Lulu: A Modern Sex Tragedy
NIDA
Claudia Osborne
Theatre
Mabel/ Momo/ Arkardina
Ah, Tuzenbach: A Melancholic Cabaret
NIDA
Oleg Glushkov

2017

Theatre
Mabel
The Bacchae
NIDA
Shannan Ely

2015

Theatre
Mary
D.N.A
Seymour Centre
Bel Simon

Training

2017 - 2019
NIDA
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)

Skills & Attributes

Natural Accent
Australian
Accents
American Standard, Cantonese, Chinese, English, Mandarin, Irish
Languages
Mandarin, Yue (Cantonese)
Hair Style
Straight
Instrumental
Piano / Keyboard
Dance
Hip Hop
Drivers Licences
Car

Media

Public Media
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Photos


Notes

Mabel will be starring in the upcoming Hulu, MGM TV series, THE TESTAMENTS, opposite Ann Dowd, the highly anticipated sequel to the hit show, THE HANDMAID’S TALE. You can also see her in the SBS mini-series, SAFE HOME, for which she received a Silver Logie Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress and HE HAD IT COMING on Stan. Mabel is a 2019 NIDA graduate from the BFA Acting course. She made her television debut in two SBS shows, NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN, and 2021 AACTA award winning web series, THE TAILINGS. She was nominated for a Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress and won an Asian Academy award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Goalpost Pictures’ NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN. More recently she appeared in Lingo Pictures’ EROTIC STORIES, also for SBS, and the second series of BAY OF FIRES for the ABC. Their work in film also includes art installation Trechikoff’s Chinese Girl. In theatre she made her debut at Belvoir St Theatre in Michelle Law’s MISS PEONY, originating the role of Sabrina. Her other theatre credits include NEVER CLOSER (dir. Hannah Goodwin) with Belvoir, originating the role of Niamh, Nina in THE SEAGULL (dir. Imara Savage) with Sydney Theatre Company and most recently COST OF LIVING (dir. Anthea Williams) with Melbourne Theatre Company. Mabel was a 2021 finalist for the prestigious Heath Ledger Scholarship, the recipient of the 2019/2020 BBM Youth Award Scholarship for Drama and a recipient of the CGA Rising Star Award for 2022.