Credits
Lauren Koopowitz’s credits can be seen below, as well as via her Showcast and Casting Networks profiles, or are downloadable as a pdf CV.
The Bear Hunt (2025) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Lily Drummond
A young girl navigates fitting in, friendship and her place in the world while trying to fix her teddy bear, Coco.
Subject (2024) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Fraser Whitehead | Pistol Shrimp
The Subject of an inhumane scientific experiment is freed from their sensory confinement and allowed to experience the novel environment beyond.
★ WINNER – Best Performance (2024 South Australian Screen Awards)
The Land That Time Forgot (2024) | Feature Film | Lead
Dir. Anthony Frith | The Asylum (US)
Present-day survivors of a sunken naval vessel capture a Russian sub, only to find themselves stranded on an island filled with deadly, prehistoric creatures.
Kangaroo Island (2024) | Feature Film | Supporting
Dir. Timothy David Piper | Pouch Potato Productions
Forced to reunite with her sister as part of her father’s last wishes, a struggling Hollywood actress returns home to Kangaroo Island and confronts the love triangle that tore her family apart.
Wabi Sabi Rendezvous (2024) | Feature Film | Lead
Dir. Jordy Pollock
Old school friends Monika and Yael find themselves sharing a series of sun-dappled rendezvous as they contemplate heartbreak, art and the mysterious workings of fate.
Aced It! (2023) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Jasmin Watkins
Effie, an aro-ace woman, reluctantly attends her 10 year high school reunion only to rediscover that fitting in is still overrated
★ WINNER – Incredible Actress (2024 Young Australian Film Festival)
Mating Call (2023) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Stephanie Jaclyn | Like a Girl Productions
A single woman’s animalistic side is unlocked when she faces a nightmare: attending a garden party filled with couples.
Kick Ons (2023) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Charlie Alderson | House of Spaghetti
In this irreverent comedy, four twenty-something housemates drunkenly “kick-on” at their share-house after a big night out. Chaos ensues.
The Last Elephant on Earth (2022) | Short Film | Supporting
Dir. Johanis Lyons-Reid | Tallstoreez Productionz
When fifteen-year-old Elle brings up the elephant in the room – a ery meteor heading for Earth – her father denies the coming danger, preferring to follow the deranged advice of a child psychiatrist.
Downpour (2022) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Henry Reimer-Meaney & Tom Chalmers | Kickass Chick Flicks
Lou and Cleo weave through the maze of feelings that encompass their evolving relationship. In this flip-book of modern young love, their story is a downpour of everything all at once.
Deep Six (2022) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Fraser Whitehead | Pistol Shrimp
Two friends paddle out into a misty expanse to deal with a terrible incident.
The Bad Realms (2022) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Jeremy Kelly Bakker | We Made a Thing Studios
A young female apprentice starts work for the BRPA (Bad Realm Protection Agency), it’s a dangerous, weird and crazy profession but somebody has to do it.
Heavy Red (2021) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Aaron Schuppan | We Made a Thing Studios
Three friends in wine country must fight for survival when they find themselves on the menu for a group of rogue vampires
Box Knight (2021) | Video Game Trailer | Voice Acting
Dir. Jeremy Kelly Bakker | We Made a Thing Studios
A funny, silly and irreverent action RPG roguelike. A mix of ‘the Office’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ with a comic like aesthetic.
Spellbound (2020) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Aaron Schuppan | We Made a Thing Studios
A queer rom-com in which a forgetful and overly confident spell weaving witch tries to salvage a date with her magic to mixed results.
Carrie's Doing Great (2020) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Bryce Kraehenbuehl & Alex Salkicevic | Two Up Films
In this Cronenberg-esque horror; Carrie, an aspiring game developer discovers a ferocious conspiracy that the local neighbourhood watch are kidnapping the town’s creatives and turning them into mindless civil servants.
Ash Vlogs/IKWSI (2019) | Web Series/ARG | Lead | 15M+ Views
Dir. Danny Philippou & Anonymous| RackaRacka
Ash Vlogs is a murder mystery ARG (Augmented Reality Game) propagated through the internet by an enigmatic game master known as I Know Where She Is (usually referred to as IKWSI), centring around Ash – a bubbly YouTube personality.
Sunny Side Up (2018) | Short Film | Lead
Dir. Jason Yablon
A surreal dark comedy in which a young woman is stalked by a menacing figure armed with an unusual weapon.
Rabbit (2017) | Feature Film | Supporting
Dir. Luke Shanahan | Projector Films
After a vivid dream, Maude Ashton returns to Adelaide, certain she now knows the whereabouts of her missing twin sister.
Cosmogenesis Club (2017) | Short Film | Supporting
Dir. Connor McCarron | House of Spaghetti
A suburban mother is drawn into the world of alien abduction conspiracy theorists as she tries to understand her own extra-terrestrial experience.