---
name: "Janelle Bailey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janelle-bailey"
fi1m_id: "janelle-bailey"
imdb_id: "nm8238080"
tmdb_id: 1644278
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T08:35:36.437081+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Janelle Bailey

## Identity

Janelle Bailey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janelle-bailey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janelle-bailey
- **IMDb ID:** nm8238080
- **TMDB ID:** 1644278
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8238080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1644278

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8238080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1644278

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Shallows*](https://film.one/film/the-shallows.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Janelle Bailey-Moore is an Australian actor based in Brisbane. She has trained extensively with acting teachers in Australia and internationally, and has worked across theatre, film and television.

Her screen credits include the role of Mother in *The Shallows* (2016), Mrs Mulgrew in *Harrow* (2018) and Liam's Mum in *Swimming for Gold* (2020). Theatre work includes *Rabbit Hole*, *The Normal Heart*, *The Father* and *Romeo and Juliet*. In 2021 she served as stand-in and picture double for Julia Roberts on *Ticket to Paradise*.

She received a Matilda Award for Best Supporting Actor for her performance as Dr Emma Brookner in *The Normal Heart* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Shallows* (2016), Fi1m 82, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shallows.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ruff and Ruby* (2025), series, as Piper Paddington
- *Emmi* (2021), as Kate
- *The Rise of Billy Jones* (2021), as Beatrice Jones
- *Swimming for Gold* (2020), as Liam's Mum
- *Harrow* (2018), series, as Mrs. Mulgrew
- *The Shallows* (2016), as Mother — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shallows.md)
- *Patched*, as Ruth

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