Belinda Giblin

Giblin was born in Tamworth, New South Wales to Phyllis and Ted. She has two older brothers Ted Jnr. and Graham, and a younger sister Allison. Her father Ted was a doctor at the Tamworth Base Hospital. Her mother ran the dramatic society, and acted and directed in productions. Giblin later recalled that her first stage role was playing Buttons in Cinderella, a school play. "It was the first in a string of boy roles I played throughout my childhood." She was offered a scholarship to the Australian Ballet School when she was 17, but chose to study arts at the University of Sydney. She then studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, before leaving after a year to practise her craft. In 2015 she told Cassie Tongue at AussieTheatre.Com that 'the first professional acting work I did was playing young boy roles for ABC radio.' ==Career==

Giblin appeared in the risqué, satirical 1970s soap opera The Box as Kay Webster, originally played by Rowena Wallace. Giblin was cast in the role because of her resemblance to Wallace. Giblin featured in numerous series made by Crawford Productions, over a 12-year period early in her career. These included Matlock Police, Since 2013, she has also guest starred in The Horizon, a gay shortform web series on YouTube, as Wilma (the drag queen's) mother. In 2015, Giblin received acclaim and a nomination for Best Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards for her role as Stella Goldschlag in Blonde Poison in a range of performances across Australia. The Gail Lowe play is a one-woman show about a Jewish woman who became a Nazi collaborator during World War II. On 9 February 2026, Giblin was named in the cast for the Australian tour for Steel Magnolias. Giblin also works as a corporate trainer. ==Personal life==

Giblin has been married to Axel Bartz (a set designer) since around 1984. She was performing in a theatre production Bedroom Farce when it came to Adelaide and Bartz was the resident designer of the Adelaide Theatre Company. She has two children, Romy and Nicholas, and lives in Leichhardt. Her father-in-law was in the German music corps. ==Filmography==