Ailsa Piper is an Australian writer, director and performer. She worked as an actress in theatre and television from the early 1980s until 2000. She made her first appearance on TV in 1984 in Man of Letters. She is most famous for playing Ruth Wilkinson in the soap opera Neighbours

Neighbours

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...

 from 1996 until 1999. She reprised the role in a cameo for the series 20th anniversary in 2005.

As a writer, she has written for ABC children's radio, for the theatre and some journalism. In 2000 she was a co-winner of the Patrick White Playwrights' Award

Patrick White Playwrights' Award

The Patrick White Playwrights' Award is an annual Australian literary award established jointly by the Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald in honour of Patrick White's contribution to Australian theatre...

 for her drama Small Mercies.

She has directed for Red Stitch, the Melbourne Theatre Conmpany, the VCA, WAAPA and Shy Tiger Productions. Her production of The Night Season was nominated for a Greenroom Award for direction.

She has been married to Australian television actor, Peter Curtin

Peter Curtin

Peter Curtin is an Australian television actor. He has been married to Ailsa Piper since 1987.-Filmography:*Winner Take All *Bluey as Blair Thompson /Dave Brown *Skyways as David Kerridge*Blood Money as Dan...

, since 1987.

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