Ra Chapman

Ra Chapman is a Korean-Australian writer and actor whose work spans film, television, and theatre. Recognized as one of IF Magazine's 2024 Rising Talents, Ra garnered a 2025 Australian Writers Guild (AWGIE) Award nomination for her TV comedy series White Fever, which she created, wrote, and starred in. The series is streaming on ABC iView. Ra is an alumnus of the Besen Writers Group at Malthouse Theatre and the recipient of the 2018 Hot Desk Fellowship from the Wheeler Centre. Her play K-Box earned the 2021 Patrick White Playwright Award and had its debut at Malthouse Theatre in 2022 to critical acclaim. Ra's work in television also includes SBS horror series Night Bloomers, which earned her another Australian Writers Guild (AWGIE) Award nomination. Ra won the Best Actress Award at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival for her role as Therese in David Williamson's film adaptation of Face To Face, and was nominated for an IF Award for Best Actress for the same performance. Ra has filmed five seasons of the award-winning Foxtel Series Wentworth, reprising her role as prisoner Kim Chang, and will star alongside D'Arcy Carden and Will Forte in the upcoming Stan series Sunny Nights