HANNAH BELANSZKY is a writer, actor and Yuwaalaraay woman based in Sydney. She is the recipient of the 2025 Balnaves Fellowship with Belvoir St Theatre, which has long been recognised as one of the most prestigious playwriting awards in Australia. Her debut mainstage play don’t ask what the bird look like (2023) premiered at Queensland Theatre, was shortlisted for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting, and was a finalist for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award as well as the Lord Mayor’s Award for Best New Australian Work. Her play Saplings (2024) premiered at Australian Theatre for Young People as part of Sydney Festival and will have a national tour including the Sydney Opera House in 2026. Hannah wrote, directed and performed in The Wives of Wolfgang (2017), which won Best Cabaret at the Adelaide Fringe weekly awards and has also been performed at Fringe World Perth and Brisbane Powerhouse. Hannah has also been in writers’ rooms for Jungle Entertainment, Matchbox Pictures, See-Saw Films, Bunya Productions and New Canvas. She has also worked as a Development Coordinator for Unless Pictures, and was selected for the 2022 Netflix ANZ Writer’s Journey Lab in partnership with Australians in Film.

Hannah is currently working on a number of projects, including 2025 commissions for Griffin Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, and Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).