1985 Penguin Certificate of Commendation for Prisoner
2007 Sydney Theatre Award for Billy Elliot
2008 Helpmann Award for Billy Elliot
2009 Green Room Award for Billy Elliot
Lemon began her acting with the Leichhardt-based amateur theatre company, The Rocks Players in inner city Sydney. Her professional career began on TV in 1982 with a minor role in Sons and Daughters, followed shortly after with a larger role as Nurse Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors.
1985 Penguin Certificate of Commendation for Prisoner
On 21 January 2008 she won Best Actress in a Musical award at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards. Lemon won a 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical for her role in Billy Elliot the Musical.
Lemon has worked extensively for a number of major state theatre companies in Australia. She played in the stage production Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Musical as Shirley, the barmaid and owner of the Broken Hill Hotel.
In 2015 she played the role of Mae McSwiney in the film The Dressmaker opposite Kate Winslet.
