Famous Actors/Actresses from Tasmania
Tassie is usually forgotten and even left off maps of Australia! But this peaceful green home has sprouted some great talent.
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Rachael Taylor grew up in Tasmania, Australia, with her parents Nigel and Christine Taylor. She began modelling during her teens, working for the Skye-Jilly International agency. She competed for Miss Teen Tasmania, as well as the Miss Universe/Miss World state finals. She moved to Sydney to further her modeling career as well as to pursue acting. She also began studying for a degree in History and Politics at the University of Sydney.
In 2004, she landed her first acting role in the television movie The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004). After performing several roles, she left her studies to play a regular role on the Australian drama Headland (2005). She won a Logie Award for her performance as Most Popular New Female Talent. Her breakthrough role came in Transformers (2007) when she played Maggie Madsen.From Launceston- Actor
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Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia's prestigious Logie award for Most Popular New Talent. Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film L.A. Confidential (1997).From Launceston- Jason was first introduced to worldwide audiences as Logan Fowler in the hit TV series Baywatch, a Show viewed by a billion people across 142 countries. After 3 years on the show he walked away from Hollywood, and returned to stage school to study theatre, to complete his training with renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner. He has taken on controversial roles both on stage & screen, including Greg Araki's film Nowhere with Christina Applegate and Heather Graham, the much acclaimed Eroica, directed by Paul Warner, Adam Meggido 's The End of the Sentence, Mad Cow Girl directed by Greg Hatanaka, and Greek Directed by Australian actor and director Marcus Graham, at the Power House Theatre in New Farm Qld. Sharknado bought Tasmanian born actor Jaason Simmons back into the international spotlight. He has presently four movies in pre-production. The upcoming projects like Jason are diverse. A new Australian Sci Fy series 3010 where he will play a futuristic Super Soldier. A comedy with British comic genus John Cleese. An Australian drama based on the true life story of underground free style flightier Zane Dirani. A thriller to be shot in the state of Georgia. And lastly Jason will be co hosting an Australian produced Environmental Documentary about our Oceans and how that impacts the consumer.From Hobart
Known for Baywatch and Sharknado. - Actress
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Esther Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia in Lambs of God, and the role of Ellen Kelly in Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang.From Hobart
Known for Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions, The Babadook and Season 6 of Game of Thrones.- Actor
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Errol Flynn was born to parents Theodore Flynn, a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman. Young Flynn was a rambunctious child who could be counted on to find trouble. Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school in which he was enrolled. In his late teens he set out to find gold, but instead found a series of short lived odd jobs. Information is sketchy, however the positions of police constable, sanitation engineer, treasure hunter, sheep castrator, ship-master for hire, fisherman, and soldier seem to be among his more reputable career choices. Staying one jump ahead of the law and jealous husbands forced Flynn to England. He took up acting, a pastime he had previously stumbled into when asked to play (ironically) Fletcher Christian in a film called In the Wake of the Bounty (1933). Flynn's natural athletic talent and good looks attracted the attention of Warner Brothers and soon he was off to America. His luck held when he replaced Robert Donat in the title role of Captain Blood (1935). He quickly rocketed to stardom as the undisputed king of adventure films, a title inherited from Douglas Fairbanks, though which remains his to this day. Onscreen, he was the freedom loving rebel, a man of action who fought against injustice and won the hearts of damsels in the process. His off-screen passions; drinking, fighting, boating and sex, made his film escapades seem pale. His love life brought him considerable fame, three statutory rape trials, and a lasting memorial in the expression "In like Flynn". Serious roles eluded him, and as his lifestyle eroded his youthful good looks, his career declined. Troubles with lawsuits and the IRS plagued him at this time, eroding what little money he had saved. A few good roles did come his way late in life, however, these were usually that of aging alcoholic, almost mirror images of Flynn. Regardless of any perceived similarity; he was making a name as a serious actor before his death.From Hobart
Considered to be the greatest portrayal of Robin Hood in cinema.- Actress
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Tara Morice was born on 23 June 1964 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Strictly Ballroom (1992), Dance Academy (2010) and Oranges and Sunshine (2010).From Hobart
Known for Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge.- Actor
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Best known as the voice of David Archer in the BBC Radio series, The Archers, which he has played since 1982, Tim is also an accomplished stage, film, radio and television actor. From the swashbuckling Tom Lacey in the 80s series By The Sword Divided to starring with David Jason in 2012's The Royal Bodyguard, he has recently featured in Twenty Twelve, The Politician's Husband, East Enders, Lucan, Gangsta Granny and played the Home Secretary in the BBC spy series, The Game. He starred as a bank robber in the short film, Locked Up which won Best Short Film at the 2014 Lanzarote Film Festival.
He is a top voice artist and dubbing specialist, also an inventor, writer, travel journalist, computer programmer and musician. He went to Harrow, University of East Anglia, and trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
In 2012 he won Celebrity Mastermind, (specialist subject Winnie the Pooh), beat Judith Keppel head-to-head in Celebrity Eggheads, then defeated Linford Christie and and the tallest couple in Britain in Pointless Celebrities!
Besides broadcasting to 5 million listeners daily in The Archers, he is the voice of James Bond in The World Is Not Enough computer game, Victor Saltzpyre in the video game Vermintide, and for 15 years was strangely familiar to Londoners as the voice of "Mind The Gap" on the Piccadilly Line.
In 2017 he published his autobiography, "Being David Archer - And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living".
In 2018 he was made MBE for Services to Drama, receiving his award from the Prince of Wales.
He lives in London with his wife Judy, a leading hat designer, and has two sons, Will and Jasper.Somewhere in Woop Woop on a Sheep Station
Known for Gnomeo and Juliet, Enigma, 101 Dalmatians 2 and a lot of english theatre.- Joan Marion was born on 28 September 1908 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She was an actress, known for Footsteps in the Sand (1939), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Double Wedding (1933). She was married to Louis De Rouet. She died on 5 November 2001 in Sheringham, Norfolk, England, UK.From Launceston
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Cleo Massey was born on 19 November 1993 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for H2O: Just Add Water (2006), Shaz and Trace (2014) and The Bureau of Magical Things (2018). She has been married to Luke Dempsey-Ceh since 12 November 2021. They have one child.From Launceston- Actress
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Alison Whyte was born in Tasmania, Australia. She is known for Satisfaction (2007), Breaking News (1994) and Good Guys Bad Guys (1997). She is married to Fred Whitlock. They have two children.- Actress
Jessica Green: Blessed with beauty and striking blue eyes, the 5'9 actress was born in Tasmania, Australia on 11 February 1993. From a young age she expressed interest in the film and television industries, appearing in small parts in films such as Peter Pan (Universal Pictures) and Aqua Marine (Fox). In 2013, Jessica landed her first major lead role and filmed 26 Episodes as "KIKI" in the Jonathon M. Shiff production LIGHTNING POINT (AKA Alien Surf Girls). The role required her to surf and ride horses. She went on to film the Australian action-thriller RED BILLABONG (Sparke Films) in 2016, playing one of the lead roles, 'Rebecca'; she also appeared in the films RISE (Vision Pictures) and PIRATES OF CARIBBEAN: Dead men tell no tales (Disney). In 2017 Jessica landed the iconic role of Cleopatra in ROMAN EMPIRE (Netflix) and the role of Lexx in ASH VS EVIL DEAD (Starz). In 2018 she Landed the worldwide search for the lead role of 'TALON' in THE OUTPOST - a fantasy adventure series which aired on The CW Network & NBCU SYFY channels. The series hails from Electric Entertainment, executive produced by Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner. The series has been successful and has continued with its 2nd and 3rd seasons filming in Serbia from 2019 to 2020. This role capitalizes on Jessica's love for action with her mixed martial arts, horse riding, weapon skills and athletic abilities enabling her to also do her own stunts and wire work and thoroughly embody the strong female character. Jessica prides herself on her authenticity, charm and fierce dedication to her craft an inspiring role model for many.- Jason was first introduced to worldwide audiences as Logan Fowler in the hit TV series Baywatch, a Show viewed by a billion people across 142 countries. After 3 years on the show he walked away from Hollywood, and returned to stage school to study theatre, to complete his training with renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner. He has taken on controversial roles both on stage & screen, including Greg Araki's film Nowhere with Christina Applegate and Heather Graham, the much acclaimed Eroica, directed by Paul Warner, Adam Meggido 's The End of the Sentence, Mad Cow Girl directed by Greg Hatanaka, and Greek Directed by Australian actor and director Marcus Graham, at the Power House Theatre in New Farm Qld. Sharknado bought Tasmanian born actor Jaason Simmons back into the international spotlight. He has presently four movies in pre-production. The upcoming projects like Jason are diverse. A new Australian Sci Fy series 3010 where he will play a futuristic Super Soldier. A comedy with British comic genus John Cleese. An Australian drama based on the true life story of underground free style flightier Zane Dirani. A thriller to be shot in the state of Georgia. And lastly Jason will be co hosting an Australian produced Environmental Documentary about our Oceans and how that impacts the consumer.From Hobart
- Michael Siberry was born in 1956 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He is an actor, known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Jessica Jones (2015) and Under the Hammer (1993).From Hobart
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Hannah Gadsby was born on 12 January 1978 in Smithton, Tasmania, Australia. Hannah is a writer and actor, known for Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (2020), Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) and Please Like Me (2013). Hannah has been married to Jenney Shamash since January 2021.From Smithton- Robert Grubb was born on 31 January 1950 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He is an actor, known for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Gallipoli (1981) and My Brilliant Career (1979).From Hobart