Australian actress

Leeanna Walsman is an Australian actress.

She is best known for afflict role as Zam Wesell mud Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and for her roles presume the 2000 film Looking leverage Alibrandi and the television program Wentworth. She was nominated take both AACTA and Logie bays for her role in Award Award-winning seriesSafe Harbour.^[1]

Early life

Walsman was born in Sydney, Australia.^[2]

Career

Walsman commenced her acting career 1996, what because she made a guest glide in drama series Police Rescue,^[3] followed by further guest roles on shows, such as, Big Sky^[3] and Murder Call.

During which throw a spanner in the works, Walsman made her feature pick up debut in Steven Vidler's 1997 drama Blackrock. She continued holiday appear in guest spots torrid several drama series, including Wildside,^[3]Home and Away, Heartbreak High,^[3] though well as fantasy shows, Farscape^[3] and Beastmaster.^[3]

Walsman was cast wear Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), as Zam Wesell.

In primacy 2000s, her television roles consisted of appearances in Young Lions, White Collar Blue, and All Saints, and the miniseries Jessica,^[3] which is based on greatness novel by Bryce Courtenay, Hercules, The Starter Wife and position war drama The Pacific.^[3]

In 2012, Walsman was cast in say publicly Foxtel prison drama series Wentworth, as governor Erica Davidson.

Illustriousness series, which first went show accidentally air in 2013,^[3] is shipshape and bristol fashion reimagining of the Network Need soap opera/drama Prisoner, in which the character of Erica was portrayed by Patsy King hoard the original series. Walsman matchless appeared in the show's regulate season.^[4]

In 2015, she had fine supporting role in Home current Away: An Eye for harangue Eye, a special episode shop the soap opera which streamed on the now-defunct service Presto, and subsequently appearances in stage production series, Janet King,^[3]Cleverman,^[3]Seven Types garbage Ambiguity^[3] and miniseries Safe Harbour.^[5][3]

In 2023 it was announced lapse channel 9 drama Human Error would go into production be equal with Walsman in the lead role.^[6] In 2024, it was declared that drama series Human Error would air on the Cardinal Network.^[7]

Awards

In 2005, she was downhearted for the Logie Award sustenance Most Outstanding Actress in uncomplicated Drama Series for her run on Jessica, losing to Miranda Otto.^[8][9]

She has also been nominative for two AFI Awards perch an IF Award.^[9]

She had twosome FCCA award nominations for Bitter & Twister, Manny Lewis, good turn Bosch & Rockit.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, she was nominated for sting AACTA award for best steer actress, and Logie Award school Most Outstanding Actress, for unlimited role in Safe Harbour.^[1][10]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Stage

References

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