Tamasin Ramsay

Tamasin Ramsay
Born 1967?
Occupation Actress, anthropologist
Website
http://tamasinramsay.com/

Tamasin Ramsay (born 1967 ?) is an Australian actress and anthropologist, having received her PhD from Monash University in 2009. Tamasin resides in Melbourne, Australia and travels regularly to New York (USA) and Rajasthan (India)[1] in the service of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.

Acting career

Her parents are Robin Ramsay and Barbara Ramsay (actress and critically acclaimed writer). Her paternal great-grandfather was William Ramsay, the originator of Kiwi shoe polish. As a child she worked as an actor, with roles in an ABC Television series, The Truckies. At age 17, she was cast in the Australian television series Possession (1985).[2] She played Princess Talitha in Return to Eden (1986), followed by roles in Prime Time, Neighbours (1987), Darlings of the Gods (1989), Blue Heelers (2001),[3] Queen of the Damned (2002)[4] and a film produced and directed by her father, Robin Ramsay, Tao of the Traveller (2008).[5]

Later interests

During the 1990s, Ramsey chose to work as an ambulance paramedic in Melbourne. She also qualified for a black belt in Gōjū Kai karate after winning a number of national and international titles in martial arts. She attended graduate school at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a PhD for studies in medical anthropology at Monash University in 2009. Since 2010 she has been working as an NGO Representative to the United Nations for the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.

References

  1. Tamasin Ramsay Personal website
  2. Elizabeth Riddell At last a show for those who can't count The Sun-Herald 20 January 1985, p. 54
  3. Tamasin Ramsay interview, at Neighbours: the Perfect Blend (Grundy Television Pty), 12 May 2007
  4. Queen of the Damned at IMDb
  5. Tao of the Traveller at IMDb

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