Leeanna Walsman
Leeanna Walsman | |
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Walsman in February 2013 | |
Born |
Sydney, Australia | 22 November 1979
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–present |
Leeanna Walsman (born 22 November 1979)[1] is an Australian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Zam Wesell in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), for playing Carly Bishop in the Australian film Looking for Alibrandi (2000) and for her starring role in the mini-series Jessica. Walsman also starred in Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye (2015) which aired on subscription channel Presto.
Theatre
Her theatre credits include:"Speaking in Tongues" for the State theatre of South Australia (2011); "Stockholm" for The Sydney Theatre Company (2010);"Saturn's Return" For the Sydney Theatre Company (2010); Othello for the Bell Shakespeare Company (2007); The Shape of Things for the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) co-starring Brendan Cowell (Jan 2003); The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union at Belvoir St. Theatre (Feb–Mar 2002); playing the junkie muse to Robyn Nevin's artist in the STC production of Old Masters (Oct–Nov 2001); The Recruit (Jan 2000) also featuring John Howard, Christopher Stollery, Conrad Coleby, Genevieve Lemon, Drew Forsythe, and Brendan Cowell; and her breakthrough performance in La Dispute (May 2000) also starring Rose Byrne, David Field, Rhondda Findleton and Justine Saunders.'Anaconda for the Rock Surfers Theatre Company (2013);
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Blackrock | Shana | |
2000 | Looking for Alibrandi | Carly Bishop | |
2002 | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Zam Wesell | |
2004 | One Perfect Day | Alysse Green | |
2006 | Ezra White, LL.B. | Louise White | Short film |
2006 | Burst | Angel | Short film |
2007 | Soul Mates | Rachel | Short film |
2008 | Bitter & Twisted | Indigo Samvini | |
2008 | $9.99 | Tanita (voice) | |
2010 | Caught Inside | Alex | |
2010 | Kissing Point | Sarah Logan | Short film |
2011 | Home | (voice) | Short film |
2011 | Dance Me to the End of Love | Mary | Short film |
2012 | Suspended | Michelle | Short film |
2013 | Fort, TheThe Fort | Darcy | Short film |
2013 | My Mother Her Daughter | Lynette | Short film |
2014 | Touch | Dawn | |
2015 | Manny Lewis | Maria | |
2015 | Unified | Short film, post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Police Rescue | Debbie | Episode: "Tomorrow Never Knows" |
1997 | Big Sky | Rachel | Episode: "Paradise" |
1997 | Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord | Girl | Episode: "Sun Becomes a Star" |
1997 | Murder Call | Camilla Collins | Episode: "Blood Heat" |
1998 | Wildside | Jo | Episode #1.15 |
1998 | Home and Away | Barbie | Episodes #1.2512 and #1.2513 |
1999 | Heartbreak High | Jet | Recurring role |
1999 | Thunderstone | Myah | Recurring role |
2001 | Farscape | Borlik | Episode: "Suns and Lovers" |
2001 | Love Is a Four Letter Word | Larissa Barrett | Main role |
2001 | BeastMaster | Morah | Episode: "Chosen One" |
2002 | Young Lions | Freda Lareen | Episode #1.4 |
2002 | Star Wars: Bounty Hunter | Zam Wesell (voice) | Video game |
2003 | White Collar Blue | Angie | Episode #2.3 |
2003 | Shark Net, TheThe Shark Net | Ruth Parnham | TV miniseries |
2004 | Jessica | Jessica Bergman | TV miniseries |
2005 | Hercules | Megara | TV miniseries |
2006 | All Saints | Sophie Celna / Michelle | Episode: "Behind Closed Doors" |
2007 | Starter Wife, TheThe Starter Wife | Sasha | TV miniseries |
2008 | Informant, TheThe Informant | Heidi Oliver | TV film |
2009 | Rogue Nation | Mary Putland | Episode: "Honour Among Thieves" |
2010 | Pacific, TheThe Pacific | Cpt. Lucy Otis | Episode: "Iwo Jima" |
2012 | Underbelly: Badness | Det. Serg. Pam Young | Recurring role |
2013 | Wentworth | Erica Davidson | Recurring role |
2015 | Catching Milat | Shirley Soires | TV miniseries |
2016 | Cleverman | Belinda Frosche | Episode #1.1 |
Awards
She has been nominated for two AFI awards, a Logie award as well as an IF award.
References
- ↑ "ForceCast interview". Forcecast.net. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2012-06-18.