Miranda Tapsell

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Miranda Tapsell
Tapsell at The Jungle Book premier at Event Cinemas in Sydney, March 2016
Born (1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 36)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
EducationNational Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
SpouseJames Colley
Children1

Miranda Tapsell (born 11 December 1987) is a

Stan series Wolf Creek
.

Early life

Tapsell was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, on 11 December 1987 to Tony and Barbara Tapsell. When she was five the family moved to Jabiru in West Arnhem Land, where she grew up around Kakadu National Park.[1] In 2004, when she was 16, Tapsell won the Bell Shakespeare Company regional performance scholarship. After finishing school she moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) from where she graduated in 2008.[2]

Career

Miranda's first stage appearance was at the Jabiru Wind Festival in September, 1999. She sang as a student with the Jabiru Area School Choir.

Tapsell has been active both on stage and screen, starting with her 2008 performance in

ABC's Redfern Now.[2]

Back in the theatre in 2013, Tapsell played a dual role (as Gillyagan and Muruli) in

Belvoir Theatre. While she was playing Tiny Tim at night, she was rehearsing for her next performance as a woman called Nona, who finds out her oldest sister is really her mother, in Louis Nowra's Radiance
, also, conveniently, at the Belvoir Theatre.

Also in 2014 Tapsell became a member of the cast of the

Best New Talent and the Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding Newcomer. On reception of the first she urged the relevant people in the audience to "Put more beautiful people of colour on TV and connect viewers in ways which transcend race and unite us," adding, "That's the real team Australia."[7] In 2016 she played Juliet in Justin Fleming's The Literati for Bell Shakespeare and Griffin's historic co-production of Molière's Les Femmes Savantes
.

In 2017, 2018 and again in 2019 Tapsell starred as Charlotte Gibson in the Sydney Theatre Company production from playwright Nakkiah Lui, Black is the New White. Her role is a lawyer with a brilliant career who brings her non-Indigenous, unemployed experimental composer fiancé home to meet her family at Christmas.[8]

Tapsell wrote a contribution entitled "Nobody Puts Baby Spice in a Corner" for the 2018 biographical anthology

Black Inc
.

In April 2020 Tapsell's memoir, Top End Girl, was published by Hachette Australia.[9]

In 2021 Tapsell was the co-host of the live television special Australia's Biggest Singalong! with Julia Zemiro.[10]

Personal life

Tapsell is a Larrakia woman[11] and lives in Melbourne with her husband, James Colley.[12] The couple have a daughter, born in December 2021.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Sapphires Cynthia
Mabo Bonita Telemovie
2014 Vote Yes Elizabeth Short
Words with Gods Anthology film
2017 The Kindness of Strangers Woman Short
2019 Top End Wedding Lauren Co-writer and associate producer
The Wishmas Tree Kerry
2020 The Translator Julie
2021 The Dry Rita Raco
Back to the Outback[14] Zoe Voice role
2022 Christmas Ransom Gladys
2024 The Surfer Completed

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Magical Tales Princess Desdemona Episode 1.17: "Oh, Fairy Godmother!?"
2012 Redfern Now Teneka Episode: "Joyride"
Black Comedy Guest 4 episodes
2014–17 Love Child Martha Tennant Main cast
Logie Award for Best New Talent (2015)
Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer
(2015)
2016 Wolf Creek Fatima Episode 1
Cleverman Lena Episode 1.1
Secret City [15] Sasha Rose 6 episodes
2017 Newton's Law Skye Stewart Episodes 2–8
2017–23 Little J & Big Cuz Little J Main cast 50 episodes
2017 Get Krack!n Herself Episode 1.6. Also additional writer
2018 Squinters [16] Miranda 2 episodes
2018–19 Doctor Doctor [17] April 16 episodes
2018 No Activity Herself Episode: "The Night Before Christmas"
2019 Get Krack!n Herself Episode 2.8. Also additional writer
2021 Preppers Young Nan 1 episode
2022 Bluey Dougie's Mum Episode: "Turtleboy"
Summer Love [18] Kelly 1 episode
2023 Kangaroo Beach Wanda 4 episodes
Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe Julianne 1 episode
Big Mouth Kara 1 episode
The Artful Dodger[19] Frances 'Red' Scrubbs 6 episodes

Unscripted

Year Title Role Notes
2023 The ABC of...[20] Self TV Special
2021 The Hundred With Andy Lee [21] Self 1 episode
2019– Play School[22] Host
2019 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation[23] Self 1 episode
Show Me The Movie [24] Self 1 episode
2015 The Verdict [25] Self 1 episode
2014 Who Are We: Brave New Clan [26] Self TV Special

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref(s)
2013 Helpmann Awards Best Supporting Actress – Play The Secret River Nominated [27]
2013 Deadly Awards Female Actor of the Year — Nominated [28]
2015 Logie Awards Most Outstanding Newcomer Love Child Won [29]
Best New Talent
 Won
2016 Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble – Drama Series Nominated [30]
2019 AACTA Award Best Actress Top End Wedding Nominated [31]

References

  1. ^ Paul Connolly (23 December 2012). "What I know about men". Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ a b "Redfern Now characters: Episode 2 – Teneka". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2012.
  3. ^ Justin Burke (1 November 2014). "Miranda Tapsell's career: from little things, big things grow". The Australian.
  4. ^ Joanna Gentilli (2 November 2010). "Theatre Review: Mother's Tongue". Yahoo News.
  5. ^ Burke, Justin (26 August 2014). "Star Miranda Tapsell recognises it's her time for change". The Australian.
  6. ^ "Miranda Tapsell – Born performer". Deadly Vibe. 24 March 2014.
  7. ^ Dias, Avani (4 May 2015). "Miranda Tapsell uses Logies speech to call for more Indigenous stories on Australian television". Australian Broadcasting corporation.
  8. ^ "Black is the New White".
  9. OCLC 1125972790.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  10. ^ "Australia's Biggest Singalong! - Production credits". Programs. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ Dias, Avani (4 May 2015). "Miranda Tapsell uses Logies speech to call for more Indigenous stories on Australian television". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  12. ^ "The first photos from Australian actress Miranda Tapsell's wedding to James Colley". Mamamia. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  13. ^ Hirini, Rangi (13 December 2021). "Miranda Tapsell shares baby joy and her GORGEOUS name". PerthNow. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  14. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/10/airdate-back-to-the-outback.html
  15. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/08/more-cast-confirmed-for-secret-city-miniseries.html
  16. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/10/abc-announces-squinters-cast.html
  17. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/05/tapsell-colosimo-join-doctor-doctors-3rd-season.html
  18. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/09/summer-love-sept-7.html
  19. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/12/cameras-roll-on-the-artful-dodger-for-disney.html
  20. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/the-abc-of-may-30.html
  21. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/09/the-hundred-with-andy-lee-sept-14.html
  22. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/06/play-school-to-introduce-indigenous-character.html
  23. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/06/talkin-bout-your-generation-june-12.html
  24. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/03/show-me-the-movie-mar-21.html
  25. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/the-verdict-oct-15.html
  26. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/06/airdate-who-we-are-brave-new-clan.html
  27. ^ Bennett, Sally (24 June 2013). "King Kong gatecrashes Helpmann Awards, picking up eight nominations and special 'outstanding achievement' award". Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  28. ^ "2013 Deadly Winners". Vibe Australia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  29. ^ Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  30. ^ "6th Annual Equity Ensemble Awards – Voting Now Open". Equity Foundation. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  31. ^ "Winners & Nominees".

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