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), for her role as Erica Davidson in the Australian Television Series Wentworth 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 | Janet King | Peta Vickers | Recurring role Season 2 |
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.