Samantha Tolj

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Samantha Tolj
Born (1982-06-12) 12 June 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Samantha Tolj (born on 12 June 1982 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian actress.

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Her father is Croatian and mother is Anglo Celtic Australian. Tolj began professional acting guest starring on Stingers , MDA , and a big part in an episode of Blue Heelers . The Heelers producers were impressed enough to bring her back for two episodes playing a prostitute in the eighth and ninth seasons of the show.

Tolj later joined the main cast, playing Kelly O'Rourke, a police constable, in 2004 as one of four new cast members. This led to her nomination in the 2005 Logie Awards for Best New Talent. She remained with the show until it ended in 2006. In 2007, Tolj played a guest role in McLeod's Daughters . In 2010 Tolj joined the cast of Home and Away . [1]

Filmography

Television appearances
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Pigs BreakfastShazEpisode: "With Friends Like These"
2000 Blue Heelers Kelly O'Rourke 2004–2006 (69 episodes)
2002 Marshall Law KarenEpisode: "Dogs, Wives and Videotape"
2002 Stingers Lauren DaviesEpisode: "A Little Crush"
Episode: "Disgraceful Conduct"
Episode: "Revenge of the Turtles"
2003StingersLauren DaviesEpisode: "A Horse Is a Horse"
2003After the DelugeYashiTV mini-series
2003MDALexi TicknerEpisode: "The Samaritan Kind"
2005 Last Man Standing MishEpisode: "1.1"
2006 Real Stories Tonya BluntEpisode: "1.3"
2007 McLeod's Daughters Heather RichardsonEpisode: "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves"
2008 Rush Graffiti ArtistEpisode: "1.6"
2008 Satisfaction AdamaEpisode: "Last Look"
2009 Rescue: Special Ops BronteEpisode: "1.12"
2010–11 Home and Away Shandi Ayres/Daria HennessyRecurring
2011 Rescue: Special Ops Simone AbrahamsEpisode: "3.19"
2011–13 Packed to the Rafters Sian Parry13 episodes
2014 Fat Tony and Co Renee Mokbel6 episodes
2019 Glitch SlipperEpisode "3.3", "3.6"
2019-22 Five Bedrooms [2] Rebecca Bourke6 episodes
2021 Wentworth (TV series) [3] Detective Carr2 episodes

Film appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 A Perfect Pairing Hazel Vaughn
2022DarklandsJamie Connard
2011 Scumbus Amy
2003HeartwormAnna

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References

  1. "Yahoo Australia | News, email and search".
  2. "Australian Television: Five Bedrooms: Cast: Series 1".
  3. "Australian Television: Wentworth: Series 9 cast".