Tasma Walton

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Tasma Walton
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Walton at the 2012 Samsung AACTA Awards
Born (1973-08-19) 19 August 1973 (age 51)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Children1

Tasma Walton (born 19 August 1973) [1] is an Aboriginal Australian television and film actress.

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Early life and education

Tasma Walton was born on 19 August 1973 in Geraldton, Western Australia. She is of Boonwurrung descent through her mother. [2] [3]

Acting career

Walton joined local radio station 6GE and trained as a production assistant and copy writer in her home town. She was accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) but dropped out after two years. She joined a small Sydney theatre, and landed a role as the love interest of Ian Moss in the music video for Tucker's Daughter off his 1989 debut album Matchbook . In 1995, Walton played the recurring role of Rachel Watson in Home and Away . [4]

In 1996, Walton was cast as Dash McKinley in the police drama series Blue Heelers . Her character was introduced halfway through Season 3. She also played another character, Kim Trelor, in the same series. [5] To win the role of Dash, Walton auditioned three times. Her second one with William McInnes (Nick Schultz) gained her the role. In the audition Schultz yelled at Dash and while some of the other actresses burst into tears, Walton reacted by laughing. In the same year she made her film debut in Fistful of Flies . Her last episode of Blue Heelers ("The Full Circle") screened in mid-1999.

In 2009, Walton joined the cast of City Homicide in the semi-regular role of criminal profiler, Claudia Leigh. [6] On 27 July 2013, it was announced that Walton had rejoined the cast of Home and Away in the recurring role of Jade Montgomery. She was on the show for two seasons. [4]

In 2016, Walton appeared on three episodes of Rake . She also had a regular role on Cleverman (in 2016 and 2017). In 2018, she joined the cast of Mystery Road , reprising her role from the 2013 film of the same name. She returned to season two in 2020.

In 2023 Walton appeared in Channel Seven series The Claremont Murders [7] and Walton joined the second season of Foxtel series The Twelve. [8] [9]

Other film and TV appearances include Water Rats , Sea Patrol , The Postcard Bandit , and Perdition. She also won recurring roles in White Collar Blue and BeastMaster .

Personal life

Walton was in a relationship with Danny Roberts for seven and a half years until 2004. [10] She began dating Rove McManus in October 2007. They married in a private ceremony in Broome, Western Australia, on 16 June 2009. [11] In December 2013, Walton and McManus announced the birth of their daughter. [12] [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Fistful of Flies Maria "Mars" LupiFeature film
1998 Cody: The Wrong Stuff TV film
1999AirtightVirgTV film
2000 Virtual Nightmare WendyTV film
2003 Subterano StoneFeature film
The Postcard Bandit FrankieTV film
2004RollEmmaTV film
2005PerditionJoShort film
Little Oberon Georgie GreenTV film
2006Safety in NumbersCaroline
BlackJack: At the Gates SylviaTV film
2009DreamlandApril Freeman
Blessed GailFeature film
Together AloneTrishShort film
2013 Mystery Road Mary SwanFeature film
2015 Looking for Grace SandraFeature film
2017The Half DeadJulie MasdenPost-production
2021 How to Please a Woman MoniqueFeature film
2022 Sweet As MitchFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1995 Home and Away Rachel Watson TV series, season 8 (recurring role)
Echo Point GinaTV series
Blue Heelers Kim TreloarTV series, episode: "Salutary Lessons"
1996–99 Blue Heelers Const. Deirdre E. "Dash" McKinley TV series, 129 episodes
2000 Water Rats Belinda HarveyTV series, episode: "Able to Leap Tall Buildings"
2000–02 BeastMaster CaroTV series (recurring role)
2001 The Secret Life of Us LeahTV series (recurring role)
2003 White Collar Blue Gemma MancuzzoTV series, episodes: 2.10, 2.11
2004 McLeod's Daughters Tracey MorrisonTV series, season 4, episode 8: "Show of Love"
2006 Stupid, Stupid Man Janine RussellTV series, episode: "A Very, Very Private Function"
2009 Sea Patrol JilaTV series, season 3, episode: "Secret Cargo"
2009–10 City Homicide [14] Claudia Leigh TV series (regular role)
2013–14 Home and Away Jade Montgomery TV series, seasons 26-27 (recurring role)
2014 It's a Date PaulinaTV series, episode: "Should You Date Outside Your Comfort Zone?"
2016 Rake JackTV series, episodes: 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
2016–17 Cleverman AraluenTV series (regular role) [15]
2018–2020 Mystery Road Mary SwanTV series, episodes: 2, 3 & 4 [16] [17]
2023 The Claremont Murders Karin MargoliusTV series, 2 episodes
2024 The Twelve Thelma ConnellTV series: 8 episodes
2025 Scrublands: SilverJosie JonesTV series: 2 episodes [18]
2025 Deadloch Detective GreeneTV series

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
1989 Tucker's Daughter Ian Moss

Other appearances

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2023 Great Australian Walks Self1 episode [19]
2020 Whovians HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2019 Show Me the Movie! HerselfTV series, 1 episode [20]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Summer of the Aliens Mrs Irvin / Japanese Woman UNSW Parade Theatre
1993 The Skin of Our Teeth UNSW Parade Theatre
1993The Grace of Mary TraverseMary Traverse / Hangman NIDA Theatre
1993 All's Well That Ends Well NIDA Theatre
1993 A House is Built Katie UNSW Parade Theatre
1994Jigsaws New Theatre, Sydney
2001 The Vagina Monologues Ensemble Theatre
2001Men of Honour Ensemble Theatre
2004Live Acts on Stage Playhouse Theatre, Perth
2015 Dinner Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth
2019Winyanboga Yurringa Belvoir Street Theatre

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Books

Awards

References

  1. "Panscript". Panscript. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  2. "Why Tasma Walton's Indigenous past was a mystery for years". 7 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. "Mystery Road star Tasma Walton on her hidden family history". Are Media. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 Schipp, Debbie (27 July 2013). "Underbelly: Squizzy and Ripper Street prove yet again that crime pays for free-to-air TV". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 28 July 2013.[ dead link ]
  5. Browne, Rachel (27 April 1996). "Cop gives shop a break". The Sun-Herald . Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  6. Dennehy, Luke (1 February 2009). "Rove, Tasma in showdown". Herald Sun . Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  7. Knox, David (13 March 2023). "The Claremont Murders: trailer | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. Knox, David (31 August 2023). "Production underway on The Twelve S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. Knox, David (8 July 2024). "The Twelve's jury duty, a front row to acting elite. | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  10. Keenan, Catherine (7 September 2009). "Who's that girl?". The Age . Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  11. "Romancing Rove: Tasma Walton Dishes on Proposing To Rove". Who . Pacific Magazines. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  12. Hornery, Andrew (9 September 2013). "Rove McManus and wife Tasma Walton are expecting their first child". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  13. Casamento, Jo (21 December 2013). "Early Christmas present for Rove and Tasma as baby Ruby arrives". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  14. "Tasma joins City Homicide | TV Tonight". February 2009.
  15. "Cleverman cast attend Berlinale premiere | TV Tonight". 17 February 2016.
  16. Knox, David (10 March 2020). "Returning: Mystery Road | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  17. Knox, David (25 July 2019). "Cameras roll on Mystery Road season two | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  18. Knox, David (5 June 2024). "Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  19. Knox, David (10 July 2023). "Airdate: Great Australian Walks with Julia Zemiro | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  20. "Show Me the Movie: Mar 7 | TV Tonight". 7 March 2019.
  21. "AusStage".