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Tracy Mann | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, voice artist |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Tracy Mann (born 1957) is an Australian actress and voice artist. After appearing in a number of television series, she won an Australian Film Institute award in 1980 for movie Hard Knocks . She has also won awards in her home country for her work in mini-series Sword of Honour and 2005 movie comedy Hating Alison Ashley .
Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1957, Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera The Box .
Mann is possibly best remembered to audiences for playing deaf biker's moll Georgie Baxter in Prisoner . She also played the lead role of guitarist / singer Carol Howard in the 1984 ABC-TV series Sweet and Sour , [1] and the lead role in police drama Skirts (1990).
Other TV appearances include The Sullivans , The Young Doctors , Arcade (she played Susie Blair - Syd Heylen and Aileen Britton's daughter), Holiday Island , Prisoner , A Country Practice , Cowra Breakout , GP , Sword of Honour , Cyclone Tracy , The Flying Doctors , Sweet and Sour, Boys from the Bush , Janus , All Saints , The Oracle , Ash Wednesday , Bellbird .
She made one-off guest appearances in shows such as Glenview High , Bluey , Matlock Police , Cop Shop , Kingswood Country Skyways , Good Guys Bad Guys , Water Rats , and Blue Heelers .
Mann undertook voiceover work as Holophone in an episode of children's science fiction series Silversun , and Susie Sponge on the second season of popular animated series The Toothbrush Family . Her other voice acting roles include animated series Classic Tales , Kangaroo Creek Gang and Tracey McBean (both produced by Southern Star Entertainment).
Mann's first starring role on the big screen was low budget drama Hard Knocks ; she won an AFI award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as a young ex prisoner being hassled by the police. She played sister to the main character in New Zealand film The Scarecrow (aka Klynham Summer ), which was invited to play at the Cannes Film Festival. Mann has also appeared in the Yahoo Serious movie Reckless Kelly , Hating Alison Ashley and Any Questions for Ben? .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1975 | The Box | Tina Harris | Feature film |
| 1980 | Hard Knocks | Samantha | Feature film |
| 1981 | The Scarecrow (aka Klynham Summer) | Prudence Pointdexter | Feature film |
| 1982 | Going Down | Karli | Feature film |
| 1983 | Ash Wednesday | Short film | |
| 1983 | Distinguished Guests | Short film | |
| 1984 | On Guard | Short film | |
| 1984 | Fast Talking | Sharon Hart | Feature film |
| 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Jill Webster | TV film |
| 1990 | How Wonderful! | Kerry | Short film |
| 1993 | Reckless Kelly | Miss Twisty | Feature film |
| 1997 | 389 | Short film | |
| 1998 | Something Honest | Short film | |
| 1999 | The Cup (aka Phorpa) | Newsreader | Feature film |
| 2002 | The Birthday | Short film | |
| 2004 | The Brush-Off | Faye Curnow | TV film |
| 2005 | Hating Alison Ashley | Mum | Feature film |
| 2008 | Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle For Coal | Elizabeth Chifley | TV film |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Waxing beautician | Feature film |
| 2012 | Any Questions For Ben? | Ben's mum | Feature film |
| 2013 | Felony | Gina Hopkins | Feature film |
| 2018 | Joy Boy | Janine | Short film |
| 2019 | Top End Wedding | Annie | Feature film |
| 2019 | Angel of Mine | Lena | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Matlock Police | Jenny Perkins | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Homicide | Jennifer 'Socks' O'Brien | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | The Box | Tina Harris | TV series |
| 1976 | Bellbird | TV series | |
| 1976 | Bluey | Marcia Franks | TV series, 1 episode 25: "It's Not Worth The Risk" |
| 1977 | The Sullivans | Angelique | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1977 | Glenview High | Cheryl Harrison | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | The Restless Years | TV series | |
| 1979 | The Oracle | TV series | |
| 1979 | Skyways | Mickey Devine | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1980 | Arcade | Susie Blair | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1980 | Spring & Fall | Terry | TV series, 1 episode: "Out Of Line" |
| 1980 | Players in the Gallery | TV miniseries, 1 episode | |
| 1980 | The Young Doctors | TV series | |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Wendy Robinson | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1981; 1982; 1983 | Cop Shop | Lea Butler | TV series |
| 1981 | Prisoner | Georgie Baxter | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1981 | The 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards | Herself | TV special |
| 1982 | Kingswood Country | Glenys Freckle | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1982 | A Special Place | Herself | TV special |
| 1982 | Watch this Space | Herself | TV series |
| 1982 | Loose Ends | Teleplay | |
| 1983-84 | Sweet and Sour | Carol Howard | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 1984 | Simon Townsend's Wonder World | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984 | The Cowra Breakout | Sally Murphy | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1984 | The Cop Show | Carol | TV pilot |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Connie | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Sword of Honour | Esse Rogers | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1988 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Guest (Red Faces) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988 | The True Believers | Tess Ross | TV miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 1989 | The Flying Doctors | Penny Armstrong | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1989 | Cassidy | Kate | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Col'n Carpenter | Policewoman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Skirts | Pauline Reardon | TV series, 40 episodes |
| 1990 | Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Ausmusic '90 | Herself | TV special |
| 1991 | In Sydney Today | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Til Ten | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Herself | TV series, 1 episode (segment: "The World Tonight") |
| 1992 | All Together Now | Jackie Hammond | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Morning Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Boys From The Bush | Lucinda | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1993 | A Country Practice | Jenny Pope | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Ernie and Denise | Herself | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1993; 1995 | Eleven AM | Herself | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1993, 1996 | G.P. | Nicole Learmont / Tanya Woods | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | TVTV | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994-95 | Janus | Tina Bertram | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1995 | Ten News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | ABC News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Water Rats | Superintendent Franklin | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Tromaville Cafe | TV series | |
| 1998 | Good Guys Bad Guys | Brenda Wick | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | Heartbreak High | Isobel Saya | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1999 | The Toothbrush Family | Suzy Sponge (voice) | Animated TV series, 1 episode |
| 2001-06 | Tracey McBean | Voice | Animated TV series |
| 2001; 2020 | Home and Away | Judge / Jill Lawson | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2002; 2008 | All Saints | Laura McDermott / Kaye Clinton | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Kangaroo Creek Gang | Voice | Animated TV series |
| 2002 | People Dimensions | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | MDA | Penny Silvani | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Silversun | Holophone | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Noah & Saskia | Deb Litras | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2005 | Blue Heelers | Psychologist | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | H2O: Just Add Water | Newsreader | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008 | Classic Tales | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2009 | East of Everything | Rosemary de Jong | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2011 | City Homicide | Melissa Gordon | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011-12 | Laid | Marion McVie | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2012 | The Guy Who Killed Paris Hilton | Herself | Video |
| 2013-15 | Wonderland | Maggie Wilcox | TV series, 44 episodes |
| 2013 | The Living Room | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Studio 10 | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Here Come The Habibs | Mrs. Plunge | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Rake | Dallas | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Rosehaven | Karina | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Time & Place Webseries | Alice Woodruff | TV series |
| 2020 | Home and Away | Jill Lawson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2020 | Chan & Dee's Drink Tank | Didi | TV series |
| 2022 | Latecomers | Deb | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2022-23 | Five Bedrooms | Cheryl Elling | TV series, 3 episodes |
Mann has related her conversion to Buddhism:
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