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Tracy Mann | |
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| Born | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, voice artist |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Tracy Mann 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 the film Hard Knocks . She has also won awards for her work in the mini-series Sword of Honour and 2005 comedy film Hating Alison Ashley .
Born in Adelaide, South Australia,[ citation needed ] Tracy Mann first expressed interest in becoming an actress at the age of four.[ citation needed ]
She undertook drama classes as a child, then as a teenager with the Saturday Company, a branch of the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA).[ citation needed ] Fresh from high school in 1973, she performed in Winnie the Pooh for Adelaide Festival Theatre and joined Actors Equity of Australia.[ citation needed ]
She subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in the 1990s.[ citation needed ]
Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera The Box .[ citation needed ]
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).[ citation needed ]
Other TV appearances include The Sullivans , The Young Doctors , Arcade , 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 .[ citation needed ]
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 .[ citation needed ]
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).
In 2024, Mann was announced for the Top End Wedding sequel series Top End Bub, where she reprised her role from the film for the television series. [2] On 8 December 2024, Mann was named in the cast for Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. [3]
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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ] Mann has also appeared in the Yahoo Serious movie Reckless Kelly , Hating Alison Ashley , and Any Questions for Ben? .[ citation needed ]
| 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 | Erica's Mother | 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 |
| 1982 | Watch This Space | Tracy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1982 | A Special Place | TV film | |
| 1982 | Kingswood Country | Glenys Freckle | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1982 | Loose Ends | Teleplay | |
| 1983-1984 | Sweet and Sour | Carol Howard | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 1984 | The Cowra Breakout | Sally Murphy | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1984 | The Cop Show | Carol | TV pilot |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Connie Hampton | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Sword of Honour | Esse Rogers | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1988 | 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 |
| 1992 | All Together Now | Jackie Hammond | 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, 1996 | G.P. | Nicole Learmont / Tanya Woods | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994-1995 | Janus | Tina Bertram | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 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 |
| 2001-2006 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2011-2012 | Laid | Marion McVie | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2013-2015 | Wonderland | Maggie Wilcox | TV series, 44 episodes |
| 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 |
| 2022-2024 | Five Bedrooms | Cheryl Elling | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Home and Away | Judge | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2025 | Top End Bub | Annie | TV series |
| The Twelve | TV series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Meet The Candidate | Liberal Candidate | ABC Radio |
| 2007 | Embers | Omeo Farmer | ABC Radio |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
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| 1980 | Hard Knocks | Australian Film Institute Award | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1982 | The Scarecrow | MYSTFEST | Best Artistic Contribution (Ensemble Cast) | Won |
| 1987 | Sword of Honour | Logie Award | Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries / Telemovie | Won |
| 1987 | Sword of Honour | Australian Film Institute Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries | Nominated |
| 1990 | How Wonderful | Australian Film Institute Award | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2005 | Hating Alison Ashley | Australian Film Institute Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2014 | Wonderland | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
Tracy Mann has been married to director Scott Hartford-Davis, since March 6, 2022. [6] She is stepmother to Sebastian, Barnaby, Allegra and India. A breast cancer survivor, Mann underwent a double mastectomy. She is a student of yoga. She claims credit for naming the Divinyls. [7]
Mann has related her conversion to Buddhism:
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