Tuuli Narkle

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Tuuli Narkle
OccupationActress
Notable work Mystery Road

Tuuli Narkle is an Australian actress. [1] For her performance in Mystery Road: Origin she won the 2022 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama. [2] She plays AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper in the Network 10/Paramount+ series NCIS: Sydney .

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Early life

Narkle was born in Western Australia and is of First Nations and Finnish descent, with familial ties to the York and Goldfields regions. [1] [3] She has one sibling, a sister.

She was accepted into the John Curtin College of the Arts and trained as a dancer at the Charlesworth Ballet Institute. [4] She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2018. [3]

Career

Narkle began her career on stage with an appearance as Ruby in Stolen [1] and in 2019 appeared in Winyanboga Yurringa [5] and in Nakkiah Lui's Black Is The New White . [6] In 2021 Narkle played the part of Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the stage show Sunshine Super Girl [7] and in 2022 played Helen in Emme Hoy's adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [8]

Narkle played a lead role in the ABC TV series All My Friends are Racist in 2021. [9] and then played a younger version of Tasma Walton's character Mary Swan in Mystery Road: Origin, a prequel season of Mystery Road. [10] 2023 saw her appear in Bad Behaviour . [11] Narkle plays AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper in the Network 10/Paramount+ series NCIS: Sydney . [12]

Personal life

She stated that as a highschooler she was obsessed with the relationship between NCIS characters Gibbs and DiNozzo. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 NCIS: Sydney Evie Cooper8 episodes
2023Bad BehaviourMiss Lacey4 episodes
2022 Mystery Road: Origin Mary6 episodes
2021All My Friends are RacistBelle/Nicole5 episodes

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