Tuuli Narkle

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Tuuli Narkle
Born
Western Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2021–present
Notable work Mystery Road: Origin
NCIS: Sydney

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

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Early life and education

Tuuli Narkle was born in Western Australia and is of Aboriginal Australian and Finnish descent, with familial ties to the York and Goldfields regions. [1] [2]

She learnt cultural dance at a young age. [3] While at high school, she was obsessed with the relationship between NCIS characters Gibbs and DiNozzo. [2]

She was accepted into the John Curtin College of the Arts to study acting, and at the same time continued to train as a dancer at the Charlesworth Ballet Institute. [3] >

After taking a major acting role on stage in Stolen, by Jane Harrison, directed and produced by Leah Purcell, Narkle auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated with bachelor in fine arts in 2018. [2]

Career

Stage

Narkle began her career on stage with as Ruby in Stolen by Jane Harrison. [1]

In 2019 she appeared in Winyanboga Yurringa at Belvoir Street Theatre, [4] and in Nakkiah Lui's Black is the New White . [5]

In 2021 Narkle played the part of Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the stage show Sunshine Super Girl [6] and in 2022 played Helen in Emme Hoy's adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall . [7]

Screen

Narkle played a lead role in the ABC TV series All My Friends Are Racist in 2021. [8] In 2021 she played a younger version of Tasma Walton's character Mary Swan in Mystery Road: Origin , a prequel season of Mystery Road. [9] On 23 November 2024, ABC announced a second season of Mystery Road: Origin, with Narkle to reprise her role as Mary Swan. [10]

In 2023 she appeared in Bad Behaviour . [11] Narkle plays AFP liaison officer Constable Evie Cooper in the Network 10/Paramount+ series NCIS: Sydney . [12]

She plays Keeley Redford in the 2024 Netflix drama series Territory . [13]

Awards

For her performance in Mystery Road: Origin she won the 2022 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama. [14]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 All My Friends Are Racist Belle / Nicole5 episodes
2022-present Mystery Road: Origin Mary6 episodes
2023 Bad Behaviour Miss Lacey4 episodes
2023–present NCIS: Sydney Evie Cooper 8 episodes
2024 Territory Keeley Redford5 episodes

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References

  1. 1 2 Mayoh, Lisa (13 November 2022), "Tuuli's a Rising Star whose allowed to be loud", The Sunday Telegraph
  2. 1 2 3 "WA actor Tuuli Narkle was an NCIS superfan, now she is part of its first global spin-off, NCIS: Sydney" . The West Australian . 4 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Tuuli Narkle". Opera Australia. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Nguyen, Justine (9 May 2019), "Winyanboga Yurringa (Belvoir Street Theatre)", Limelight Magazine
  5. ↑ Woodhead, Cameron (6 October 2019), "Black is the new white for Australian social satire", The Age
  6. ↑ Syren, Mikele (15 January 2021), "'Super Girl' Goolagong Cawley celebrated in new play", NITV News
  7. ↑ Shand, John (16 June 2021), "How do you adapt an unwieldy 500-page novel for the stage? Well, it's not easy", Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ↑ Hirst, Jordan (24 August 2021), "Queer ABC series 'All My Friends Are Racist' features wild rimming scene", Q News
  9. ↑ Clark, Rhiannon (13 July 2022), "For Tuuli Narkle, portraying Mystery Road's Mary Allen was a deeply emotional, painful journey", National Indigenous Times
  10. ↑ Knox, David (23 November 2024). "Filming underway on Mystery Road: Origin S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  11. ↑ O'loughlin, Ciara (17 February 2023), "Stan release all episodes of their gritty teenage Original series Bad Behaviour about shocking bullying at an all-girls school", Daily Mail Australia
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  13. ↑ Bentley, Jean (24 October 2024). "Territory: Everything to Know About the Australian Outback Drama". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  14. ↑ Story, Hannah (7 December 2022), "Elvis and Mystery Road: Origin are big winners at AACTA Awards 2022", ABC News
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