Leeanna Walsman
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Leeanna Walsman is an Australian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Zam Wesell in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
(2002), for playing Carly Bishop in the Australian film Looking For Alibrandi
(2000) and for her starring role in the mini-series Jessica.
She has been nominated for two AFI awards, a Logie award as well as an IF award.
Her theatre credits include:"Speaking in tongues" for the State theatre of South Australia(2011); "Stockholm
" for The Sydney Theatre Company(2010);"Saturn's Return
" For the Sydney Theatre Company(2010); Othello
for the Bell Shakespeare Company (2007); The Shape of Things
for the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) co-starring Brendan Cowell (Jan 2003); The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union
at Belvoir St. Theatre (Feb–Mar 2002); playing the junkie muse to Robyn Nevin's artist in the STC production of Old Masters (Oct–Nov 2001); The Recruit (Jan 2000) also featuring John Howard, Christopher Stollery, Conrad Coleby, Genevieve Lemon, Drew Forsythe, and Brendan Cowell; and her breakthrough performance in La Dispute (May 2000) also starring Rose Byrne
, David Field, Rhondda Findleton and Justine Saunders.
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology...
(2002), for playing Carly Bishop in the Australian film Looking For Alibrandi
Looking for Alibrandi
Looking for Alibrandi is a 1999 Australian film written by Melina Marchetta based on the novel of the same name. The film sets in the 1990s Sydney, New South Wales and starring Australian actors, including Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, the film's main character, Anthony LaPaglia as her...
(2000) and for her starring role in the mini-series Jessica.
She has been nominated for two AFI awards, a Logie award as well as an IF award.
Her theatre credits include:"Speaking in tongues" for the State theatre of South Australia(2011); "Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
" for The Sydney Theatre Company(2010);"Saturn's Return
Saturn's Return
Saturn's Return is an Australian play by Tommy Murphy. The play was commissioned for the Sydney Theatre Company 2008 season by incoming co-artistic directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton.It plays 15 August-6 September 2008....
" For the Sydney Theatre Company(2010); Othello
Othello
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
for the Bell Shakespeare Company (2007); The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things is a 2001 play by American author and film director Neil LaBute and a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film. It premièred at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2001 with Paul Rudd as Adam, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, Gretchen Mol as Jenny, and Fred Weller as Phillip. The play was...
for the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) co-starring Brendan Cowell (Jan 2003); The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union
The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union
The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union is a 2005 play by David Greig set during the collapse of the Soviet Union.-External links:...
at Belvoir St. Theatre (Feb–Mar 2002); playing the junkie muse to Robyn Nevin's artist in the STC production of Old Masters (Oct–Nov 2001); The Recruit (Jan 2000) also featuring John Howard, Christopher Stollery, Conrad Coleby, Genevieve Lemon, Drew Forsythe, and Brendan Cowell; and her breakthrough performance in La Dispute (May 2000) also starring Rose Byrne
Rose Byrne
Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress.Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll...
, David Field, Rhondda Findleton and Justine Saunders.
Films
Year | Title | Type | Character |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Caught Inside | Feature Film | as Alex |
2008 | $9.99 $9.99 $9.99 is a 2008 Australian/Israeli stop motion film written and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, with the screenplay by Etgar Keret. This film marks the third collaboration between Rosenthal and Keret... |
Animated Film | as Tanita |
Bitter & Twisted | Feature Film | as Indigo Samvani | |
The Informant The Informant The Informant may refer to:*The Informant , a TV movie about Northern Ireland*The Informant , a 2000 book by Kurt Eichenwald**The Informant!, a 2009 film based on the 2000 book... |
Mini-Series | as Heidi | |
2006 | Burst Burst Burst may refer to:*Burst mode , a mode of operation where events occur in rapid succession**Burst transmission, a term in telecommunications**Burst switching, a feature of some packet-switched networks**Bursting, a signaling mode of neurons... |
Short Film | as Angel |
Ezra White, LL.B | Mini-Series | as Louise | |
2005 | Hercules Hercules (TV miniseries) Hercules is a 2005 RHI Entertainment television miniseries, chronicling the life of the legendary Greek hero, Heracles, called Hercules in this series... |
Mini-Series | as Megara |
2004 | Jessica Jessica - Given name :* Jessica , popular first name for girls in many English-speaking countries * Iscah, in the Bible , daughter of Haran... |
Mini-Series | as Jessica |
One Perfect Day One Perfect Day One Perfect Day is an Australian film released in 2004.-Plot:The central character of the film is Tommy Matisse; his name combines the title of The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy and the last name of twentieth century French painter Henri Matisse.... |
Feature Film | as Alysse | |
2003 | The Shark Net | Mini-Series | as Ruth |
2002 | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology... |
Feature Film | as Zam Wesell |
2000 | Looking For Alibrandi Looking for Alibrandi Looking for Alibrandi is a 1999 Australian film written by Melina Marchetta based on the novel of the same name. The film sets in the 1990s Sydney, New South Wales and starring Australian actors, including Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, the film's main character, Anthony LaPaglia as her... |
Feature Film | as Carly Bishop |
1997 | Blackrock Blackrock (film) Blackrock is a 1997 Australian film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. Internationally, it is best remembered as the first prominent role of actor Heath Ledger.-Origin:... |
Feature Film | as Shana |
Television
Year | Title | Character | Notes |
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2008 | The Pacific | Lucy | |
2007 | The Starter Wife The Starter Wife The Starter Wife is a 2007 USA Network television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name by Gigi Levangie Grazer. Its title is derived from the concept of a starter marriage... |
Sasha | American series |
2006 | All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Michelle | |
2006 | White Collar Blue White Collar Blue White Collar Blue was an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and... |
Angie | |
2002 | Young Lions Young Lions (TV series) Young Lions was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two.The series was based around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the Young Lions, of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station.The program rated poorly... |
Freda | |
2001 | Beastmaster BeastMaster (TV series) BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM movie The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons... |
Morah | |
2001 | Farscape Farscape Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment... |
Borlik | |
2001 | Love is a Four Letter Word Love is a Four Letter Word Love Is A Four Letter Word is a 26 episode drama written by Matt Ford produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001. It was set and filmed in Newtown, New South Wales, following the lives of a group of friends working in a pub, and the concerns facing urban 20somethings in Australia... |
Larissa | |
1999 | Heartbreak High Heartbreak High Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries... |
Jet | |
1998 | Wildside | Jo | |
1997 | Big Sky | Rachel | |
1997 | Murder Call Murder Call Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked... |
Camilla Collins | |
1996 | Police Rescue Police Rescue Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.... |
Debbie | |