Leeanna Walsman

Leeanna Walsman
Walsman in February 2013
Born	(1979-11-22) 22 November 1979 Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Leeanna Walsman (born 22 November 1979) 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. Walsman also starred in Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye (2015) which aired on subscription channel Presto.

Theatre

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.'Anaconda for the Rock Surfers Theatre Company (2013);

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Blackrock	Shana
2000	Looking for Alibrandi	Carly Bishop
2002	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	Zam Wesell
2004	One Perfect Day	Alysse Green
2006	Ezra White, LL.B.	Louise White	Short film
2006	Burst	Angel	Short film
2007	Soul Mates	Rachel	Short film
2008	Bitter & Twisted	Indigo Samvini
2008	$9.99	Tanita (voice)
2010	Caught Inside	Alex
2010	Kissing Point	Sarah Logan	Short film
2011	Home	(voice)	Short film
2011	Dance Me to the End of Love	Mary	Short film
2012	Suspended	Michelle	Short film
2013	The Fort	Darcy	Short film
2013	My Mother Her Daughter	Lynette	Short film
2014	Touch	Dawn
2015	Manny Lewis	Maria
2015	Unified		Short film, post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Police Rescue	Debbie	Episode: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
1997	Big Sky	Rachel	Episode: "Paradise"
1997	Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord	Girl	Episode: "Sun Becomes a Star"
1997	Murder Call	Camilla Collins	Episode: "Blood Heat"
1998	Wildside	Jo	Episode #1.15
1998	Home and Away	Barbie	Episodes #1.2512 and #1.2513
1999	Heartbreak High	Jet	Recurring role
1999	Thunderstone	Myah	Recurring role
2001	Farscape	Borlik	Episode: "Suns and Lovers"
2001	Love Is a Four Letter Word	Larissa Barrett	Main role
2001	BeastMaster	Morah	Episode: "Chosen One"
2002	Young Lions	Freda Lareen	Episode #1.4
2002	Star Wars: Bounty Hunter	Zam Wesell (voice)	Video game
2003	White Collar Blue	Angie	Episode #2.3
2003	The Shark Net	Ruth Parnham	TV miniseries
2004	Jessica	Jessica Bergman	TV miniseries
2005	Hercules	Megara	TV miniseries
2006	All Saints	Sophie Celna / Michelle	Episode: "Behind Closed Doors"
2007	The Starter Wife	Sasha	TV miniseries
2008	The Informant	Heidi Oliver	TV film
2009	Rogue Nation	Mary Putland	Episode: "Honour Among Thieves"
2010	The Pacific	Cpt. Lucy Otis	Episode: "Iwo Jima"
2012	Underbelly: Badness	Det. Serg. Pam Young	Recurring role
2013	Wentworth	Erica Davidson	Recurring role
2015	Catching Milat	Shirley Soires	TV miniseries
2016	Cleverman	Belinda Frosche	Episode #1.1

Awards

She has been nominated for two AFI awards, a Logie award as well as an IF award.

External links

• Leeanna Walsman at the Internet Movie Database
• Leeanna-Walsman.com