Tara Morice
| Tara Morice | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 June 1964 [1] Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991—present |
Tara Morice (born 23 June 1964) is an Australian actress, singer, and dancer.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Morice also lived in Sydney, Alice Springs and Adelaide as a child.[2] She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Australian History and English from the Australian National University and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987.
Her first film appearance was as Fran, the lead female role in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom (directed by Baz Luhrmann), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role[3] and an Australian Film Institute award. Morice also appeared on the film's soundtrack, singing a duet of the Cyndi Lauper song "Time after Time" with Mark Williams.
Morice has also appeared in the films Metal Skin, Hotel Sorrento, Hildegarde, Moulin Rouge!, Candy, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance ,the Academy Award nominated short film "Miracle Fish" and the soon to be released "Oranges and Sunshine".
She has worked extensively on stage in Australia, including productions for the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company, Griffin Theatre Company[clarification needed], Company B, and the Ensemble Theatre. She was a member of Baz Luhrmann's "Six Years Old" Company in 1988 when "Strictly Ballroom" premiered as a stage play.[citation needed]
Her television work includes roles in "Answered By Fire", "After The Deluge", "Salem's Lot", "Loot"," Grass Roots" and "McLeod's Daughters". Morice had a starring role in the series of three Dogwoman telemovies with Magda Szubanski in 2000. She currently plays Miss Raine in "Dance Academy" for ABC/ZDF.
She wrote and directed the documentary My Biggest Fan, about her correspondence and friendship with an American great-grandmother, Mildred Levine, who wrote to her after seeing Strictly Ballroom. The film premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and was broadcast on the SBS network in Australia in 2008.[4]
Morice has one daughter, Ondine.[5]
Morice joined the cast of Home and Away as Bianca and April Scott's mother, Joanna in 2010/11.
[edit] References
- ^ "Tara Morice". IMDb. http://imdb.com/name/nm0605388/. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ Spotlight: Tara Morice, Racism, No Way. (Government of New South Wales).
- ^ BAFTA Awards Database 1992, British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
- ^ Enker, Debi: When Tara found her biggest fan, The Age, 6 November 2008.
- ^ Thompson, Erica: Strictly Ballroom's Tara Morice forges bond with fan, 75, The Courier-Mail, 4 November 2008.
