Tasma Walton

Tasma Walton (born 19 August 1973)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an Aboriginal Australian television and film actress.

Early life and education

Tasma Walton was born on 19 August 1973 in Geraldton, Western Australia. She is of Boonwurrung descent through her mother.<ref name=IndigenousPast>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Acting career

Walton joined local radio station 6GE and trained as a production assistant and copy writer in her home town. She was accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) but dropped out after two years. She joined a small Sydney theatre, and landed a role as the love interest of Ian Moss in the music video for Tucker's Daughter off his 1989 debut album Matchbook. In 1995, Walton played the recurring role of Rachel Watson in Home and Away.<ref name="DSchipp"/>

In 1996, Walton was cast as Dash McKinley in the police drama series Blue Heelers. Her character was introduced halfway through Season 3. She also played another character, Kim Trelor, in the same series.<ref name="Browne">Template:Cite news</ref> To win the role of Dash, Walton auditioned three times. Her second one with William McInnes (Nick Schultz) gained her the role. In the audition Schultz yelled at Dash and while some of the other actresses burst into tears, Walton reacted by laughing. In the same year she made her film debut in Fistful of Flies. Her last episode of Blue Heelers ("The Full Circle") screened in mid-1999.

In 2009, Walton joined the cast of City Homicide in the semi-regular role of criminal profiler, Claudia Leigh.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 27 July 2013, it was announced that Walton had rejoined the cast of Home and Away in the recurring role of Jade Montgomery. She was on the show for two seasons.<ref name="DSchipp">Template:Cite news Template:Dead </ref>

In 2016, Walton appeared on three episodes of Rake. She also had a regular role on Cleverman (in 2016 and 2017). In 2018, she joined the cast of Mystery Road, reprising her role from the 2013 film of the same name. She returned to season two in 2020.

In 2023 Walton appeared in Channel Seven series The Claremont Murders<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Walton joined the second season of Foxtel series The Twelve.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other film and TV appearances include Water Rats, Sea Patrol, The Postcard Bandit, and Perdition. She also won recurring roles in White Collar Blue and BeastMaster.

Personal life

Walton was in a relationship with Danny Roberts for seven and a half years until 2004.<ref name="Keenan">Template:Cite news</ref> She began dating Rove McManus in October 2007. They married in a private ceremony in Broome, Western Australia, on 16 June 2009.<ref name="Romancing">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In December 2013, Walton and McManus announced the birth of their daughter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Fistful of Flies	Maria "Mars" Lupi	Feature film
1998	Cody: The Wrong Stuff		TV film
1999	Airtight	Virg	TV film
2000	Virtual Nightmare	Wendy	TV film
2003	Subterano	Stone	Feature film
	The Postcard Bandit	Frankie	TV film
2004	Roll	Emma	TV film
2005	Perdition	Jo	Short film
	Little Oberon	Georgie Green	TV film
2006	Safety in Numbers	Caroline
	BlackJack: At the Gates	Sylvia	TV film
2009	Dreamland	April Freeman
	Blessed	Gail	Feature film
	Together Alone	Trish	Short film
2013	Mystery Road	Mary Swan	Feature film
2015	Looking for Grace	Sandra	Feature film
2017	The Half Dead	Julie Masden	Post-production
2021	How to Please a Woman	Monique	Feature film
2022	Sweet As	Mitch	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1995	Home and Away	Rachel Watson	TV series, season 8 (recurring role)
	Echo Point	Gina	TV series
	Blue Heelers	Kim Treloar	TV series, episode: "Salutary Lessons"
1996–99	Blue Heelers	Const. Deirdre E. "Dash" McKinley	TV series, 129 episodes
2000	Water Rats	Belinda Harvey	TV series, episode: "Able to Leap Tall Buildings"
2000–02	BeastMaster	Caro	TV series (recurring role)
2001	The Secret Life of Us	Leah	TV series (recurring role)
2003	White Collar Blue	Gemma Mancuzzo	TV series, episodes: 2.10, 2.11
2004	McLeod's Daughters	Tracey Morrison	TV series, season 4, episode 8: "Show of Love"
2006	Stupid, Stupid Man	Janine Russell	TV series, episode: "A Very, Very Private Function"
2009	Sea Patrol	Jila	TV series, season 3, episode: "Secret Cargo"
2009–10	City Homicide<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Claudia Leigh	TV series (regular role)
2013–14	Home and Away	Jade Montgomery	TV series, seasons 26-27 (recurring role)
2014	It's a Date	Paulina	TV series, episode: "Should You Date Outside Your Comfort Zone?"
2016	Rake	Jack	TV series, episodes: 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
2016–17	Cleverman	Araluen	TV series (regular role)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018–2020	Mystery Road	Mary Swan	TV series, episodes: 2, 3 & 4	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	The Claremont Murders	Karin Margolius	TV series, 2 episodes
2024	The Twelve	Thelma Connell	TV series: 8 episodes
2025	Scrublands: Silver	Josie Jones	TV series: 2 episodes	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Deadloch	Detective Greene	TV series

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
1989	Tucker's Daughter	Ian Moss

Other appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2023	Great Australian Walks	Self	1 episode	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Whovians	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2019	Show Me the Movie!	Herself	TV series, 1 episode	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Summer of the Aliens	Mrs Irvin / Japanese Woman	UNSW Parade Theatre
1993	The Skin of Our Teeth		UNSW Parade Theatre
1993	The Grace of Mary Traverse	Mary Traverse / Hangman	NIDA Theatre
1993	All's Well That Ends Well		NIDA Theatre
1993	A House is Built	Katie	UNSW Parade Theatre
1994	Jigsaws		New Theatre, Sydney
2001	The Vagina Monologues		Ensemble Theatre
2001	Men of Honour		Ensemble Theatre
2004	Live Acts on Stage		Playhouse Theatre, Perth
2015	Dinner		Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth
2019	Winyanboga Yurringa		Belvoir Street Theatre

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Books

• Heartless (Fiction) (Pub Date 28 September 2009)

Awards

• At the 39th Annual TV Week Logie Awards held in 1997, Walton won the Logie for the "Most Popular New Talent" for her role as "Constable Dash McKinley" on Blue Heelers.
• Walton was nominated for Best Actress at the 3rd AACTA Awards for her role in Mystery Road, but lost against Rose Byrne for The Turning.

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