Leeanna Walsman is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Zam Wesell in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and for her roles in the 2000 film Looking for Alibrandi and the television series Wentworth. She was nominated for both AACTA and Logie awards for her role in Emmy Award-winning series Safe Harbour.
Early life Walsman was born in Sydney, Australia.
Career Walsman commenced her acting career 1996, when she made a guest appearance in drama series Police Rescue, followed by further guest roles on shows, such as, Big Sky and Murder Call. During which time, Walsman made her feature film debut in Steven Vidler's 1997 drama Blackrock. She continued to appear in guest spots on several drama series, including Wildside, Home and Away, Heartbreak High, as well as fantasy shows, Farscape and Beastmaster.
Walsman was cast in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), as Zam Wesell. In the 2000s, her television roles consisted of appearances in Young Lions, White Collar Blue, and All Saints, and the miniseries Jessica, which is based on the novel by Bryce Courtenay, Hercules, The Starter Wife and the war drama The Pacific.
In 2012, Walsman was cast in the Foxtel prison drama series Wentworth, as governor Erica Davidson. The series, which first went to air in 2013, is a reimagining of the Network Ten soap opera/drama Prisoner, in which the character of Erica was portrayed by Patsy King in the original series. Walsman only appeared in the show's first season.
In 2015, she had a supporting role in Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye, a special episode of the soap opera which streamed on the now-defunct service Presto, and subsequently appearances in drama series, Janet King, Cleverman, Seven Types of Ambiguity and miniseries Safe Harbour.
In February 2023 it was announced that channel 9 drama Human Error would go into production with Walsman in the lead role. In 2024, it was announced that drama series Human Error would air on the Nine Network.
Awards In 2005, she was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Jessica, losing to Miranda Otto."Australian Television: 2005 Logie Awards". Australian Television Information Archive. 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2017."Actor: Leanna Walsmann". Vibrant TV Network. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
She has also been nominated for two AFI Awards and an IF Award.
She had three FCCA award nominations for Bitter & Twister, Manny Lewis, and Bosch & Rockit.
In 2018, she was nominated for an AACTA award for best lead actress, and Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress, for her role in Safe Harbour.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1997BlackrockShanaFeature film2000Looking for AlibrandiCarly BishopFeature film2002Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ClonesZam WesellFeature film2004One Perfect DayAlysse GreenFeature film2006Ezra White, LL.B.Louise WhiteShort filmBurstAngelShort film2007Soul MatesRachelShort film2008Bitter & TwistedIndigo SamviniFeature film$9.99Tanita (voice)Feature film (animated)Heidi OliverTV film2010Caught InsideAlexFeature filmKissing PointSarah LoganShort film2011HomeVoiceShort filmDance Me to the End of LoveMaryShort film2012SuspendedMichelleShort film2013DarcyShort filmMy Mother Her DaughterLynetteShort film2015Manny LewisMariaFeature filmTouchDawnFeature filmUnifiedShort film2017Don't Tell (2017 film)Wendy RocheFeature film2020Penguin BloomKylieFeature film20202067 Selene WhyteFeature film2022Bosch & RockitElizabethFeature film
Television Year Title Role NotesRef1996Police RescueDebbieEpisode: "Tomorrow Never Knows"1997Big SkyRachelEpisode: "Paradise"Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon LordGirlEpisode: "Sun Becomes a Star"Murder CallCamilla CollinsEpisode: "Blood Heat"1998WildsideJoEpisode #1.15Home and AwayBarbieSeason 11, episodes 217 & 2181999Heartbreak HighJet Season 7, episodes 1-4ThunderstoneMyah2001FarscapeBorlikEpisode: "Suns and Lovers"Love Is a Four Letter WordLarissa BarrettBeastMasterMorahEpisode: "Chosen One"2002Young LionsFreda LarsenEpisode #1.42003White Collar BlueAngieEpisode #2.3Ruth ParnhamMiniseries2004JessicaJessica BergmanMiniseries2005HerculesMegara (wife of Heracles)Miniseries2006All SaintsSophie Celna / MichelleEpisode: "Behind Closed Doors"2007SashaMiniseries2009Rogue NationMary PutlandEpisode: "Honour Among Thieves"2010Cpl. Lucy OtisEpisode: "Iwo Jima"2012Underbelly: BadnessDet. Sergeant Pam YoungRecurring role2013WentworthErica DavidsonSeason 1, main role2015Catching MilatShirley SoiresTV miniseriesHome and Away: An Eye for an EyeVirginia EisakStreaming special2016Janet KingPeta Vickers Season 2, 7 episodes ClevermanBelinda FroscheEpisode #1.12017Seven Types of AmbiguityAnna MarinMiniseries2018Safe HarbourBree GallagherMiniseries2020Drunk History AustraliaLillian ArmfieldEpisode #1.62021 EdenOctavia Gracie 5 episodes PreppersClementine 1 episode 2024Human ErrorHolly O'Rourke Main role NautilusHilda TV series: 1 episode2026NCIS: SydneyPhoebe Bale (Emily Marx)TV series: 1 episode (3.14 Death Card)
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes2002Star Wars: Bounty HunterZam Wesell2022Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaZam Wesell
Stage YearTitleRoleNotesRef 2022 Opening Night Myrtle Gordon Belvoir Street Theatre 2018Melancholia Claire Malthouse Theatre 2010 Stockholm Kali STC
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