Tammy MacIntosh (born 16 February 1970) is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints and Jool in the TV series Farscape. She is also known for her roles on television series The Flying Doctors, Police Rescue, Sea Patrol, the television film McLeod's Daughters which led to the acclaimed drama series of the same title, and played the role of Kaz Proctor in the prison drama series Wentworth, until her departure in June 2019.
Early and personal life MacIntosh was born on 16 February 1970 in Perth, where she attended Morley Senior High School, Girrawheen Senior High School and Mount Lawley Senior High School. MacIntosh graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, a division of Edith Cowan University.
MacIntosh is married to Mark Yeats and they have a son.
Career MacIntosh started out as a reporter for children's show C'mon Kids in South Australia in the late eighties.
MacIntosh has an extensive list of TV credits including The Flying Doctors, Christine Rutherford in Something in the Air, Grass Roots, Stingers, State Coroner, Wildside, McLeod's Daughters, G.P., The Feds III, and Chances. She was also a well-known face in her regular role of Kathy in Police Rescue. MacIntosh played a main character in the first season of the BAFTA Award-winning BBC show, Jeopardy.
In 1998, MacIntosh appeared in the detective series Good Guys, Bad Guys. MacIntosh joined the science fiction television series Farscape in late 2000. She was cast as Jool, a young Interion woman. She made her first appearance in the third-season episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a".
In 2002, MacIntosh was cast as Dr Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints. MacIntosh took the role of Charlotte as she saw the character as a new challenge. She was initially contracted for six weeks. Of Charlotte, MacIntosh commented "she's been empowering to play. I felt much stronger and more confident in who I was than I had in a long time." MacIntosh became one of the show's longest serving cast members joining in series 5 and staying until its final season went to air.
Macintosh's film and theatre credits include Police Rescue: The Movie, the Melbourne Theatre Company's Shark Fin Soup, the Sydney Theatre Company's Private Lives, the Ensemble Theatre's Blinded by the Sun and Sleeping Beauty.
She had a recurring role on Sea Patrol portraying Commander Maxine "Knocker" White. She also played Doctor Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan in ABC's crime drama Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and Doctor Amelia Ward in "Episode 9" of Crownies.
MacIntosh was considered for the role of Bea Smith in prison drama Wentworth. She later joined the cast in the third season as vigilante Kaz Proctor, alongside actresses Pia Miranda and Libby Tanner. MacIntosh left Wentworth in season 7 as the show took a toll on her. Macintosh revealed the extent of filming would leave her "crying while going on walks" and she would facetime her son every night during production. MacIntosh spoke with the production team at the end of season six to inform them that the upcoming seventh season would be her last as Kaz. Her character was killed off in the fourth episode.
Macintosh would join several of her co-stars from Wentworth during 2022 and appeared at both a Screen Star Event in London and Birmingham and would also appear at the Wentworth Con fan convention in Melbourne. Macintosh appears regularly at these fan conventions.
MacIntosh made a cameo appearance in The Drover's Wife and appeared in The Longest Weekend. In 2024, Macintosh reunited with Guy Pearce in the film Inside.
In May 2025, MacIntosh made a return to television after a six-year absence as Debra Fowler in soap opera Home and Away.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1993Nicola BassTelevision film1994Police RescueConst. Kathy OrlandFeature film1996River StreetSharon PierceFeature filmWhipping BoySealTelevision filmMcLeod's DaughtersClaire McLeodTelevision film2000Better Than SexGirl FFeature film2005RepetitionAnellFeature film2011Grace FlackFeature filmSleeping BeautyWork ColleagueFeature film2021 (22)The Drovers WifeMarti Murray Feature film (cameo)2022The Longest WeekendSadie Palmer Feature film2024 (25)InsideColleen QuillinanFeature film
Television + Year Title Role Notes1989–1990Annie RogersSeasons 6–7 (recurring role, 37 episodes)1991ChancesMandy FosterSeason 1 (6 episodes)1992–1993BinglesStacySeason 1 (main role, 23 episodes)1992–1995Police RescueConst. Kathy OrlandSeasons 2–4 (main role, 39 episodes)1995G.P.Joanna LalorSeason 7, Episode 33: "One for the Road" 1997–1998WildsideDet. Kim DevlinMiniseries & Season 1 (recurring role, 12 episodes)1998Good Guys, Bad GuysHolly SwiftSeason 2, Episode 13: "You Light Up My Wife"1999StingersKaren JonesSeason 2, Episode 19: "Full Term"2000Grass RootsMarilyn HennessySeason 1 (recurring role, 4 episodes)Something in the AirChristine RutherfordSeason 1 (recurring role, 8 episodes)2001–2002FarscapeJoolushko 'Jool' Tunai Fenta HovalisSeasons 3–4 (recurring role, 18 episodes)2002JeopardyMelissaSeason 1 (recurring role, 13 episodes)2002–2009All SaintsDr. Charlotte BeaumontSeasons 5–12 (main role, 289 episodes)2004Farscape: The Peacekeeper WarsJoolushko 'Jool' Tunai Fenta HovalisMiniseries (2 episodes)2010–2011Sea PatrolCMDR Maxine "Knocker" WhiteSeasons 4–5 (recurring role, 29 episodes)2011East West 101Sally WilsonSeason 3, Episode 2: "Heart of Darkness"CrowniesDr. Amelia WardSeason 1, Episode 92012–2015Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesDr. Elizabeth "Mac" MacmillanSeasons 1–3 (recurring role, 17 episodes)2015–2019WentworthKaren "Kaz" ProctorSeason 3 (recurring role, 5 episodes),Seasons 4–7 (main role, 41 episodes)2019Wentworth: Behind the BarsSelfTV Special 2025–present Home and Away Debra Fowler Season 38-39 (recurring)
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1998 Blinded by the Sun Playhouse Theatre Private Lives Sydney Theatre Company Shark Fin Soup Melbourne Theatre Company
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