Tasia Zalar (born 1992) is an Indigenous Australian actress and musician. She was nominated for Most Popular New Talent at the Logie Awards for her role as Shevorne Shields in the ABC series Mystery Road. She appeared on Elle Australia's List of 2019.
Early life Zalar was born in Cairns in Far North Queensland. She is of Gunggandji, Kaurareg, Gugu Thaypan, Mualgal, Gumulgal, and Wuthathi heritage. She attended Trinity Bay State High School. She played football and marngrook with the North Cairns Tigers growing up. She moved to Melbourne at 19 and splits her time between there and Townsville.
Career Zalar began her career when she was 15 in the titular role of the short film Nia's Melancholy, which premiered at the 2009 Message Sticks Festival. She then made her feature film debut as Coral in Uninhabited and her television debut as Bridget Titui in the ABC1 miniseries The Straits.
In 2018, Zalar began starring as Shevorne Shields in the neo-Western series Mystery Road. In addition to receiving a Logie nomination, she won two Equity Ensemble Awards alongside her cast mates. In film, she appeared in the Vale Light installment of the 2019 horror anthology Dark Place, the 2021 sports drama Streamline, and the sequel to the zombie apocalypse film Wyrmwood.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Nia's Melancholy Nia Short film 2010 Uninhabited Coral 2015 Bluey Bluey Short film 2017 Blight Tracker Short film 2018 Kapara Lydia George Short film 2019 Dark Place Shae Anthology: Vale Light 2019 Closed Doors Girl Short film 2021 Streamline Patti Hill 2021 Wyrmwood: Apocalypse Grace
Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 The Straits Bridget Titui 7 episodes 2014–2015 Wentworth Jianna Riley 2 episodes 2017 The Warriors Ava 2 episodes 2018–present Mystery Road Shevorne Shields Main role 2018 Wrong Kind of Black Chicky Miniseries 2019 Get Krack!n Willow 1 episode
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2019 Logie Awards Most Popular New Talent Mystery Road Equity Ensemble Awards (shared) 2021
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