Tracy Mann is an Australian actress and voice artist. She became known for playing deaf biker's moll Georgie Baxter in Prisoner. After appearing in a number of television series, she won an Australian Film Institute award in 1980 for the film Hard Knocks. She has also won awards for her work in the miniseries Sword of Honour and 2005 comedy film Hating Alison Ashley.
Early life and education Mann was born in Adelaide, South Australia.
She undertook dance classes from the age of seven and drama classes from the age of nine, learning mime, clowning, and singing.Tracy Mann interview – Simon Townsend's Wonder World As a teenager she joined the Saturday Company, a branch of the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA). Fresh from high school in 1973, she performed in Winnie the Pooh for Adelaide Festival Theatre and joined Actors Equity of Australia.
Mann studied with Actors Studio in New York City in 1989, and subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in 1993.
Career
Television Between 1975 and 1976, Mann got her big break playing Tina Harris in 250 episodes of 1970s soap opera The Box.
Mann is also well-remembered by audiences for playing deaf biker's moll Georgie Baxter in Prisoner. She also played the lead role of guitarist / singer Carol Howard in the 1984 ABC-TV series Sweet and Sour,The Takeaways album Sweet & Sour TV Soundtrack insert. The role saw her nominated for a 1984 Penguin Award for Best Actress in a Television series.
In 1986, Mann won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress for her role in the four-part miniseries Sword of Honour. The same year, she was also nominated for a Logie for Most Popular Actress for the miniseries Cyclone Tracy.
Mann then played the lead role of Senior Constable Pauline Reardon in police drama Skirts (1990).
From 2013 to 2015, she appeared as the regular character of Maggie Wilcox (mother of main character Tom) in the romantic comedy drama series Wonderiand, alongside Michael Dorman, Jessica Tovey and Brooke Satchwell.
Other TV appearances include The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, Arcade, Holiday Island, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Cowra Breakout, GP, The Flying Doctors, Sweet and Sour, Boys from the Bush, Janus, All Saints, The Oracle, Ash Wednesday, Bellbird. She also made one-off guest appearances in shows such as Glenview High, Bluey, Matlock Police, Cop Shop, Kingswood Country Skyways, Good Guys Bad Guys, Water Rats, and Blue Heelers.
Mann has also undertaken voiceover work as Holophone in an episode of children's science fiction series Silversun, and Susie Sponge on the second season of popular animated series The Toothbrush Family. Her other voice acting roles include animated series Classic Tales, Kangaroo Creek Gang and Tracey McBean (produced by Southern Star Entertainment).
In 2024, Mann was announced for the Top End Wedding sequel series Top End Bub, where she reprised her role from the film for the television series. On 8 December 2024, Mann was named in the cast for Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. On 20 June 2025, Mann was named in the extended cast for SBS / NITV co-commission Reckless.
Film Mann's first starring role on the big screen was the 1980 low budget drama Hard Knocks. She won the 1980 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and a Sammy Award for Best New Talent for her portrayal of a young ex-prisoner being hassled by the police.
She played sister to the main character in 1982 New Zealand horror film The Scarecrow (known as Klynham Summer in the United States). It was the first New Zealand film invited to play at the Cannes Film Festival.
Mann has also appeared in the 1993 Australian satirical comedy Reckless Kelly opposite Yahoo Serious and Hugo Weaving, and the 2005 comedy Hating Alison Ashley alongside Delta Goodrem and Saskia Burmeister – the latter earning her a 2005 AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film. She appeared in 2012 dramedy film Any Questions for Ben? with Rachael Taylor and Josh Lawson, and the following year she was in 2013 crime film Felony, opposite Joel Edgerton.
In 2019, Mann appeared in the romantic comedy Top End Wedding opposite Miranda Tapsell. The same year, she also starred opposite Yvonne Strahovski, Luke Evans, and Noomi Rapace and Richard Roxburgh in the Australian-American psychological thriller Angel of Mine.
Theatre Mann also has numerous theatre credits to her name. She has toured Australia with most of the major theatre companies including Belvoir St Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, HotHouse Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company.
She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1987 Theatre Critics Circle Awards for her role in a Davis Morely production of Crystal Clear. In 2014, she was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award as part of the ensemble cast for a Sydney Theatre Company production of Noises Off. Her role as Sheila in an Ensemble Theatre production of Relatively Speaking earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2017.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1975 The Box Tina Harris Feature film 1980 Hard Knocks Samantha Feature film 1981 The Scarecrow (aka Klynham Summer) Prudence Pointdexter Feature film 1982 Going Down Karli Feature film1983 Ash Wednesday Short film Distinguished Guests Short film1984 On Guard Short film Fast Talking Sharon Hart Feature film 1990 How Wonderful! Kerry Short film 1993 Reckless Kelly Miss Twisty Feature film 1997 389 Short film 1998 Something Honest Short film 1999 The Cup (aka Phorpa) Newsreader Feature film 2002 The Birthday Short film 2005 Hating Alison Ashley Erica's Mother Feature film 2011 Sleeping Beauty Waxing beautician Feature film 2012 Any Questions For Ben? Ben's mum Feature film 2013 Felony Gina Hopkins Feature film 2018 Joy Boy Janine Short film2019 Top End Wedding Annie Feature film Angel of Mine Lena Feature film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1974 Matlock Police Jenny Perkins Season 4, episode 229: "Dancing Class"1975 Homicide Jennifer 'Socks' O'Brien Season 12, episode 4: "Snails for Dinner" The Box Tina Harrison 250 episodes 1976 Bellbird 1977 Bluey Marcia Franks Episode 25: "It's Not Worth the Risk" Glenview High Cheryl Harrison Episode 1: "The New Boy" The Sullivans Angelique 13 episodes 1978 The Restless Years 1979 Skyways Mickey Devine Episode 143: "The Biter Bit" The Oracle 1980 Arcade Susie Blair 14 episodes Spring & Fall Terry Season 1, episode 6: "Out of Line" Players in the Gallery Mniseries, 1 episode The Young Doctors Gael Hogan 11 episodes1981 Prisoner Georgie Baxter Season 3, 12 episodes Holiday Island Wendy Robinson 18 episodes 1981–1982 Cop Shop Lea Butler / Carol Meehan Season 1, 2 episodes 1982 Watch This Space Tracy 1 episode A Special Place TV film Kingswood Country Glenys Freckle Season 4, episode 16: "A Dog Called Horse" Loose Ends Teleplay1984 Sweet and Sour Carol Howard 20 episodes The Cop Show Carol TV pilot 1984; 1991 The Cowra Breakout Sally Murphy Miniseries, 5 episodes1986 Cyclone Tracy Connie Hampton Miniseries, 3 episodes Sword of Honour Esse Rogers Miniseries, 4 episodes1988 True Believers Tess Ross Miniseries, 7 episodes The Four Minute Mile Jill Webster TV film1989 The Flying Doctors Penny Armstrong Season 4, 5 episodes How Wonderful! Kerry TV film Cassidy Kate Miniseries, 2 episodes1990 Col'n Carpenter Policewoman Season 1, episode 14: "Wheels on Fire" Skirts Pauline Reardon Seasons 1–3, 40 episodes1992 All Together Now Jackie Hammond Season 3, episode 10: "Devil Woman" Boys From The Bush Lucinda Season 2, episode 1: "High Flyers" 1993 A Country Practice Jenny Pope Season 1, 2 episodes 1993, 1996 G.P. Nicole Learmont / Tanya Woods Seasons 5 & 8, 2 episodes 1994–1995 Janus Tina Bertram Seasons 1–2, 12 episodes1997 Water Rats Superintendent Franklin Season 2, episode 5: "Truth or Dare" The Tromaville Cafe 1998 Good Guys Bad Guys Brenda Wick Season 2, episode 6: "There's No Business Like Small Business"1999 Heartbreak High Isobel Saya Season 7, 8 episodes The Toothbrush Family Suzy Sponge (voice) Animated series, 1 episode: "Pegs" 2001–2006 Tracey McBean Voice Animated series 2001; 2020; 2024 Home and Away Judge / Jill Lawson 5 episodes 2002; 2007–2008 All Saints Laura McDermott / Kaye Clinton Seasons 5 & 10-11, 7 episodes 2002 Kangaroo Creek Gang Voice Animated series 2003 MDA Penny Silvani Season 2, episode 18: "Conflict of Interest"2004 Silversun Holophone Season 1, episode 16: "Call Waiting" Noah & Saskia Deb Litras 8 episodes The Brush-Off Faye Curnow TV film 2005 Blue Heelers Psychologist Season 12, episode 18: "Monster" 2007 H2O: Just Add Water Newsreader Season 2, episode 1: "Stormy Weather"2008 Classic Tales Voice Animated series, episode 21: "Hansel and Gretel" Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle For Coal Elizabeth Chifley TV film 2009 East of Everything Rosemary de Jong Season 2, 5 episodes 2011 City Homicide Melissa Gordon Season 5, episode 1: "No Greater Honour: Reward Day" 2011–2012 Laid Marion McVie Seasons 1–2, 7 episodes 2013–2015 Wonderland Maggie Wilcox Seasons 1–3, 44 episodes 2017 Here Come The Habibs Mrs. Plunge Season 2, episode 4: "Middle East Side Story" 2018 Rake Dallas Season 5, episode 8: "Greene v The Reckoning"2019 Rosehaven Karina Season 3, episode 2 Time & Place Alice Woodruff Web series 2020 Chan & Dee's Drink Tank Didi 2022 Latecomers Deb Miniseries, 6 episodes 2022–2024 Five Bedrooms Cheryl Elling Seasons 2 & 4, 4 episodes2025The TwelveJudge West Season 3, 8 episodes Top End Bub Annie Pelton Reckless Valda 4 episodes
Radio Year Title Role Notes2005 Meet the Candidate Liberal Candidate ABC Radio Minefields & Miniskirts Margaret, the Vietnam Vet's Wife ABC Cast Recording2007 Embers Omeo Farmer ABC Radio Moral Hazard Cath ABC Radio 2009 Killing Oleander Lead role ABC Radio 2017 The Executioner Veteran's wife ABC Radio
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