Tamala

Tamala is a true performer, whose presence on screen and stage is both striking and popular. She plays the lead role of Kate in the Australian adaptation of the hugely popular BBC series Ghosts. Alongside her work as an Actor, Tamala is a writer, singer and spoken-word performer, often engaged to perform her own works around the country.

Tamala played the main cast role of Petra in the US drama series Reef Break, from ABC Studios International and Touchstone Pictures. A role with much emotional range, requiring a perfected standard US accent. She most recently sold out the Melbourne Recital Centre with the world premiere of Cradle of Life; an immersive and poetic experience with Tamala performing her own writing work accompanied by music.

Recognised for playing the key role of Alinta in two seasons of the critically-acclaimed series Cleverman for the ABC and Sundance TV, Tamala made her professional debut in the ABC comedy Upper Middle Bogan. This was followed with a main cast role in Nowhere Boys, the hit teen drama for ABC3 from Matchbox Pictures, a role reprised for the film Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows.

Her lead role in Location Scouts was a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the feature film Top End Wedding; and Tamala also recently appeared in the short film Scout and Radio Karate's True Story Season 2.

When not acting Tamala is an avid reader and writer. This has leant itself well to her ever-advancing work in audiobook narration and voiceover work. Tamala has been the narrator and characters of a large number of well-known audiobooks, garnering her a strong reputation and seeing her in regular demand. She narrated Too Much Lip, which won the Miles Franklin for author Melissa Lucashenko, and she was nominated for Audiobook of the Year by the Aust Book Industry Awards for her narration of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhury: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss.