Tracy Mann
Australian actress
For the American businessman and politician, see
Tracey Mann .
Tracy Mann
Born Occupation(s) Actress, voice artist Years active 1971–present
Tracy Mann is an Australian actress and voice artist. 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 mini-series Sword of Honour and 2005 comedy film Hating Alison Ashley .
Early life and education
Born in Adelaide, South Australia ,[citation needed ] Tracy Mann first expressed interest in becoming an actress at the age of four.[citation needed ]
She undertook drama classes as a child, then as a teenager with the Saturday Company, a branch of the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA).[citation needed ] Fresh from high school in 1973, she performed in Winnie the Pooh for Adelaide Festival Theatre and joined Actors Equity of Australia .[citation needed ]
She subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in the 1990s.[citation needed ]
Career
Television
Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera The Box .[citation needed ]
Mann is possibly best remembered to 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 ,[ 1] and the lead role in police drama Skirts (1990).[citation needed ]
Other TV appearances include The Sullivans , The Young Doctors , Arcade , Holiday Island , Prisoner , A Country Practice , Cowra Breakout , GP , Sword of Honour , Cyclone Tracy , The Flying Doctors , Sweet and Sour , Boys from the Bush , Janus , All Saints , The Oracle , Ash Wednesday , Bellbird .[citation needed ]
She 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 .[citation needed ]
Mann undertook 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 (both 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.[ 2] On 8 December 2024, Mann was named in the cast for Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. [ 3]
Film
Mann's first starring role on the big screen was low budget drama Hard Knocks ; she won an AFI award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as a young ex-prisoner being hassled by the police.[citation needed ]
She played sister to the main character in New Zealand film The Scarecrow (aka Klynham Summer ), which was invited to play at the Cannes Film Festival .[citation needed ] Mann has also appeared in the Yahoo Serious movie Reckless Kelly , Hating Alison Ashley , and Any Questions for Ben? .[citation needed ]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1974
Matlock Police
Jenny Perkins
TV series, 1 episode
1975
Homicide
Jennifer 'Socks' O'Brien
TV series, 1 episode
1975
The Box
Tina Harris
TV series
1976
Bellbird
TV series
1976
Bluey
Marcia Franks
TV series, 1 episode 25: "It's Not Worth the Risk"
1977
The Sullivans
Angelique
TV series, 13 episodes
1977
Glenview High
Cheryl Harrison
TV series, 1 episode
1978
The Restless Years
TV series
1979
The Oracle
TV series
1979
Skyways
Mickey Devine
TV series, 1 episode
1980
Arcade
Susie Blair
TV series, 14 episodes
1980
Spring & Fall
Terry
TV series, 1 episode: "Out of Line"
1980
Players in the Gallery
TV miniseries, 1 episode
1980
The Young Doctors
TV series
1981
Holiday Island
Wendy Robinson
TV series, 14 episodes
1981; 1982; 1983
Cop Shop
Lea Butler
TV series
1981
Prisoner
Georgie Baxter
TV series, 12 episodes
1982
Watch This Space
TV series, 1 episode
1982
A Special Place
TV film
1982
Kingswood Country
Glenys Freckle
TV series, 1 episode
1982
Loose Ends
Teleplay
1983-1984
Sweet and Sour
Carol Howard
TV series, 20 episodes
1984
The Cowra Breakout
Sally Murphy
TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1984
The Cop Show
Carol
TV pilot
1986
Cyclone Tracy
Connie Hampton
TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986
Sword of Honour
Esse Rogers
TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1988
True Believers
Tess Ross
TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1989
The Flying Doctors
Penny Armstrong
TV series, 5 episodes
1989
Cassidy
Kate
TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990
Col'n Carpenter
Policewoman
TV series, 1 episode
1990
Skirts
Pauline Reardon
TV series, 40 episodes
1992
All Together Now
Jackie Hammond
TV series, 1 episode
1992
Boys From The Bush
Lucinda
TV series, 2 episodes
1993
A Country Practice
Jenny Pope
TV series, 2 episodes
1993, 1996
G.P.
Nicole Learmont / Tanya Woods
TV series, 2 episodes
1994-1995
Janus
Tina Bertram
TV series, 12 episodes
1997
Water Rats
Superintendent Franklin
TV series, 1 episode
1997
The Tromaville Cafe
TV series
1998
Good Guys Bad Guys
Brenda Wick
TV series, 1 episode
1999
Heartbreak High
Isobel Saya
TV series, 8 episodes
1999
The Toothbrush Family
Suzy Sponge (voice)
Animated TV series, 1 episode
2001-2006
Tracey McBean
Voice
Animated TV series
2001; 2020
Home and Away
Judge / Jill Lawson
TV series, 3 episodes
2002; 2008
All Saints
Laura McDermott / Kaye Clinton
TV series, 7 episodes
2002
Kangaroo Creek Gang
Voice
Animated TV series
2003
MDA
Penny Silvani
TV series, 1 episode
2004
Silversun
Holophone
TV series, 1 episode
2004
Noah & Saskia
Deb Litras
TV series, 8 episodes
2005
Blue Heelers
Psychologist
TV series, 1 episode
2007
H2O: Just Add Water
Newsreader
TV series, 1 episode
2008
Classic Tales
TV series, 1 episode
2009
East of Everything
Rosemary de Jong
TV series, 5 episodes
2011
City Homicide
Melissa Gordon
TV series, 1 episode
2011-2012
Laid
Marion McVie
TV series, 7 episodes
2013-2015
Wonderland
Maggie Wilcox
TV series, 44 episodes
2017
Here Come The Habibs
Mrs. Plunge
TV series, 1 episode
2018
Rake
Dallas
TV series, 1 episode
2019
Rosehaven
Karina
TV series, 1 episode
2019
Time & Place Webseries
Alice Woodruff
TV series
2020
Home and Away
Jill Lawson
TV series, 1 episode
2020
Chan & Dee's Drink Tank
Didi
TV series
2022
Latecomers
Deb
TV series, 6 episodes
2022-2024
Five Bedrooms
Cheryl Elling
TV series, 4 episodes
2024
Home and Away
Judge
TV series, 2 episodes
2025
Top End Bub
Annie
TV series
The Twelve
TV series
Television (as self)
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1981; 1982
The 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards
Herself
TV special
1982
A Special Place
Guest
TV special
1982
Watch This Space
Guest
TV series
1982
The 1982 Australian Film Institute Awards
Presenter (with Bruce Spence )
TV special
1984
Simon Townsend's Wonder World
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
1988
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Guest ("Red Faces" segment)
TV series, 1 episode
1990
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
1990
Ausmusic '90
Herself
TV special
1991
In Sydney Today
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
1991
Til Ten
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
1992
Beauty and the Beast
Guest
TV series, 1 episode (segment: "The World Tonight")
1992
The Morning Show
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
1993
Ernie and Denise
Guest
TV series, 3 episodes
1993; 1995
Eleven AM
Guest
TV series, 2 episodes
1994
TVTV
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
1995
Ten News
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
1995
ABC News
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
2002
People Dimensions
Herself
TV series, 1 episode
2012
The Guy Who Killed Paris Hilton
Herself
Video
2013
The Living Room
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
2015
Studio 10
Guest
TV series, 1 episode
Radio
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2005
Meet The Candidate
Liberal Candidate
ABC Radio
2007
Embers
Omeo Farmer
ABC Radio
Theatre
Year
Title
Role
Venue / Company
1971
Fun is Creation
Dancer
Union Hall, Adelaide
God Bless Us Everyone
The Crucible
Our Town
1971
The Rape of Lucretia McColl
1972
Peter Pan
1973
Winnie the Pooh
Friends & Relations
Festival Theatre, Adelaide
1975
The Department
Myra
Marian Street Theatre
1982
Conundra
Phillip Street Theatre with Ensemble Theatre for Sydney Festival
1984
Performing Seals
Seymour Centre
1986
Catholic School Girls
Majestic Cinemas, Sydney with Peers & Mann
1986
Crystal Clear
Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Davis Morely
1987
When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout
Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Davis Morely
1987
The Department
Seymour Centre
1988
The Recruiting Officer
Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1991
The Removalists
Kate Mason
Space Cabaret, Adelaide with STCSA & Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1992
The Heidi Chronicles
Ensemble Theatre
1993
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne & Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney with Australian Shakespeare Company
1993
Two Weeks with the Queen
Mum
/ Auntie Iris / Matron / Doctor / others || Ford Theatre, Geelong, Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat , Russell Street Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company & Melbourne Theatre Company
1995
Dead Funny
Perth Theatre Company
1995
That Eye, The Sky
Playhouse Theatre, Perth with Black Swan State Theatre Company & The Space, Adelaide with Burning House Theatre Company
1995
The Malevolence
Belvoir Street Theatre
1995 / 1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney with Australian Shakespeare Company
1997
Gary's House
Sue-Ann
Adelaide Festival Centre with STCSA
1998 / 2000 / 2003
The Gigli Concert
Old Fitzroy Theatre , Perth & New Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
1999
Carrying Light
Rose McBride
Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA
2000
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Maureen Folan
Bridge Theatre, Sydney, Riverside Theatres Parramatta & The Playhouse, Canberra with Sydney Theatre Company
2001
Dinner with Friends
Marian Street Theatre
2001
Burning
Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2001
The Graduate
Mrs Braddock
Theatre Royal, Sydney with Really Useful Productions
2002
The Vagina Monologues
Acton Street Theatre
2004–05
Minefields and Miniskirts
Margaret, the Vietnam Vet's Wife
Malthouse Theatre , Glen Street Theatre & Parade Theatre
2006
Embers
Omeo Farmer & Various
The Butter Factory Theatre, Wharf 1 Theatre & Majestic Cinemas with Sydney Theatre Company & HotHouse
2007
Last One Standing
Ruth
Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre with Tamarama Rock Surfers
2007
1 in 100
Sve - Female Lead 1
Acton Street Theatre
2008
Ruben Guthrie
Jan Guthrie
Belvoir Street Theatre
2009
Inside Out
Sue
The Butter Factory Theatre & Seymour Centre with Christine Dunstan Productions
2009
Embers
Female 2 / various roles
Australian tour with HotHouse Theatre & Sydney Theatre Company
2011
Don Parties On
Kath Henderson
Playhouse, Melbourne & Sydney Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2011
At Any Cost?
Meagan
The J Theatre, Noosa Heads & Ensemble Theatre
2012
Never Did Me Any Harm
Woman
Force Majeure
2014
Noises Off
Belinda Blair
Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2016
Never Did Me Any Harm
Nancy
Force Majeure
2016–17
Relatively Speaking
Sheila
Ensemble Theatre
2018
After the Ball
2019
Made to Measure
Monica
Seymour Centre
2020
Game. Set. Match (reading)
Leading
Belvoir Theatre Company
2021
My Brilliant Career
Aunt Gussie / Grandma Bossier / The Midwife / Katie McSwat / Rose-Jane McSwat
Belvoir Theatre Company
2021
Home, I'm Darling
Sylvia
Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2022
Blithe Spirit
Dr George Bradman
Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2025
Aria
Ensemble Theatre
[ 4] [ 5]
Awards & nominations
Personal life
Tracy Mann has been married to director Scott Hartford-Davis, since March 6, 2022. [ 6] She is stepmother to Sebastian, Barnaby, Allegra and India. A breast cancer survivor, Mann underwent a double mastectomy. She is a student of yoga. She claims credit for naming the Divinyls . [ 7]
Mann has related her conversion to Buddhism :
"I was sort of unconsciously on a bit of a path... I was doing a show called 'Janus'... I just reached a point that my spirit, my consciousness, had said, "Tracy, enough, Now you have to get it... And I had five weeks off of filming 'Janus' and went to Nepal ... to go to a monastery to study Buddhism."[ 8]
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