Tracy Mann

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Tracy Mann
Born	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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 miniseries Sword of Honour and 2005 comedy film Hating Alison Ashley.

Early life and education

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Mann first expressed interest in becoming an actress at the age of four.

She undertook dance classes from the age of seven and drama classes from the age of nine, learning mime, clowning and singing. 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.

She studied with Actors Studio in New York in 1989 and subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in 1993.

Career

Television

Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera The Box.

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, 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 film
1983	Ash Wednesday		Short film
	Distinguished Guests		Short film
1984	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 film
2019	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	3 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 episodes
1981	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		Teleplay
1984	Sweet and Sour	Carol Howard	20 episodes
	The Cop Show	Carol	TV pilot
1984; 1991	The Cowra Breakout	Sally Murphy	Miniseries, 5 episodes
1986	Cyclone Tracy	Connie Hampton	Miniseries, 3 episodes
	Sword of Honour	Esse Rogers	Miniseries, 4 episodes
1988	True Believers	Tess Ross	Miniseries, 7 episodes
	The Four Minute Mile	Jill Webster	TV film
1989	The Flying Doctors	Penny Armstrong	Season 4, 5 episodes
	How Wonderful!	Kerry	TV film
	Cassidy	Kate	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1990	Col'n Carpenter	Policewoman	Season 1, episode 14: "Wheels on Fire"
	Skirts	Pauline Reardon	Seasons 1–3, 40 episodes
1992	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 episodes
1997	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 episodes
2025	The Twelve		Season 3, 8 episodes
	Top End Bub	Annie Pelton	TBA
	Reckless	TBA	4 episodes

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Meet the Candidate	Liberal Candidate	ABC Radio
	Minefields & Miniskirts	Margaret, the Vietnam Vet's Wife	ABC Cast Recording
2007	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

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue / Co.
	God Bless Us Everyone
	The Crucible
	Our Town
1971	Fun is Creation	Dancer	Union Hall, Adelaide
	The Rape of Lucretia McColl
1972	Peter Pan
1973	Winnie the Pooh	Beetle / Friends & Relations	Festival Theatre, Adelaide with Harry M. Miller
1975	The Department	Myra	Marian St Theatre, Sydney
1982	Conundra		Phillip St Theatre, Sydney with Ensemble Theatre, Sydney for Sydney Festival
1984	Performing Seals		Seymour Centre, Sydney
1986	Catholic School Girls	Lead role	Majestic Cinemas, Sydney with Peers & Mann
	Crystal Clear	Lead role	Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Davis Morely
1987	When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout	Fiona	Wharf Theatre, Sydney & national tour x 2 with Davis Morely
	The Department		Seymour Centre, Sydney
1988	The Recruiting Officer		Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with QTC
1991	The Removalists	Kate Mason	Space Cabaret, Adelaide with STCSA & Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
1992	The Heidi Chronicles	Heidi Holland	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
1993	Two Weeks with the Queen	Mum / Auntie Iris / Matron / Doctor / others	Ford Theatre, Geelong, Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with STC & MTC
1993; 1995; 1996	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania	Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne & Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney with Australian Shakespeare Company
1995	Dead Funny		Perth Theatre Company
	That Eye, The Sky		Playhouse Theatre, Perth with Black Swan State Theatre Company & The Space, Adelaide with Burning House Theatre Company
	The Malevolence		Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
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 STC
2001	Dinner with Friends		Marian St Theatre, Sydney
	Burning		Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
	The Graduate	Mrs Braddock	Theatre Royal, Sydney with Really Useful Productions
2002	The Vagina Monologues		Acton Street Theatre, Canberra
2004–2005	Minefields and Miniskirts	Margaret, the Vietnam Vet's Wife	Malthouse Theatre, Glen Street Theatre & NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney
2006	Embers	Omeo Farmer / various roles	The Butter Factory Theatre, Wharf Theatre, Sydney & Majestic Cinemas with STC & HotHouse Theatre
2007	Last One Standing	Ruth	Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, Sydney with Tamarama Rock Surfers
	1 in 100	Sve – Female Lead 1	Acton Street Theatre, Canberra
2008	Ruben Guthrie	Jan Guthrie	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2009	Inside Out	Sue	The Butter Factory Theatre & Seymour Centre, Sydney with Christine Dunstan Productions
	Embers	Female 2 / various roles	Australian tour with HotHouse Theatre & STC
2011	Don Parties On	Kath Henderson	Playhouse, Melbourne & Sydney Theatre with MTC
	At Any Cost?	Meagan	The J Theatre, Noosa Heads & Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2012	Never Did Me Any Harm	Woman	Force Majeure, Sydney
2014	Noises Off	Belinda Blair	Sydney Opera House with STC
2016	Never Did Me Any Harm	Nancy	Force Majeure, Sydney
2016–2017	Relatively Speaking	Sheila	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2018	After the Ball
2019	Made to Measure	Monica	Seymour Centre, Sydney
2020	Game. Set. Match (reading)	Lead role	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2021	My Brilliant Career	Aunt Gussie / Grandma Bossier / The Midwife / Katie McSwat / Rose-Jane McSwat	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
	Home, I'm Darling	Sylvia	Sydney Opera House with STC
	A Clockwork Orange (development)		ATYP
2022	Blithe Spirit	Dr George Bradman	Sydney Opera House with STC
2024	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Mrs Alexander / various roles	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2025	Aria	Monique	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

Awards & nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
1980	Hard Knocks	Australian Film Institute Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Won
	Hard Knocks	Sammy Award	Best New Talent	Won
1982	The Scarecrow	MYSTFEST	Best Artistic Contribution (Ensemble Cast)	Won
1984	Sweet and Sour	Penguin Award	Best Actress in a Television series	Nominated
1986	Sword of Honour	Logie Award	Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries / Telemovie	Won
	Sword of Honour	Australian Film Institute Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries	Nominated
	Cyclone Tracy	Logie Award	Most Popular Actress	Nominated
1987	Crystal Clear	Theatre Critics Circle Award	Best Actress	Nominated
1990	How Wonderful	Australian Film Institute Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated
2005	Hating Alison Ashley		Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2014	Wonderland	Equity Ensemble Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominated
	Noises Off	Sydney Theatre Award	Best Ensemble Cast	Nominated
2017	Relatively Speaking		Best Supporting Actress	Nominated

Personal life

Tracy Mann has been married to director Scott Hartford-Davis, since March 6, 2022. 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.

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."

External links

• Tracy Mann at IMDb