Leeanna Walsman

Leeanna Walsman
Leeanna Walsman
	Walsman in February 2013
Born	Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Leeanna Walsman is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Zam Wesell in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and for her roles in the 2000 film Looking for Alibrandi and the television series Wentworth. She was nominated for both AACTA and Logie awards for her role in Emmy Award-winning series Safe Harbour.

Early life

Walsman was born in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Career

In 2012, Walsman appeared in season 1 of the Australian prison drama Wentworth as Erica Davidson.^[2]^[1]

In 2023, Walsman was announced as part of the cast of Channel Nine crime drama Human Error in the lead role of Holly O'Rourke.^[3]

Awards

In 2005, she was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Jessica, losing to Miranda Otto.^[4]^[5]

She has also been nominated for two AFI Awards and an IF Award.^[5]

She had three FCCA award nominations for Bitter & Twister, Manny Lewis, and Bosch & Rockit.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, she was nominated for an AACTA award for best lead actress, and Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress, for her role in Safe Harbour.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Blackrock	Shana	Feature film
2000	Looking for Alibrandi	Carly Bishop	Feature film
2002	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Zam Wesell	Feature film
2004	One Perfect Day	Alysse Green	Feature film
2006	Ezra White, LL.B.	Louise White	Short film
2006	Burst	Angel	Short film
2007	Soul Mates	Rachel	Short film
2008	Bitter & Twisted	Indigo Samvini	Feature film
	$9.99	Tanita (voice)	Feature film (animated)
	The Informant	Heidi Oliver	TV film
2010	Caught Inside	Alex	Feature film
2010	Kissing Point	Sarah Logan	Short film
2011	Home	Voice	Short film
2011	Dance Me to the End of Love	Mary	Short film
2012	Suspended	Michelle	Short film
2013	The Fort	Darcy	Short film
2013	My Mother Her Daughter	Lynette	Short film
2015	Manny Lewis	Maria	Feature film
	Touch	Dawn	Feature film
	Unified		Short film
2017	Don't Tell	Wendy Roche	Feature film
2020	Penguin Bloom	Kylie	Feature film
2020	2067		Feature film
2022	Bosch & Rockit	Elizabeth	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1996	Police Rescue	Debbie	Episode: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
1997	Big Sky	Rachel	Episode: "Paradise"
	Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord	Girl	Episode: "Sun Becomes a Star"
	Murder Call	Camilla Collins	Episode: "Blood Heat"
1998	Wildside	Jo	Episode #1.15
1998	Home and Away	Barbie	Episodes #1.2512 and #1.2513
1999	Heartbreak High	Jet	Season 7 Episode 1-4
1999	Thunderstone	Myah
2001	Farscape	Borlik	Episode: "Suns and Lovers"
	Love Is a Four Letter Word	Larissa Barrett
	BeastMaster	Morah	Episode: "Chosen One"
2002	Young Lions	Freda Lareen	Episode #1.4
2003	White Collar Blue	Angie	Episode #2.3
2003	The Shark Net	Ruth Parnham	Miniseries
2004	Jessica	Jessica Bergman	Miniseries
2005	Hercules	Megara (wife of Heracles)	Miniseries
2006	All Saints	Sophie Celna / Michelle	Episode: "Behind Closed Doors"
2007	The Starter Wife	Sasha	Miniseries
2009	Rogue Nation	Mary Putland	Episode: "Honour Among Thieves"
2010	The Pacific	Cpl. Lucy Otis	Episode: "Iwo Jima"
2012	Underbelly: Badness	Det. Serg. Pam Young	Recurring role	^[6]
2013	Wentworth	Erica Davidson	Main role Season 1
2015	Catching Milat	Shirley Soires	TV miniseries
2016	Janet King	Peta Vickers	Recurring role Season 2
2016	Cleverman	Belinda Frosche	Episode #1.1
2017	Seven Types of Ambiguity	Anna Marin	Miniseries
2018	Safe Harbour	Bree Gallagher	Miniseries
2020	Drunk History Australia	Lillian Armfield	Episode #1.6
2021	Eden	Octavia Gracie	5 episodes	^[7]
2021	Preppers	Clementine	1 episode
2024	Human Error	Holly O'Rourke	Main Role	^[8]
TBA	Nautilus	Hilda