Tammy MacIntosh | |
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 MacIntosh at the premiere ofThe Great Gatsby in 2013. | |
| Born | (1970-02-16)16 February 1970 (age 55) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Education | Morley Senior High School,Girrawheen Senior High School,Mount Lawley Senior High School |
| Alma mater | Edith Cowan University (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Tammy MacIntosh (born 16 February 1970) is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in themedical dramaAll Saints andJool in the TV seriesFarscape. She is also known for her roles on television seriesThe Flying Doctors,Police Rescue,Sea Patrol, the television filmMcLeod's Daughters which led to the acclaimed drama seriesof the same title, and played the role ofKaz Proctor in the prison drama seriesWentworth, until her departure in June 2019.
MacIntosh was born on 16 February 1970 in Perth,[1] where she attendedMorley Senior High School,Girrawheen Senior High School andMount Lawley Senior High School. MacIntosh graduated from theWestern Australian Academy of Performing Arts, a division ofEdith Cowan University.
MacIntosh is married to Mark Yeats and they have a son.[2]
MacIntosh started out as a reporter for children's showC'mon Kids in South Australia in the late eighties.[3]
MacIntosh has an extensive list of TV credits includingThe Flying Doctors,[3] Christine Rutherford inSomething in the Air,[4]Grass Roots,Stingers,State Coroner,Wildside,[4]McLeod's Daughters,[3]G.P.,The Feds III,[4] andChances. She was also a well-known face in her regular role of Kathy inPolice Rescue.[4] MacIntosh played a main character in the first season of theBAFTA Award-winning BBC show,Jeopardy.
In 1998, MacIntosh appeared in the detective seriesGood Guys, Bad Guys.[5] MacIntosh joined the science fiction television seriesFarscape in late 2000.[5] She was cast asJool, a youngInterion woman. She made her first appearance in the third-season episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a".[3]
In 2002, MacIntosh was cast as Dr Charlotte Beaumont in the medical dramaAll Saints.[6] MacIntosh took the role of Charlotte as she saw the character as a new challenge. She was initially contracted for six weeks.[6] Of Charlotte, MacIntosh commented "she's been empowering to play. I felt much stronger and more confident in who I was than I had in a long time."[6] MacIntosh became one of the show's longest serving cast members joining in series 5 and staying until its final season went to air.[6]
Macintosh's film and theatre credits includePolice Rescue: The Movie, theMelbourne Theatre Company'sShark Fin Soup, theSydney Theatre Company'sPrivate Lives, theEnsemble Theatre'sBlinded by the Sun andSleeping Beauty.
She had a recurring role onSea Patrol portraying Commander Maxine "Knocker" White. She also played Doctor Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan in ABC's crime dramaMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries,[7] and Doctor Amelia Ward in "Episode 9" ofCrownies.
MacIntosh was considered for the role ofBea Smith in prison dramaWentworth.[8] She later joined the cast in the third season as vigilanteKaz Proctor, alongside actressesPia Miranda andLibby Tanner.[9] MacIntosh leftWentworth in season 7 as the show took a toll on her. Macintosh revealed the extent of filming would leave her "crying while going on walks" and she would facetime her son every night during production.[10] MacIntosh spoke with the production team at the end of season six to inform them that the upcoming seventh season would be her last as Kaz. Her character was killed off in the fourth episode.[11]
Macintosh would join several of her co-stars fromWentworth during 2022 and appeared at both a Screen Star Event in London and Birmingham and would also appear at theWentworth Con fan convention in Melbourne. Macintosh appears regularly at these fan conventions.[12]
MacIntosh made a cameo appearance inThe Drover's Wife and appeared inThe Longest Weekend.[13] In 2024, Macintosh reunited withGuy Pearce in the filmInside.[14]
In May 2025, MacIntosh made a return to television after a six-year absence asDebra Fowler in soap operaHome and Away.[15]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Feds: Betrayal | Nicola Bass | Television film |
| 1994 | Police Rescue | Const. Kathy Orland | Feature film |
| 1996 | River Street | Sharon Pierce | Feature film |
| Whipping Boy | Seal | Television film | |
| McLeod's Daughters | Claire McLeod | Television film | |
| 2000 | Better Than Sex | Girl F | Feature film |
| 2005 | Repetition | Anell | Feature film |
| 2011 | A Heartbeat Away | Grace Flack | Feature film |
| Sleeping Beauty | Work Colleague | Feature film | |
| 2021 (22) | The Drovers Wife | Marti Murray | Feature film (cameo) |
| 2022 | The Longest Weekend | Sadie Palmer | Feature film |
| 2024 (25) | Inside | Colleen | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1990 | The Flying Doctors | Annie Rogers | Seasons 6–7 (recurring role, 37 episodes) |
| 1991 | Chances | Mandy Foster | Season 1 (6 episodes) |
| 1992–1993 | Bingles | Stacy | Season 1 (main role, 23 episodes) |
| 1992–1995 | Police Rescue | Const. Kathy Orland | Seasons 2–4 (main role, 39 episodes) |
| 1995 | G.P. | Joanna Lalor | Season 7, Episode 33: "One for the Road" |
| 1997–1998 | Wildside | Det. Kim Devlin | Miniseries & Season 1 (recurring role, 12 episodes) |
| 1998 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Holly Swift | Season 2, Episode 13: "You Light Up My Wife" |
| 1999 | Stingers | Karen Jones | Season 2, Episode 19: "Full Term" |
| 2000 | Grass Roots | Marilyn Hennessy | Season 1 (recurring role, 4 episodes) |
| Something in the Air | Christine Rutherford | Season 1 (recurring role, 8 episodes) | |
| 2001–2002 | Farscape | Joolushko 'Jool' Tunai Fenta Hovalis | Seasons 3–4 (recurring role, 18 episodes) |
| 2002 | Jeopardy | Melissa | Season 1 (recurring role, 13 episodes)[16] |
| 2002–2009 | All Saints | Dr. Charlotte Beaumont | Seasons 5–12 (main role, 289 episodes)[17] |
| 2004 | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | Joolushko 'Jool' Tunai Fenta Hovalis | Miniseries (2 episodes) |
| 2010–2011 | Sea Patrol | CMDR Maxine "Knocker" White | Seasons 4–5 (recurring role, 29 episodes) |
| 2011 | East West 101 | Sally Wilson | Season 3, Episode 2: "Heart of Darkness" |
| Crownies | Dr. Amelia Ward | Season 1, Episode 9 | |
| 2012–2015 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Dr. Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan | Seasons 1–3 (recurring role, 17 episodes)[18] |
| 2015–2019 | Wentworth | Karen "Kaz" Proctor | Season 3 (recurring role, 5 episodes),[19] Seasons 4–7 (main role, 41 episodes)[20][21][22][23] |
| 2019 | Wentworth: Behind the Bars | Self | TV Special |
| 2025–present | Home and Away | Debra Fowler | Season 38 (recurring) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Blinded by the Sun | Playhouse Theatre | |
| Private Lives | Sydney Theatre Company | ||
| Shark Fin Soup | Melbourne Theatre Company |
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