BIO

CV

PHOTO & VIDEOS

LINKS

VOICE

THEATRE

STOLEN –THEATRE IN PRACTICE WORKSHOP. Dir: Leah Purcell. Sydney Theatre Company. 2011
RAINSBOW’S END – role: Dolly Banks. Dir: Craig Ilott. Producer Camilla Rowntree /Victoria tour regional 2011
THE SHADOW KING CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT Malthouse & Bell Shakespeare. Dir: Marion Potts 2011
MOTHER’S TONGUE Role: Various. Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Corporation. Dir. Kyle J Morrison 2010
WULAMANAYUWLI AND THE SEVEN PAMANUI CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT Dir: Noel Jordan / Darwin Festival / Brown’s Mart Theatre. 2010.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM Role: Puck. Dir. Sam Strong / Darwin Theatre 2010
ACTORS AT WORK Roles: Various. Dir: Wayne Blair / Bell Shakespeare 2009
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS Role: Smeraldina. Dir: Darren Gilshenan / Coogee Bay Arts Festival 2009
YIBIYUNG Role: Yibiyung (Lead). Dir: Wesley Enoch/Company B. Belvoir St & Malthouse Theatres 2008
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS Role: Smeraldina. Dir: Darren Gilshenan / NIDA
GALLIPOLI Role: Chorus. Dir: Nigel Jamieson / NIDA / Sydney Theatre Company
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE MASTER RACE Role: Marguerite and chorus. Dir: Helmut Bakaitis / NIDA
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Role: Charmian. Dir: Aubrey Mellor / NIDA
THE WOOD DEMON Role: Yulya. Dir: Francesca Smith / NIDA
VISIONS Role: Juana. NIDA
KNOT ALONE Bodyline 2006 Role: Company. Dir: Anca Frankenhaeuser / NIDA

FILM

THE SAPPHIRES – role: Cynthia (leading role). Dir: Wayne Blair. Goalpost Productions. 2011
PRIMAL Role: Screaming Woman. Dir: Josh Reed / Primal Films. 2009

TELEVISION

MAGICAL TALES Role: Princess Desdemona. Ambience Entertainment. 2010

TRAINING

2008 Graduate NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art).

Miranda Tapsell was born in Darwin. She is of Aboriginal descent and her people are the Larrakia. Miranda grew up in Kakadu National Park where she attended primary school. She began performing at the age of seven when she joined a tap dancing group.  At thirteen, her parents enrolled her into the Summer Short Courses at NIDA when they visited her relatives in Sydney. Miranda continued to attend Summer Short Courses when she visited Sydney. At fourteen she moved back to Darwin to continue her education at Darwin High School, where she did drama as a major subject. She joined and performed with Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, a local youth drama group. At sixteen, she auditioned and won the Bell Shakespeare Regional Performance Scholarship with the Bell Shakespeare ensemble in 2004.