NATASHA WANGANEEN
Writer / Producer / Tjarra
Bio
Natasha Wanganeen is an AFI award winning actress known for Rabbit Proof Fence (2002).
In 2016 Natasha was Ambassador for the Adelaide Film Festival and wrote for Sister Girl. Natasha starred in the 2017 film Cargo. Also in 2017, she played the role of Gilyagan in Kate Grenville's play The Secret River presented during the Adelaide Festival in March and later played a different role in the two-part TV series of the same name.
Wanganeen advocates for greater cultural diversity in Australian screen culture. She co-writes and produces Bunker: The Last Fleet and also stars as the strong aboriginal warrior lead.
Filmography
Storm Boy (2019)
Actor (Susan Franklin)
Tagline: When Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he's forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr Percival.
Genre: Feature film | Adventure | Drama | Family
Killer Native (2019)
Actor (Ghoul)
Tagline: A bitingly wicked take on first contact between British settlers and Aboriginal people - and zombies.
Genre: Short | Horror
Lucy and DiC (2019-)
Actor (Catherine)
Tagline: It's about Lucy, a girl who's always on the look out for simple ways to improve her life. And DiC her talking support drone who even with all the knowledge in the world...can still be a bit of an arsehole.
Genre: Webseries | Animation | Comedy
The Secret River (2017)
Actor (Gilyagan)
Tagline: Kate Grenville’s 2005 novel The Secret River has challenged Australian readers to rethink all they were taught about the birth of their nation.
Genres: Play | Adventure | Drama | History
Cargo (2017)
Actor (Josie)
Tagline: The future is fragile.
Genres: Feature Film | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Jessica (2004)
Actor (Mary Simpson)
Tagline: Young Jessica is sent to a mental asylum by her rotten family on a false pretense. Her only chance is a down-on-his-luck boozing lawyer.
Genre: Telemovie | Drama
Awards: Winner AFI Young Actor's Award (Natasha Wanganeen)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Actor (Nina)
Tagline: What if the government kidnapped your daughter? It happened every week in Australia from 1905 to 1971.
Genres: Feature Film | Adventure | Biography | Drama