1. Tara Morice was born on 23 June 1964 and is an Australian actress, singer and dancer.
15 Facts About Tara Morice
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Tara Morice is a fifth-generation Australian and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Latvian, French and Jewish ancestry.
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Tara Morice appeared in a short film for the Tasmanian Film Corporation in 1980, The ABC of Unions.
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Tara Morice made her stage debut at Australia's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal in Hobart in The Diary of Anne Frank, aged 16.
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Tara Morice holds a Bachelor of Arts in Australian History and English from the Australian National University and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987.
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Tara Morice has worked extensively on stage in Australia, including productions for the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company, Griffin Theatre Company, Belvoir Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Queensland Theatre Company, Malthouse and the Ensemble.
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Tara Morice played Fran in Strictly Ballroom when it premiered as a stage play in 1988, and she was a member of Baz Luhrmann's 'Six Years Old' Company.
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Tara Morice appeared on the film's soundtrack, singing a duet of Time After Time with Mark Williams.
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Tara Morice had a starring role in the series of three Dogwoman telemovies with Magda Szubanski in 2000.
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Tara Morice wrote and directed the documentary My Biggest Fan, about her correspondence and friendship with an American great-grandmother, Mildred Levine, who wrote to her after seeing Strictly Ballroom.
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Tara Morice re-recorded Time After Time for Baz Luhrmann's album Something for Everybody and sang on the Strictly Ballroom, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance and My Biggest Fan soundtracks.
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Tara Morice played Shell in the premiere of the Australian musical The Deb at the Rebel Theatre in Sydney 2022.
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Tara Morice then appeared in the feature film version directed by Rebel Wilson, the World Premiere of which was held at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
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In 2024 Tara Morice was named in the cast for Stan Australia feature film Nugget is Dead.
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Tara Morice was named in the extended cast for ABC series Return to Paradise.