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.
Career
Walsman commenced her acting career 1996, when she made a guest appearance in drama series Police Rescue, followed by further guest roles on shows, such as, Big Sky
In 2015, she had a supporting role in Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye, a special episode of the soap opera which streamed on the now-defunct service Presto, and subsequently appearances in drama series, Janet King, In 2024, it was announced that drama series Human Error would air on the Nine Network.
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.
She has also been nominated for two AFI Awards and an IF Award.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|Ezra White, LL.B.
|Louise White
|Short film
|-
|Burst
|Angel
|Short film
|-
|2007
|Soul Mates
|Rachel
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2008
|Bitter & Twisted
|Indigo Samvini
|Feature film
|-
|$9.99
|Tanita (voice)
|Feature film (animated)
|-
|'
|Heidi Oliver
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Caught Inside
|Alex
|Feature film
|-
|Kissing Point
|Sarah Logan
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|Home
|Voice
|Short film
|-
|Dance Me to the End of Love
|Mary
|Short film
|-
|2012
|Suspended
|Michelle
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|'
|Darcy
|Short film
|-
|My Mother Her Daughter
|Lynette
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
|Manny Lewis
|Maria
|Feature film
|-
|Touch
|Dawn
|Feature film
|-
|Unified
|
|Short film
|-
|2017
|Don't Tell (2017 film)
|Wendy Roche
|Feature film
|-
|2020
|Penguin Bloom
|Kylie
|Feature film
|-
|2020
|2067
| Selene Whyte
|Feature film
|-
|2022
|Bosch & Rockit
|Elizabeth
|Feature film
|}
Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref
|-
|1996
|Police Rescue
|Debbie
|Episode: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
|
|-
|Preppers
|Clementine
|1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|Human Error
|Holly O'Rourke
|Main role
|'
|}
Stage
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
!Ref
|-
| 2022
| Opening Night
| Myrtle Gordon
| Belvoir Street Theatre
|
|-
| 2018
|Melancholia
| Claire
| Malthouse Theatre
|
|-
| 2010
| Stockholm
| Kali
| STC
|
|}