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| Born | Elizabeth Joan Tanner
= (1970-02-25) 25 February 1970 (age 54) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
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| Children | 3 |
Elizabeth "Libby" Tanner (born 1970) is an Australian stage and television actress and theatre director best known for her roles as Bronwyn Craig in the television series All Saints and as Bridget Westfall in Wentworth.
Early life
Tanner grew up in Victoria, Australia, graduating from the University of Ballarat in 1993, with a Bachelor of Performing Arts. She has an older brother.
Career
Tanner began her career in theatre and made several guest appearances on Victorian based productions before landing her first big role as Zoe Marshall in the short lived Channel 9 soap Pacific Drive from 1996 to 1997.
Tanner then moved to Sydney, Australia to pursue more acting opportunities and in 1998, began starring in the hospital drama All Saints as Bronwyn (Bron) Craig until she exited the series in 2003. Tanner's character was well received during her time on the show, winning Logie Awards for her role in 2002 and 2003.
In 2004, after returning to Victoria, she starred in the short lived television series Fireflies and then the Australian drama series headLand from 2005 to 2006.
From 2009 to 2011 she starred as Michelle LeTourneau in Rescue: Special Ops.
Since 2015 she has been a recurring character on the television series Wentworth playing forensic psychologist Bridget Westfall.
Tanner has her own theatre company, Mad as Us.
Awards
During her run on All Saints, she gained a total of seven Logie nominations in categories including Most Popular New Female Talent and Most Outstanding Actress and Best Personality on Australian Television. Tanner won Most Popular Actress Logie Awards in 2002 and 2003 for her role as Bron.
Personal life
Tanner was previously in a relationship with All Saints co-star Brian Vriends with whom she shares a daughter. She has two other children.
She currently resides in Ballarat, Victoria.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Life | Jane | |
| 2008 | Little Wings | Claire | Short |
| 2011 | These Empty Streets | Susie | Short |
| 2013 | The Turning | Gail Lang | Segment: "Damaged Goods" |
| 2016 | Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows | Sarah Riles |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992 | Bony | Jenny | "Surf, Sun, Sand.... and Murder" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Neighbours | Kay | "1.1882" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Neighbours | Lynette Thorneycroft | Guest role | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Blue Heelers | Heather | "Nowhere to Run" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Blue Heelers | Holly McLeod | "Motherlove" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Breaking News | Patient | "Office Mole" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | The Man from Snowy River | Brodie | "The Foundling" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Pacific Drive | Zoe Marshall | TV series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | All Saints | Bronwyn Craig | Main role (series 1–6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Stingers | Ava Ryan | "Sleeping with the Enemy" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Fireflies | Lill Yengill | Main role | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–06 | headLand | Grace Palmer | Main role | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | BlackJack: At the Gates | Stephanie Turner | TV film | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Scorched | Lizzie Francia | TV film | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Rush | Robyn Hume | "1.8" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–11 | Rescue: Special Ops | Michelle Letourneau | Main role | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mrs Biggs | Norma | TV miniseries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–14 | Nowhere Boys | Sarah Riles | Recurring role (series 1–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–18 | Wentworth | Bridget Westfall | Recurring role (series 3–6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Florence Astor | "1.1" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TBA | {Back to the Rafters | Tessa
Theatre
References
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