Tammy MacIntosh
{{Short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tammy MacIntosh
| image = The Great Gatsby Premiere (8778338065).jpg
| caption = MacIntosh at the premiere of The Great Gatsby in 2013.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|02|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = Edith Cowan University (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts)
| education = Morley Senior High School, Girrawheen Senior High School, Mount Lawley Senior High School
| years_active = 1986–present
| known_for = * All Saints
| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Yeats|October 2005}}
| children = 1
}}
Tammy MacIntosh (born 16 February 1970) is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints and Jool in the TV series Farscape. She is also known for her roles on television series The Flying Doctors, Police Rescue, Sea Patrol, the television film McLeod's Daughters which led to the acclaimed drama series of the same title, and played the role of Kaz Proctor in the prison drama series Wentworth, until her departure in June 2019.
Early and personal life
MacIntosh was born on 16 February 1970 in Perth,{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570695/bio|title=Tammy Macintosh|publisher=IMDb|access-date=2020-04-24}} where she attended Morley Senior High School, Girrawheen Senior High School and Mount Lawley Senior High School. MacIntosh graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, a division of Edith Cowan University.
MacIntosh is married to Mark Yeats and they have a son.{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/a-walk-for-wellness/story-e6frg12c-1111116481041?nk=cfb429b18655ca0e93ccfee99540e4e4-1469910643|title=TV Guide: A walk for wellness|last=McWhirter|first=Erin|date=28 May 2008|work=The Sunday Times|accessdate=30 July 2016}}
Career
MacIntosh started out as a reporter for children's show C'mon Kids in South Australia in the late eighties.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/profiles/actors/page10.shtml|title=Tammy MacIntosh|publisher=BBC Online|access-date=30 July 2016}}
MacIntosh has an extensive list of TV credits including The Flying Doctors, Christine Rutherford in Something in the Air,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age-back-in-action/172229048/|title=Back in action|last=Courtis|first=Brian|date=15 June 2000|work=The Age|access-date=12 May 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}} Grass Roots, Stingers, State Coroner, Wildside, McLeod's Daughters, G.P., The Feds III, and Chances. She was also a well-known face in her regular role of Kathy in Police Rescue. MacIntosh played a main character in the first season of the BAFTA Award-winning BBC show, Jeopardy.
In 1998, MacIntosh appeared in the detective series Good Guys, Bad Guys. MacIntosh joined the science fiction television series Farscape in late 2000.{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=tammy+macintosh+and+farscape&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news001216_0799_5950|title=The Diary|last=Sharp|first=Annette|date=10 December 2000|work=The Sun-Herald|access-date=30 July 2016}} She was cast as Jool, a young Interion woman. She made her first appearance in the third-season episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a".
In 2002, MacIntosh was cast as Dr Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints.{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=tammy+macintosh+and+farscape&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE070726O83TF97K59F|title=Patron Saint of high-heeled lesbians|last=Hunter|first=Tim|date=26 July 2007|work=The Age|access-date=30 July 2016}} MacIntosh took the role of Charlotte as she saw the character as a new challenge. She was initially contracted for six weeks. Of Charlotte, MacIntosh commented "she's been empowering to play. I felt much stronger and more confident in who I was than I had in a long time." MacIntosh became one of the show's longest serving cast members joining in series 5 and staying until its final season went to air.
Macintosh's film and theatre credits include Police Rescue: The Movie, the Melbourne Theatre Company's Shark Fin Soup, the Sydney Theatre Company's Private Lives, the Ensemble Theatre's Blinded by the Sun and Sleeping Beauty.
She had a recurring role on Sea Patrol portraying Commander Maxine "Knocker" White. She also played Doctor Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan in ABC's crime drama Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries,{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/ashleigh-cummings-says-miss-fishers-murder-mysteries-leads-the-way-for-women-in-television/news-story/b08a2d51a5ef7f774343ec0b43ca51f5|title=Ashleigh Cummings says Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries leads the way for women in television|last=Fenton|first=Andrew|date=28 May 2015|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=31 July 2016}} and Doctor Amelia Ward in "Episode 9" of Crownies.
MacIntosh was considered for the role of Bea Smith in prison drama Wentworth.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/10/rumour-who-will-play-the-new-bea-smith.html|title=Rumour: Who will play the new Bea Smith?|last=Knox|first=David|date=3 October 2012|publisher=TV Tonight|access-date=9 April 2019}} She later joined the cast in the third season as vigilante Kaz Proctor, alongside actresses Pia Miranda and Libby Tanner.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-screen-death-of-alex-cooks-character-lou-in-love-my-way-still-holds-strong-emotions-for-fans/story-e6frfmyi-1227252520945|title=The screen death of Alex Cook's character Lou in Love My Way still holds strong emotions for fans|last=Byrnes|first=Holly|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=30 July 2016}} MacIntosh left Wentworth in season 7 as the show took a toll on her. Macintosh revealed the extent of filming would leave her "crying while going on walks" and she would facetime her son every night during production.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/actors-say-landing-a-job-on-wentworth-is-the-role-of-a-lifetime/news-story/2724fd140cee82ac2f73102f624d17c6#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20the%20role%20of,talented%20and%20incredibly%20generous%20people|title=Actors say landing a job on Wentworth is the 'role of a lifetime'|date=27 May 2019|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=12 May 2025}} MacIntosh spoke with the production team at the end of season six to inform them that the upcoming seventh season would be her last as Kaz. Her character was killed off in the fourth episode.{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/tv/wentworth-kaz-proctor-dies-56500/|title=Wentworth fans react to last night’s devastating shock death|last=Burke|first=Tina|date=18 June 2019|work=TV Week|access-date=12 May 2025}}
Macintosh would join several of her co-stars from Wentworth during 2022 and appeared at both a Screen Star Event in London and Birmingham and would also appear at the Wentworth Con fan convention in Melbourne. Macintosh appears regularly at these fan conventions.{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=Wentworth Con arrives in Melbourne for a two-day fan event |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/wentworth-con-arrives-in-melbourne-for-a-two-day-fan-event/|work=Mediaweek|access-date=30 March 2023}}
MacIntosh made a cameo appearance in The Drover's Wife and appeared in The Longest Weekend.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-19 |title=The Longest Weekend Director Molly Haddon Talks Queer Screen, Creating Genuine Family Connections on Screen, and More in This Interview – The Curb |url=https://www.thecurb.com.au/the-longest-weekend-director-molly-haddon-talks-queer-screen-creating-genuine-family-connections-on-screen-and-more-in-this-interview/ |access-date=10 August 2024|language=en-AU}} In 2024, Macintosh reunited with Guy Pearce in the film Inside.{{Cite web |last=Longhetti |first=Chloe-Lee |date=7 March 2025|title='Called each other stupid names': Star's reveal about working with Guy Pearce |url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/tammy-macintosh-interview-wentworth-actress-new-film-inside-working-with-guy-pearce-exclusive/38e28cf7-3587-414d-ad3f-f1efc4400ef2 |access-date=9 March 2025|website=celebrity.nine.com.au |language=en-AU}} In May 2025, MacIntosh made a return to television after a six year absence as Debra Fowler in soap opera Home and Away.{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/home-and-away/home-and-away-spoilers-cash-proposes/|title=Home and Away spoilers: Cash proposes to Eden!|last=Cullen|first=Tamara|date=12 May 2025|work=TV Week|access-date=12 May 2025}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1993
|{{sortname|The|Feds: Betrayal|nolink=1}} |Nicola Bass |Television film |
| 1994
|Const. Kathy Orland |Feature film |
| rowspan="3" |1996
|River Street |Sharon Pierce |Feature film |
| Whipping Boy
|Seal |Television film |
| McLeod's Daughters
|Claire McLeod |Television film |
| 2000
|Girl F |Feature film |
| 2005
|Repetition |Anell |Feature film |
| rowspan="2" |2011
|{{sortname|A|Heartbeat Away}} |Grace Flack |Feature film |
| Sleeping Beauty
|Work Colleague |Feature film |
| 2021 (22)
|Marti Murray |Feature film (cameo) |
| 2022
|The Longest Weekend |Sadie Palmer |Feature film |
| 2024 (25)
|Colleen |Feature film |
=Television=
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| Blinded by the Sun | | Playhouse Theatre |
| | Private Lives
| | Sydney Theatre Company |
| | Shark Fin Soup
| | Melbourne Theatre Company |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0570695}}
{{Main cast of Farscape}}
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Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian stage actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Perth, Western Australia
Category:People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School
Category:20th-century Australian actresses
Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni