Natasha Wanganeen
Biography
Natasha Wanganeen is an Aboriginal Australian actress known for her role in Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) and for television work. Born in Point Pearce, South Australia, she grew up in Port Adelaide. She played a dormitory boss in Rabbit-Proof Fence at 15 and appeared in the television film Jessica in 2004, winning an AFI Young Actor's Award. Her later films include Cargo (2017), A Second Chance: Rivals! (2019), 2067 (2020) and Limbo (2023), the last of which was nominated in competition at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. On television she has played Mary Ann Bugg in Drunk History Australia and a chef in Aftertaste. She also made her debut as a co-writer and co-producer with the short film Bunker: The Last Fleet, an Indigenous sci-fi drama, and played the lead.
42years old
Turns 43 on June 20in 250 days
- Born South Australia
- Star sign: GeminiLast day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 22 years2002 to 2024
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First role
At 15, Wanganeen played a dormitory boss in Rabbit-Proof Fence, which came out in 2002. That part was the one that made her known.
Behind the camera
Wanganeen co-wrote Bunker: The Last Fleet with Stephen Potter and Rowan Pullen, who directed it, and the three co-produced it with others. The work drew inspiration from Afrofuturism.
Beyond film
In 2017 Wanganeen took the part of Gilyagan in Kate Grenville's play The Secret River, staged at the Adelaide Festival that March. She had earlier played another role in the two-part TV version from 2015.
Natasha Wanganeen movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Gulpilil appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
David Gulpilil's page
Deborah Mailman's page
Anthony Hayes's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.