Tamasin Ramsay (born 1969) is an Australian

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and former actress. She studied

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at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

and received her

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in the same field from

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

in 2009. Ramsay resides in

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, Australia.

Acting career

Her parents are Robin Ramsay and Barbara Bossert Ramsay (actress and writer). As a child she worked as an actor, with roles in an

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series, ''

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,'' and the film ''

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''. At age 17, she was cast in the Australian television series ''

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'' (1985). She played Princess Talitha in ''

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'' (1986), followed by roles in ''

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(1986)'', ''

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'' (1987), ''

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'' (1989), ''The Great Gatsby'' (Rippon Lea, directed by Robert Chuter), ''

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'' (2001),Tamasin Ramsay interview
at Neighbours: the Perfect Blend (Grundy Television Pty), 12 May 2007 ''

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'' (2002), and ''Tao of the Traveller'' (2008), a film based on a theatre script and book written by Barbara Bossert Ramsay, and produced and directed by her father, Robin Ramsay.

Later interests

During the 1990s, Ramsay left television and became a qualified ambulance paramedic in

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. She was awarded a number of commendations during her paramedic career. During the 1990s Ramsay also earned her

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in Gōjū Kai karate after winning a number of national and international titles in martial arts.. While continuing to volunteer in the health and emergency services, Ramsay attended graduate school at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a PhD for studies in anthropology and health at Monash University in 2009, for which she wrote an in-depth ethnographic study of the

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Representative to the United Nations for the

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and participating in climate change deliberations, Ramsay returned to working at the level of local communities as an activist for social, environmental and animal justice. Ramsay ran in the seat of Albert Park, in the 2018 Victoria state election. She worked as Senior Policy Advisor to

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(Member for Western Victoria,

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) and was the AJP candidate for Lowan in the 2022 Victorian state election. https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/tamasin_ramsay_for_lowan

References

External links

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Brahma Kumaris Research
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Tamasin Living people 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Actresses from Melbourne Australian child actresses Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Brahma Kumaris Year of birth uncertain University of Melbourne alumni Monash University alumni Australian anthropologists Australian women anthropologists 1960s births