Tammy MacIntosh (born 16 February 1970) is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in the

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'' All Saints'' and Jool in the TV series ''

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''. She is also known for her roles on television series ''

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'', ''

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'', the television film ''

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'' which led to the acclaimed drama series of the same title, and played the role of

Kaz Proctor Karen "Kaz" Proctor was a main character in the television series '' Wentworth''. Kaz is introduced as one of Bea's supporters and is in a vigilante group called The Red Right Hand. Kaz is portrayed by Tammy MacIntosh. Kaz's main storylines hav ...

in the prison drama series ''

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'', until her departure in June 2019.

Early and personal life

MacIntosh was born on 16 February 1970 in Perth, where she attended

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and

Mount Lawley Senior High School Mount Lawley Senior High School is a public co-educational high day school in the City of Stirling, located in Mount Lawley, a northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school consists of three separate sub-schools: Middle School for Yea ...

. MacIntosh graduated from the

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, a division of

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. MacIntosh is married to Mark Yeats and they have a son, Benjamin.

Career

MacIntosh started out as a reporter for a children's show ''

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'' in South Australia in the late eighties. MacIntosh has an extensive list of TV credits including ''

'', ''

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'', '' Stingers'', '' State Coroner'', '' Wildside'', ''

'', '' G.P.'', '' The Feds III'' and '' Chances''. She was also a well-known face in her regular role of Kathy in ''

''. MacIntosh played a main character in the first season of the BAFTA Award-winning BBC show, ''

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''. In 1998, MacIntosh appeared in the detective series ''

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''. MacIntosh joined the science fiction television series ''

'' in late 2000. She was cast as Jool, a young

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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''. 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. Macintosh's film and theatre credits include '' Police Rescue: The Movie'', the

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'', the

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''. She had a recurring role on ''

'' portraying Commander Maxine "Knocker" White. She also played Doctor Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan in ABC's crime drama ''

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'', and Doctor Amelia Ward in "Episode 9" of ''

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''. MacIntosh was considered for the role of Bea Smith in prison drama ''

''. She later joined the cast in the third season as vigilante

, alongside actresses

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. Tammy would exit Wentworth in series 7 as the show begun to take 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. Tammy spoke with the production team at the end of series six to inform them that the upcoming seventh season would be her last as Kaz. Kaz dies in the fourth episode of season 7 in a horrific killing. 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 Melbournehttps://www.mediaweek.com.au/wentworth-con-arrives-in-melbourne-for-a-two-day-fan-event/ .

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macintosh, Tammy 1970 births Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian television actresses Actresses from Perth, Western Australia Living people People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni