Tammy MacIntosh

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, 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.

Career

MacIntosh started out as a reporter for children's show '' C'mon Kids'' in South Australia in the late eighties.

MacIntosh has an extensive list of TV credits including '' The Flying Doctors'', Christine Rutherford in '' Something in the Air'', '' 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. 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''. 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'', and Doctor Amelia Ward in "Episode 9" of ''Crownies''.

MacIntosh was considered for the role of Bea Smith in prison drama '' Wentworth''. She later joined the cast in the third season as vigilante Kaz Proctor, alongside actresses Pia Miranda and Libby Tanner. 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. 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.

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.

MacIntosh made a cameo appearance in '' The Drover's Wife'' and appeared in ''The Longest Weekend.'' In 2024, Macintosh reunited with Guy Pearce in the film ''Inside''. In May 2025, MacIntosh made a return to television after a six year absence as Debra Fowler in soap opera ''Home and Away''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

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{{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