Tasneem Roc

Tasneem Roc (born 11 December 1978) is an Australian television and film actress born in Sydney.

Tasneem Roc
Roc at the Killing Them Softly Australian Premiere in September 2012
Born	(1978-12-11) 11 December 1978 Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Website	tasneemroc.com

Early life and education

Roc's mother, author Margaret Roc, is from Scotland and her father, John Roc, is a Karen from Burma. Her brother is James Roc.

Roc attended the Turramurra High School and went on to study acting at the Australian Theatre for Young People. She graduated from the University of Sydney.

Career

Roc began her career on the Australian television series Heartbreak High in season six as activist high school student Thania Saya.

Roc then appeared in a guest role on ABC series Head Start as Skye Quinn, the disruptive daughter of Garrett Quinn. She appeared as a guest on UK Sky TV football series Dream Team as home-wrecking US professional tennis player Shannon Eden-Childs. She also appeared as victim of crime Tina Chang in a guest role on ABC TV's legal dramedy Crownies.

Roc appeared in the award winning SBS mini-series East West 101 as Amina Malik, a role for which she learnt some Arabic, and Islamic prayers as the wife of Muslim detective Zane Malik.[1] The cast was presented with the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast at the 2012 Equity Awards.

Roc appeared as British journalist Stephanie Murdoch in Kath & Kimderella, a film based on the hit TV comedy series Kath & Kim.

Roc appeared in Reef Doctors the Australian drama produced by Jonathan M. Shiff that premiered on Network Ten 9 June 2013. The show stars Lisa McCune as Sam Stewart the leader of a team of doctors serving the remote Hope Island Clinic on the Great Barrier Reef. Roc played nurse practitioner Olivia Shaw.[2]

Roc appeared as Yael in Josh Lawson's debut comedy The Little Death and in the Seven Network miniseries Winter starring Rebecca Gibney and Peter O'Brien.

Roc most recently appeared as Nerissa on Mako: Island of Secrets.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Duck Man		Short
2009	The 7th Hunt	Becky (The Hand)
2011	Burning Man	Oncology Nurse
2012	Not Suitable for Children	Miranda
2012	Kath & Kimderella	Stephanie Murdoch
2014	The Little Death	Yael
2014	Housemates	Miki	Short
2017	Falling	Rebecca	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Heartbreak High	Mariel	"6.32"
1999	Heartbreak High	Thania Saya	Main role (series 7)
2001	Head Start	Skye Quinn	Guest role (5 episodes)
2002–03	Dream Team	Shannon Eden-Childs	Guest role (6 episodes)
2007–2011	East West 101	Amina Malik	Supporting role
2008	Out of the Blue	Suze	"1.94"
2009	Packed to the Rafters	Female Reporter	"Losing the Touch"
2009–10	Home and Away	Suzy Sudiro	Guest role (7 episodes)
2010	Sea Patrol	Neysa	"Crocodile Tears"
2010	Spirited	Viola Take	Guest role (series 1)
2011	Crownies	Tina Chang	"1.7", "1.12"
2013	Reef Doctors	Olivia Shaw	Main role
2015	Winter	Emma Tan	"Gone Girl"
2016	Mako: Island of Secrets	Nerissa	"Letting Go", "Homecoming"
2017	Here Come the Habibs	UN Woman	"Lockdown"
2017	Cleverman	Sarah Gottlieb	"Skin"
2017	Unsynced	Tonya Cummins	"Smack in the Water", "Transient", "Cummins vs. International Games Committee"
2018	Harrow	Jill McCloud	"Finis Vitae Sed Non Amoris", "Non Sum Qualis Eram"
2018-2019	Rake	Li-Ming Wu	"5.4"
2019	Doctor Doctor	Amelia	"Oh Baby"
2019	The Commons	Zahra Malik	"1.3"
2020	Reckoning	Prosecutor	Best Life

References

1. Knapman Wyld Television Pty Ltd Archived 10 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. Prodijee Magazine

External links

• Tasneem Roc on IMDb