Tasneem Roc

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

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

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 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. 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.

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 and as Camala on Mother of the Bride .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Duck Man		Short film
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 film
2017	Falling	Rebecca	Short film
2020	Love and Monsters	Anna Lucia
2022	Christmas Ransom	Kate (Young Mum)
2024	Mother of the Bride	Camala

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Heartbreak High	Mariel	Episode: "6.32"
1999	Heartbreak High	Thania Saya	Main role (season 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	Episode: "1.94"
2009	Packed to the Rafters	Female Reporter	Episode: "Losing the Touch"
2009–10	Home and Away	Suzy Sudiro	Guest role (7 episodes)
2010	Sea Patrol	Neysa	Episode: "Crocodile Tears"
2010	Spirited	Viola Take	Guest role (season 1)
2011	Crownies	Tina Chang	Episodes: "1.7", "1.12"
2013	Reef Doctors	Olivia Shaw	Main role
2015	Winter	Emma Tan	Episode: "Gone Girl"
2016	Mako: Island of Secrets	Nerissa	Episodes: "Letting Go", "Homecoming"
2017	Here Come the Habibs	UN Woman	Episode: "Lockdown"
2017	Cleverman	Sarah Gottlieb	Episode: "Skin"
2017	Unsynced	Tonya Cummins	Episodes: "Smack in the Water", "Transient", "Cummins vs. International Games Committee"
2018	Harrow	Jill McCloud	Episodes: "Finis Vitae Sed Non Amoris", "Non Sum Qualis Eram"
2018-2019	Rake	Li-Ming Wu	Episodes: "5.4", "5.7", "5.8"
2019	Doctor Doctor	Amelia	Episode: "Oh Baby"
2019	The Commons	Zahra Malik	Episode: "1.3"
2021	Reckoning	Prosecutor	Episode: "Best Life"
2021	The Bureau of Magical Things	Dr Apinya Surinat	Recurring role (season 2)
2021	Total Control	Mima Scot	1 episode
2022	The PM's Daughter	Presenter	1 episode
2022	God's Favorite Idiot	Maggie	1 episode
2023	North Shore	Claire Buchanan	1 episode

External links

• Tasneem Roc at IMDb