Biography

Libby Tanner

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Single mother of three children - Edie, Tadhg and Joni (2014).
Her Art teacher in high school forced her to appear in a theatre , first she refused but then accepted.
Studied Performing Arts at Ballarat University.
Was offered the role of "Lizzie Francia" in Scorched (2008) with no audition.
Was 6 months pregnant with Tadhg whilst filming Scorched (2008) and filmed an episode of Rush (2008) 5 weeks after he was born.

On her All Saints character Bronwyn: Bron is a good nurse and she has the instincts to become a good ambulance officer. Nurses have to care for people, get into their world and understand what the patients are going through and what their fears are to be able to help them through it.
I was in a combined Year 11 and 12 class and the Drama teacher made me stand up to audition for the role of Eliza Doolittle, I was petrified but she gave me the role and that started me thinking seriously about acting.
[on filming Rescue Special Ops]; It's an interesting part to play, I've never played anybody with authority before. You have to discover more of a stillness to your character than being a hotheaded action person. You have to find a happy medium between communicating with the team and the premiers of the world.
It's interesting because she has to keep a lid on her emotions, and on her responses. Her reactions have to be very measured. The first couple of episodes I was like, 'Oooh has anybody seen my character, I don't really know what I'm doing here?
As an Australian actor you go for gold, so whatever you're given you make the best of it. It's just you working with a script and actors and a director. I've got fond memories of everything I've done, but I'm enjoying this one the most because the character is so different from me.

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