Tuuli Narkle
Tuuli Narkle | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | Mystery Road |
Tuuli Narkle is an Australian actress.[1] For her performance in Mystery Road: Origin she won the 2022 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.[2] She plays AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper in the Network 10/Paramount+ series NCIS: Sydney.
Early life
Narkle was born in Western Australia and is of First Nations and Finnish descent, with familial ties to the York and Goldfields regions.[1][3] She has one sibling, a sister.
She was accepted into the John Curtin College of the Arts and trained as a dancer at the Charlesworth Ballet Institute.[4] She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2018.[3]
Career
Narkle began her career on stage with an appearance as Ruby in Stolen[1] and in 2019 appeared in Winyanboga Yurringa[5] and in Nakkiah Lui's Black Is The New White.[6] In 2021 Narkle played the part of Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the stage show Sunshine Super Girl[7] and in 2022 played Helen in Emme Hoy's adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall[8]
Narkle played a lead role in the ABC TV series All My Friends are Racist in 2021.[9] and then played a younger version of Tasma Walton's character Mary Swan in Mystery Road: Origin, a prequel season of Mystery Road.[10] 2023 saw her appear in Bad Behaviour.[11] Narkle plays AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper in the Network 10/Paramount+ series NCIS: Sydney.[12]
Personal life
She stated that as a highschooler she was obsessed with the relationship between NCIS characters Gibbs and DiNozzo.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | NCIS: Sydney | Evie Cooper | |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour | Miss Lacey | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Mystery Road: Origin | Mary | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | All My Friends are Racist | Belle/Nicole | 5 episodes |
References
- ^ a b c Mayoh, Lisa (13 November 2022), "Tuuli's a Rising Star whose allowed to be loud", The Sunday Telegraph
- ^ Story, Hannah (7 December 2022), "Elvis and Mystery Road: Origin are big winners at AACTA Awards 2022", ABC News
- ^ a b c https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/stm/wa-actor-tuuli-narkle-was-an-ncis-superfan-now-she-is-part-of-its-first-global-spin-off-ncis-sydney-c-12334278
- ^ https://opera.org.au/artist/tuuli-narkle/
- ^ Nguyen, Justine (9 May 2019), "Winyanboga Yurringa (Belvoir Street Theatre)", Limelight Magazine
- ^ Woodhead, Cameron (6 October 2019), "Black is the new white for Australian social satire", The Age
- ^ Syren, Mikele (15 January 2021), "'Super Girl' Goolagong Cawley celebrated in new play", NITV News
- ^ Shand, John (16 June 2021), "How do you adapt an unwieldy 500-page novel for the stage? Well, it's not easy", Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Hirst, Jordan (24 August 2021), "Queer ABC series 'All My Friends Are Racist' features wild rimming scene", Q News
- ^ Clark, Rhiannon (13 July 2022), "For Tuuli Narkle, portraying Mystery Road's Mary Allen was a deeply emotional, painful journey", National Indigenous Times
- ^ O'loughlin, Ciara (17 February 2023), "Stan release all episodes of their gritty teenage Original series Bad Behaviour about shocking bullying at an all-girls school", Daily Mail Australia
- ^ Knox, David (13 June 2023). "Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance lead NCIS: Sydney cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
External links
- Tuuli Narkle at IMDb