Tasma Walton

Actress

Birthday August 19, 1973

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Age 50 years old

Nationality Australia

#39550 Most Popular

1973

Tasma Walton (born 19 August 1973) is an Australian television and film actress.

Walton joined local radio station 6GE and trained as a production assistant and copy writer in her home town.

She was accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) but dropped out after two years.

1989

She joined a small Sydney theatre, and landed a role as the love interest of Ian Moss in the music video for Tucker's Daughter off his 1989 debut album Matchbook.

1995

In 1995, Walton played the recurring role of Rachel Watson in Home and Away.

1996

In 1996, Walton was cast as Dash McKinley in the police drama series Blue Heelers.

Her character was introduced halfway through Season 3.

She also played another character, Kim Trelor, in the same series.

To win the role of Dash, Walton auditioned three times.

Her second one with William McInnes (Nick Schultz) gained her the role.

In the audition Schultz yelled at Dash and while some of the other actresses burst into tears, Walton reacted by laughing.

In the same year she made her film debut in Fistful of Flies.

1999

Her last episode of Blue Heelers ("The Full Circle") screened in mid-1999.

Walton stated that she was leaving the series to pursue other acting projects and to be with her boyfriend in Sydney.

She has since appeared in a variety of film and TV productions, including Water Rats, Sea Patrol, The Postcard Bandit and Perdition.

She also won recurring roles in White Collar Blue and BeastMaster.

2004

Walton was in a relationship with Danny Roberts for seven and a half years until 2004.

2007

She began dating Rove McManus in October 2007.

2009

In 2009, Walton joined the cast of City Homicide in the semi-regular role of criminal profiler, Claudia Leigh.

They married in a private ceremony in Broome, Western Australia on 16 June 2009.

2013

On 27 July 2013, it was announced that Walton had rejoined the cast of Home and Away in the recurring role of Jade Montgomery.

She was on the show for two seasons.

In September 2013, Walton and McManus announced that they were expecting their first child.

The couple's daughter was born in December 2013.

2016

In 2016, Walton appeared on three episodes of Rake.

She also had a regular role on Cleverman (in 2016 and 2017).

2018

In 2018, she joined the cast of Mystery Road, reprising her role from the 2013 film of the same name.

2020

She returned to season two in 2020.

Walton has Aboriginal heritage on her mother's side.