Tasma Walton is a proud Boonwurrung woman from the saltwater country of Melbourne and surrounding coastlines. As an award-winning actor, she has garnered recognition for her role of Mary Swan in the Mystery Road television and film franchise. She has appeared in numerous productions, including Scrublands, The Twelve, Rake, Cleverman and Deadloch; for her renowned role of Dash McKinley in Blue Heelers she received a Best New Talent Logie Award.

Her films include Sweet As; How to Please a Woman, Kid Snow, Blessed and Fistful of Flies, for which she won the Sochi Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Her work across film and television has seen her nominated for multiple AACTA Awards. Tasma’s first novel, Heartless, was nominated for an ABIA Award for General Fiction, and the first book in her children’s series Nerra: Deep Time Traveller was longlisted for the DANZ Children’s Book Award.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be and why?

My Ancestor Nannertgarrook to immerse myself in all of her knowledge, culture and wisdom.