Tasneem Roc

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

Early life and education Tasneem Roc was born in Sydney. Roc's mother, writer Margaret Roc, is from Scotland and her father, John Roc, is a Karen from Myanmar. Her brother is James Roc.

Roc attended Turramurra High School and went on to study acting at the Australian Theatre for Young People, located in Woolloomooloo (a suburb of Sydney). She graduated from the University of Sydney.

Career Roc began her career in 1997 on the Australian television drama series Heartbreak High in season six as activist high-school student Thania Saya.

She then appeared in a guest role on the ABC drama series Head Start in 2001 as Skye Quinn, the disruptive daughter of Garrett Quinn. She appeared as a guest on the UK Sky TV sports drama series Dream Team in 2001–03 as home-wrecking U.S. 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 in 2011.

Roc appeared, in 2007–2021, 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.

She appeared as British journalist Stephanie Murdoch in Kath & Kimderella, a 2012 comedy film based on the television comedy series Kath & Kim.

Roc appeared in Reef Doctors, the Australian drama produced by Jonathan M. Shiff that premiered on Network Ten on 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.

She appeared as Yael in Josh Lawson's 2014 debut comedy film The Little Death and in the 2015 Seven Network miniseries Winter, starring Rebecca Gibney and Peter O'Brien.

In 2016, Roc appeared as Nerissa on the children's adventure television series Mako: Island of Secrets and in 2024 as Camala in the romantic comedy film Mother of the Bride .

Filmography

Film

Television