Tracy Mann

Tracy Mann is an Australian actress and voice artist. She became known for playing deaf biker's moll Georgie Baxter in Prisoner. After appearing in a number of television series, she won an Australian Film Institute award in 1980 for the film Hard Knocks. She has also won awards for her work in the miniseries Sword of Honour and 2005 comedy film Hating Alison Ashley.

Early life and education Mann was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

She undertook dance classes from the age of seven and drama classes from the age of nine, learning mime, clowning, and singing. As a teenager she joined the Saturday Company, a branch of the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA). Fresh from high school in 1973, she performed in Winnie the Pooh for Adelaide Festival Theatre and joined Actors Equity of Australia.

Mann studied with Actors Studio in New York City in 1989, and subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in 1993.

Career

Television Between 1975 and 1976, Mann got her big break playing Tina Harris in 250 episodes of 1970s soap opera The Box.

Mann is also well-remembered by audiences for playing deaf biker's moll Georgie Baxter in Prisoner. She also played the lead role of guitarist / singer Carol Howard in the 1984 ABC-TV series Sweet and Sour, The role saw her nominated for a 1984 Penguin Award for Best Actress in a Television series.

In 1986, Mann won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress for her role in the four-part miniseries Sword of Honour. The same year, she was also nominated for a Logie for Most Popular Actress for the miniseries Cyclone Tracy.

From 2013 to 2015, she appeared as the regular character of Maggie Wilcox (mother of main character Tom) in the romantic comedy drama series Wonderiand, alongside Michael Dorman, Jessica Tovey and Brooke Satchwell.

Other TV appearances include The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, Arcade, Holiday Island, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Cowra Breakout, GP, The Flying Doctors, Sweet and Sour, Boys from the Bush, Janus, All Saints, The Oracle, Ash Wednesday, Bellbird. She also made one-off guest appearances in shows such as Glenview High, Bluey, Matlock Police, Cop Shop, Kingswood Country Skyways, Good Guys Bad Guys, Water Rats, and Blue Heelers. On 8 December 2024, Mann was named in the cast for Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. On 20 June 2025, Mann was named in the extended cast for SBS / NITV co-commission Reckless.

Film Mann's first starring role on the big screen was the 1980 low budget drama Hard Knocks. She won the 1980 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and a Sammy Award for Best New Talent

Mann has also appeared in the 1993 Australian satirical comedy Reckless Kelly opposite Yahoo Serious and Hugo Weaving, and the 2005 comedy Hating Alison Ashley alongside Delta Goodrem and Saskia Burmeister – the latter earning her a 2005 AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film.

Mann went to Nepal to study Buddhism, and became a Buddhist.