Tuuli Narkle

Tuuli Narkle is an Australian TV and stage actress. She is best known for her turns as Mary Swan on Mystery Road: Origin and Constable Evie Cooper on NCIS: Sydney. For her role on Mystery Road: Origin in she won the 2022 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.

Early life and education Tuuli Narkle was born in Western Australia. She is of Aboriginal Australian and Finnish descent. She is a Noongar woman of the Yued and Wiilman cultural blocs, with familial ties to the York and Goldfields regions.

Narkle was accepted into the John Curtin College of the Arts to study acting, and at the same time continued to train as a dancer at the Charlesworth Ballet Institute. and in Nakkiah Lui's Black is the New White.

In 2021 Narkle played the part of Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the stage show Sunshine Super Girl and in 2022 played Helen in Emme Hoy's adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

Screen Narkle played a lead role in the ABC comedy series All My Friends Are Racist in 2021. In 2022 she played a younger version of Tasma Walton's character Mary Swan in Mystery Road: Origin, a prequel series to Mystery Road, opposite Mark Coles Smith as detective Jay Swan.

In 2023 Narkle appeared in the drama series Bad Behaviour. Also in 2023, she played AFP liaison officer Constable Evie Cooper in the Network 10/Paramount+ series NCIS: Sydney. She played Keeley Redford in the 2024 Netflix drama series Territory.

Narkle reprises her lead role as Mary Swan in the second season of Mystery Road: Origin, which premiered on 21 September 2025 on ABC TV, with all episodes available on iview.

Awards For her performance in Mystery Road: Origin she won the 2022 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.

Filmography + Year Title Role Notes 2021 All My Friends Are Racist Belle / Nicole 5 episodes 2022-present Mystery Road: Origin Mary 12 episodes (2 seasons) 2023 Bad Behaviour Miss Lacey 4 episodes 2023–present NCIS: Sydney Evie Cooper Main role 2024 Territory Keeley Redford 5 episodes