---
name: "Natasha Wanganeen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/natasha-wanganeen"
fi1m_id: "natasha-wanganeen"
imdb_id: "nm1138590"
tmdb_id: 2045328
wikidata_id: "Q59491321"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T18:03:31.466627+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Natasha Wanganeen

## Identity

Natasha Wanganeen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/natasha-wanganeen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** natasha-wanganeen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1138590
- **TMDB ID:** 2045328
- **Wikidata ID:** Q59491321
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Wanganeen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59491321, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1138590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2045328

Actor. Born 20 June 1984 in South Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1984, South Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Wanganeen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59491321, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1138590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2045328

## Biography

Natasha Wanganeen is an Aboriginal Australian actress, writer and producer. Born on 20 June 1984 in South Australia, she began acting after her aunt suggested she attend a local drama workshop for Indigenous youth in Port Adelaide.

Her screen debut came at the age of 15 in the 2002 feature film *Rabbit-Proof Fence*, in which she played Nina, the dormitory boss. Subsequent film roles include *Cargo* (2017), *Storm Boy* (2019), *2067* (2020) and *Limbo* (2023). She has also appeared in television series including *The Tourist* (2022). In 2022 she co-wrote, produced and starred in the short film *Bunker: The Last Fleet*.

Wanganeen is a third cousin of Australian footballer Gavin Wanganeen and playwright Trevor Jamieson. She received the AFI Young Actor's Award in 2004 for her role in the television film *Jessica*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, acmi.net.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Fi1m 80, as Nina, Dormitory Boss — [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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- *After the End* (2025), Writer
- *Spithood* (2024), Actor
- *Thou Shalt Not Steal* (2024), series, as Mary
- *Waiyirri* (2024), as Lacardi
- *Limbo* (2023), as Emma
- *The Survival of Kindness* (2023), as WailingWoman
- *The Tourist* (2022), series, as CCTV Gift Shop Employee
- *Firebite* (2021), series, as Rona
- *Aftertaste* (2021), series, as Line Cook
- *A Sunburnt Christmas* (2020), as Nurse
- *2067* (2020), as Government Offical
- *Upright* (2019), series, as Dodgy Looking Woman #2
- *A Second Chance: Rivals!* (2019), as Mary
- *Killer Native* (2019), as Ghoul
- *Storm Boy* (2019), as Susan Franklin
- *Wild* (2018), as Rosie Fields
- *Freedom* (2018), as Terry
- *Konya* (2018), as Angelica
- *Cargo* (2017), as Josie
- *The Shadow King* (2011), as Regan
- *Through My Eyes* (2004), series, as Interpreter
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), as Nina, Dormitory Boss — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Bunker: The Last Fleet*, Producer, Screenplay

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