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name: "Phoebe Tonkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phoebe-tonkin"
fi1m_id: "phoebe-tonkin"
imdb_id: "nm2100081"
tmdb_id: 145247
wikidata_id: "Q185723"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 July 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T00:40:25.427694+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."
---

# Phoebe Tonkin

## Identity

Phoebe Tonkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phoebe-tonkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phoebe-tonkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm2100081
- **TMDB ID:** 145247
- **Wikidata ID:** Q185723
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Tonkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2100081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145247

Actor. Born 12 July 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 July 1989, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Tonkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2100081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145247

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Boy Swallows Universe*](https://film.one/tv/boy-swallows-universe.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin is an Australian actress. Born in Sydney in 1989, she trained at the Australian Theatre for Young People from the age of twelve and graduated from Queenwood School for Girls.

Tonkin began her career with the lead role of Cleo Sertori in the Australian series *H2O: Just Add Water* (2006–2010). She made her film debut as Fiona Maxwell in *Tomorrow, When the War Began* (2010). After relocating to the United States, she appeared as Faye Chamberlain in *The Secret Circle* (2011–2012) and as Hayley Marshall in *The Vampire Diaries* (2012–2013) and *The Originals* (2013–2018).

Her later credits include Jane Thornton in *Babylon* (2022) and Frances Bell in the Netflix series *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024), for which she received the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Frances Bell — [page](https://film.one/tv/boy-swallows-universe.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Penny — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, as Hayley Marshall — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Two Years Later* (2026), series, as Emily
- *A Love Letter to M* (2025), as Sasha
- *The 8th Day* (2025), as Eve
- *Kid Snow* (2024), as Sunny
- *Boy Swallows Universe* (2024), series, as Frances Bell — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/boy-swallows-universe.md)
- *Night Shift* (2023), as Gwen Taylor
- *Transfusion* (2023), as Justine
- *Babylon* (2022), as Jane Thornton
- *We Are Gathered Here Today* (2022), as Brenda Stone
- *Furlough* (2020), Writer, Director
- *The Place of No Words* (2019), as Phoebe
- *Bloom* (2019), series, as Young Gwen
- *Final Stop* (2018), as The Girl
- *Safe Harbour* (2018), series, as Olivia
- *Pillow Talk* (2017), series, as Sonja
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Penny — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Cul-de-Sac* (2016), as Mother
- *Take Down* (2016), as Amy Tilton
- *The Ever After* (2015), as Mabel
- *The Affair* (2014), series, as Delphine
- *Stalker* (2014), series, as Nicole Clark
- *The Originals* (2013), series, as Hayley Marshall
- *Bait* (2012), as Jaimie
- *The Secret Circle* (2011), series, as Faye Chamberlain
- *Tomorrow, When the War Began* (2010), as Fiona Maxwell
- *H2O: Just add Water, TV-Movie 2* (2009), as Cleo Sertori
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, as Hayley Marshall — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *H2O: Just Add Water: Metamorphosis* (2009), as Cleo Sertori
- *Packed to the Rafters* (2008), series, as Lexi
- *H2O: Just Add Water* (2006), series, as Cleo Sertori
- *Home and Away* (1988), series, as Adrian Hall

## Gallery

- ![Phoebe Tonkin at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2012](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-85a499f5586d.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2012 — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Phoebe_Tonkin_in_November_2012_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Phoebe Tonkin at The Paley Center For Media's PaleyFest 2014 Honoring "The Originals"](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-26471078fd90.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin at The Paley Center For Media's PaleyFest 2014 Honoring "The Originals" — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Phoebe_Tonkin_at_PaleyFest_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![w:Phoebe Tonkin, October 25, 2012 in Sydney, Australia Famous perfume label does event tie in with fashion photographer expo... After its debut in Tokyo, the ex](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-571c16e09620.jpg) w:Phoebe Tonkin, October 25, 2012 in Sydney, Australia Famous perfume label does event tie in with fashion photographer expo... After its debut in Tokyo, the ex — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Phoebe_Tonkin_October_2012_%288121867512%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![w:Phoebe Tonkin, October 25, 2012 in Sydney, Australia Famous perfume label does event tie in with fashion photographer expo... After its debut in Tokyo, the ex](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-c7b93e8dafd2.jpg) w:Phoebe Tonkin, October 25, 2012 in Sydney, Australia Famous perfume label does event tie in with fashion photographer expo... After its debut in Tokyo, the ex — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Phoebe_Tonkin_October_2012_%288121867792%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Phoebe Tonkin](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-662ff35d0b08.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Phoebe Tonkin](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-ddc41c90e41b.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Phoebe Tonkin](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-a3368549a451.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Phoebe Tonkin (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-8b0302daa161.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Phoebe_Tonkin_in_November_2012_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Phoebe Tonkin](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-17d7df6beade.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Phoebe Tonkin](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-7bc537010939.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin — Image via TMDB
- ![Phoebe Tonkin](https://film.one/media/person/432/gallery-f3a98fc52a7c.jpg) Phoebe Tonkin — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama 2008: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), for *H₂O: Just Add Water*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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