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Tamara Lee Bailey is a multi-disciplinary Australian-Filipino actor, working across stage and screen with a strong physical skill set in martial arts including Muay Thai, kickboxing, boxing, and Kung Fu.
She is the 2026 recipient of the prestigious Equity Atlantic Scholarship awarded to train at the Atlantic Acting School in New York.
Tamara has just finished her return season as Lady Macbeth with Sport for Jove (dir. George Banders), in their bold, contemporary production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Earlier this year, she appeared as Luciana in Sport for Jove’s summer season of The Comedy of Errors (dirs. Damien Ryan & George Banders). What’s The Show highlighted her dynamic physicality and integration of Muay Thai and kickboxing into the role, while critics described her performance as "frenetic, fierce and physical" (The Scoop) and named her one of the production's most memorable performers (ArtsHub).
She stars in the upcoming US feature film Street Fighter (dir. Kitao Sakurai, Paramount Pictures), and as the lead in Australian feature film Are You Alone? (dir. Matt Drummond, Little Monster Productions).
She also leads short films Life Support (dir. Ben Mair, Bus Stop Films) and The Tide Turns (dir. Ben Mair, Bus Stop Films). Her additional credits include NCIS: Sydney S2 (Paramount+) and Mikki Vs The World: S2 (ABC Kids).
In 2025, she made her Ensemble Theatre debut as Midge in David Williamson’s world-premiere play ARIA (dir. Janine Watson), where critics praised her charisma, comedic timing, and stage presence.
In 2024, she made her Bell Shakespeare debut as Regan in King Lear (dir. Peter Evans), with Time Out Sydney describing her as “a femme fatale,” and Stage Whispers noting her “seductive charm,” naming her a standout of the production.
Her breakout stage role was in the international production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Princess Theatre, Melbourne), where she played a number of roles including Delphi Diggory, Moaning Myrtle, and Rose Granger-Weasley.
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Tamara is drawn to bold, transformative roles, with a particular interest in complex women, action-driven storytelling, and work that fuses physicality with psychological depth.
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