Toni Scanlan is a stage and television actress, singer, dancer, teacher and director, probably best known to TV viewers as Senior Sargent Helen Blakemore on police drama Water Rats. 

Her acting credits are too long to list but notably she won Best Actress in a Lead Role, twice, in the Sydney Theatre Awards, once for King Tide and once for All My sONS.

Born a Perth girl to a single mum, Toni trained in London before making Sydney, and then the Northern Rivers of NSW, home. We talked about a lot about acting, and it struck me how much the process mirrors real life.  We talked about TV vs stage, farting, fluffing your lines and why Greek wives are the funniest.

Enjoy the talented, thoughtful and entertaining Toni Scanlan. 

Watch Water Rats on Ten Play, 7 Plus or Amazon Prime
Toni Scanlan
Peter Bensley
Colin Friels
Catherine McClements

Watch Arthur Miller documentary on Binge

Mountview Theatre School, London
The Drama Cenre London

Plays
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
All my Sons by Arthur Miller
The Price by Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

The Belvoir Street Theatre
The Weekend

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Recorded on Bundjalung Country and thanks to Darrian Warner for the edit on Wadjuk Country.