Abi Tucker
| Abi Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Abigail Anne Tucker 22 January 1973 Australia |
| Occupation | Television and film actress, singer-songwriter |
| Known for | Heartbreak High, The Secret Life of Us, McLeod's Daughters, The Wog Boy |
| Partner(s) | Chris Rochester |
| Children | 2 |
Abigail Anne "Abi" Tucker (born 22 January 1973) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. She has had roles in television series-telemovies in Heartbreak High (1994-1995), Water Rats (1999), Wildside (1999), The Secret Life of Us (2001-2003), My Husband, my Killer (2001), McLeod's Daughters (2006-2009), Giggle and Hoot (2010) ABC’s Playschool (2006-2010); and in films The New Girlfriend (original title: Envy) (1996), Angst (2000) and The Wog Boy (2000). Her theatre credits include The Vagina Monologues (2000), Everything’s F***ed workshop (2003), The Music and Lyrics of Sean Peter (2003), Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson (2005), Poor Boy – Music of Tim Finn (2010) and Bell Shakespeare’s As You Like It’ (2015).
Abigail Anne Tucker came to public attention as a singer on the Australian program, New Faces in the early 1990s and in 1994 landed a role in the Australian TV series Heartbreak High in which she also contributed to the series music soundtrack. Tucker recorded her first EP of original music in 1994 called, ‘Breathe In’ which was produced by Dorian West and released through Shock Records, before moving to the UK.
During an extended stay in London, Tucker teamed up with musician / songwriter Davi Taylor to form ‘grunge rock’ band ‘Bully.’ The pair recorded an unreleased EP of songs at AIR studios with renowned producer, Eric Rosse before relations at EMI records folded and Tucker returned to Australia to work on acclaimed series, Wildside.
Films Angst and ‘The Wog Boy’ followed, as well as roles in ‘Water Rats,’ ‘My Husband, my Killer’ and ‘Envy,’ plus a stage production of ‘The Vagina Monologues,’ during which time Tucker continued to write and record music. Tucker contributed two tracks to the soundtrack of ‘Angst.’ She then landed the role of Miranda Lang in the series, The Secret Life of Us and appeared on the music soundtrack with two of her own tracks and another track written by Don Walker which she performed called, ‘Everybody.’ During almost three series of the ‘Secret Life of Us,’ Tucker performed guest vocals on various albums - ‘White Noise’ by Manchester duo, ‘The Alpine Stars,’ ‘Endorphins’ album, ‘AM/PM’ and a remix of her track, ‘Move you’ was released by the ‘Wicked Beat Sound System.’
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