Anna Bamford | |
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Born |
Sydney, Australia |
19 September 1989
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Anna Bamford (born 19 September 1989) is an Australian television and theatre actress. She won the role of Miranda Beaumont in Wonderland shortly after graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2012. For her performance, Bamford earned a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. After Wonderland was cancelled in 2015, Bamford made her major theatre debut in a production of Freak Winds. Later that year, she began appearing in Andrew Upton's production of The Present, which later transferred to Broadway. In 2016, Bamford joined the cast of Home and Away in the recurring role of Jeannie Woods.
Bamford was born in Sydney. She grew up in Killara and attended Barker College. After taking a year off to travel, Bamford studied nursing for six months, before deciding that she wanted to be an actress. She moved to Perth to study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2012. Bamford appeared in various theatre productions while at WAAPA, including The Crucible and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Shortly after graduating from WAAPA, Bamford secured the leading role of Miranda Beaumont in the Network Ten drama Wonderland. Miranda is a photographer, who moves in with fellow lead character Tom Wilcox (played by Michael Dorman) and becomes his love interest. For her portrayal of Miranda, Bamford was nominated for Most Outstanding Newcomer at the 2014 Logie Awards.Wonderland was cancelled after three seasons in 2015. Bamford also made a guest appearance in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in 2013.