I was in a combined Year 11 and 12 class and the Drama teacher made me stand up to audition for the role of Eliza Doolittle, I was petrified but she gave me the role and that started me thinking seriously about acting. PIA Miranda and Libby Tanner say they relished the chance to explore explicit scenes — and some hardcore swearing — on the new season of Wentworth. I've been on a lot of one-season shows and it's 'See you later.' Check out the lineup of new movies and shows streaming on Netflix this month, including Looking for something to watch? We have never seen Franky on the outside until now so I think audiences are really going to enjoy seeing who she is out there and watching her journey unfold.”The last time we saw Franky, she was triumphantly walking out the gates of Wentworth Detention Centre into the arms of her closest confidante on the outside – Bridget Westfall, played by Australian television icon Libby Tanner (Bridget formed a close friendship with Franky while working as the prison’s forensic psychologist, before she was forced out of the job by the conniving Governor Joan Ferguson (stage actress Pamela Rabe).“They’re not without their problems because Franky has just come out of prison and she has been in there for some time so there is an adjustment period,” Libby reveals.“She’s a tough girl, Franky, and she wants to not lean on Bridget too much so we see her struggling – but you also see their love surviving.”But Bridget wasn’t Franky’s first love interest – that honour fell upon Governor Erica Davidson played by stage and screen actress Leeanna Walsman (“They’re (Leeanna and Libby) both really different people and different kind of actors,” Nicole says.“What’s interesting about the work that I do is that you find those relationships according to your dynamic in real life.”Describing Libby as a “really open and playful person”, Nicole says it’s that energy which then fed into Bridget and Franky’s relationship.After Libby received the call from her good friend executive producer Jo Porter, she auditioned with Nicole to see if there was any chemistry and they “hit it off”.“She’s pretty easy to work with – she’s a fearless actress so she kind of goes there straight away, no mucking about,” she says.And that chemistry has not gone unnoticed.
Nurses have to care for people, get into their world and understand what the patients are going through and what their fears are to be able to help them through it. She kind of facilitates their own stories and their truths to come out. I've got fond memories of everything I've done, but I'm enjoying this one the most because the character is so different from me. The first couple of episodes I was like, 'Oooh has anybody seen my character, I don't really know what I'm doing here? I love it, but they moved it around a fair bit.
It represents their community, makes them feel empowered and happy.”The series often deals with heavy themes, like murder, suicide and drug overdoses which would taken an obvious toll on the actresses.Nicole says that impact is definitely a hazard of playing Franky.“But there is a lot of joy and a lot of play on set. 1970 (age 49–50) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. LIBBY TANNER: She’s a forensic psychologist and I was very excited to audition for her because she enables the inmates to go to a truthful place. THERE’S something about Nicole da Silva’s performance as It is rare for an Australian television series to generate interest from every corner of the globe like the Foxtel series has. You have to discover more of a stillness to your character than being a hotheaded action person. Against all odds, their love overpowers everything else and they do get together and they do struggle like any other relationship.”Bridget isn’t the first time Libby has portrayed a lesbian character. Her reactions have to be very measured. Her Art teacher in high school forced her to appear in a theatre , first she refused but then accepted. See more ideas about Libby tanner, Wentworth, Libby.