Tara Rushton

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Tara Rushton
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Portrays Charlie
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Birthday July 2nd, 1984
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Tara Rushton filmography

Tara Rushton is the actress who plays the role of Charlie in the webseries KateModern. Born in Sydney, Australia, Tara wasn't originally an actress, but became a model at age 15, when she went to a Cleo exhibition where a modeling competition was held; she decided to enter and was signed by Vivien's Model Management. Among other things, she was one of the five finalists in the Global Guess campaign, and was named "Miss Photogenic" in the Miss World Australia competition in 2003. Since then, she has modeled in campaigns for Ponds, Sunsilk, Toyota, Oral B, and Motorola.

After her successes as a model, Tara moved to London to pursue an acting career, and a mere five weeks later, with no prior acting experience, she was cast as Charlie. She was particularly excited about this role, as she had heard of LG15 prior to auditioning and was very excited to be able to work with the KateModern team.

She has said in the past that Tara and Charlie are very similar to each other, and that The Creators are incorporating many of her likes and dislikes in Charlie, making the character more realistic and easier to play. An example of this is the choice of music Charlie listens to: "The writers did ask me as a person what music I liked, so Charlie likes INXS, Eskimo Joe, Something For Kate, things like that."

Tara likes the direct connection to the viewers in KateModern, but she's not always sure if people talk to Tara, the actress, or Charlie, the character. She also finds the concept of fan fiction, especially fanvids, "really interesting".

She recently finished filming an Australian comedy/drama called "Forget the Rules", in which she played Merline, a Facebook stalker.

Academically, Tara has a diploma in Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in media and Communications. She is inspired by creative and ambitious people, art, music, meeting new people, and exploring foreign countries. If she wasn't acting and modeling, Tara would like to be a writer or designer. She'd also love to write a film or a book in the future, and enjoys travelling the world and seeing her family as often as possible.

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KateModern Cast & Crew
Main Cast Alexandra Weaver · Tara Rushton · Ralf Little · Jai Rajani · Giles Alderson · Lucinda Rhodes Flaherty · Sam Donovan · Emma Pollard
Supporting Cast Pippa Duffy · Liam Reilly · Gene Foad · Valerie Cutko · Matthew Gammie · T'Nia Miller · Mike GLC · Phil Whelans · Ronan Summers
Creators Miles Beckett · Greg Goodfried
Crew Joanna Shields · Amanda Goodfried · Kelly Brett · Cristy Coors Beasley · Pete Gibbons · Louis Figgis · Claire Finbow · Elisabeth Pinto · Jonathan Almond · Amy Barnes · Lucy Chilton · Meryl Iona Edwards · Gavin Rowe · Luke Taylor · Yusuf Pirhasan · Sam Rowland · John Palmer · Zan Barberton · Matthew Hart · Luke Hyams · Tom Wright · Hazel Grian · Neil Mossey · Lawrence Tallis · Ricky Martin
Cameos Jamie Bell · The Days · Sister Mary And The Choirboys · Nick Grimshaw · Scouting for Girls · Other Cameos