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	Tanner was previously in a relationship with ''All Saints'' co-star ] with whom she shares a daughter.<ref name="AF">{{cite news\|url=http://www.angelfire.com/home/libbytanner/article12.html\|title=Libby's Little Saints \|date=2003\|publisher=]\|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> She has two other children.<ref name="tc">{{cite news\|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/libby-tanner-talks-life-philosophy-and-her-new-role-in-burning/\|title=Libby Tanner Talks Life, Philosophy and Her New Role in Burning \|date=5 June 2013\|publisher=]\|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>		Tanner was previously in a relationship with ''All Saints'' co-star ] with whom she shares a daughter.<ref name="AF">{{cite news\|url=http://www.angelfire.com/home/libbytanner/article12.html\|title=Libby's Little Saints \|date=2003\|publisher=]\|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> She has two other children.<ref name="tc">{{cite news\|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/libby-tanner-talks-life-philosophy-and-her-new-role-in-burning/\|title=Libby Tanner Talks Life, Philosophy and Her New Role in Burning \|date=5 June 2013\|publisher=]\|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>

			She currently resides in ].<ref name="GI">{{cite news\|url=http://geelongindy.com.au/indy/2015-11-25/tanner-ready-for-drysdales-party/\|title=Tanner ready for Drysdale’s party \|date=25 November 2015\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>
	She currently resides in ].



	<ref name="GI">{{cite news\|url=http://geelongindy.com.au/indy/2015-11-25/tanner-ready-for-drysdales-party/\|title=Tanner ready for Drysdale’s party \|date=25 November 2015\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>Recently it became known that Libby was often seen with a young girl artist Victoria Restrukt. The actress strictly hides her relationship. Rumor has it that the artist was supposed to star in the Wentworth series, but for personal reasons refused. Victoria Restrukt long looked after Libby, they hid their relationship and did not advertise what was happening between them.

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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Libby Tanner
Born	Elizabeth Mary Tanner (1970-02-25) 25 February 1970 (age 54) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Notable work	All Saints (1998–2003) Wentworth (2015–2018)
Children	3

Elizabeth "Libby" Tanner (born 25 February 1970) is an Australian stage and television actress and theatre director best known for her roles as Bronwyn Craig in the television series All Saints and as Bridget Westfall in Wentworth.

Early life

Tanner grew up in Victoria, Australia, graduating from the University of Ballarat in 1993, with a Bachelor of Performing Arts. She has an older brother.

Career

Tanner began her career in theatre and made several guest appearances on Victorian based productions before landing her first big role as Zoe Marshall in the short lived Channel 9 soap Pacific Drive from 1996 to 1997.

Tanner then moved to Sydney, Australia to pursue more acting opportunities and in 1998, began starring in the hospital drama All Saints as Bronwyn (Bron) Craig until she exited the series in 2003. Tanner's character was well received during her time on the show, winning Logie Awards for her role in 2002 and 2003.

In 2004, after returning to Victoria, she starred in the short lived television series Fireflies and then the Australian drama series headLand from 2005 to 2006.

From 2009 to 2011 she starred as Michelle LeTourneau in Rescue: Special Ops.

Since 2015 she has been a recurring character on the television series Wentworth playing forensic psychologist Bridget Westfall.

Tanner has her own theatre company, Mad as Us.

Awards

During her run on All Saints, she gained a total of seven Logie nominations in categories including Most Popular New Female Talent and Most Outstanding Actress and Best Personality on Australian Television. Tanner won Most Popular Actress Logie Awards in 2002 and 2003 for her role as Bron.

Personal life

Tanner was previously in a relationship with All Saints co-star Brian Vriends with whom she shares a daughter. She has two other children.

She currently resides in Dimboola, Victoria.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Life	Jane
2008	Little Wings	Claire	Short
2011	These Empty Streets	Susie	Short
2013	The Turning	Gail Lang	Segment: "Damaged Goods"
2016	Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows	Sarah Riles

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Bony	Jenny	"Surf, Sun, Sand.... and Murder"
1993	Neighbours	Kay	"1.1882"
1994	Neighbours	Lynette Thorneycroft	Guest role
1994	Blue Heelers	Heather	"Nowhere to Run"
1995	Blue Heelers	Holly McLeod	"Motherlove"
1995	Breaking News	Patient	"Office Mole"
1995	The Man from Snowy River	Brodie	"The Foundling"
1996	Pacific Drive	Zoe Marshall	TV series
1998–2003	All Saints	Bronwyn Craig	Main role (series 1–6)
2003	Stingers	Ava Ryan	"Sleeping with the Enemy"
2004	Fireflies	Lill Yengill	Main role
2005–06	headLand	Grace Palmer	Main role
2006	BlackJack: At the Gates	Stephanie Turner	TV film
2008	Scorched	Lizzie Francia	TV film
2008	Rush	Robyn Hume	"1.8"
2009–2011	Rescue: Special Ops	Michelle Letourneau	Main role
2012	Mrs Biggs	Norma	TV miniseries
2013–14	Nowhere Boys	Sarah Riles	Recurring role (series 1–2)
2015–18	Wentworth	Bridget Westfall	Recurring role (series 3–6)

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Cuckoo	Lead	Barnstorm Theatre Company
1994	Rebellion: Inca Eureka	Lead	Barnstorm Theatre Company
	Emerald City	Helen	Queensland Theatre Company
1999	The Art of Penetration	Lead	Belvoir Street Theatre Company
2013	Burning	June Matthews	Mad as Us
2015	Abigail's Party	Bev	Mad as Us / Geelong Production Company

References

"Libby Tanner Biography" (PDF). Lisa Mann Creative Management. 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
"My Bro". Instagram. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Libby Tanner makes return to TV on Rescue Special Ops". Herald Sun. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
"Libby Tanner—TV's Brightest New Star". Seven Network Limited. 1999. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Libby Tanner Talks Life, Philosophy and Her New Role in Burning". Theatre People. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
"Libby's Little Saints". Angelfire. 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
"Tanner ready for Drysdale's party". Geelong Indy. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

External links

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Logie Award for Most Popular Actress

Lorraine Bayly (1978)
Lorraine Bayly (1979)
Paula Duncan (1980)
Paula Duncan (1981)
Val Lehman (1982)
Rowena Wallace (1983)
Rowena Wallace (1984)
Anne Tenney (1985)
Anne Tenney (1986)
Kylie Minogue (1987)
Kylie Minogue (1988)
Annie Jones (1989)
Rachel Friend (1990)
Georgie Parker (1991)
Georgie Parker (1992)
Georgie Parker (1993)
Sonia Todd (1994)
Lisa McCune (1995)
Lisa McCune (1996)
Lisa McCune (1997)
Lisa McCune (1998)
Lisa McCune (1999)
Lisa McCune (2000)
Georgie Parker (2001)
Libby Tanner (2002)
Libby Tanner (2003)
Lisa Chappell (2004)
Bec Cartwright (2005)
Kate Ritchie (2006)
Kate Ritchie (2007)
Kate Ritchie (2008)
Rebecca Gibney (2009)
Rebecca Gibney (2010)
Asher Keddie (2011)
Asher Keddie (2012)
Asher Keddie (2013)
Asher Keddie (2014)
Asher Keddie (2015)
Jessica Marais (2016)
Jessica Marais (2017)
Jessica Marais (2018)
Deborah Mailman (2019)
Kitty Flanagan (2022)
Kitty Flanagan (2023)

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	Tanner was previously in a relationship with ''All Saints'' co-star ] with whom she shares a daughter.<ref name="AF">{{cite news\|url=http://www.angelfire.com/home/libbytanner/article12.html\|title=Libby's Little Saints \|date=2003\|publisher=]\|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> She has two other children.<ref name="tc">{{cite news\|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/libby-tanner-talks-life-philosophy-and-her-new-role-in-burning/\|title=Libby Tanner Talks Life, Philosophy and Her New Role in Burning \|date=5 June 2013\|publisher=]\|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>		Tanner was previously in a relationship with ''All Saints'' co-star ] with whom she shares a daughter.<ref name="AF">{{cite news\|url=http://www.angelfire.com/home/libbytanner/article12.html\|title=Libby's Little Saints \|date=2003\|publisher=]\|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> She has two other children.<ref name="tc">{{cite news\|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/libby-tanner-talks-life-philosophy-and-her-new-role-in-burning/\|title=Libby Tanner Talks Life, Philosophy and Her New Role in Burning \|date=5 June 2013\|publisher=]\|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>

			She currently resides in ].<ref name="GI">{{cite news\|url=http://geelongindy.com.au/indy/2015-11-25/tanner-ready-for-drysdales-party/\|title=Tanner ready for Drysdale’s party \|date=25 November 2015\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>
	She currently resides in ].



	<ref name="GI">{{cite news\|url=http://geelongindy.com.au/indy/2015-11-25/tanner-ready-for-drysdales-party/\|title=Tanner ready for Drysdale’s party \|date=25 November 2015\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>Recently it became known that Libby was often seen with a young girl artist Victoria Restrukt. The actress strictly hides her relationship. Rumor has it that the artist was supposed to star in the Wentworth series, but for personal reasons refused. Victoria Restrukt long looked after Libby, they hid their relationship and did not advertise what was happening between them.

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==