Person in history
Miranda Tapsell
Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1987 · December 11
- Age this year
- 39No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 39th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Miranda Tapsell is a Larrakia Aboriginal Australian actress of both stage and screen, best known for her role as Cynthia in the Wayne Blair film The Sapphires and her 2015 performance as Martha Tennant in the Nine Network drama series Love Child. In 2016, she portrayed Fatima in the Stan series Wolf Creek. She starred in and co-wrote the 2019 film Top End Wedding, as well as the 2025 Amazon Prime Video sequel series Top End Bub.
Why this date
Miranda Tapsell appears on our December 11 calendar for 1987 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1987.
- September 16Montreal Protocol
- July 24Hulda Crooks
- November 7Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
- November 8Remembrance Day bombing
- December 8Queen Street massacre
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1987Kurt TippettMay 8
- 1987Robert AcquafrescaSeptember 11
- 1987Marwin HitzSeptember 18
- 1987Tiki GelanaOctober 22
- 1987Timothy DerijckMay 25
- 1987Yves De WinterMay 25
- 1987Trent BerettaMarch 30
- 1987Vaila BarsleySeptember 15
Sources
Cite this page
“Miranda Tapsell”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/miranda-tapsell, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Miranda Tapsell
When was Miranda Tapsell born?
December 11 1987.
How old would Miranda Tapsell be today?
39 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on December 11?
Malcolm Brogdon, Violetta Bock, Onyeka Okongwu and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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