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Tammin Sursok
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| Tammin Sursok | ||
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 Tammin Sursok in a promo shot for "Whatever Will Be"
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| Birth name | Tammin Pamela Sursok | |
| Also known as | Tammin | |
| Born | August 19, 1983 (age 23) | |
| Origin | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Genre(s) | Pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Singer Songwriter |
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| Instrument(s) | Singing | |
| Years active | 2000 - present | |
| Label(s) | Sony BMG (2004-present) | |
| Website | Tammin's Official Website | |
Tammin Pamela Sursok (born August 19, 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian actress and musician. She is best known for playing the role of Dani Sutherland on the television series Home and Away. She is now also pursuing a singing career (under the name Tammin), with her debut single, "Pointless Relationship", released on November 14, 2004 and debuting in the top 10 of the Australian singles chart the following week.
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Tammin is South African born third generation. She migrated as a child from South Africa. Her mother, Julie Sursok, won a Springbok award for Best New Female Vocalist prior to the family leaving for Australia. As she was also a classically trained pianist and guitarist, Tammin grew up in an acting and musical household. Her father is a marketing executive. She has a sister Michelle and a brother Sean.
She also danced since the age of six and was involved in the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre where she pursued her interests in acting, music and dance. Tammin attended the Trinity Speech and Drama, finishing with a High Distinction. In her final years she studied speech and drama while attending Ravenswood School for Girls in Gordon, Sydney.
She has a pet Parrot, and two dogs, Smudge and Harry. She moved to USA in February 2006 to pursue an acting career. Tammin is signed with the famous Gersh agency in Los Angeles.
In 2006 Tammin placed first out of the Australian entries in FHM magazine's poll of the Hottest Women of 2006. Despite the fact that she has publicly voiced she wishes to have nothing to do with mens magazines, and that pictures of her were issued without her consent. Though her career has become relatively quiet since she left for the United States of America, "she has remained on the minds of Aussie men" and came first of the Australian women in the poll, at number four.
- Beyond 2000 (TV series), as "Herself" 1988
- Home And Away (TV series), as "Dani Sutherland" 2000-2004
- Aquamarine (Movie), as "Majorie" 2006
- In Plain Sight (TV Series), as "Nicole" 2007
- Rules of Engagement (TV Series), 2007
Tammin commenced her role as Dani Sutherland in 2000 winning a Logie Award for Best New Female Talent in 2001. For her service to acting she was later also awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the Government of Australia. While working on Home and Away, Sursok was also writing songs and practising guitar. She left Home and Away in 2004 to pursue a musical career.
In October 2005, Tammin moved to Los Angeles America to further her acting career. She has since bought an apartment, made a boyfriend and appeared in many pilot series. Most recently she appeared in "Rules of Engagement" with comedian, David Spade. The show will air on February 6, 2007 in America but it is unknown when Sursok's part is to be aired. The show is to air on the Nine Network in Australia. Although it is unclear whether it will make it to the United Kingdom.
In January 2004, Tammin signed with recording giants, Sony Music Australia. Since then, she recorded material in Los Angeles, London and Stockholm with leading producers such as Steve Robson (Natasha Bedingfield, Natalie Imbruglia), the Location Crew (Dido, Christina Aguilera) and Soulpower (Christina Milian, Brandy). "Pointless Relationship" was produced by A-Side Productions, who have also worked with Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson. "Pointless Relationship" reached number 5 in the ARIA charts at its peak and stayed in the ARIA Top forty for fifteen weeks. "Pointless Relationship" is certified Gold (Australia). A month after "Pointless Relationship" was released, Tammin's record company Sony Music Australia merged with BMG to form Sony BMG and she was resigned to that company.
Tammin's second single lifted from the album is "Whatever Will Be", released in Australia on March 27th, 2005, it debuted at number thirteen in the Australian ARIA charts. On its first week of release on Australian radio, "Whatever Will Be" was the number one most added song. "Whatever Will Be" was written and produced by The Location Crew.
Tammin's debut album, also called Whatever Will Be was released on May 22nd 2005 in Australia. It also debuted at number thirteen.
The third single from the album is "It's a Beautiful Thing", released on 25 July 2005 (Australia). It reached the top thirty of the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart. The song appears on Tammin's album Whatever Will Be and is a fun, energetic guitar track written by American songwriter Matthew Gerard, who also wrote Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway. Tammin cut the vocals in Australia with "celebrity producers" Mike and Andrew from Human Nature and then Matthew produced and mixed the track in LA. The video features Tammin with her band and outfit changes.
Tammin was originally supposed to release 'Pointless Relationship' in the UK through Sony BMG UK on August 22, however Tammin opted for a role in an international movie instead. It is said that the album will be released in the UK sometime in 2006 although no announcements were made and 2006 went past without any news due to Sursok attemtping to crack the US. The first single was confirmed that 'Pointless Relationship' will not be the song released, it would in fact be a new song that has not been released in Australia and wasn't on Whatever Will Be. Her UK debut album would have featured songs that failed to make the original Australian tracklisting.
Despite rumours of Tammins recording company Sony BMG releasing her from her musical commitments with them, Tammin is still signed on with the recording giants to this date. She has also commented on her official website that she is currently writing and recording songs.
Tammin Sursok recorded a track called "Karma" which was discovered in 2005 by a fan on ASCAP. The track was written by Sursok, Michael Strangel and David Nicholas.
Tammin has recently said on her official forum that she has fantastic management in Los Angeles, a wonderful agent and a new apartment. She said that she is now very busy with pilot season and is also delighted that she has been accepted into one of the top acting schools in the US as well as doing an on camera course. There are only a limited number of pupils accepted and she was one of them. There has been a lot of interest in her music in the US but she is going to wait until the timing is right but she is still writing and writing. She says that she loves listening to Regina Spektor, Amos Lee and Corrinne Bailey Rae. However at this stage it is very important for her to be very focussed on television and movies. Despite all this, she misses and loves Australia very much. She is also very much represented by Chadwicks Model Management and RGM in Australia and they have a wonderful, ongoing and productive relationship. Tammin has also said that she makes sure that she keeps fit with Pilates. Tammin is also in the process of writing a script with another scriptwriter which she is really enjoying.
Recently in an interview with Tammin Online she was asked; 'Your second single "Whatever Will Be" has been covered by Vanessa Hugden (US actress/singer from High School Musical) and is being released on her album. How do you feel about songs you've released being covered by other artists?' Tammin said, 'I actually heard that a few weeks ago. I always thought it was an amazing song and nothing could top the wonderful experience of shooting the music video for Whatever will be in Shanghai'.
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Whatever Will Be
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