TESS HAUBRICH
THE AUSSIE ACTRESS IS SET TO HAVE HER BIGGEST YEAR YET
Remember her name! After this year, WHO predicts you’ll be hearing a lot more about Sydney actress Tess Haubrich. With a meaty role in the upcoming Chris Hemsworth psychological thriller Spiderhead (also starring our favourite wingman, Top Gun: Maverick’s Miles Teller), and a gig
lming opposite Lincoln Younes and Matt Nable in the Paramount Plus series Last King of the Cross, she looks set to get the attention she deserves. “Acting is all I’ve ever wanted to do,” the hard-working 32-year-old tells us.
You’re based in Sydney. You haven’t been tempted to move to LA?
No, and I’m quite proud of that. I think maybe that’s why I get work – because I’m the only one who stayed! I did three months there about 10 years ago and realised I would prefer to be here. I’ll work anywhere, but for my lifestyle – I have a daughter [Juniper, 6] who I co-parent – Sydney is where I choose to be based. I’m sure I do miss out on some things, but I just have this view that it is a marathon, not a sprint. I’m in it for the long haul.
Tell us about Spiderhead.
I’m really proud of it. I’m really excited for audiences to see it, and it’s one of those lms that after you’ve seen it, you think about it a lot and the questions that it raises. It was so wonderful working with Joseph Kosinski, the director. I think it’s a really cool lm. Chris and Miles are just so good in it – it’s great. I just loved it!
You cut your teeth on Home and Away.
I’ve cut my teeth for years! [laughs] I was honestly in this industry for about eight years and not getting much. I went to acting school for three years, I went to the Actor’s Centre Australia and studied theatre, and then I had little roles in Home and Away and Jack Irish: Dead Point, and just little bits and pieces. I studied because I want real longevity in this career, and it’s all started paying o .
This is potentially a big role for you.
You never know what role or movie is going to make an impact, but the roles I’m doing now are really satisfying me creatively. At the end of the day, that’s all I care about. (Spiderhead premieres Jun. 17 on Net ix)