Shabnam Tavakol is a versatile and experienced stage and film performer of over 20 years, received several excellent theatre reviews of her work. Her recent credit is playing the famous antagonist stepmother in the sell-out show “Sunderalla”, a queer Bollywood retelling of Cinderella at ARA Darlinghurst Quarter Theatre. One of her fondest roles is her solo performance of “Paradise Now” combining spoken poetry, puppetry, and dance.
Shabnam is Australian-raised, with mixed Iranian and Indian heritage, and comes with a mixed bag of performance craft. She trained under industry professionals from the Actors Centre Australia and Horizon Theatre Company’s School of Puppetry and Visual Performing Arts.She is also an awarded Indian dancer and believes her Indian Classical Dance training gaveher solid acting foundations such as harnessing the power of expressions, the body, and stage presence.
