birth_place height birth_date article_title name
sydney , australia 174 & nbsp ; cm 1983 nadia townsend
 nadia townsend
nadia townsend

nadia townsend -lrb- born 1983 -rrb- is an australian dramatic actress .
she is best known for her role in the channel 7 police drama `` city homicide '' , as detective senior constable allie kingston .
she was born in sydney and grew up in gladesville , new south wales , attended hunters hill high school and is the daughter of television presenter simon townsend .
nadia 's introduction to the small screen was in 2001 playing a regular role in the abc drama series `` head start '' .
she also starred in `` fireflies '' for the abc working under the widely respected executive producer john edwards .
in 2008 townsend studied at the victorian college of the arts gaining her post graduate degree in theatre directing .
in 2009 , townsend appeared in the us produced film `` knowing '' , playing grace koestler , opposite hollywood star nicolas cage .
townsend is a co-founding member of turtle lab , a performance laboratory in australia .
townsend began producing theatre in 1999 when she returned from studying at atlantic theatre company in new york .
she decided to learn her craft on the boards and set up her first theatre company wolf whistle .
in 2015 , townsend will appear in the sci-fi miniseries `` restoration '' , playing emma laws .
nadia is also carving a path as a film dramaturg , a rare job description in australian film .
nadia was mentored by the dramaturg nico lathouris .
nadia is one of a few in the country to be pursuing this art form .
in 2012 nadia was assistant dramaturg on director george miller 's latest instalment of the mad max franchise , `` fury road '' .
tv credits `` rush '' : -lrb- 1 episode 2011 -rrb- `` city homicide '' : allie kingston -lrb- 2009 -- 2011 -rrb- `` chandon pictures '' : zoe -lrb- 2 episodes , 2007 -rrb- `` sea patrol '' : clair watts -lrb- 1 episode , 2007 -rrb- `` headland '' : mj finnegan -lrb- 17 episodes , 2005 -- 2006 -rrb- `` fireflies '' : fifi sharp -lrb- 22 episodes , 2004 -rrb- `` farscape '' -lrb- tv series -rrb- kim kupperstein -lrb- 1 episode , 2002 -rrb- `` head start '' : clare gormley -lrb- 18 episodes , 2001 -rrb- `` home & away '' : dr peta bradley -lrb- 2013 -rrb- film credits `` knowing '' : grace koestler : -lrb- 2009 -rrb- `` puppy '' : lizzie -lrb- 2005 -rrb- `` danny deckchair '' : linda craig -lrb- 2003 -rrb- short films forget the noise : florence -lrb- 2010 -rrb- the zombie monologues : annie -lrb- 2010 -rrb- what they do n't know : lucy -lrb- 2007 -rrb- number 2 : bubble -lrb- ??? -rrb-
