Tammy Macintosh: 'I Broke Down'
New Idea|June 3, 2019

The Physical And Emotional Challenges Of Playing A Character In Wentworth.

Stephen Downie
Tammy Macintosh: 'I Broke Down'

On screen, we’re used to seeing Tammy MacIntosh as fierce Top Dog Kaz in popular prison drama, Wentworth. It’s the role of a lifetime for Tammy, but it’s taken a toll on the actress.

She says the often physically and emotionally demanding scenes can affect her long after the director calls “cut”.

“I’ll go … home after filming, make dinner, sit down and just completely break down,” Tammy, 49, tells New Idea, ahead of Season 7 of the Foxtel drama. “That’s my body’s way of coping; of just saying, ‘Release it.’”

Introduced in Wentworth’s Season 3, in 2015, Tammy’s character, Karen ‘Kaz’ Proctor, is the leader of the vigilante group Red Right Hand and has been in the middle of the mayhem from the get-go.

The intensity of the series, which is filmed in Melbourne, took some getting used to for the actress. But her husband, Mark Yeats, has been there for her. The couple married in 2005 and have a son, Benjamin, together.

“In my first season, I was very lost, completely consumed with emotion and overwhelmed with the character I was given,”

Tammy recalls. “One morning, I was walking along the promenade at St Kilda, and my husband called and I broke down in tears saying, ‘I can’t do this’.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 3, 2019 من New Idea.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 3, 2019 من New Idea.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من NEW IDEA مشاهدة الكل
Kate Ritchie's CAR CRASH CHAOS!
New Idea

Kate Ritchie's CAR CRASH CHAOS!

HER SHOCK BINGLE CAUSES DRAMA ON A SYDNEY STREET

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
Nicole & Dickie WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOR ANOTHER 41 YEARS!
New Idea

Nicole & Dickie WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOR ANOTHER 41 YEARS!

INSIDE THE AUSSIE PAIR'S SECRET RELATIONSHIP

time-read
2 mins  |
November 11, 2024
BUB NO.2 FOR SAM FROST
New Idea

BUB NO.2 FOR SAM FROST

Sam Frost and her fiancé, Jordie Hansen, have confirmed they are expecting their second child.

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
DINE-IN Thai
New Idea

DINE-IN Thai

TREAT YOUR GUESTS TO THE FRAGRANT FLAVOURS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA

time-read
2 mins  |
November 11, 2024
Ronan Keating: IN OZ FOR VOICE TALKS!
New Idea

Ronan Keating: IN OZ FOR VOICE TALKS!

Ronan Keating is not wasting a second of being back in Australia. The Irish singer was spotted enjoying a day at Bondi Beach in Sydney with his family, before jetting to Victoria with his wife, Storm, for last week's Melbourne Cup.

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
Margot's baby joy 'HE'S A LITTLE PRINCE'
New Idea

Margot's baby joy 'HE'S A LITTLE PRINCE'

This Barbie is now a mum! Margot Robbie and husband Tom Ackerley have officially welcomed their first child together – a bouncing boy.

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
Actress Rebecca BREEDS A BROOD!
New Idea

Actress Rebecca BREEDS A BROOD!

When it rains it pours! Married couple and former Home and Away co-stars Rebecca Breeds and Luke Mitchell are also pregnant!

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
Jessica Simpson CELEBRATES SOBER MILESTONE
New Idea

Jessica Simpson CELEBRATES SOBER MILESTONE

Jessica Simpson has marked seven years of sobriety with a heartfelt social media post.

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
KATIE REACHES OUT TO SICK JAMES
New Idea

KATIE REACHES OUT TO SICK JAMES

Katie Holmes has told her former Dawson's Creek co-star James Van Der Beek she is 'here for him' following the news he has bowel cancer.

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024
Maggie Beer 'THIS WON'T BEAT US'
New Idea

Maggie Beer 'THIS WON'T BEAT US'

She's still recovering after a terrifying fall that landed her in hospital, and now Maggie Beer is dealing with another major blow.

time-read
1 min  |
November 11, 2024