Tabrett Bethell

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title: "Tabrett Bethell" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1981-births", "21st-century-australian-actresses", "actresses-from-sydney", "australian-cheerleaders", "australian-female-models", "australian-film-actresses", "australian-stage-actresses", "australian-television-actresses", "living-people", "models-from-sydney"] description: "Australian actress (born 1981)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabrett_Bethell" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian actress (born 1981) ::

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Field	Value
name	Tabrett Bethell
alt	Tabrett Bethell
birth_date
birth_place	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
occupation	Actress, model
height	173 cm
website
yearsactive	1997–2007 (model)
2001–2016 (actress)
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|name = Tabrett Bethell |image = |alt = Tabrett Bethell |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |occupation = Actress, model |height = 173 cm |spouse = |website = |yearsactive = 1997–2007 (model) 2001–2016 (actress) Tabrett Bethell (born 13 May 1981) is an Australian former actress, best known for portraying the character Cara Mason in the television series Legend of the Seeker. Prior to her acting career, she worked as a fashion model from the age of 16, and a cheerleader for the National Rugby League Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks until 2006.

Early life

After Bethell's early years as a model and cheerleader, she decided to actively pursue acting and trained at Screenwise, completing the 12 Month Intensive program in December 2007. During this training she continued to model; most notably a Neill Grigg race day fascinator resembling the Harbour Bridge for a February 2007 cover of The Daily Telegraph.

Career

Early acting work included starring as Amy in Campbell Graham's film Anyone You Want, and the role of Chris in Strangers Lovers Killers, released 2010.

From 2009 to 2010, Bethell filmed Legend of the Seeker, a television show based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. She portrays a Mord'Sith named Cara Mason who appeared at the end of the first season before becoming a regular in Season 2. Bethell garnered a large fan following because of her portrayal of Cara Mason in Legend of the Seeker.

After Legend of the Seeker, Bethell played Beth in James Rabbitts's Australian thriller The Clinic, which was shot in Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia in November 2008. In August 2010 Bethell won Best Actress at the Manhattan Film Festival for her role in Anyone You Want.

In March 2011, Bethell was cast in a Warner Bros TV pilot, "Poe", as the character of Sarah Elmira Royster, Edgar Allan Poe's muse and former lover. In May 2011, it was announced that ABC would not pick up the series.

Tabrett Bethell made her Bollywood debut with the Hindi action thriller film Dhoom 3 which was released 20 December 2013. She joined Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif in the third installment of the popular Dhoom series. The film became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in international markets. She guest starred in Mistresses Season 2, Episode 6 ("What Do You Really Want"), as Kate. The episode aired 7 July 2014. In March 2014 she was cast in the independent short film Oren as lead. The film won two prizes at the 2015 Hollywood Reel Independent Festival Best Actress Tabrett Bethell and Best International Short Film.

Her last screen credit was as a series regular in the 2016 season of Mistresses.

Personal life

Bethell is named after a street in Sydney, Tabrett Street, something that resulted when her parents disagreed on what to name her while still at the hospital (her mother wanted "Siobhan", and her father wanted "Murray"). Her father went for a drive, saw the name of the street, and returned to the hospital to suggest it to her mother, who said, "Yes, that's it!".

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Mr. Right	Lead	Video short
The Swallow	Veronika Le'Morel, the beggar	Short film
Strangers Lovers Killers	Chris	Film
2010	The Clinic	Beth Church	Feature film
2010	Anyone You Want	Amy	Film
2012	Sanctuary	Lia	Short film
2013	Dhoom 3	Victoria Williams	Film (India)
2014	Oren	Emile	Short film
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Life Support		Episode #1.2
2009–2010	Legend of the Seeker	Cara Mason	23 episodes
2010	Cops L.A.C.	Eve Louizos	Episode: "Life is a Rodio"
2011	Poe	Sarah Elmira Royster	TV pilot
2014–2016	Mistresses	Kate Davis	Episode 02x06: "What Do You Really Want"
Series regular (Season 4, episode 2–13)
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Theatre

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Somewhere between the Sky and the Sea by Alex Broun	Stephanie	Short and Sweet Sydney
2012	Savage in Limbo
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References

References

1. "Tabrett Bethell: "This is 40!"".
2. (October 2002). "Head Spinner".
3. (28 May 2009). "Tabrett Bethell Cheerleader".
4. (5 December 2007). "A Star set to Shine". Screenwise.
5. (21 February 2007). "Image Details". NewsPhotos.com.au.
6. (2009). "Characters". Legend of the Seeker homepage.
7. (Aug 2010). "Best Actress". CaptivatedByTabrett.com.
8. (Mar 2011). "Tabrett cast in pilot TV show: 'Poe'". CaptivatedByTabrett.com.
9. (May 2011). "'Poe' is dead". CaptivatedByTabrett.com.
10. (28 September 2012). "Tabrett Bethell to Join Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif in Dhoom 3: Back in Action". invectura.com.
11. "Top Ten Overseas Grossers 2014 – Jai Ho Tops The Charts". [[Box Office India]].
12. (4 February 2014). "Dhoom 3: 7th Weekend Overseas Box Office Collections". Koimoi.com.
13. "South Indian films dominate international markets!".
14. "Dhoom 3 Is Highest Ever Grosser Overseas". [[Box Office India]].
15. (19 February 2016). "Mistresses Season 4: Alyssa Milano Still Out, [Spoiler] Back as Series Regular!".
16. Hartinger, Brent. (24 February 2010). "Tabrett Bethell is Not Cara (or IS She?)". TheTorchOnline.com.
17. (2009). "Tabrett Bethell Stars In Mr Right". TabrettBethell.info.
18. "The Swallow – IMDb". IMDb.com.
19. "Tabrett Bethell Bio". CaptivatedByTabrett.com.
20. "Tabrett Bethell in Sanctuary". CaptivatedByTabrett.com.
21. (28 September 2012). "Australian actress joins Dhoom 3 cast". timesofap.com.
22. "Life Support Episode #1.2 (TV episode 2001) – IMDb". IMDb.com.
23. "Tabrett Bethell Cast in Poe". CaptivatedByTabrett.com.
24. (February 2008). "2008 Top 90 Seymour Centre Week 5". Short+Sweet Sydney 2008.
25. "Tabrett in Savage in Limbo8".

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