Education
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Australian History and English from the Australian National University and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Australian History and English from the Australian National University and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Morice also lived in Sydney, Alice Springs and Adelaide as a child. She has worked extensively on stage in Australia, including productions for the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company, Griffin Theatre Company, Belvoir Theatre Company and the Ensemble. Her first film appearance was as Fran in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom (directed by Baz Luhrmann), for which she was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and an Australian Institute award.
Morice also appeared on the film"s soundtrack, singing a duet of Time After Time with Mark Williams.
Morice has also appeared in the films Metal Skin, Hotel Sorrento, Hildegarde, Moulin Rouge!, Candy, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance, the OSCAR nominated Miracle Fish and Oranges and Sunshine. Her television work includes roles in Answered by Fire, After the Deluge, Salem"s Lot, Loot, Grass Roots and McLeod"s Daughters.
Morice had a starring role in the series of three Dogwoman telemovies with Magda Szubanski in 2000. She also plays Mission Raine in Series 1, 2 and 3 of Dance Academy for American Broadcasting Company/ZDF. The film premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Festival, and was broadcast on the Business School network in Australia in 2008.
Morice has a daughter, Ondine Morice Pearce, who was the stills photographer (at age 11) on My Biggest Fan.
She re-recorded Time After Time for Baz Luhrmann"s album Something Foreign Everybody and sang on the Strictly Ballroom, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance and My Biggest Fan soundtracks. Tara is currently producing the feature Greylands, based on the novel by Isobelle Carmody, who is also writing the screen adaptation.
She played Fran in Strictly Ballroom when it premiered as a stage play in 1988, and she was a member of Baz Luhrmann"s Six Years Old Company.