Saskia Burmeister
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| Saskia Burmeister | |
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| Born | 12 February 1985 New South Wales, Australia |
Saskia Burmeister (born on February 12, 1985 in New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actress who is known for her roles as Erica "Yuck" Yurkin Hating Alison Ashley, and as Lieutenant Nikki "Nav" Caetano in Sea Patrol.
Burmeister grew up in Bellingen on New South Wales' mid-north coast, one of five kids of a German-born photographer father and a stylist mother. She attended Mosman High School in Sydney.
She trained at ATYP while attending Mosman High School of the Performing Arts where she played various roles in productions including Blackrock, The Merchant of Venice and Chapel Perilous.
Burmeister's television credits include the leading role in Wicked Science, Water Rats, and Blue Heelers - for which she received the Australian Film Institute Award for best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television series in 2006.
Her feature credits include the role of Jane Jones in Ned Kelly, Erica Yurken in Hating Alison Ashley, Rivka in Jewboy and Vanya in the ensemble drama The Jammed.
Burmeister appears as a teenager in the Australian Government's campaign on drug education.
- The Jammed (2007)
- Sea Patrol (2007- current)
- Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji (2006)
- Blue Heelers (2005) TV
- The Glenmore Job (2005) TV
- Hating Alison Ashley (2005)
- Jewboy (2005)
- Thunderstruck (2004)
- Wicked Science (2004-2006) TV
- Ned Kelly (2003)
- The Pact (2002)
- Water Rats (2000) TV
Burmeister recently has had a small career until her appearance in Wicked Science.