Danielle Cormack is a stage and screen actress from New Zealand. She portrayed notorious Sydney underworld figure
Kate Leigh in
Underbelly: Razor, and doctor Rory Finch in
Jack Irish. In 2012 Cormack was announced as
Bea Smith in the
Foxtel prison drama
Wentworth when the series had first gone into production for four years, before leaving the show in 2016. The role of Bea Smith was originally played by Val Lehman. in
Prisoner. Cormack has since appeared regularly at Wentworth-related events in the US and the UK, and hosted the 2023 New Jersey Event. In 2022, Cormack narrated the SBS documentary series
Life on the Outside, which showed what life is like for newly released prison inmates. In 2023 she appeared in
Erotic Stories on SBS Television. In the same year, she was named as part of the cast for New Zealand
dramedy series
Madam. Cormack was also named in the cast for Stan Australia drama
Year Of. She served as
executive producer for the short film
Oi (2024). On 8 December 2024, Cormack was announced in the cast for series 3 of
Foxtel legal drama
The Twelve. Cormack, alongside
Wentworth cast member
Nicole da Silva, started the production company Four One One, and together they produced their first play W
hose Afraid in 2022. Cormack and da Silva in 2023 directed the short film
Why We Fight.
Why We Fight was nominated for an AACTA award for Short Film. On 17 April 2025, Cormack was named as part of the extended cast for series two of ABC series
Return to Paradise. On 16 September 2025, Foxtel announced a documentary for the late
Brian Walsh with Cormack announced as one of many guests. == Other activities ==