{"id":1787327,"date":"2026-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1787327"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:00:00","slug":"wonderland-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1787327","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor Tanzyn Crawford has a knack for pulling it off. Her latest feat? A leading role in the Game of Thrones<\/em> spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em>. What she can\u2019t do, at this point, feels like the more interesting question.<\/h3>\n
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Tanzyn wears shirt SUSAN FANG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s midday when messages from the team start rolling in: \u201cShe\u2019s so fab\u201d, \u201cShe\u2019s so lovely\u201d, and then, randomly, \u201cShe was doing handstands!\u201d There\u2019snothing on aWonderlandset that would require someone to be upside-down \u2013 not yet, anyway \u2013 but it feels entirely on brand for 25-year-oldAustralian actor Tanzyn Crawford.<\/p>\n

Growing up in Perth, movement was her language. Gymnastics, volleyball, netball \u2013 you name it, she probably tried it. What stayed the longest was dance. \u201cI was the kind of dancer that would have a dead-straight face on stage \u2013 no emotions \u2013 I would just be doing the moves,\u201d she laughs. When dance ran its course, she turned to modelling, an area where restraint reads more as professionalism. \u201cI was quite shy as a child, more reserved, with a smaller personality,\u201d she shares. \u201cI had the same modelling agent for a long time, but I wouldn\u2019t like commercials, where you have to go in and show your personality. It wasn\u2019t fun for me. It was just awkward. I was hiding behind my mum\u2019s legs as a kid.\u201d Now, being front-and-center is something she\u2019s getting used to.<\/p>\n

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Tanzyn wears polo KENT & CURWEN; skirt COACH; earrings AMI PARIS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s the third Saturday in January, and Tanzyn is nestled into an armchair at The Mayfair Townhouse having just wrapped her Wonderland shoot. Tight, springy black curls frame her dewy face as she sits cross-legged by the window, calmly mapping out the rest of her day: a walkthrough the city, a gallery visit, a stop at the Glossier store in Covent Garden (\u201cbecause I went there the last time I was here and it was really cool.\u201d) Otherwise, she\u2019s tempted to \u201cget on a train and just see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a dissimilar approach to how she got into acting. She fell in love with film, first and foremost, and with the women she saw on screen. Spice World.<\/em> Josie and the Pussycats. Demi Lovato. But it was watching Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids that sharpened something. \u201cI was like, this is the most sophisticated comedy I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d she laughs. \u201cShe put out a bunch of movies; Skeleton Twins, which is in my top five movies of all time,Imogen, and Welcome To Me, is super good too. I loved that she was known to be this hilarious comedic actor, and then on the side, she had these gut wrenching independent films.\u201d Oh, and then there\u2019s Rachel Weisz. \u201cI love her. I saw her in The Mummy, when I was seven, and was like, \u2018Wait, women are so pretty\u2019,\u201d she laughs. But the final push arrived almost by chance. \u201cOne of my friends asked me to audition for acting school with him, so, I mean, it was just an accident.\u201d Surprise: she got in. \u201cI\u2019m a Scorpio 100%, so what I want, I get. If people stand in my way, I hassle them until it happens,\u201d she says with a cheeky smile. \u201cBy the time I finished acting school, I was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to at least really try [and] really, really give it a go. Otherwise, I\u2019ll regret it.\u201d So far, it\u2019s worked.<\/p>\n

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(Top) Tanzyn wears full look FENDI. (Bottom) Tanzyn wears t-shirts (layered) AMI PARIS; trousers COACH.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following in the footsteps of Kristen \u2013 the actor who made her believe she could do it all \u2013 Tanzyn landed Tiny Beautiful Things<\/em>, Hulu\u2019s drama mini-series. Playing (Rae) Frankie, the daughter of a strained advice columnist, her convincing performance as a 16-year-old navigating her sexuality, finding confidence in her identity, and well, dealing with her mum, drew in quite the praise. \u201cI loved the character right away,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s rare that I get a character that is specifically mixed [race]\u2026 really, I don\u2019t see it that much.\u201d <\/p>\n

And when Tanzyn loves a character, she\u2019ll journal about them \u2013 as was the case for Frankie. \u201cI was sitting, and writing and writing and writing \u2013 I probably filled out like 10 pages on this,\u201d she says. The experience was \u201cbasically acting school all over again. I learned so much about how to advocate for your character and yourself, and how to deal with intimacy \u2013 you always have control.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201dNow, starring as Tanselle in the latest Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em>, she\u2019s tightening the reins on the stories she gets to be a part of. Naturally, she was quite nervous about joining the franchise \u2013 one that, in its final season, brought in 30million views every episode \u2013 and with that comes somewhat unpleasant \u2018feedback\u2019. \u201cIt was intimidating to step into something that people are soconnected to, love so much, and have a lot of opinions about,\u201d she says. \u201cI definitely did get some negativity around race, but at the end of the day, I\u2019m employed \u2013 and I\u2019m following my dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Naysayers mean nothing when the show\u2019s creator tells you: \u201cYou\u2019re exactly what I pictured [for Tanselle],\u201d she recalls from a conversation with George R.R. Martin. Slender, beautiful, \u2018taller than most women\u2019, according to a GOTWiki profile (Tanzyn stands at six foot tall), she is charming and poised, speaking in a twinkling British accent, against a backdrop of armoury and macho finesse. \u201cThe beauty of Tanselle in this series is she\u2019s a softer outlet. The rest of the show is very manly, quite harsh, and brutal,\u201d she says. \u201cI think she\u2019s self-confident, and has her own little passions and worlds that are very separate from everyone else. Of course, her storyline involves Dunk (played by Peter Claffey), but she has her own thing going on.\u201d And next up, she\u2019s joining Assassin\u2019s Creed as a show regular on the live-action series \u2013 it\u2019s set to be a high-stakes thriller where we can assume she will be putting that athleticism to the ultimate test.<\/p>\n

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Tanzyn wears shirt SUSAN FANG; skirt MITHRIDATE; shoes MANOLO BLAHNIK; necklace CARTIER.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier on \u2013 not just in her career but life more broadly \u2013 she felt a constant need to prove herself. \u201cI suppose I had this very idyllic view of acting and things happening. I was trying to prove to people that I was good.\u201d Now, that urgency has steadied. \u201cWhat I bring in my personality and my interpretation of things is the most authentic and best version thatI can bring.\u201d That desire to impress is long gone, given way to a quieter confidence \u2013 one that\u2019s unmistakably her own.<\/p>\n

Photography by Guy Lowndes
Styling by Abigail Hazard
Words by Aswan Magumbe
Hair by Aminata Kamara at The Only Agency
Make-up by Harriot Babin at The Only Agency
Fashion Intern Lauryn Doherty
Special Thanks to the Mayfair Townhouse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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