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Danielle Cormack (born 26 December 1970) is a New Zealand stage and screen actress. She was one of the original cast members of the long-running soap opera Shortland Street , though she is also known for her role as the Amazon Ephiny in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess , Cynthia Ross in The Cult , and Shota in Legend of the Seeker. Other works include the 2009 film, Separation City , and the Australian series Rake. She also portrayed notorious Sydney underworld figure Kate Leigh in Underbelly: Razor , Doctor Rory Finch in Jack Irish and Bea Smith in the Foxtel prison drama Wentworth, in which she starred for four years before leaving the show in 2016. The role of Bea Smith 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 .
Cormack alongside fellow Wentworth cast member Nicole da Silva started the production company FourOneOne, and have produced the play 'Whose Afraid' in 2022 and in 2023 directed Short Film Why We Fight .
Cormack has since appeared in numerous television productions including The Secrets She Keeps, Year Of, Erotic Stories and more.
