Shaka Cook
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Synopsis
Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), 2012. Theatre: Wangarra in The Secret River (2016) and Ngalamalum in The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company, 2017 and 2019); Fingerbone Bill in Storm Boy (Sydney Theatre Company); Jasper Jones in Jasper Jones (Queensland Theatre Company); The Wind in the Willows (La Boite); Black Diggers (Queensland Theatre Company). Television: Sam in Operation Buffalo (ABC); Tom in Black Comedy (ABC); Luke in The Broken Shore (Essential Media); Warrior in Cleverman (ABC). Film: Waru in The Flood (Wagtail Films); Officer Braydon in Top End Wedding (Goalpost Pictures). This is Shaka’s professional musical theatre debut. Shaka is a proud member of MEAA since 2020.
Acting
Operation Buffalo
A captivating drama set in Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War. At a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being tested, as loyalty, love, and betrayal are pitted against each other.
The Flood
When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms into redemption and reconciliation.
Hamilton: Australia
A filmed version of the live Australian production show of the American Broadway Musical masterpiece, "Hamilton". This unforgettable cinematic stage performance combines the best elements of live theater and film to bring the cultural phenomenon to all Australian cinemas globally so you can experience it on the big screen for this once-in-a-lifetime experience shot at the "Sydney Lyric Theatre" as they tell the story of the real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton through over a decade.
