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Tara Rae Moss (born 2 October 1973) is a Canadian-Australian author, documentary maker and presenter, journalist and UNICEF national ambassador for child survival and former model. "UNICEF Australia National Ambassadors Tweet to raise awareness of preventable child deaths", UNICEF Australia, 13 September 2013"Australian Female Models"
Moss began modelling at age 14, but did not stay long in the profession. At age 21, as detailed in her 2014 memoir The Fictional Woman, she was raped in Vancouver by a known assailant, a Canadian actor. Tara Moss: I kept the story locked up in me for 20 years
After marriages to the Canadian Marty Legg and to the Australian actor Mark Pennell, "Tara Moss gathers husband No.3", The Daily Telegraph, 8 December 2009 she married Australian poet and philosopher Dr. Berndt Sellheim. Moss gave birth to a daughter, Sapphira, on 22 February 2011. Tara Moss welcomes baby girl, ABC News, 24 February 2011 In early 2024 the marriage ended.
Moss is a UNICEF Ambassador for Child Survival, UNICEF Australia national ambassadors and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2007. Since 2000 she has been an ambassador for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children. List of ambassadors, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Moss has private investigator credentials (Cert III) from the Australian Security Academy and is undertaking a Doctorate of Social Sciences in the Department of Gender and Cultural studies at the University of Sydney. "Under the skin" by Susan Wyndham, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2014
Her writing has appeared in Ms Magazine, Crime Reads, the Australian Literary Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Daily Telegraph, TheHoopla Tara Moss at TheHoopla and more.
Moss is an advocate for the rights of women and children. She has been an ambassador for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children since 2000 and has hosted their annual charity flight for over a decade. She has also been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2007 and as of 2013 has taken on a larger role as UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Survival.
She is known for her novel research, which has included touring the FBI and LAPD, shooting firearms, being set on fire, being choked unconscious by Ultimate Fighter 'Big' John McCarthy, Randomhouse Publishers, Germany flying with the Royal Australian Air Force, spending time in morgues and courtrooms and obtaining a licence as a private investigator. Tara Moss biography She has also been a race car driver (CAMS), and holds a motorcycle licence and wildlife/snake-handling licence. A couple of interviews with Demetrius Romeo In 2014 she was recognised for Outstanding Advocacy for her blog Manus Island: An insider’s report, which helped to break information to the public about the events surrounding the alleged murder of Reza Barati inside the Australian-run Manus Island Immigration Detention Centre.
Moss hosts and acted as executive producer and writer of Cyberhate with Tara Moss on ABC in 2017, hosted two seasons of the true crime television series Tough Nuts – Australia's Hardest Criminals Tough Nuts on the Crime & Investigation Network, and Tara Moss in Conversation Tara Moss in Conversation on the 13th Street channel. She also previously hosted the crime documentary series Tara Moss Investigates on the National Geographic Channel.
She voiced the character of Dr. Samantha Twelvetrees in the 1995 video game .
In May 2021, Moss gave an autobiographical interview and had her portrait painted on Anh's Brush with Fame (Series 6 Episode 6) on the ABC.
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