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Tammin Pamela Sursok (born 19 August 1983) is a Australian actress and musician. She is best known for the role of Dani Sutherland on Home and Away and as Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless.

She also launched a singing career (under the name Tammin), with her debut single, "Pointless Relationship", released on November 14, 2004 and debuting in the top 10 of the Australian singles chart the following week. She began portraying Colleen Carlton on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2007, which garnered her a Daytime Emmy nomination in her first year. She recently made her first made-for-television movie, Spectacular!, which premiered on 16 February 2009 on Nickelodeon.

Tammin Sursok was born to Daryl and Julie Sursok in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the age of 4, she emigrated to Sydney, Australia with her family. Her mother Julie is a classically trained pianist and guitarist and as a result, Sursok was brought up surrounded by music. At a young age, Sursok was involved with the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre, where she pursued her interests in acting, music and dance. She also studied with the Trinity Speech and Drama College and graduated with a High Distinction. Sursok was educated at Ravenswood School for Girls, in Gordon, Sydney, studying speech and drama in her final years of school. She won her part in the long-running Australian drama series, Home and Away, at the end of 1999, after completing Year 10.

She has a sister, Michelle, and an older brother, Shaun.

Sursok has a pet parrot, a cat named Sugar, and three dogs, Smudge, Harry, and Charlie. Sursok is signed with the famous Gersh Agency in Los Angeles since her move to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue an acting career. She dated her on-screen boyfriend Home and Away star Danny Raco. She is close friends with Bec Hewitt who was her on-screen best friend, Hayley, during their stints on Home and Away.