Tina Bursill (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian actress. She played Louise Carter on the television series Skyways (1979–1981) and Sonia Stevens on Prisoner (1983–1984). She played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series Doctor Doctor. Bursill won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1987 film Jilted.

Tina Bursill was born on 24 July 1951, in Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

Bursill's father, Keith, worked as an apprentice marine engineer on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour from the age of 15, and joined the merchant marines when Bursill was a baby, travelling for about 14 years. He was diagnosed with asbestosis in the 1980s. Her mother was a talented coloratura soprano, but did not follow her dreams. She had a love of painting, film and theatre and frequently took Bursill to see live shows from a very young age.

During the school holidays, Bursill would visit her paternal grandfather, who was a builder, in Forster, on the mid-north New South Wales coast.

Bursill met her first boyfriend when she was 15 and they were together for several years. She thought it would lead to marriage and babies, but it was not to be.

Initially, Bursill intended to pursue a career in anthropology, however, she set her sights on becoming an actress.^{[citation needed]} She was initially rejected from National Institute of Dramatic Art, but later studied there.

Bursill started her career in musicals and stand-up comedy, including stagings of Grease (1972) and Godspell (1972–1973), before being cast in more serious theatre productions, such as Zastrozzi (1982) and On Golden Pond (1992). She also starred in Macbeth as Lady Macbeth for Sydney's Ensemble Theatre.

More recently, Bursill was in a 2022 production of Cinderella with Opera Australia and a 2024 staging of The Children with STCSA.