Growing up in regional Dubbo, in the Central West of New South Wales, Ngali Shaw always felt somewhat different.
Unlike his non-Indigenous friends, the talented First Nations actor, dancer, musician and rapper was regularly singled out for his heritage, which helped him relate to his character, Jarrod, in new FOXTEL Original crime-drama The Twelve.
A young Indigenous university student who is chosen to serve on the jury for a particularly troubling murder trial, Jarrod’s own negative experiences with the police can’t help but impact the way he views the case – and the accused, Kate Lawson (Kate Mulvany).
“Jarrod thinks that Kate’s going to get away with everything because she’s white and privileged, and the police are going to believe her,” Shaw explains of his character’s mindset. “That’s just Jarrod’s…