Wallace an merely toddler, moved to Australia whilst she was 5 by using her parents; ab initio she grew higher within Cairns and later moved to Brisbane at the age of Dozen years. On text she attended Kedron State High School and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons and besides persuaded to join a Twelfth Night Theatre in Bowen Hills.

At age xvi, Wallace left school & attended the business college (the asking insisted upon by her parents whenever she decided to be an actress) & too joined an ad agency when however performing in the theatre when asleep. She so joined television within Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety known as Theatre Royal, & she as well hosted the afternoon news & weather condition & a childrens' indicate. At a age of 19, Wallace was diagnosed using Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) - a trouble which persists to this day.

Wallace was working around television around Brisbane while Barry Creyton persuaded the producers of the newly series to fly Rowena down to Sydney to audition for a lead role within their show; following Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in '''''That you Might't Watch Spherical Corners & moved to Sydney.

Fallowing completing Corners, she went in to star when a juvenile person lead in the hit comedy stage production sustaining celebrated performing artist John McCallum & Googie Withers. A indicate, Relatively Speaking, played to packed audiences within Melbourne.

In February 12, 1970, the film Squeeze The Flower''' got its globe premiere within Sydney. Wallace starred in a picture show when the female lead paired international film veteran, Walter Chiari.

Inside 1985, Wallace was a number 1 woman to win the Gold Logie since it was opened up to Virtually all Popular Australian Personality. She has besides received silver Logies for: Most Popular Lead Actress (1983); Most Popular Actress (1984); Best Actress inside the Series (1984) and Best Lead Actress within the Series (1985).

Within October 2005, Wallace was charged with social security fraud, and sentenced to hexad months imprisonment, eventually she was freed immediately. Between July 1999 and November 2003, Wallace was collecting a handicap trend lines pension, despite existence actively listed by television series like Water Rats, Beauty and the Beast, and Good Morning Australia.

Film and Television work
1995 Echo Point [TV Series] 1995 Blackwater Trail 1990 Flair 1989 Mission: Impossible: The Pawn 1989 Cappuccino 1986 Backstage 1984 A Dark Room 1981 Pubescence Blues 1981 Sons and Daughters 1978 Catspaw 1977 Cop Shop [TV Series] 1973 ... & Hundreds to thousands May Die 1970 Squeeze the Flower 1969 Section 4 [TV Series] 1969 '''Wise shoppers Might't Watch Around Corners 1969 Barrier Reef'''''