Tuuli Narkle and Sean Sagar shoot scenes for NCIS: Sydney at North Bondi

NCIS has landed in Sydney, with actors and the production crew hitting North Bondi to shoot scenes for the first international franchise of the US TV hit show.

Production is under way on the Aussie spin-off of hit US TV franchise, NCIS.

Confidential snapped actors shooting scenes for NCIS: Sydney at North Bondi on Thursday. And while the cast is yet to be announced, this column believes one of the stars is NIDA grad Tuuli Narkle, whose role in Mystery Road: Origin won her the 2022 AACTA for Lead Actress in a TV Drama.

Photographed on set with Narkle, both wearing police uniforms, was another relative newcomer in British actor Sean Sagar.

British actor Sean Sagar and Australian Tuuli Narkle shoot NCIS: Sydney at North Bondi on Thursday. Picture: Matrix Media Group

Is that a Naval Criminal Investigative Service logo we spy on Sagar’s chest?

Narkle won an AACTA for Lead Actress in a TV Drama. Pictures: Matrix Media Group

The production was announced in February last year for Channel 10 and streaming service Paramount+.

It follows American successes NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Hawaii.

NCIS: Sydney is the first international series in the franchise and will be broadcast globally.

“We are thrilled,” Ten boss Beverley McGarvey said when the show was announced.

“It is such a privilege to be able to continue the legacy of such a wonderful show and incorporate the superior NCIS storytelling while introducing new Australian characters and locations.

“We can’t wait to get production under way.”