Malcolm Turnbull has telephoned the Australian teenager injured in the Paris attacks.

The one known Australian victim of the attack, 19-year-old Emma Grace Parkinson from Tasmania, is recovering in a Paris hospital after being shot in the hip.

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Ms Parkinson was near the Bataclan theatre in central Paris when four gunmen opened fire on concert-goers who were watching US band Eagles of Death Metal.

“I have to say she is a brave girl,” Mr Turnbull told reporters in the Turkish city of Antalya, where he is attending the G20 summit.

“My call cheered her up a bit but nothing will equal how good she will feel when her mum arrives in a day or so,” he said.

Parkinson, 19, is from Hobart but had been living in Tubingen, Germany, and was believed to be holidaying in France.

It is believed she was in the area of the Bataclan concert hall when the coordinated attacks unfolded, leaving at least 129 people dead and scores more injured.

In a statement, Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman confirmed a Tasmanian woman was being treated in a Paris hospital.

“My office has been in contact with her family, and I have personally passed on my best wishes for her full and speedy recovery,” he said.

“Understandably, the young woman’s family have asked that I convey their request that their privacy be respected.”

Ms Parkinson’s former drama teacher described her as a remarkable student.

React drama school teacher Andrew Casey said he was shocked to hear the news.

“To learn … she’s been affected by this horrible tragedy that’s happening over in Paris at the moment it’s just unfathomable,” he said.

“And especially to someone who’s so young and so bright, to be involved in this is just … I mean, I myself can just hardly believe it.”

Mr Casey said Ms Parkinson always dreamed of living in Paris.

“You could even tell by her demeanour,” he said.

“I’ve been over there a couple of times and whenever I’ve come back, it’s always like, whenever I see Emma I think, ‘well that’s just the place for you’, especially living in Paris. It’s somewhere she’s always sort of talked of and always had a great love for.”

Mr Hodgman said the state’s thoughts and prayers were with all those impacted by the events in Paris.

“Whoever the perpetrators, this was an inhuman act of terrorism aimed at indiscriminately killing and maiming innocent people,” he said.