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my life I have grown up around the show biz arena. I've always felt
most at home in the theatre. Whether it be peering from the wings
at an immaculate ballerina, dozing in the auditorium whilst the actors
attempted there twentieth dress rehearsal for the day, or teaching
Marcel Marceau a few moves at the age of three.
Throughout
my school years I endeavored to get in any production possible whether
it were in or out of school. I learnt ballet; jazz and character
dance for about seven years until I realized that I was better to
woo the audience with my words, not my feet.
My
first professional theatre debut was at the Twelfth Night Theatre
in Brisbane. Playing the role of Sara, in Picnic at Hanging Rock.
In my last year of high school I was awarded drama captain. On graduating
school I went for all the necessary auditions for the renowned drama
schools in each state. I committed myself to a three-year course
at Queensland University of Technology.
In
my last year at the university I went for an audition for Day of
the Roses, an Australian mini series. I was awarded the role of
Erica Watson. Later in the year I auditioned for a two-person play
with QPAT, Kill Everything You Love. It was an extremely intense
drama of two school friends dealing with the suicide of one of the
class mates. The play was extremely successful in a dramatic and
educational context. I returned to the QUT course to showcase with
my graduating year in Brisbane and Sydney.
I
moved to Sydney and continued to participate in any class that would
assist my craft. These included voice, accent and dialect and voice
and movement classes at the Actors Center. I then performed a guest
role on Water Rats. Shortly after I became the new addition to Farscape.
During the first hiatus of Farscape I played a guest role on Beastmaster.
Later I performed in an Australian feature film, The Monkeys Mask.
Due to schedules clashing I was pulled from the film to continue
work with Farscape. Farscape took me to the states to promote the
show at the Comic Con in San Diego and the first Farscape convention
in Burbank. Whilst in the states I participated in Seeing Ear theatre
in the production Titanic Dreams.
On
return to Australia I worked as a guest star on Lost World. At present
I have returned to Farscape series three. Whilst shooting Farscape
I endeavor to participate in other productions that will fit into
the schedule and assist my experience within the entertainment industry.
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