Dance Academy Színész- és szereplőlista - 1. évad
Tara Webster szerepében:
Xenia Goodwin
1994-02-07 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Xenia Goodwin is an Australian actress and dancer. Most famous for her lead role as Tara Webster in Dance Academy.
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Katrina "Kat" Karamakov szerepében:
Alicia Banit
1990-09-05 Melbourne, Australia
Alicia Banit (born 5 September 1990) is an Australian actress and dancer who is best known for her role as Kat in Dance Academy. Banit was also in Chris Lilley's 2007 mockumentary Summer Heights High as Kaitlyn and part of the main cast in We Were Tomorrow 2018 where she played Siena Woodlands. Banit reprised her role as Kat for Dance Academy: The Movie in 2017.
Abigail Armstrong szerepében:
Dena Kaplan
1989-01-20 Johannesburg, South Africa
Dena Kaplan is a South African-born Australian actress, singer, model and dancer. She is known for her role as Abigail Armstrong in Dance Academy. Kaplan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her mother and grandmother were both ballet dancers. Kaplan's father was a musician and her grandfather was an actor. Dena comes from a Jewish family. She has an older sister Gemma-Ashley Kaplan and a younger sister Ariel Kaplan, who played Lisa Atwood #2 on The Saddle Club. Kaplan moved to Australia in 1996, at age seven. After watching Gemma taking ballet lessons Dena followed in her footsteps. Kaplan attended Mount Scopus Memorial College and had dance training at numerous schools, including Australian Ballet School, Jane Moore Academy of Ballet and City Dance Centre. She first appeared onstage alongside David Campbell in The Production Company's Carousel, playing Louise, a non-singing solo ballet part in the second act of the show. Her second major appearance was as a dancer/singer in Disney's musical production of The Lion King. She moved to New York City to study at the Ailey School and Broadway Dance Center. Her first television role was in 2005 on the Network Ten spy series Scooter: Secret Agent as one of the party girls. In 2007, she appeared as Deborah Statesman in an episode of Australian police drama City Homicide. In 2009, she played Keli in an episode of Flight Of The Conchords and starred in the film In Her Skin alongside Rebecca Gibney. She was then cast in the series "Dance Academy" and in the same year was cast as Stephanie Wolfe in City Homicide. In 2011, Kaplan starred as the love interest in Chris Sebastian's music video for "Flow". During 2013 she was cast in the role of Sarah Brennen in Camp. A TV series that was set to star Gemma, Dena, and Ariel was workshopped. Dena Kaplan is an ambassador for Soi Dog Foundation and together with her sisters, she is an ambassador for the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation. Kaplan lives in Sydney, Australia. In December 2022, Kaplan announced her pregnancy via her Instagram page. She gave birth to her daughter in June 23, 2023.
Samuel "Sammy" Lieberman szerepében:
Thom Green
1991-09-04
Thomas Green is an Australian dancer and actor.
Christian Reed szerepében:
Jordan Rodrigues
1992-07-20 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jordan Rodrigues (born 20 July, 1992) is an Australian singer, dancer and actor best known for playing Jai Fernandez in Home and Away and Christian Reed in Dance Academy. Rodrigues's first professional acting experience was when he played the role of the young Simba in The Lion King's Australian tour at the Capitol Theatre starting in October 2003. Rodrigues then trained as a dancer at Brent Street in Sydney for over ten years. He began acting in 2008, and made his debut in Home and Away for the part of Jai Fernandez. In 2009, Rodrigues was nominated for a TV Week Silver Logie as Most Popular New Talent after he finished his role on Home and Away. In 2009, he landed a main role in the ABC series Dance Academy. He was cast as one of the main characters, Christian Reed. In 2013, he appeared in the Australian 4-part mini-series Better Man. He went on to reprise his role in the 2017 film Dance Academy: The Movie. From 2014 to 2018, he had a recurring role in the ABC family show The Fosters in the second to fifth season. He starred in film Breaking Through as JJ. In 2017, he appeared in Greta Gerwig's A24 film Lady Bird as Miguel McPherson, the titular character's older brother. From 2018, he played Trey Emory, one of the main characters in the Hulu original series Light as a Feather.
Ethan Karamakov szerepében:
Tim Pocock
1985-10-24 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Tim Pocock is a South-African born, Australian actor. He was born in South Africa. He was adopted and moved to Ireland and at the age of seven to Australia where he was raised.
Miss Raine szerepében:
Tara Morice
1964-06-23 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Tara Morice (born 23 June, 1964) is an Australian actress, singer, and dancer. She has worked extensively on stage in Australia, including productions for the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company, Griffin Theatre Company, Belvoir Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Queensland Theatre Company, Malthouse and the Ensemble. Tara played Fran in Strictly Ballroom when it premiered as a stage play in 1988, and she was a member of Baz Luhrmann's 'Six Years Old' Company. For her work in musical theatre, she has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Fat Swan at the 2012 Helpmann Awards and a Victorian Green Room Award for The Venetian Twins. Her first film appearance was as Fran in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom (directed by Baz Luhrmann), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and an Australian Film Institute award. Morice also appeared on the film's soundtrack, singing a duet of Time After Time with Mark Williams. Morice has also appeared in the feature films Metal Skin, Hotel Sorrento, Hildegarde, Moulin Rouge!, Candy, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance, Oranges and Sunshine, Dance Academy: The Movie, Peter Rabbit 2 and The Moogai. Her many short films include the Oscar nominated Miracle Fish. Her television work includes roles in Answered by Fire, After the Deluge, Salem's Lot and McLeod's Daughters. Morice had a starring role in the series of three Dogwoman telemovies with Magda Szubanski in 2000. She also plays Miss Raine in Series 1, 2 and 3 of Dance Academy for ABC/ZDF. She wrote and directed the documentary My Biggest Fan, about her correspondence and friendship with an American great-grandmother, Mildred Levine, who wrote to her after seeing Strictly Ballroom. The film premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and was broadcast on the SBS network in Australia in 2008. She re-recorded Time After Time for Baz Luhrmann's album Something for Everybody and sang on the Strictly Ballroom, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance and My Biggest Fan soundtracks. Tara played Shell in the premiere of the Australian musical The Deb at the Rebel Theatre in Sydney 2022. She then appeared in the feature film version directed by Rebel Wilson, the World Premiere of which was held at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2024 Morice was named in the cast for Stan Australia feature film Nugget is Dead. Morice was also named in the extended cast for ABC series Return to Paradise.
