Hot Aussies and Zealanders
by EViL-JaCKMaN | created - 04 Oct 2016 | updated - 09 Apr 2021 | Public
1. Emilie de Ravin
Actress | Remember Me
Emilie was born on December 27 and grew up in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. When she was 15, she was accepted at the highly selective Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. However, after only a year, she dropped out and undertook acting courses.
Her first starring role was on the fantasy drama ...
She has played Tess Harding on Roswell and Claire Littleton on the ABC drama Lost. In 2012 she guest-starred as Belle on the ABC drama Once Upon a Time and became a series regular beginning with season two. Born: Mount Eliza, Australia Height: 1.57 m Spouse: Josh Janowicz (m. 2003–2014) Children: Vera Audrey de Ravin-Bilitch Education: Australian Ballet School, National Institute of Dramatic Art
2. Margot Robbie
Actress | Suicide Squad
Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in ...
3. Gemma Ward
Actress | The Strangers
Gemma Ward was born in Perth, Australia in 1987 and started her model career in the year 2002.
When she was 15 years old, she was discovered in the audience of Search for a Supermodel (2000), an Australian television show. At the age of 16, she was selected by Anna Wintour (fashion editor) to be ...
4. Abbey Lee
Actress | Mad Max: Fury Road
Abbey Lee is known for her work as a model and actress. In 2015 Abbey made her feature film debut alongside Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in George Miller's post-apocalyptic film "Mad Max: Fury Road". Abbey has since appeared in numerous feature films in both America and Australia. She has starred ...
5. Stefania LaVie Owen
Actress | Krampus
Stefania LaVie Owen is a New Zealand-American actress. She is known for her roles as Puddle Kadubic in the television series Running Wilde and as Dorrit Bradshaw in the teen drama television series The Carrie Diaries. She starred as Nicole Chance in the 2016-17 Hulu original psychological thriller,...
6. Katherine Langford
Actress | Knives Out
Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996) is an Australian actress. She is known for starring as Hannah Baker in the 2017 Netflix series 13 Reasons Why (2017), based on the novel of the same name, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2018, she appeared as Leah Burke in the ...
7. Caitlin Stasey
Actress | Tomorrow, When the War Began
Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress who is well known for her roles as Francesca Thomas in Sleepover Club (2003), Rachel Kinski in Neighbours (1985) and Ellie Linton in the film adaptation of John Marsden's best seller 'Tomorrow When the War Began'
Caitlin is from Victoria, Australia, She ...
8. Lucy Fry
Actress | Bright
Lucy Fry was born on March 13, 1992 in Wooloowin, Australia. She is an actress, known for Bright (2017), 11.22.63 (2016) and Mr. Church (2016).
Lucy Elizabeth Fry is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Zoey in Lightning Point, Lyla in Mako: Island of Secrets, and Vasilisa Dragomir in the film Vampire Academy. Born: March 13, 1992, Wooloowin, Brisbane, Australia Height: 5′ 9″
9. Georgia Flood
Actress | Anzac Girls
Georgia Ann Flood was born on November 29, 1992 in Phillip Island, Australia. Georgia started modeling as a child in the United Arab Emirates, before returning to Melbourne with her family. At age 14 Georgia began to pursue her acting career and has continually worked in the Australian TV, film and...
10. Maia Mitchell
Actress | Teen Beach 2
Maia Mitchell is an Australian singer/song writer and actress from Lismore, New South Wales. She learned to play the guitar at a very young age and her talent has been included on The Fosters (2013) - an ABC Family show that aired in June 2013, where Maia plays one of the main roles of "Callie ...
11. Thomasin McKenzie
Actress | Leave No Trace
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to actress Miranda Harcourt and director Stuart McKenzie. She is the granddaughter of actress Dame Kate Harcourt and Peter Harcourt. Peter's family founded the real estate company Harcourts International in Wellington. She has an elder...
12. Emma Ishta
Actress | Stitchers
Emma Ishta is an Australian actress known for Stitchers (2015-2017), I Smile Back (2015), and Manhattan Love Story (2014). She studied as a vocalist at the Queensland Conservatory of Music until her modeling career brought her to Sydney, Paris, London, and eventually New York. She is married to New...
Emma Ishta is an actress, known for Stitchers (2015), I Smile Back (2015) and Manhattan Love Story (2014). She has been married to Daniel McCabe since September 8, 2012.
Born: November 16, 1990, Brookfield, Australia
13. Teresa Palmer
Actress | Warm Bodies
Actress and model Teresa Palmer has gathered some impressive film credits. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former missionary and nurse. She completed high school at Mercedes College in 2003, where she was a popular student who was ...
14. Yvonne Strahovski
Actress | Stateless
Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski was born and raised in Australia. Her parents were Polish immigrants. She attended the Santa Sabina College for her high school education. She then went on to study Performance at the University of Western Sydney's School of Contemporary Arts, graduating in 2003. ...
15. Rose McIver
Actress | The Lovely Bones
Rose McIver was born in New Zealand to artist Ann "Annie" Coney and professional photographer John George Whitfield "Mac" McIver. Rose has an older brother, musician Paul McIver.
McIver started appearing in commercials when she was only 2 years old. She made her film debut in the film "The Piano" (...
Rose McIver was born on October 10, 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand as Frances Rose McIver. She is an actress, known for The Lovely Bones (2009), iZombie (2015) and Petals on the Wind (2014). Born: October 10, 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand Height: 1.6 m
16. Olivia DeJonge
Actress | The Visit
Olivia DeJonge is an Australian actress best known for her role as Priscilla Presley in Baz Lurhman's film 'Elvis', and as Caitlin Atwater in Antonio Campos's HBO limited series, 'The Staircase'. She made her feature film debut in Caryn Waechters 'The Sisterhood Of Night', followed by M Night ...
17. Claire Holt
Actress | 47 Meters Down
Claire Rhiannon Holt (born June 11, 1988) portrays the role of "Rebekah Mikaelson" in The Vampire Diaries (2009) and The Originals (2013). Her most notable roles are "Samara Cook" in Pretty Little Liars (2010), "Chastity Meyer" in Mean Girls 2 (2011) and "Emma Gilbert" in H2O: Just Add Water (2006).
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Height: 5′ 7″ Movies: Mean Girls 2, 47 Meters Down, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, Blue Like Jazz Siblings: Madeline Holt, Rachel Holt, David Holt Parents: John Holt, Ann Holt
18. Melissa George
Actress | Hunted
The second of four children, Australian actress Melissa George was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1976. The daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker, Melissa initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather than acting. During her childhood, George ...
19. Gillian Alexy
Actress | The Americans
Gillian Alexy is an actress, known for The Americans (2013), Damages (2007) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014).
20. Shioli Kutsuna
Actress | Deadpool 2
Shioli Kutsuna was born in Australia, but moved to Japan at age 14 in order to pursue a career in acting.
Shioli won the 11th Japan Bishojo Contest in 2006. This award honors the most beautiful young girl in Japan. Her first role came the following year when she was a member of the cast of 3 Nen B ...
21. Liv Hewson
Actress | Bombshell
Liv Hewson is an Australian actor and playwright. Hewson uses they-and-them pronouns. Hewson was born in Canberra and grew up in the suburb of Hughes. They attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. They began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Hewson's mother, Angela, is a...
Liv Hewson is an Australian actor and playwright. Hewson uses they-and-them pronouns. Their written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant." Born: November 29, 1995, Canberra, Australia Other name: Olivia Hewson
22. Sibylla Deen
Actress | Lies We Tell
Sibylla Deen was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. From a young age, Sibylla showed a keen interest in acting. She began her professional acting studies at age 12 traveling to the US, China and New Zealand to perform on stage. She is known for her portrayal of 'Nusrat Al Fayeed' , Tyrant (fX) ...
23. Isabel Lucas
Actress | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Isabel was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her father is Australian and her mother is Swiss. Her family lived in Switzerland, Melbourne, Jabiru, a small mining town in the Northern Territory, and Cairns, Australia. Along with her sister, Nina, she attended schools that included First Nations children...
24. Abbie Cornish
Actress | Bright Star
Abbie Cornish, also known by her rap name Dusk, is an Australian actress and rapper. Following her lead performance in 2004's Somersault, Cornish is best-known for her film roles as the titular heroin addict in the drama Candy (2006), courtier Bess Throckmorton in the historical drama Elizabeth: ...
Born: August 7, 1982, Lochinvar, Australia
25. Alycia Debnam-Carey
Actress | Into the Storm
Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey was born on July 20, 1993. She is an actress from Australia. She grew up in Sydney, and graduated from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in 2011 where she was a percussionist. In 2010, in partnership with the Berlin Philharmonic, she and around 40 other musicians...
26. Yael Stone
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
In 2013, Australian New York City resident Yael Stone portrayed inmate 'Lorna Morello' in Orange Is the New Black.
Yael graduated from NIDA. From a young age, Yael has been lucky enough to work with Australia's premiere storytellers, luminaries of performance and visionaries behind the scenes in ...
27. Freya Tingley
Actress | Hemlock Grove
Freya Tingley was born in Perth, Australia (the most isolated city in the world) on March 26, 1994. From a very young age, Freya took to performing, where she explored modeling, singing, dancing and the like, but it finally clicked when she enrolled in an acting school. The ability to inhabit other...
28. Indiana Evans
Actress | H2O: Just Add Water
Indiana Rose Evans born 27 July 1990 is an Australian actress and singer-songwriter, best known for her roles in Home and Away (1988) as Matilda Hunter, H2O: Just Add Water (2006) as Bella Hartley, and Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) as Emmaline Robinson. Evans had an interest in performing since...
At the age of seven, Evans' parents enrolled her into dance lessons, which started with ballet and then evolved to jazz and tap. Height: 5′ 5″ Siblings: Alexis Evans, Max Evans Nominations: Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent Albums: H2O: Just Add Water, H2O Just Add Water - The Music
29. Jessica De Gouw
Actress | Underground
Jessica De Gouw is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series Arrow, as Mina Murray in the NBC TV series Dracula, and as Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series Underground.
Jessica grew up in Lesmurdie, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western ...
30. Emily Browning
Actress | A Series of Unfortunate Events
Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia, to Shelley and Andrew Browning. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came after a classmate's father, involved in the acting business, noticed her "acting all ditsy" in a school play. Emily found an agent and ...
Born: December 7, 1988, Melbourne, Australia
31. Nicole Gulasekharam
Actress | Barracuda
Nicole Gulasekharam is an actress and comedian, born in Melbourne, Australia. Her father is Sri Lankan and her mother is Australian. Nicole made her professional theatre debut at the age of nine in the Australian national production of Annie, and her television debut in a guest starring role on an ...
Nicole Gulasekharam was born on April 24, 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress, known for Barracuda (2016), Small Time Gangster (2011) and As the Bell Rings (2007). Born: April 24, 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
32. Mia Wasikowska
Actress | Alice in Wonderland
Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight,...
Born: October 14, 1989, Canberra, Australia Height: 5′ 4″ TV shows: In Treatment Awards: Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble, More Siblings: Jess Wasikowska, Kai
33. Katrina Ann Volonnino
Actress | The Nanny Knows
Katrina Ann Volonnino was born in Brisbane, Australia. She has five brothers and four sisters. During her childhood she traveled all over the world with her family doing Missionary work. She currently resides in Kansas City. Aside from acting, she is a Registered Nurse. In her free time she loves ...
34. Kelly Paterniti
Actress | Sleeping Beauty
Kelly Paterniti was born on December 6, 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress, known for Sleeping Beauty (2011), Home and Away (1988) and Skinford: Death Sentence (2017).
Kelly Paterniti was born on December 6, 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress, known for Home and Away (1988), Sleeping Beauty (2011) and Inhuman Resources (2012). Born: December 6, 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
35. Eliza Taylor
Actress | The 100
Australian actress Eliza Taylor is perhaps best known for anchoring the drama THE 100 as 'Clarke Griffin' on The CW for 7 seasons. Since the show's onset, Eliza made waves playing the network's first openly bisexual lead character. In the film space, Eliza starred in the indie thriller THUMPER ...
36. Holly Valance
Actress | Taken
Holly Rachel Valance was born 11th May 1983 in Melbourne, Australia to parents Rachel Stevens and Ryko Valance (Ryko legally changed his name at 18 from Vukadinovic). Holly's mother is from Southampton, England and her father is Serbian Montenegrin. Both of her parents were models and her father is...
37. Marny Kennedy
Actress | Mortified
Marny made her professional debut at 11 years old in the lead role in the acclaimed Nine Network series 'Mortified', for which she was awarded an AFI for Best Young Actor (2005). Other leading roles include Conspiracy 365, A gURL's wURLd and top rating The Saddle Club. Marny played the lead role of...
38. Pippa Black
Actress | Neighbours
Pippa Black (born 16 October 1982) is an Australian actress. From 2005 to 2009, Black played Elle Robinson in the soap opera Neighbours. Black played Tonya in the NBC series Outsourced from 2010 to 2011.
Black made small appearances in Australian television shows, student films and children's ...
39. Tessa James
Actress | Neighbours
Tessa James was born on April 17, 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress, known for Neighbours (1985), Home and Away (1988) and Harmony (2018). She has been married to Nate Myles since December 23, 2011.
40. Bianca Roe
Producer | Devil's Highway
Born in Australia, Bianca Chiminello spent most of her early childhood training to be a classical dancer. At the age of 15, she was "discovered" by a modeling agency and, within the year, won the prestigious Ford Supermodel of the World Competition. She was flown to America, placed as a finalist ...
41. Danielle Horvat
Actress | Sea Patrol
Danielle Horvat was born on July 10, 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress, known for Sea Patrol (2007), Neighbours (1985) and The Furies (2019).
42. Ashleigh Brewer
Actress | Neighbours
Born 9th December 1990 in Brisbane, Australia, Brewer began her acting career at the tender age of 12 when she joined the children's show Sleepover Club (2003). A week after graduation she arrived in Melbourne to look for acting work and auditioned for the ongoing role of Kate Ramsay in the ...
43. Kathryn Beck
Actress | Scorched
Kathryn Beck was born in Queensland, Australia in 1986. She has always wanted to be an actor ever since she was young, and grew up watching films such as "My Girl" and wishing she was in it.
She studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, graduating in August of 2006. In 2007 she had a...
44. Alaska Leigh
Actress | Dead Boy Detectives
Alaska Leigh is an actress best known for her roles in Dying for a Family on Lifetime TV, My Brother the Monster and her national tours of Chicago the Musical and Rock of Ages. Alaska broke into the industry at age 3 through dance and modeling work, her first professional acting gig being a TVC for...
45. Pallavi Sharda
Actress | Wedding Season
Pallavi Sharda is an international film & theatre actress and classical Indian dancer. In 2022 she starred in Netflix rom com 'Wedding Season', directed by Tom Dey.
Pallavi's Hollywood credits include 'Tom & Jerry', Oscar nominated film 'Lion' and in the UK, Pallavi has essayed leading roles in ...
46. Georgina Haig
Actress | Once Upon a Time
Georgina Haig is an Australian performer known for her extensive work across varied genres and her portrayal of iconic characters, including Queen Elsa in Once Upon a Time, Paula Yates in INXS: Never Tear Us Apart and Olivia Cotterill in Secret Bridesmaids Business. After graduating from the ...
47. Rose Byrne
Actress | Spy
Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15 years old.
Since then, Rose has appeared in a ...
48. Jacqueline McKenzie
Actress | Deep Blue Sea
Jacqueline will next be seen in the independent film, THE CONVERT, directed by Lee Tamahori and opposite Guy Pearce. She can also be seen starring in the limited series SIGNIFICANT OTHERS for ABC and SAVAGE RIVER opposite Katherine Langford for Dynamic Television, for which she was nominated for an...
49. Alicia Banit
Actress | Dance Academy: The Movie
Alicia Banit is an Australia film and television actress, as well as a dancer. She was born on September 5, 1990. Alicia began acting professionally at a young age, making her television debut in 1995, in an episode of Halifax f.p. (1994). She is most known for playing Kat Karamakov in the ...
50. Indiana Evans
Actress | H2O: Just Add Water
Indiana Rose Evans born 27 July 1990 is an Australian actress and singer-songwriter, best known for her roles in Home and Away (1988) as Matilda Hunter, H2O: Just Add Water (2006) as Bella Hartley, and Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) as Emmaline Robinson. Evans had an interest in performing since...
51. Adelaide Clemens
Actress | Rectify
Born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. Daughter of a British father. Adelaide Clemens began working as an actress on Australian television while in high school. She guest-starred in a 2006 episode of Blue Water High (2005) as Juliet, and in 2007, she starred in the children's series Pirate Islands...
52. Tabrett Bethell
Actress | Dhoom:3
Tabrett Bethell is a talented Australian film, television, model and theater actress. Prior to her acting career, she worked as a cheerleader for the NRL (National Rugby League) Cronulla Sharks. She was also a model for the Chadwick Model Agency in Australia. Bethell trained at Australia's Leading ...
53. Melanie Lynskey
Actress | Togetherness
At sixteen years old, Melanie Lynskey dazzled the film world with an audacious debut in Peter Jackson's revered psychological crime picture, Heavenly Creatures (1994). Her electrifying portrait of Pauline Parker - high school misfit whose fierce rapport with her only friend (a pre-fame Kate Winslet...
54. Rose Leslie
Actress | Honeymoon
Rose Leslie is a Scottish actress. Her leading on screen debut was at age 21 in the television film New Town (2009). She is famous for playing Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011). Leslie also appeared in the films Now Is Good (2012) and The Last Witch Hunter (2015).
Leslie was ...
55. Phoebe Tonkin
Actress | Boy Swallows Universe
Tonkin was born in Sydney. When she was four, she attended dance courses in classical ballet, hip hop, contemporary dance, and tap dance. At the age of 12, Tonkin began courses at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) at the Wharf Theatre. Tonkin attended Loreto Kirribilli and later ...
56. Daisy Betts
Actress | Chicago Fire
Daisy Betts is an Australian actress best known for her role as Lieutenant Grace Shepard in ABC's 2012 TV series "Last Resort." She also starred as firefighter Rebecca Jones in "Chicago Fire." She worked alongside Kathy Bates, Alfred Molina, and Jean Smart in NBC's "Harry's Law" and had roles in "...
57. Ruby Rose
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986), better known as Ruby Rose, is an Australian model, DJ, boxer, recording artist, actress, television presenter, and MTV VJ. Rose emerged in the media spotlight as a presenter on MTV Australia, followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, notably as the ...
58. Poppy Montgomery
Actress | Without a Trace
Montgomery was born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue in Sydney, Australia, to Nicola (Montgomery), a market researcher and executive, and Phil Donahue, a restaurateur. She was raised in Sydney. Since the age of 12, Poppy had a near obsession with cultural icon Marilyn Monroe.
Her parents ...
59. Rachael Taylor
Actress | Transformers
Rachael Taylor grew up in Tasmania, Australia, with her parents Nigel and Christine Taylor. She began modelling during her teens, working for the Skye-Jilly International agency. She competed for Miss Teen Tasmania, as well as the Miss Universe/Miss World state finals. She moved to Sydney to ...
60. Holly Valance
Actress | Taken
Holly Rachel Valance was born 11th May 1983 in Melbourne, Australia to parents Rachel Stevens and Ryko Valance (Ryko legally changed his name at 18 from Vukadinovic). Holly's mother is from Southampton, England and her father is Serbian Montenegrin. Both of her parents were models and her father is...
61. Jessica Green
Actress | Air
Jessica Green: Blessed with beauty and striking blue eyes, the 5'9 actress was born in Tasmania, Australia on 11 February 1993. From a young age she expressed interest in the film and television industries, appearing in small parts in films such as Peter Pan (Universal Pictures) and Aqua Marine (...
62. Milly Alcock
Actress | Upright
Milly Alcock is an Australian actress who catapulted to global fame after starring as young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first season of the HBO television series House of the Dragon (2022), a prequel to HBO's Game of Thrones (2011). For the role, Alcock received a nomination for Critics' Choice ...
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