Isabel Lucas

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Isabel Lucas
Isabel Lucas 2013.jpg
Lucas at the open of the Christian Dior couture Sydney CBD store in January 2013
Born (1985-01-29) 29 January 1985 (age 39)
Melbourne, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2003–present

Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985)[1] is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Home and Away (2003–2006), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Daybreakers (2009), The Pacific (2010), Immortals (2011), and Red Dawn (2012). In 2014, she appeared alongside Nick Jonas in the thriller film Careful What You Wish For.

Early life

Lucas was born in Melbourne, Australia,[1][2] the daughter of Beatrice, a special needs teacher, and Andrew, a pilot.[3] Her father is Australian and her mother is Swiss, she can speak Swiss-German in addition to English.[1] As a child, Lucas lived in Cairns, Queensland. She also lived in Switzerland and Kakadu, in the Northern Territory.[4] Lucas attended St. Monica's College in Cairns.[5]

Career

Lucas at the 2011 WonderCon

Lucas was involved in drama during her school years and attended courses at Victorian College of Arts and Queensland University of Technology. Lucas claims she was 'discovered' by her now agent Sharon Meisner, when in fact their Port Douglas meeting was pre-arranged. She auditioned for the role of Kit Hunter in Home and Away; although the producer of the show, Julie McGauran, felt that role was not right for Isabel, she was sufficiently impressed to have a new character, Tasha Andrews, created for her.[1] Lucas won a Logie Award (for new popular talent) for her performance on the series.[1]

In 2009, she appeared in the vampire science-fiction thriller film Daybreakers with Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe. While working with Steven Spielberg on the World War II miniseries The Pacific, Spielberg suggested Lucas for the role of Alice in the sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where he served as executive producer for the film with Michael Bay as the director.[6]

In 2009, she was cast in the remake of the 1984 film Red Dawn, alongside Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, and Home and Away's former co-star Chris Hemsworth.[citation needed] The film was originally going to be released in late 2010, but due to financial problems it was pushed back to September 2011,[citation needed] then officially released in November 2012.

In 2011, Lucas played the goddess Athena in the fantasy film Immortals and signed on to appear in Terrence Malick's film Knight of Cups.

In November 2012, Lucas was featured as the main character in the music video for "Give Me Love" by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.[7]

In March 2013, it was announced that Lucas will star alongside Nick Jonas in the 2014 thriller Careful What You Wish For.[8]

Activism

In October 2007, Lucas was part of a group of 30 people from Surfers for Cetaceans, including American actress Hayden Panettiere, surfers David Rastovich and Vaya Phrachanh who took part in a protest against dolphin culling in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.[9] The group paddled out on surfboards to the dolphins to attempt to stop the hunt, but they were forced to turn around after being intercepted by one of the fishing boats. They drove straight to Kansai International Airport and left the country to avoid being arrested for trespassing by the Japanese police. There is still an outstanding arrest warrant for Lucas in Japan. In a news interview, Lucas stated that the cull was grounded on purely economic reasons, claiming polls show that 70% of Japanese oppose whaling. Taiji's fishery cooperative union argues that these protesters "continue willfully to distort the facts about this fishery" and that the protesters' agendas are "based neither on international law nor on science but rather on emotion for economic self-interest".[10]

Lucas is a spokesperson for the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation[11] and supports many organisations, including World Vision,[12] The Humour Foundation,[13] Women Against Violence,[14][citation needed] Oxfam Community Aid Abroad,[15] Global Green Plan,[16] Save the Whales Again[17] and Sea Shepherd.[18]

In 2010, Lucas and the Summit on the Summit team climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the global clean water crisis.[19]

Lucas, a vegetarian,[20] was nominated as one of Australia's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities on PETAAsiaPacific.com for 2010.[21]

Filmography

Lucas at the Paris Hilton: Marquee The Star Sydney, 30 March 2012

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Alice
2009 Daybreakers Alison Bromley
2009 The Waiting City Scarlett
2010 The Wedding Party Anna Petrov
2011 A Heartbeat Away Mandy Riddick
2011 Immortals Athena
2012 Red Dawn Erica Martin
2014 Electric Slide Pauline
2014 The Loft Sarah Deakins
2014 The Water Diviner Natalia
2014 Engram Short film
2015 Knight of Cups Isabel
2015 Careful What You Wish For Lena Harper
2016 The 11th Sisse Pre-production
2016 SFv1 Gyp Filming
2016 That's Not Me Zoe Cooper Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003-2006 Home and Away Tasha Andrews Regular role
2010 The Pacific Gwen "Melbourne"

References

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  3. ↑ http://isabellucasinspired.org/press/news.php?newsid=28
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  19. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/shows/summit_on_the_summit/series.jhtml
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Meet the 2010 Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity Winners!. PETAAsiaPacific.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-24.

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