Eliza Szonert

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Eliza Szonert
Born
Eliza Szonert

29th January 1974
Victoria, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1993–
Known for Neighbours

Eliza Szonert is an Australian actress, known for her role as Danni Stark in Neighbours .

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Career

Born in Victoria, Australia, Szonert acted in a stage production of Cinderella at the Children's Oxford Theatre and appeared in a television commercial for Speeds Shoes. [1] The year after she finished high school, she secured the role of Danni Stark in Australia's long-running soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996. [2] Szonert reprised the role in 2005 for the show's 20th anniversary. [3]

After leaving Neighbours, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she studied acting for two years and took parts in various television series, including Buffy The Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel . [4] Szonert also played Janine Kellerman in the Australian film The Dish in 2000. She had a minor role in Stingers and also acted on stage. Szonert then played Trish Moran on the Australian television show Underbelly in 2008.

Personal life

Whilst in the States, Szonert married American businessman, Charles Martens in Laguna Beach, California and had three daughters. [5]

After divorcing, she moved home to Melbourne, where she started a relationship with Australian businessman, Ashley Crick, with whom she had one son.

Career

Film

YearTitleRoleType
2000 The Dish Janine KellermanFeature film
2002Size Does MatterJuliaShort film
2002Power WalkShort film
2010TornJulie ClayFeature film
2011Little Johnny the MovieLittle Johnny's Mum (voice)Animated TV series

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1993–1996; 2005 Neighbours Danni Stark TV series, 239 episodes
2000 Angel ChambermaidTV series, 1 episode
2001 Ponderosa MyraTV series, 1 episode
2002 The Secret Life of Us RebeccaTV series, 1 episode
2003 Stingers Rene FlynnTV series, 4 episodes
2008 Underbelly Trish MoranTV miniseries, 7 episodes
2010 Lowdown ClareTV series, 1 episode

References

  1. ↑ "Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Interview: Eliza Szonert".
  2. ↑ "Character: Danni Stark". BBC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2004. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Green, Kris (14 April 2005). "More Neighbours returns confirmed". Digital Spy . Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Erinsborough News | Soap Star Bride".
  5. ↑ "Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Erinsborough News | Soap Star Bride".


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