Rhiannon Fish

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Rhiannon Fish
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Fish in April 2012
Born (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 32)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Rhiannon Fish (born 14 March 1991) is a Canadian-born Australian actress. Her first screen acting role was Lisa Jeffries in the television soap opera Neighbours . She starred as Rocky in the Disney Channel show As the Bell Rings and as Laura in Playing for Charlie. From 2010 until 2013, she played April Scott on Home and Away . Fish took part in season 13 of Dancing with the Stars , and she joined the recurring cast of The 100 as Ontari in 2016.

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Early and personal life

Fish was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her family relocated to Melbourne when she was four years old. [1] Her father was transferred to Russia for work when she was 12, but decided to keep the family in Australia. [2] Fish attended the Camberwell Girls Grammar School and the Children's Performing Company of Australia, which she graduated from in 2008. [3] [4] Fish decided to pursue an acting career when she was eleven years old. [1] Her older sister, Corinne, died in July 2014. [5]

Career

Fish first appeared on television at the age of eleven when she starred in Neighbours as Lisa Jeffries. [6] [7] She was later cast as Rocky in the Australian Disney Channel show As the Bell Rings . [8] Fish had a guest role in Satisfaction and starred in the feature film Playing for Charlie in 2008. [1] [9] Fish received the role of April Scott in Home and Away in 2010. [10] For her portrayal of April, Fish was included on the long list for the Most Popular New Talent Logie Award in 2011. [11]

In 2012, Fish appeared in the music video for Mastin's single "Shout It Out". [12] After departing Home and Away in 2013, Fish participated in the 13th series of Dancing with the Stars , reaching second place behind Cosentino. [13] In November 2015, Fish joined the cast of The 100 in the recurring role of Ontari. [14] Fish appears in the 2018 sci-fi action film Occupation , alongside her former Home and Away co-star Dan Ewing. [15] Fish appears in the 2021 Hallmark television film Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made , alongside Eric Mabius and Kristin Booth. [16]

In 2022, Fish filmed the lead role in Adrian Powers and Caera Bradshaw's A Royal In Paradise, in which she plays a struggling romance writer who meets and falls in love with a prince (played by Mitchell Bourke) during a tropical getaway. The film was shot in Queensland. [17] Fish also signed on to star in Jo-Anne Brechin's romantic film When Love Springs, alongside James O'Halloran. [18] In October 2023, Fish began filming romantic comedy He Loves Me Not opposite Lincoln Lewis in K'gari (Fraser Island) and Hervey Bay, Queensland. [19]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003–2005 Neighbours Lisa Jeffries Recurring role
2007–2009 As the Bell Rings Rocky
2008Playing for CharlieLaura
2010 Satisfaction BuffyEpisode: "Bug Crush"
2010–2013 Home and Away April Scott Series regular
2012"Shout It Out"Romantic interestMusic video
2016 The 100 OntariRecurring role
2018 Occupation Vanessa
2020You're Bacon Me CrazyLauraTelevision film
2021A Love to RememberTenley SweeneyTelevision film
2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a ConMelissa NeedhamTelevision film
2021The 27-Hour DayAyla WestTelevision film
2021Journey of My HeartAbbyTelevision film
2021 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made CharleyTelevision film
2022A Splash of LoveChloe TurnerTelevision film
2022Sweet as PieTamara HayesTelevision film
2022Nikki & Nora: Sister SleuthsNoraTelevision film (Hallmark)
2022The Christmas RetreatKim JonesTelevision film
2023A Royal in ParadiseOliviaTelevision film (GAC Family)
2023A Picture of HerBethTelevision film (Hallmark)
2023When Love SpringsRoryTelevision film (Hallmark)
2023My Norwegian holidayJessica Johnson “JJ”Television film (Hallmark)

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  2. ↑ http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/video/watch/19411607/rhiannon-and-aric-rumba/ Rhiannon and Aric - Rumba
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  14. ↑ Ge, Linda (4 November 2015). "CW's 'The 100' Casts Rhiannon Fish in Recurring Role (Exclusive)". The Wrap . Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  15. ↑ Ellis, Scott. "Home and Away's Dan Ewing and Rhiannon Fish reunite for new movie Occupation". TV Week . Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Hallmark's 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made' Cast, Plot, Preview". QC Approved. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  17. ↑ Keast, Jackie (15 June 2022). "Rhiannon Fish and Mitchell Bourke find romance in 'A Royal in Paradise'". IF Magazine . Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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  19. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (31 October 2023). "Australian romantic comedy 'He Loves Me Not' starts shooting for SC Films (exclusive)". Screen Daily . Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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