Stephanie Panozzo | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2015–present |
Known for | Home and Away |
Stephanie Panozzo is an Australian actress, playing Eden Fowler in the television soap opera Home and Away since July 2022.
Panozzo attended drama school in Melbourne and in her final year was cast in Channel Nine's Hyde & Seek Playing a minor role of the character Angela Petrides - the show also stars Deborah-Lee Furness, Matt Nable and Zoe Ventoura, which started her acting career. [1] She also graduated from The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2015 where she studied acting. She has since worked across Stage, TV and Film. After Hyde and Seek, she went into being in The Newsreader (2021–), My Life is Murder (2019), Spongo, Fuzz & Jalapena (2019). The actress starred in Josh Todaro's 2021 Button Man, a short film.
On 29 June 2022, Panozzo's casting details were announced in which she would star and join the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away along with three other new cast members after multiple departures. It was confirmed she would play the role of Eden Fowler and would be in the band Lyrik. It was also made known that her character already knows some people in Summer Bay like Cash Newman, played by Nicholas Cartwright, as they dated before both of their arrivals. She made her first appearance on 4 July 2022. Her character has been involved in many storylines since her arrival such as her relationship with Cash, clashing with an old friend of best friend Remi Carter's, Mercedes, and being involved in two near-death experiences. [2] [3] Most recently, her brother, Levi Fowler, arrived in the bay as Eden's estranged older brother, played by Tristan Gorey. [4]
Panozzo has been in a relationship with cook Josh Kelly since at least 2017. She said that their long-distance relationship was a challenge, as Kelly lives in Melbourne. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Life in a Library | Suka | Short film |
2015 | Godot's Clinic | Nurse Mizzi | Short film |
2016 | Hyde and Seek | Angela Petrides | Season 1 (recurring role, 6 episodes) |
2019 | My Life is Murder | Hannah | Season 1, Episode 7 (guest role) |
2019 | Spongo, Fuzz & Jalapeña | Jalapeña / Sky | 26 episodes |
2020 | Hell Patrol | Dahila | TV film |
2021 | The Newsreader | Jenny | Season 1, Episode 4 (guest role) |
2021 | Button Man | Jade | Short film |
2022– | Home and Away | Eden Fowler | Season 35– (main role, 200+ episodes) |
TBA | Armstrong | Ellie | Short film |
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Eden Fowler is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Stephanie Panozzo. She is one of four characters, along with Bob Forsyth, Remi Carter and Kirby Aramoana, who make up the fictional band Lyrik. They were introduced following the departure of four cast members that same year. After learning of the role, Panozzo sent in a self-tape to the show's casting producers, before she was invited to Sydney for an audition. However, she could not fly after testing positive for COVID-19, which left her fearing she had lost the role. The producers invited her to audition over a Zoom call instead and her agent later informed her that she had secured the role. Panozzo relocated to Sydney from Melbourne a week later. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 4 July 2022. Like the rest of Lyrik, Eden was given an immediate link to the show and its characters through her friendship with Felicity Newman, but writers also established a former romantic connection between Eden and Felicity's brother Cash Newman.
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