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Isla was born on the 3rd February
1976 in Muscat, Oman. Isla is the only girl in her family, with two older
and two younger brothers. Her father worked as a banker and her mother was
a novelist who would play an important part in Isla's wrting career.
Her family moved to Australia in the early 80's and from a young age Isla
started to show an interest in both acting and writing. At the age of 9
Isla was already appearing in commercials broadcast on Australian TV. It
wasn't long before things took off and she landed a few parts in a small
Australian series called "Bay City." Although this was only a small time
series it did give Isla the opening she required to go on and grab a part
in "Paradise Beach." After the series came to an end, Isla would go on to
land the part of "Shannon Reed" in one of Australia's largest soaps "Home
and Away."
In 1994 Isla signed up to play a part in 'Home and Away' that would be the
tuning point in her career. With this new and exciting part she started to
make a name for herself. Leading her character from a no body to a drop
dead sexy red head in a school outfit with blokes glued to the box wanting
more.
While working on the set of 'Home and Away,' Isla also found the time for
her second passion; Writing. With the help of her mother she would go on
to release two best selling novels. Both based around teenage romance,
"Seduced by Fame" and "Bewitched" would both become top sellers.
When the three-year contract came to an end, Isla decided to leave not
only the set of 'Home and Away' but also sunny Australia. Although the
producer of 'Home and Away' offered her mega bucks to stay another year or
so, Isla had her heart set on leaving to hit the big time.
May 1997 Isla arrived into the UK. With her popular male fan base top
selling men's magazines were knocking at her door. During that first year
in the UK Isla was voted 35th sexist woman in the world by leading men's
magazine FHM.
Darren Day was Isla's co-star in the Blackpool musical "Summer Holiday" &
Manchester's "Cinderella" and just like one of her books the two of them
started hitting it off. Later in that summer the two would set off on a
romanced holiday for two. The relationship reached it's peak on the 8th of
December 1998 when the news broke that they were getting engaged.
Unfortunately just like the morning spring mist quickly evaporates so too
did their enagement.
Isla's most recent project was playing Mary Jane in Scooby-Doo, with
co-stars, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prince Jr., Matthew Lillard and
Linda Cardellini. |
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Groupies (2008)
Horton Hears a Who (2008) (voice)
Definitely, Maybe (2008) .... April
Hot Rod (2007) .... Denise
The Lookout (2007) .... Luvlee
The Pleasure of Your Company (2006) .... Katie
... aka Wedding Daze (UK) (USA: new title)
... aka The Next Girl I See (USA: new title)
London (2005) .... Rebecca
Wedding Crashers (2005) .... Gloria Cleary
I Heart Huckabees (2004) .... Heather
... aka I Love Huckabees (USA: alternative title)
"Pilot Season" (2004) (mini) TV Series .... Butterfly
Dallas 362 (2003) .... Redhead
The Wannabes (2003) .... Kirsty
Random Acts of Intimacy (2002) (TV)
Scooby-Doo (2002) .... Mary Jane
"BeastMaster" .... Demon Manaka (1 episode, 2002)
- The Trial (2002) TV Episode .... Demon Manaka
Swimming Pool - Der Tod feiert mit (2001) .... Kim
... aka Swiming Pool (Germany: short title)
... aka The Pool (USA)
... aka Water Demon (Philippines: English title)
Attila (2001/I) (TV) .... Cerca
... aka Attila the Hun (UK: video title)
"Hearts and Bones" (2000) TV Series .... Australian barmaid (unknown
episodes)
Out of Depth (2000) .... Australian Girl #1
"Sunburn" .... Woman (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode #2.1 (2000) TV Episode .... Woman
"Oliver Twist" (1999) (mini) TV Series .... Bet
Furnished Room (1998) .... Jennie
Bum Magnet (1997) .... Emma
"Home and Away" (1988) TV Series .... Shannon Reed (1994-1997, 2005)
(unknown episodes)
"Paradise Beach" (1993) TV Series .... Robyn Devereaux Barsby
(unknown episodes)
"Bay Cove" (1993) TV Series .... Vanessa Walker
... aka Bay City |
