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Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress of Swiss descent, perhaps best known for her role as Tasha Andrews on Australian television soap opera Home and Away (2003–2006) and for her active role in various environmental awareness organisations including Greenpeace International. Lucas moved to Los Angeles in early 2008 and has since featured in a number of film and television projects, including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Rights Revoked, a documentary shot with friend and actress Elissa Sursara for Animal Planet.
Television
Lucas enrolled with the Victorian College of Arts but had never pursued commercial roles until she was spotted at the Port Douglas market by Sharron Meissner, a Sydney theatrical agent. She auditioned for the role of Kit Hunter in Home and Away (now played by Amy Mizzi); while 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. Lucas won a Logie Award (for new popular talent) for her performance on the program. Playing Tasha Andrews on Home and Away was Lucas' first television role. She also appeared in an American television commercial for Crest toothpaste.
Film
Lucas is currently filming her debut role in a film in the upcoming vampire thriller Daybreakers which is set for release in 2009, which stars Ethan Hawke..
Lucas has been cast as Gwen in the Steven Spielberg World War II miniseries, The Pacific. She has also been cast in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Alice In a recent article, Lucas refused to speculate on her latest casting. Reports have suggested that although assigned to the William Morris Talent Agency in LA through the auspices of Meissner Management, Lucas obtained the role of Alice in her native Australia before moving permanently to America. It has been claimed that Lucas was hand picked by Steven Spielberg; however, Michael Bay, Director and producer of Transformers , has denied that Spielberg influenced the decision to cast her.
Personal life
As a child, Lucas lived in Cairns, in Far North Queensland. She has a Swiss mother and an Australian father, and speaks French and German in addition to her native English. Lucas went to a high school named St. Monicas in Cairns, Australia.
Isabel dated her former Home & Away co-star Chris Hemsworth until June 2006. She dated American actor Adrian Grenier during 2008 but they split up in August. She suffered a minor head injury in July 2008 in a car accident while she was a passenger in, Transformers co-star, Shia LaBeouf's car. She was not seriously injured; he was cited with a misdemeanour DUI.
Activism
In October 2007, Isabel Lucas was part of a group of 30 people from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (including American actress Hayden Panettiere) who took part in a protest against whaling in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. The group paddled out on surfboards to the whales 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 Osaka airport and left the country to avoid being arrested for trespassing by the Japanese police. Many Japanese consider this kind of act as an attack on their culture.11 Taiji's fishery cooperative union argues that these protesters "continue wilfully to distort the facts about this fishery" and protester's agendas are " based neither on international law nor on science but rather on emotion for economic self-interest."12
Lucas is a spokesperson for the National Breast Cancer Foundation,13 and supports and is an ambassador to many organisations including:
* World Vision
* The Humour Foundation
* Women Against Violence
* Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
* Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
* Global Green Plan
* Save the Whales Again
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• A Girl and a Gun (2009) .... Anna
• The Waiting City (2009) .... Scarlett
• Daybreakers (2010) .... Alison Bromley
• "The Pacific" (2009) TV mini-series .... Gwen
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) .... Alice
• "Home and Away" .... Tasha Andrews / ... (57 episodes, 2004-2006)
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Name: Isabel Lucas
Birthdate: January 29, 1985
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5'6"
Trivia:
Is of Swiss origin on her mother's side. She speaks French and German in addition to her native English.
Received the Australian TV Week Logie Award for Best New Talent (April 18, 2004).
The "Home and Away" (1988) writers created the character of "Tasha Andrews" especially for her.
She studied drama at the Victorian College of Arts, and the Queensland University of Technology.
Is a big animal lover. She has lots of animals on her family's acreage in North Queensland, including birds, guinea pigs, horses, dogs and cats.
Along with other protesters (including "Heroes" (2006/II) star Hayden Panettiere), she paddled out on surfboards to a pod of dolphins off the coast of Japan to protest the killing of dolphins on Thursday 1st of November 2007.
Was involved in a car crash with Shia LaBeouf in July 2008. Lucas escaped with only scratches and bruises but LeBeouf was left with a crushed hand needing extensive surgery. LeBeouf's car had been hit by another vehicle traveling at 70mph and running a red light.
Quotes:
"I keep asking myself "why am I so special?". I don't understand why I'm so blessed to be in this position" (on getting her role on "Home and Away" (1988)).
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