Isabel Lucas

Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian actress.

Childhood

Isabel Lucas was born in Melbourne, Australia, the daughter of a Swiss mother and an Australian. She grew up in Cairns and also lived in Switzerland and Kakadu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. She speaks her native language English nor German and French. Isabel Lucas went to St. Monica 's College in Cairns.

Career

Lucas had enrolled at the Victorian College of Arts when she was discovered by the spectacle agent Sharron Meissner, they moved in to audition for the role of Kit Hunter in the popular soap opera Home and Away. Although Lucas was not selected for the role, the film producers were so impressed by her that they thought up the role of Tasha Andrews just for them. Lucas ' role in the series was their first on Australian television. It also promoted the toothpaste Crest. The international breakthrough was achieved by Lucas in 2009 in the role of Alice in the second part of Transformers.

In September 2009 Lucas graced the cover of Italian Vogue.

Political commitment

In October 2007, Lucas was part of a 30-strong group of activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which protested against the whale hunt in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. The action was shown in the movie The Cove shortly. Since it supports the Environmental Protection Agency.

Filmography (selection)

• 2003-2006: Home and Away ( soap opera )
• 2009: The Bay ( The Cove, documentation)
• 2009: Daybreakers
• 2009: The Waiting City
• 2010: The Pacific (mini series, episode 1x03 )
• 2011: War of the Gods ( Immortals )
• 2012: Red Dawn