Isabel Lucas
| Isabel Lucas | |
|---|---|
 Lucas at the Paris Hilton: Marquee The Star Sydney 2012 |
|
| Born | 29 January 1985 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985) is an Australian actress.[1] Perhaps best known for her role as Tasha Andrews on the Australian television soap opera Home and Away (2003–2006). Lucas moved to Los Angeles in early 2008 and has since been featured in film and television projects including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Immortals, The Pacific and Daybreakers.
Contents |
[edit] Early life
Lucas was born in Melbourne.[2][3] As a child, Lucas lived in Cairns, Queensland. She also lived in Switzerland and Kakadu, in the Northern Territory.[4] She has a Swiss mother and an Australian father[3] and speaks German[3] and French[5] in addition to her native English. Lucas went to St. Monica's College in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
[edit] Career
Lucas was involved in drama during her school years and attended courses at Victorian College of Arts and Queensland University of Technology. But Lucas had never pursued commercial roles until Sharron Meissner, a Sydney talent agent, 'discovered' Lucas while she was vacationing in Port Douglas. She auditioned for the role of Kit Hunter in Home and Away (now played by Amy Mizzi); although 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.[3] Lucas won a Logie Award (for new popular talent) for her performance on the program.[3] Playing Tasha Andrews on Home and Away was Lucas' first television role. She appeared in an American television commercial for Crest toothpaste.[3]
Lucas was cast as Gwen in the Steven Spielberg World War II miniseries, The Pacific. She appeared in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Alice. Reports[specify] suggested that although assigned to the William Morris Talent Agency in Los Angeles 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 handpicked by Steven Spielberg.[citation needed] Michael Bay, director and producer of Transformers, has denied that Spielberg influenced the decision to cast her.[6] Her subsequent theatrical releases included Daybreakers (8 January 2010) and Red Dawn (2 November 2012).
In 2010, Lucas appeared in an advertisement for Daylesford tourism.[7]
In 2011, Isabel Lucas signed on to Terrence Malick's film Knight of Cups.[8]
[edit] Activism
In October 2007, Lucas was part of a group of thirty people from Surfers for Cetaceans, including American actress Hayden Panettiere, surfers David Rastovich and Vaya Phrachanh who took part in a protest against dolphin hunting drive in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.[9] The group paddled out on surfboards to the dolphins 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. There is still an outstanding arrest warrant for Lucas in Japan.[4] Many Japanese consider this kind of act as an attack on their culture.[10] In a news interview, Lucas stated that this was for purely economic reasons, claiming polls show that 70% of Japanese oppose whaling. Taiji's fishery cooperative union argues that these protesters "continue willfully to distort the facts about this fishery" and that the protesters' agendas are "based neither on international law nor on science but rather on emotion for economic self-interest."[11] Lucas is a spokesperson for the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation,[12] and supports many organisations including, World Vision,[13] The Humour Foundation,[14] Women Against Violence,[15][citation needed] Oxfam Community Aid Abroad,[16] Global Green Plan,[17] Save the Whales Again.[18] Sea Shepherd.[19]
Lucas is a vegetarian.[20]
In 2010, Isabel Lucas and the Summit on the Summit team climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the global clean water crisis. [21]
Lucas was nominated as one of Australia’s Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities on PETAAsiaPacific.com for 2010.[22]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2006 | Home and Away | Tasha Andrews | TV, 59 episodes |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Alice | Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment |
| The Cove | Herself | Documentary | |
| Daybreakers | Alison Bromley | ||
| The Waiting City | Scarlett | ||
| 2010 | The Pacific | Gwen | Mini-series |
| The Wedding Party | Anna Petrov | ||
| 2011 | A Heartbeat Away | Mandy Riddick | |
| Immortals | Athena | ||
| 2012 | Red Dawn | Erica | |
| The Loft | Sarah | ||
| 2013 | "Knight of Cups" [24] | TBA | Pre-production |
[edit] References
- ^ "Isabel Lucas". IMDB.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1456970/. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ Marcy Medina (18 June 2009). "Coming to America: Isabel Lucas". WWD (Women's Wear Daily) Issue 06/18/2009. http://www.wwd.com/lifestyle-news/eye/coming-to-america-isabel-lucas-2174619?gnewsid=78e79bbedf59ad8c394d92dc019ebe59. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Meet the Cast Isabel Lucas". Home and Away – Yahoo!7. Archived from [dead link] the original on 28 November 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051128020424/http://seven.com.au/homeandaway/meetthecast_isabel-lucas.
- ^ a b "Transformers Star Isabel Lucas". Men.Style.com. p. 2. http://men.style.com/details/features/landing?id=content_9357. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Isabel Lucas Bio at The Internet Movie DataBase
- ^ "Isabel Lucas To Appear in second film". TFW2005. 7 May 2008. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/isabel-lucas-to-appear-in-transformers-2-164835/. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- ^ "Visit Victoria TV Commercial Fact Page". http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.CAA110D3-5086-4642-847F1989E74CDD30/.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Lucas prepared for jail in anti-whaling fight". Ninemsn (PBL Media & Microsoft). 11 December 2007. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=334504. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "TV Star In Japan Dolphin Cull Clash". Sky News (News Corporation). 1 November 2007. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1291049,00.html.
- ^ (Japanese) "Cypress.ne.jp". http://www.cypress.ne.jp/jf-taiji/topics/topics.cgi. "Japanese fishermen working in Taiji’s traditional drive fishery were yet again harassed earlier this month by representatives of an eco-terrorist organization." (English version below Japanese text)
- ^ "Annual Report 2004-2005 Editorial_Art.indd" (PDF). National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). 2005. http://www.nbcf.org.au/content/upload/files/resources/2004-2005.pdf.
- ^ "World Vision Australia". http://www.worldvision.com.au/media/ambassador.asp?id=5.[dead link]
- ^ "Humour Foundation – Smile Day 2004". http://www.humourfoundation.com.au/index.php?page=117. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Women Against Violence". http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/4073/isabel-lucas.htm.
- ^ "Fit, fabulous and 40 – Celebrate Oxfam Australia’s Walk against Want". Oxfam Australia. 14 March 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20080723212955/http://www.oxfam.org.au/media/article.php?id=211.
- ^ "Melbourne 2030" (PDF). DSE086 newsletter 09.indd. http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/48999FB39FF74B14CA2570E60009FA68/$File/M2030+bulletin+Spring+2005.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Save the WHALES Again- Japanese Boycott". http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/japanese_boycott.html. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Sea Shepherd Conservation society". http://www.seashepherd.org/australia/isabel-lucas-psa.html. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Isabel Lucas character Sam has cruel intentions in Transformers". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). 13 June 2009. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/isabel-lucas-character-sam-has-cruel-intentions-in-transformers/story-e6frewyr-1225734102066. Retrieved 24 January 2010. "A film full of giant robots, explosions, fight scenes and scantily-clad babes doesn't seem like the most natural choice of projects for a vegetarian anti-whaling activist who listens to Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye and Al Green."
- ^ [2]
- ^ Meet the 2010 Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity Winners!. PETAAsiaPacific.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-24.
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Isabel Lucas |
