Aussie youngsters’ TV icon who was a Hollywood famous person

Phoebe Tonkin is a homegrown famous person who is long gone from Aussie youngsters’ TV to carving out a a success occupation in Hollywood.

Hailing from Sydney, Tonkin, 35, landed a job within the now-iconic teenager supernatural collection H2O: Just Add Water again in 2006, on the younger age of 15, that made her an rapid famous person.

She portrayed the mermaid Cleo Sertori within the hit display, along Aussie co-star and shut buddy Claire Holt, who she went directly to famous person along in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.

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The display helped put Tonkin at the map. She went on so as to add different iconic displays to her appearing belt, together with Home and Away and Packed to the Rafters, ahead of hitting the massive time in entrance of US audiences with The CW vampire displays.

The actress additionally rubs shoulders with Hollywood’s largest stars, regularly observed at primary occasions just like the Vanity Fair Oscars birthday party.

Cleo: The function that began in any respect

Landing the a part of mermaid Cleo got here confidently for Tonkin – and a number of swim classes. 

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“I was a really bad swimmer,” she advised W Magazine in an interview handiest not too long ago.

“In fact, I think I came last in the school for swimming, so I had to do six weeks of swim training to be able to play a mermaid

The show now has a renewed global following, thanks to clips going viral on social media and appearing on the streaming platform, Netflix.

“I’ve observed a large number of the TikToks on-line the place everybody makes a laugh of my accessory, particularly the way in which I say the phrase ‘water’ and ‘oh no,'” she added to W Magazine.

The trail from H2O to Hollywood

In January 2011, Tonkin made the transfer to the LA and hasn’t seemed again since.

In 2019, she seemed within the Stan collection Bloom, however quickly moved to Hollywood films with 2022’s Babylon, co-starring Margot Robbie, and the impending motion movie, The eighth Day. 

Last yr, she received the AACTA for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Boy Swallows Universe.

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She up to now mirrored on her friendship with co-star Holt and mentioned she helped her settle into her new lifestyles within the U.S.

“I used to be 15 years previous after I met Claire; she used to be 16. We had been each within the Gold Coast, for years,” she reportedly said at a fan event in 2014.

“And then, after I moved to L.A., I in truth stayed on Claire’s sofa when I used to be auditioning.

“She really showed me the ropes of Los Angeles.”

During her time on The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, Tonkin dated co-star Paul Wesley from 2013 to 2017.

They went their separate techniques after 4 years.

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‘Happily ever after’

This week, Tonkin made headlines for marrying artwork broker Bernard Lagrange in a ‘secret’ marriage ceremony in New York.

with stars in attendance together with her pals Lara Bingle, Holt, Margot Robbie and Samara Weaving.

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Her The Vampire Diaries co-star Nina Dobrev used to be additionally in attendance.

While she hasn’t addressed the headlines, Tonkin’s pals have shared pictures confirming the marriage.

“Happily ever after,” a chum captioned one submit from the star-studded nuptials.

Tonkin showed her engagement in October ultimate yr and appearing off her diamond engagement ring.

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