PHOEBE TONKIN RARES

Phoebe Tonkin (born October 17, 1989) is an Australian actress and model. She portrays Cleo Sertori in the Televisione programme H2O: Just Add Water.

Early life
Phoebe Jane Tonkin was born in Sydney, Australia and from the age of four participated in various dance classes including classical ballet, tap, hip hop, and contemporary dance with a very close friend named Amanda Tovar. She completed various courses at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) at the Wharf Theatre from the age of twelve. Courses at ATYP included Shakespeare, Script to Stage, Clowning Around, and Musical Theatre....

CLEO is the follower - the one always getting in over her head - the joker who's is always taking the mickey ­ which helps when you've just messed up. She the type who is always wanting to fit in ­ in that respect, she can be a bit of a chameleon ­ she adapts and changes depending on the circumstances and who she's with. She doesn't like conflict and is always the peacemaker in the group.

Cleo's a bit of a klutz. It's a bit unclear whether she's genuinely uncoordinated o if it's just a lack of confidence, but she's often dropping things, falling over things and knocking things off benches....

What are some of the big differences between working in Australian productions and American ones?


With H2O I was lucky because it was still kind of a high production value show. I mean, I did a couple of soaps in Australia and there was definitely a difference between doing a soap and doing something like The Secret Circle. I guess just in terms of differences, it's really like how many più cooks are there in the kitchen. Like in Australia te have your director, your producer, and maybe some of the investors who have a say in everything. Whereas on this mostra there's a lot of people that have...