NEIGHBOURS – Availability – W/C 28.1.19

BIO:

BIO: Pablo was born in Colombia but moved to Australia in 2011. He loves playing sports, and can dance/ Latin. Pablo has participated in numerous extra jobs for TV series, films and commercials.

BIO: Retired 4 years ago, previously General Manager Operations for V/Line. Geoffrey has an out going personality and always likes to have fun but can be very adaptable when required. Geoffrey loves an opportunity and meeting new people.

BIO: I have been in the entertainment industry doing featured extras and tvcs since 2005. I am a mother to 3 adult sons, and I am a grandmother to 1 grandson. I speak fluent Lebanese Arabic and am based in Melbourne.

BIO: Makuei king aken lived in New Zealand for fifteen years. Makuei studied stage and screen for four years .and achieved a bachelor of applied arts, and teaching diploma. Makuei studied for three years in theatrical training, and one year on screen training .Makuei completed his studies last year and graduated .
Makuei has been on quite a few features movies in New Zealand, and Australian including Winchester, in New Zealand he worked on King Kong, Krampus, Ghost in the Shell. Makuei has performed in quite few Shakespearean plays including Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, and few modern plays. A script writer, director, and producer Makuei is extremely skilled in his profession.

BIO: Maria Afanador is an international actress, who started studying Performing Arts in 2008 at the “Charlot Academy” she continued at “The National Theater House” in her home country, Colombia, Maria graduated as Professional Actress in 2012.
Maria performed in plays such as “44 Minutes to Recover Love”, “The Trojan Women”, “The Real Inspector Hound” amongst others.
Maria has enjoyed many roles in television programs and short films.
Maria has continued her training with several recognised professors and different techniques in South America and Australia.

Before landing in Melbourne, Maria was performing in different plays around her country; the last play she was part of in South America was “The Beauty and the Beast” at the National Theatre for a complete season.
In Australia, on 2014 Maria performed with the Spanish Theatre Company presenting “Erotic Alleluia”, an adaptation of the play by Federico Garcia Lorca at the Mechanical Theatre, in Brunswick, Melbourne.
She has also performed at La Mama in The Masque of Beauty as Lucrecia Borgia with Peter Green, on 2015 explorations and 2016 for a season. Maria is excited to reprise her role as Woman Alone in “Women on the Verge” at the Butterfly Club and The Italian Institute Of Culture, Melbourne after a successful run at La Mama in 2015. This with her own theatre company, “The Bridge”.
Maria is passionate about theatre and films, and is keen to act around the globe for the rest of her life.

BIO: The majority of Gina's experience was between 1992-2001 when she worked as a background artist in Australian Film, TV and some commercials. Gina returned to working as an extra in 2011 as she retired from a teaching career in Art, Drama and Dance also being the Head of a Visual and Performing Arts Department responsible for staging a number of plays and musicals. Gina is an eager, enthusiastic and confident person who can take on a variety of roles in the industry. She has excellent availability and is willing to travel, having undertaken training workshops to update her qualifications. Gina's most recent gigs have been: Slideshow, Neighbours, It’s a Date, Twentysomething, Upper Middle Bogan, John Doe, The Slap and Small Time Gangster. Gina currently plays a regular inmate/ extra in TV series Wentworth.

BIO: From the eastern suburbs, having worked in the security industry for a number of years, experience in acting, music and oil painting on canvas. Peter has featured in British paints TVC as a favourite extra and featured extra on many of Australia's TV series and films.

BIO: James has appeared in both film and TV extra work in Melbourne for over a decade.