Isabel

Full Name: Isabel Lucas
D.O.B: January 29, 1985
Star Sign: Aquarius
Siblings: Older sister Nini
Favorite food/drink: Artichokes, spaghetti bolognese and mineral water
Favorite color: Ocean blue
Hobbies: Riding, drawing and painting, listening to music, beach exploring, driving to new places, camping, playing guitar, skateboarding
Favorite actor: Johnny Depp
Favorite actress: Audrey Tautou

Isabel Lucas, born January 29, 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is an Australian actress of Swiss descent, perhaps best known for her role as Tasha Andrews on Australian television soap opera Home and Away (2003–2006) and for her active role in various environmental awareness organizations including Greenpeace International. Lucas moved to Los Angeles in early 2008 and has since featured in a number of film and television projects, including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Rights Revoked, a documentary shot with friend and actress Elissa Sursara for Animal Planet.

As a child, Lucas lived in Cairns, in Far North Queensland. She has a Swiss mother and an Australian father, and speaks French and German in addition to her native English. Lucas went to a high school named St. Monicas in Cairns, Australia.

Lucas enrolled with the Victorian College of Arts but had never pursued commercial roles until she was spotted at the Port Douglas market by Sharron Meissner, a Sydney theatrical agent. She auditioned for the role of Kit Hunter in Home and Away (now played by Amy Mizzi); while 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. Lucas won a Logie Award (for new popular talent) for her performance on the program. Playing Tasha Andrews on Home and Away was Lucas’ first television role. She also appeared in an American television commercial for Crest toothpaste.

Lucas recently her debut role in a film in the upcoming vampire thriller Daybreakers which is set for release in 2009 and stars Ethan Hawke.

Lucas has been cast as Gwen in the Steven Spielberg World War II miniseries, The Pacific. She has also been cast in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Alice. Reports have suggested that although assigned to the William Morris Talent Agency in LA 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 hand picked by Steven Spielberg; however, Michael Bay, director and producer of Transformers, has denied that Spielberg influenced the decision to cast her.

Isabel dated her former Home and Away co-star Chris Hemsworth until June 2006. She dated American actor Adrian Grenier during 2008 but they split up in August. She suffered a minor head injury in July 2008 in a car accident while she was a passenger in, Transformers co-star, Shia LaBeouf’s car. She was not seriously injured; he was cited with a misdemeanor DUI.