Home and Away's Sharni Vinson set for Hollywood comeback
Sharni Vinson was 22 when she debuted as troubled teen Cassie Turner on Home and Away and immediately made a splash.
This wasn't the first time she'd been in the Channel Seven soap though.
Sharni had actually guest starred twice before and made such an impression that the casting director suggested they consider her for a regular role.
She originally auditioned for the role of Martha, played by Jodi Gordon, before being given the role of 16-year-old Cassie.
She quickly gained a following both on and off the screen and was nominated for 'Most Popular New Female Talent' at the 2006 Logie Awards.
However after four years on the show, Sharni decided to try her luck in Los Angeles and she had more than just her acting talent to help her stand out from the crowd.
"I began dance at a very early age and come from three generations of musical theatre performers," she revealed to Elle magazine.
"I studied ballet for many years and then jazz, modern and hip-hop.
"I also studied acrobatics and martial arts," she added.
Her first break was thanks to her boyfriend at the time AJ Buckley, who got her an audition for a guest role on CSI:NY, the show in which he played crime lab technician Adam Ross.
Other guest roles followed in shows such as NCIS, Cold Case and My Boys.
Then in 2010 she landed her first feature film as Natalie in Step Up 3D.
"When it comes to the Australian public, they don't know me as any other way but Cassie on Home and Away.
"Cassie wasn't a dancer, so I never utilised any of my dancing ability," she told the Sydney Morning Herald when the film was released.
"But, it was something growing up that I always did want to do eventually.
"To be able to incorporate the two now together, that's the dream," she added.
But even she was shocked that she won the role after they auditioned thousands around America.
"I was just praying that when they went to New York they weren't going to find anybody else," Sharni revealed.
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