H2O - Just add water
Emma, Cleo and Rikki are sixteen-year-old girls growing up on the sun-drenched beaches of the Gold Coast. Emma’s confident and athletic, Cleo is slightly insecure and awkward. Rikki is ‘different’ - the new girl - aloof and smart. For our heroines, life revolves around clothes, the beach, and boys – with school as a minor distraction.
Because of Rikki, the girls find themselves accidentally stranded at sea one day, floating towards mysterious Mako Island. The three urban girls find themselves exploring the eerie jungle covered island before becoming trapped in an ancient cavern under a volcano. Discovering an underwater channel, they decide to swim to safety. As they enter the pool, the light from a full moon illuminates the water, creating a mysterious glow.
Emma, Cleo and Rikki get off the island as fast as they can and back to ‘normal’ life. One by one however the girls find life is never going to be normal again.
It’s Emma who discovers it first when she goes for a morning training swim alone – contact with water makes her grow a fish tail! The others find exactly the same thing; Cleo – in the bath, Rikki – hit by a garden sprinkler! It seems if water touches them they have seconds to dry off before long, elegant tails appear! They’re mermaids!
But the surprises aren’t over. As the girls experiment they find they’ve got extraordinary, magical powers over H2O. Emma can freeze water. Cleo can turn a drop into a bucketful and mould it into any shape. And Rikki can boil water with a gesture.
Everyday situations have now turned tricky. The morning shower – the swimming sports – rainstorms, all create profound problems. However together with their loyal friend Lewis, the girls resolve to resume their normal teenage lives. But it’s hard to be normal when you’re a part-time mermaid!
The girls enter a wonderful, underwater world, but the nature of their powers draws them into wild adventures. And when local bad boy, Zane Bennett is rescued from a sinking boat by Emma, he turns out to be the biggest threat of all. Having seen ‘something’ under the water, Zane embarks on a hunt for the mysterious creature lurking out at sea.
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Playing the role of Rikki Chadwick is a dream come true for Actress Cariba Heine.
Cariba was born in South Africa on the 1st October 1988 and moved to Australia 1991.
She has been performing since the tender age of 3yrs. Cariba's passion is Acting & Dancing, and wants nothing more than to continue in the industry for a long time.
Cariba's Credits include the short film Ballistic Sessions playing the lead role Amanda & was hired as the youngest dancer performing at the Stargazers Convention in Sydney. She has performed in many stage productions including a tour through the USA and was featured in the UK artist Will Young's Video Clip.
Cariba is an extremely dedicated and determined actress. For this role she hired a personal swimming coach to build up her strength in the water. Her hard work paid off when Cariba was recalled for the final audition which was filmed underwater.
When her agents broke the news, Cariba screamed. Especially when she was told she won the role of Rikki. This is the role she really wanted.
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Phoebe Tonkin was born in Sydney in 1989 and from the age of 4 participated in various dance classes including classical ballet, tap, hip hop and contemporary dance.
Keen to pursue her passion for acting Phoebe completed various courses at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) at the Wharf Theatre from the age of 12. Courses at ATYP included Shakespeare, Script to Stage, Clowning Around and Musical Theatre.
Attending Queenwood school at Balmoral, renowned for its excellent drama department, Phoebe attended private drama classes and became involved in all school productions including Antigone, White Crane and Venetian Twins. Each year Phoebe took part in the school's Shakespeare festival culminating in winning the state final in 2005 in a Midsummer Nights Dream.
At 16 Phoebe is the youngest member of the principal cast of H2O and her role as Cleo is her first TV appearance. Winning this role was a dream come true and although not the strongest swimmer originally, Phoebe worked hard to develop her swimming skills during pre production.
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CLAIRE HOLT as Emma
Claire Holt is no stranger to the water, adding to her delight when she won the role of swim star (and mermaid) Emma Gilbert.
Relaxation is not a word Claire is too familiar with. She has a black belt in Thai-kwon-do, enjoys swimming training, playing volley ball and competitive water polo.
Talented and effervescent, Claire also shines out of the sporting realm and when not being physically active likes to spend time practicing the piano, guitar and singing.
H20 JUST ADD WATER is Claire's first role in a television series, but, Claire is not new to being in front of the camera featuring in advertising campaigns for Sizzlers, Queensland Lifesaving and Dreamworld. Claire has also studied acting at school and privately to hone her skills.
When Claire does have time to herself, she loves shopping and movies with friends.
Claire graduated from high school at the end of 2005. When asked about her plans for the future Claire includes intentions to undertake a degree at university. However, she is currently having so much fun acting and being a mermaid!
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Angus grew up on a dairy farm near Leongatha, to Melbourne's West. After appearing in a number of amateur productions for the Leongatha Lyric Theatre, as well as school productions, he made the leap to professional work with a recurring role on the ABC series Something in the Air, when he was just 12 years old. Several further TV credits followed, including the childrens' series Worst Best Friends (CoxKnight), The Saddle Club (Crawfords) and Fergus McPhail (Burberry), guest roles on Blue Heelers (Southern Star) and Comedy Inc (Crackerjack) and a recurring role on Neighbours (Grundy).
Angus' first main cast role came in 2004 with the children's series Silver Sun for Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier, which aired on both the Seven Network and the ABC. His feature film debut followed in 2005 with the low budget Melbourne feature Court of Lonely Royals, directed by Rohan Michael Hoole. 2005 also saw Angus work on Last Man Standing for Burberry productions, and achieve a solid footing on the commercial voiceover circuit.
In addition to his acting work, Angus is a keen sportsman, excelling at cricket, swimming and AFL football. He is an accomplished singer, drummer and guitarist, and is drummer in local outfit Charlie Broad. The band were semi-finalists in Future Rock in 2005, a teen Battle of the Bands competition.
