Demi Renee Harman (born 11 March 1993) is an

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actress and television presenter. She is perhaps best known for her role as

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in ''

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''. She was a contestant on the first series of ''

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''. Following her departure from ''Home and Away'' in 2015, Harman co-hosted '' Better Homes and Gardens'' and played Riley Hart in television drama ''

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''.

Early life

Harman was born in

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in 1993 to an

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father and an Australian mother, Carrie, who formerly worked as a weather girl on the

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. She is the third of four children. Her older sister is American-Australian actress

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, and she also has an older brother, Beau, and younger sister, Paige. When Harman was growing up, she lived between the United States and Australia, and at the age of nine she moved to

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when her sister Brooke began working on television series ''

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''. Harman finished high school at Brisbane Adventist College in 2010 and was accepted into the

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for an arts/Japanese course.

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has been a great influence in her life after a holiday to Japan.

Career

Harman studied drama in high school and took Tom McSweeney acting classes. She began acting in 2010 with a role in Australian horror film ''Still Waters'' between 2010 and 2011. In August 2011, Harman joined the main cast of Australian television soap opera ''

'' as rebellious teenager

, the illegitimate daughter of

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. Harman relocated to

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for the role. In 2013, Harman was a contestant in the first Australian season of ''

''. The following year, Harman announced her departure from ''Home and Away''. She joined the presenting team of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2015. That same year, she also joined the cast of ''

'' as Riley Hart. The role required her to relocate to Melbourne. In 2021 Harman starred in

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's original film ''Christmas on the Farm.''

Personal life

Harman dated her former ''Home and Away'' co-star Alec Snow, who played

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from 2013 to 2017. Harman announced her engagement to producer Andrew Brooks in July 2019. They married in California in January 2022.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harman, Demi 1993 births Living people Actresses from Brisbane Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian people of American descent