Isabella Dunwill is an Australian actress best known for her role in iconic Australian soap opera ''

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''. Initially signing on for a two-episode role as

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, she was a recurring cast member between 1998 and 2001. Before this she had small parts in various Australian television shows, including ''Frontline'' and ''

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''. After leaving ''

'', Dunwill took roles in Australian television dramas '' Stingers'' and ''

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''. She has since studied at the Australian

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(graduating in 2003) and has had roles both on stage and on screen, including '' What the Butler Saw'' directed by

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, for Belvoir St.Theatre Company B, feature film (''WIL''), independent short film (''

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'') and television series ''

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''. Dunwill's credits include: For television: ''Carla Cametti P.D.'', ''Satisfaction'', ''Thank God You're Here'', ''Neighbours'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Stingers'', ''Horace and Tina'', ''Halifax FP'', and ''Frontline''. Her film credits include ''WIL'', ''A Black and White World'' and in the AFI winning short, ''The Projectionist''. On stage she appeared in Jim Sharman's production of ''What the Butler Saw'' (Belvoir Street, NSW), the Bell Shakespeare Company's Actors at Work tour 2007, Scarlett O’Hara at the Crimson Parrott workshop Melbourne Theatre Company, Denise Baudu in ''The Department Store'' at the

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. (NSW), Cassandra in Theatre @ Risk's ''Requiem for the 20th Century'', and La Mama's ''The Devil's Dictionary''. Dunwill was also a Motion Capture artist for the feature film ''Constantine'' and various other popular computer games including ''Stalker''. She is the lead voice of Polvina the octopus sea princess in the animated children's series ''

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'' on Channel 7, the voice of Nina in the animated television series ''

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'' on Channel 9 and the voice of Amy, the blue dressed teddy bear in the animated 3D television series ''

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''.

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