Eliza Szonert

Eliza Szonert is an Australian actress, known for her role as Danni Stark in Neighbours.

Career Szonert was born on 29 January 1974 in Melbourne, Australia. She acted in a stage production of Cinderella at the Children's Oxford Theatre and appeared in a television commercial for Speeds Shoes. The year after she finished high school, she secured the role of Danni Stark in Australia's long-running soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996. Szonert reprised the role in 2005 for the show's 20th anniversary.

After leaving Neighbours, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she studied acting for two years and took parts in various television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel. Szonert also played Janine Kellerman in the Australian film The Dish in 2000. She had a minor role in Stingers and also acted on stage. Szonert then played Trish Moran on the Australian television show Underbelly in 2008.

Personal life Whilst in the States, Szonert married American businessman Charles Martens in Laguna Beach, California, and had three daughters.

After divorcing, she moved home to Melbourne, where she started a relationship with Australian businessman Ashley Crick, with whom she has one son.

Career

Film Year Title Role Type 2000 The Dish Janine Kellerman Feature film 2002 Size Does Matter Julia Short film 2002 Power Walk Short film 2010 Torn Julie Clay Feature film 2011 Little Johnny the Movie Little Johnny's Mum (voice) Animated TV series

Television Year Title Role Type 1993–1996; 2005 Neighbours Danni Stark TV series, 239 episodes 2000 Angel Chambermaid TV series, 1 episode 2001 Ponderosa Myra TV series, 1 episode 2002 The Secret Life of Us Rebecca TV series, 1 episode 2003 Stingers Rene Flynn TV series, 4 episodes 2008 Underbelly Trish Moran TV miniseries, 7 episodes 2010 Lowdown Clare TV series, 1 episode