Sianoa Smit-McPhee

Sianoa Smit-McPhee is an Australian actress and singer. From 2005 until 2007, she played Bree Timmins in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She starred in As the Bell Rings, the HBO series Hung, and The Kettering Incident. She has also appeared in the feature films All Cheerleaders Die and Fallen (2016).

Early life Smit-McPhee was born in Adelaide to Sonja Smit and Andy McPhee, an actor and former professional wrestler. She has six siblings from her father's three marriages, including Kodi Smit-McPhee, who is also an actor. Smit-McPhee attended Croydon Primary and Allenby Gardens Primary, before she moved to Melbourne with her family when she was seven years old. Her father got her into acting when she was three years old and she starred in a number of commercials.

Career After signing to her father's agents, Smit-McPhee secured a role in police drama Blue Heelers as a child with gender dysphoria. She had to cut her long hair for the role. After leaving Neighbours, Smit-McPhee starred in the children's television series As the Bell Rings, which aired on the Disney Channel. She also starred in the 2008 short film Hugo, which had its Australian premiere at the Canberra Short Film Festival. The film centres on a school girl (Smit-McPhee) who finds a moth-boy and tries to win a science competition with him.

From 2009 to 2011, Smit-McPhee starred in the HBO series Hung as Darby Drecker. It marked her first American television appearance. Smit-McPhee had relocated to the United States with her family, while her brother was shooting a feature film, and she was encouraged by her agent to audition for HBO. She was the first actor cast in the show. In 2012, she featured in the American Broadcasting Company's television film Firelight, as well as the series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The following year, she starred in All Cheerleaders Die, alongside her former Neighbours co-star Caitlin Stasey.

After living in Los Angeles for around ten years, Smit-McPhee moved back to Australia to launch her music career. She played at the Adelaide Fringe in March 2017. She also appeared in The Kettering Incident, which was filmed in Tasmania, and the 2016 feature film Fallen.

Personal life

Smit-McPhee has been married to American music producer John Rush since 2012.

Filmography