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Indiana Rose Evans (born 27 July 1990)is an Australian actress and singer best known for her role as Matilda Hunter in the soap opera Home and Away and as Isabella "Bella" Hartley in the children's show H2O: Just Add Water.
Indiana Evans had an interest in performing since the age of five, when she would perform for family and friends. At the age of seven, Indiana's parents enrolled her into dance lessons, which started with ballet and then evolved to jazz and tap. At the age of 10, she took an interest in musical instruments and began percussion lessons before joining an agency. During her first year at the agency, she started modelling and attended castings for TV commercials. In 2001, she got her first role running in an Asguard commercial. Before working on Home and Away, Indiana Evans started high school at Newtown School for Performing Arts, but left after two weeks to focus on her acting career. She then took up a correspondence course until she turned 15.
In 2003, Evans had a guest role as Milly Roberts in an episode of All Saints. She then landed the principal role in an American campaign for Kool Aid.She also appeared in the Australian comedy sketch show Comedy Inc. The same year, she also had the role of Abby Oakley on the television series, Snobs.
In 2004, as her part in Snobs ended, Evans was asked to audition for the role of Matilda Hunter in the series Home and Away and won the part. During her time at Home and Away, she appeared occasionally as a guest on Girl TV, a daily TV magazine show. In 2005, she was nominated for a Logie Award for "Most Popular New Female Talent" for playing the role of Matilda.
On 20 April 2008, it was incorrectly reported that Evans was denied a contract renewal from the producers of Home and Away by Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph. In the 3 May edition of magazine TV Week, Evans stated to journalist Carolyn Stewart that the producers offered her a contract extension, however she "was ready to move on", and that the incorrect report was "surprising". She made her last appearance on the soap in July 2008.
Evans guest starred at China Williams in the Australian drama show The Strip in 2008. She also appeared in two short films, Burden and At the Tattooist.
In 2009, Evans appeared as Kylie Watson in the television film A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne. She then appeared in the role of Isabella 'Bella' Hartley for the third series of children's show H2O: Just Add Water, taking the place of departing actress Claire Holt. In addition to her role, she also sung the theme song for the show, "No Ordinary Girl", as well as various other songs during the course of the series.
Evans will star in the feature film Arctic Blast, set for release in 2010, where she will play the character Andrea Tate.
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