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3Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin was born July 12, 1989, in UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}.
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5Tonkin came to national attention for portraying Cleo Sertori in ''Series/H2OJustAddWater''. Having relocated to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in 2011, she went on to play Faye in ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' and rejoin her ''Just Add Water'' co-star Creator/ClaireHolt (Rebekah) as Hayley in ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', which led to them both reprising their roles as part of the main cast of its spinoff, ''Series/TheOriginals''.
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7! Selected Filmography
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9!!Live-Action Films
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11* 2010 ''Film/TomorrowWhenTheWarBegan'' as Fiona Maxwell
12* 2012 ''Film/Bait3D'' as Jaime
13* 2014 ''Film/TheEverAfter'' as Mabel
14* 2016 ''Film/BillionaireRansom'' as Amy Tilton
15* 2022 ''{{Film/Babylon|2022}}'' as Jane Thornton
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17!!Live-Action Series
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19* 2006 -- 2010 ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' as Cleo Sertori
20* 2009 -- 2010 ''Series/PackedToTheRafters'' as Lexi
21* 2010 ''Series/HomeAndAway'' as Adrian Hall
22* 2011 -- 2012 ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' as Faye Chamberlain
23* 2012 -- 2018 Franchise/TheVampireDiariesUniverse as Hayley Marshall
24** 2012 -- 2013 ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' as Hayley Marshall
25** 2013 -- 2018 ''Series/TheOriginals'' as Hayley Marshall
26* 2015 ''Series/{{Stalker|2014}}'' as Nicole Clark
27* 2017 ''Series/PillowTalk'' as Sonja
28* 2018 ''Series/SafeHarbour'' as Olivia Gallagher
29* 2018 ''Series/TheAffair'' as Delphine
30* 2019 ''Series/{{Bloom}}'' as Young Gwen Reid
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34!!This actress provides examples of:
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36* FakeAmerican: She's Australian, but some of her most famous characters, like Hayley and Faye, are American.
37* MsFanservice: She's not shy about showing off her toned body, and ''The Affair'' features her first nude scene.
38* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Her Aussie accent tends to come through a lot when playing Americans, especially when using words starting with "W"'.
39* PlayingAgainstType: Her breakout role as Cleo is a ShrinkingViolet, but Tonkin would later be cast as lots of {{Alpha Bitch}}es and {{Action Girl}}s.
40* StarMakingRole: Cleo in ''[=H2O=]: Just Add Water''.
41* StatuesqueStunner: She's quite tall at 5'8 and very attractive.
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