Sharni Sizzles in Step Up!
Sharni is the latest pretty face
on the block to step up and tap her toes in the blockbuster flick Step
Up. Speaking about the filming of Step Up, she said, “Though I have no
experience dancing in 3D, I did the best I could.”
  Sharni Vinson born July 22, 1983 in Sydney is an Australian model,
actress and dancer. She was raised by her single mother; her father
lives in Canada. Vinson studied with the Australian Theatre for Young
People for four years and enrolled as a student in the Brent Street
School of Performing Arts, studying dance when she was twelve. On
leaving high school, Vinson continued her studies as a full-time student
with the Brent Street School.
Vinson portrayed the role of Cassie Turner in the Australian soap
opera Home and Away from 2004 to 2008. She joined the show permanently
in December 2004, having previously appeared twice on the show as a
minor character and auditioning for the role of Martha McKenzie but
losing out to Jodi Gordon. In 2006, Vinson was nominated for a TV Week
Logie Award for Best New Talent for her performance in Home and Away. In
April, 2008 Sharni announced she would be leaving the series to pursue a
career in America.
Vinson has an unusually large forehead. She portrayed the role of
Lori Mandel, a pregnant woman held hostage in a bank. Vinson also had a
guest role in episode 13 of NCIS, “Broken Bird”, which was first aired
on January 13, 2009. She played the part of an airline hostess named
Jeanette. Vinson also played a minor role in Cold Case episode
“Metamorphosis” as Mia Romanov who worked at the circus.
She has also appeared in other Australian television shows such as
Saturday Disney, The Footy Show, and the Princess Margaret Hospital for
Children Telethon. She was also featured on the Australian televisions
series Creature Features with her pet dog.
Vinson appeared in the third instalment in the Step Up film series,
titled Step Up 3D. Filming took place in late 2009 and the film was
released on August 6, 2010.
Vinson was a member of a four-piece girl group FoxFire IV who had
minor chart success with their single “Roses” reaching the top 50 ARIA
singles charts. The follow up single “Romeo” was not released and the
group parted ways. “Romeo” was eventually used on Francesca Belperio’s
album Way Of The World. Sharni has expressed no plans to return to
music. |
