Marisa Siketa
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Marisa Julia Siketa is an Australian actress who played Summer Hoyland
on the Australian soap opera
Neighbours
from 2002 to 2007.
and the children's TV series Horace and Tina
. In season 1 of The Saddle Club, she played Melanie, Lisa's younger sister.
She was a regular cast member of Neighbours from 2002 to 2005 before reducing her role to a recurring one to concentrate on her school work and eventually leaving the series in 2007. In October 2009 it was announced the character of Summer Hoyland was being written back into Neighbours, though the role has been recast for unknown reasons. Siketa played Melanie Atwood #1 on The Saddle Club
on the ABC
for the show's first season, but due to landing her role on Neighbours, she was replaced by Jessie Jacobs.
descent and speaks the language
fluently. In 2008, Siketa was nominated for Miss Croatia Geelong 2008.. She works at 95.5 K-ROCK Geelong as an presenter with a show 10 am weekdays and also works in a fish and chip shop.
Summer Hoyland
Summer Rose Hoyland is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Jordy Lucas. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 May 2002. The character was originally played by Marisa Siketa from her arrival to her departure in 2005 and her subsequent...
on the Australian soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
from 2002 to 2007.
Acting career
Siketa was born in Geelong. She joined Screen Actors Australia in 1998 and commenced training in the Geelong studio on weekends. She started off working as an extra on SeaChangeSeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
and the children's TV series Horace and Tina
Horace and Tina
Horace and Tina is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2001. The series was produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. The series mixes animatronic characters with live action drama. -Plot:...
. In season 1 of The Saddle Club, she played Melanie, Lisa's younger sister.
She was a regular cast member of Neighbours from 2002 to 2005 before reducing her role to a recurring one to concentrate on her school work and eventually leaving the series in 2007. In October 2009 it was announced the character of Summer Hoyland was being written back into Neighbours, though the role has been recast for unknown reasons. Siketa played Melanie Atwood #1 on The Saddle Club
The Saddle Club
The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional...
on the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
for the show's first season, but due to landing her role on Neighbours, she was replaced by Jessie Jacobs.
Personal life
Siketa has two older siblings named Clinton and Nicole. She is of CroatianCroats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
descent and speaks the language
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
fluently. In 2008, Siketa was nominated for Miss Croatia Geelong 2008.. She works at 95.5 K-ROCK Geelong as an presenter with a show 10 am weekdays and also works in a fish and chip shop.
External links
- ((http://www.krock.com.au/index.php/shows/marisa-siketa))