Charlotte Best
{{short description|Australian actress and model (born 1994)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{For|the runner|Charlotte Best (athlete)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Charlotte Best
| image = Charlotte_Best_2013.jpg|
| alt =
| caption = Best at Man of Steel red carpet movie premiere in Sydney (2013)
| birth_name = Charlotte Elise Best
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|01|16}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| years_active = 2006–present
| occupation = Actress, model
}}
Charlotte Elise Best (born 16 January 1994) is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for her role in the show Home and Away as the young girl in the Campbell family, Annie Campbell.
Biography
Best grew up in the suburb of Point Frederick in the city of Gosford in New South Wales.{{cn|date=March 2023}} Along with her three brothers, Best attended Central Coast Grammar School where she won a performance award at the age of eight. From there she moved with her family to Beauty Point, attending SCECGS Redlands for six months until enrolling at Brent Street Performing Arts High School.{{cn|date=March 2023}}
Best made her television debut in 2007 in Home and Away, starring as Annie Campbell until 2010. She continued her education on-set, eventually completing her HSC in 2011 at Oxford Falls Grammar School. Three months into a full-time Global Studies course at the University of Technology, Sydney, Best accepted the role of Cheryl Hayes in Puberty Blues.
From a young age, Best has appeared regularly as a fashion model in such magazines as Barbie, Total Girl, Oyster and Cosmopolitan. She was the face of Miss Metallicus Clothing brand and appeared on Comedy Inc, and has modelled for Supre.
She has been an ambassador for the charities Cure Our Kids and World Vision.{{cite web |url=http://www.cureourkids.com.au/charlotte-best.php |title=Charlotte Best |publisher=Cureourkids.com.au |date= |accessdate=19 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318151008/http://www.cureourkids.com.au/charlotte-best.php |archive-date=18 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Career
Her most notable role was as Annie Campbell in the long running TV series Home and Away between 2007 and 2010.{{cite news|last=Nicholls|first=Stavroula|title=It's the 'Best' house in the street|url=http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/its-the-best-house-in-the-street/|work=Manly Daily|publisher=News Limited|accessdate=2 June 2012|date=11 February 2012}} Her character went on a student exchange to Japan, commencing October 2009, which was originally scheduled to be for 6 months. She returned on screen in March 2010, on a 6-week holiday break from Japan, before leaving again. Best earned a nomination for Most Popular New Female Talent at the Logie Awards of 2008, which was won by Bindi Irwin.{{cite news|title=Bindi Irwin wins Logie|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/bindi-irwin-wins-logie/story-e6frfku9-1111116245336|work=News.com.au|publisher=News Limited|accessdate=2 June 2012|date=4 May 2008}}
In March 2012, it was announced{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/04/top-cast-joins-puberty-blues-on-ten.html |title=Top cast joins Puberty Blues on TEN |publisher=TV Tonight |date= April 2012|accessdate=19 August 2013}} that Best had been cast as Cheryl Hayes in Network Ten's drama series Puberty Blues, which is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette.
In 2018 she starred in the Australian web television series Tidelands as Cal McTeer, the lead role. It was released on 14 December 2018 on Netflix.{{cite web |title=The 'Tidelands' Cast Brings A Wave Of International Talent To Netflix |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-tidelands-cast-brings-a-wave-of-international-talent-to-netflix-15511255 | magazine=Bustle|date=14 December 2018 |accessdate=16 December 2018}} She has also starred as Aria Wolf in the film Ascendant, released on 8 April 2021.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Skinford: Death Sentence | Zophia | |
| 2021
|Aria Wolf |Release Date: 8 April 2021 | |||
| 2021
|Mish |Ep 4 | |||
| 2019 | A Name Without a Place | Emma Lee Herring | in post-production |
| 2018 | Skinford: Chapter Two | Zophia | |
| 2018 | Tidelands | Cal McTeer | 10 episodes |
| 2017 | An American in Texas | Kara Warrington | |
| 2017 | Skinford | Zophia | |
| 2016 | Teenage Kicks | Phaedra | |
| 2015 | Alone | Nina 2 | Short film |
| 2015 | Is This the Real World | Kim | |
| 2014 | Soul Mates | Kelly | series 1 |
| 2013 | Breathe | Anna | Short film |
| 2012–2014 | Puberty Blues | Cheryl Hayes | series 1 & 2 |
| 2007–2010 | Home and Away | Annie Campbell | 198 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2782505}}
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Category:Actresses from Sydney
Category:Australian child actresses
Category:Australian female models
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:People educated at Redlands, Cremorne
Category:21st-century Australian actresses
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