Lara Jean Marshall

Biography: Lara knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up. "I want to be a big star," she says. "I love acting, singing and dancing and I have just put together a band at school, with me the main singer. And performing makes me really happy."

When Lara was taken to see her first stage show at four years of age, she refused to leave the theatre when it was finished. She just sat, enthralled, and her love affair with all things theatrical has continued. Her first role was the lamb in Charlotte's Web, a Kidz for Kidz production, at age seven and she sang and danced in Babes in Toyland for the People's Playhouse. But her first big break came when she was chosen to play Young Eponine in Les Miserables, Cameron Mackintosh's 10th Anniversary presentation in Melbourne. A good all-rounder at school, Lara was this year voted House Captain. She is a strong swimmer, won prizes in Sewing at the Red Hill Show, is a member of the school choir, learns Japanese and is good at crossLara knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up. "I want to be a big star," she says. "I love acting, singing and dancing and I have just put together a band at school, with me the main singer. And performing makes me really happy."

When Lara was taken to see her first stage show at four years of age, she refused to leave the theatre when it was finished. She just sat, enthralled, and her love affair with all things theatrical has continued. Her first role was the lamb in Charlotte's Web, a Kidz for Kidz production, at age seven and she sang and danced in Babes in Toyland for the People's Playhouse. But her first big break came when she was chosen to play Young Eponine in Les Miserables, Cameron Mackintosh's 10th Anniversary presentation in Melbourne.

A good all-rounder at school, Lara was this year voted House Captain. She is a strong swimmer, won prizes in Sewing at the Red Hill Show, is a member of the school choir, learns Japanese and is good at cross country. Lara has two dogs called Elvis and Priscella and a guinea pig called Twinkle Toes.

Lara Marshall on Lisa Atwood (Saddle Club)

"I like her. She does a lot in her life and I do too. She is a bit nervous of her mother who is too controlling and she doesn't like her sister very much, because her sister can be a bit annoying. I think Lisa makes friends easily but sometimes she feels a bit stressed."… Expand