Isabel Lucas born 29 January [ 1 ] is an Australian actress , environmentalist and model. In , Lucas joined the American television series MacGyver. Isabel Lucas was born in Melbourne , Australia, on 29 January , [ 1 ] [ 5 ] and is the daughter of Andrew, a biodynamic farmer and retired pilot, and Beatrice, a special needs teacher. Her older sister works as an environmental lawyer. Growing up on a farm, she has ridden horses since the age of 10 and competed in dressage and show jumping with her sister.
Lucas attended St. Monica's College in Cairns. Lucas was involved in drama during her school years and attended courses at the Victorian College of Arts and Queensland University of Technology. In fact, the meeting was arranged well before.
In , she focused on saving dolphins in Japan, [ 11 ] and in October of that year appeared on the Australian Today Show to discuss this topic. While working with Steven Spielberg on the World War II miniseries , The Pacific , he suggested Lucas for the role of Alice in the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , sequel to Transformers , where Spielberg was serving as the series's executive producer.
She also said that the filming process was a lot different from Home Away , where she would spend hours shooting various episodes all in one go. In , Lucas was cast in the vampire science-fiction thriller film Daybreakers [ 17 ] and in , she was cast as the character Erica Martin in the remake of the film Red Dawn alongside fellow Australian actor Chris Hemsworth , which was ultimately released in November In , Lucas played the goddess Athena in the fantasy film Immortals , [ 20 ] and signed on to appear in the film Knight of Cups , which was released in Lucas appeared in the Australian drama-thriller Shooting in Vain , directed by Jared Januscka, which was released on worldwide in Later in , she appeared in In Like Flynn as the character Rose.
It was later released worldwide the following year on 25 January. Lucas has been described as having a shy and quiet personality. She has spoken about being overwhelmed by how people would see her when she went on her first audition for Home and Away.
