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Dina Panozzo
Australian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dina Panozzo (born 1966[1]) is an Australian-born actress of Italian descent.[2]
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Early life
Panozzo's parents emigrated to Adelaide from northern Italy, on a ship called 'Queen Neptuna'. Her mother was 19 and a housewife, her father a labourer and later a carpenter. Growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s, Panozzo became passionate about Adelaide’s thriving amateur theatre scene, in particular, Adelaide Theatre Company.[3]
Career
Panozzo is best known for her regular roles in the television series Carla Cametti PD[4] and Bed of Roses.[5] She has also appeared in a recurring role in Packed to the Rafters and guest roles in many Australian series, including A Country Practice, Water Rats, and White Collar Blue. Panozzo also had regular roles in the short-lived comedy series Wedlocked[6] and the soap opera Richmond Hill.[7] Featured film roles include Black & White & Sex[8] and Fistful of Flies.[9]
Her theatre roles include Popular Front (Theatre Works, 1987),[10][11] ABC (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1988),[12] Sisters (Malthouse Theatre, 1991),[13][14] S.O.S. Sex, Overkill and Salvation of the Soul (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1991),[15] and A Little Like Drowning (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1992).[16] She also wrote, co-directed and starred in Varda Che Bruta...Poretta which played in multiple venues from 1992 to 1994.[17][18]
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Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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Personal life
Panozzo is married to television producer Phillip Tanner. After all attempts to conceive ended in miscarriage, the couple adopted a two year old boy from Guatemala called Luis. In 2004, at the age of six, Luis had an award-winning Nickelodeon TV series, called Cooking for Kids with Luis, and caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey.[1]
Dina Panozzo is the elder sister of actress Oriana Panozzo.[24]
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