Marisa Michelle Warrington (born 1973 in Enfield

London Borough of Enfield

The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...

, England) is an Australian actress who played Sindi Watts

Sindi Watts

Sindi Parker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Marisa Warrington. She made her first on-screen appearance on 19 July 2002. Sindi was initially a recurring character, before she was promoted to regular...

 on the Australian soap opera 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...

.

Warrington moved to Australia when she was three, with her English father (actor Neale Warrington) and Australian mother. From the age of five trained in ballet for 13 years at the Australian Ballet School

Australian Ballet School

The Australian Ballet School was founded in 1964 as the primary training facility for The Australian Ballet by Dame Margaret Scott. It is part of the Australian Ballet Centre, which is located in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, Southbank in Melbourne, Victoria...

, where her schedule also included training as a gymnast. She left ballet to train fully in both classical and modern singing. Warrington trained as an actor in the UK with The Royal Shakespeare Company, returning to Australia with The Australian Shakespeare Company and lately The Melbourne Theatre Company

Melbourne Theatre Company

The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and has its own theatre, The MTC Theatre – which houses the 500-seat Sumner Theatre and the 150-seat Lawler Studio – located in Melbourne's Arts...

, and then further study at the ational THEATRE DRAMA SCHOOL

Career

Warrington as Sindi made her debut on Neighbours on a recurring basis in 2002. Sindi became a regular character in 2004, living with Susan Kennedy

Susan Kennedy

Susan Kennedy , is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Jackie Woodburne. The character and her family were created by storyliners in an attempt to bring the show back to its roots. Susan made her first on-screen appearance on 3 October 1994 along...

 and dating Toadfish Rebecchi

Toadfish Rebecchi

Jarrod Vincenzo Rebecchi is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Ryan Moloney. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 8 February 1995....

 and then Stuart Parker

Stuart Parker (Neighbours)

Stuart Parker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Blair McDonough. He made his first appearance on 13 December 2001. Stuart lived with Toadfish Rebecchi and Connor O'Neill at number 30, during which time the house became known as "The House of Trouser"...

. She was involved in a range of storylines, including stripping

Striptease

A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...

 and later on, prostitution, when she needed to pay for an operation to restore her boyfriend Stuart Parker

Stuart Parker (Neighbours)

Stuart Parker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Blair McDonough. He made his first appearance on 13 December 2001. Stuart lived with Toadfish Rebecchi and Connor O'Neill at number 30, during which time the house became known as "The House of Trouser"...

's sight. In 2005 she left the show when her character was committed to a psychiatric hospital because of violent tendencies. Her final scenes were screened in Australia in August of that year.

Warrington formed the band Lucy De Ville

Lucy De Ville

Lucy De Ville are an Australian band from Melbourne. Its lineup consists of Shaun Gardener, Marcella Russo, and Marisa Warrington, all of whom have appeared in the television soap opera Neighbours.-Band members:...

 with fellow Neighbours actress Marcella Russo

Marcella Russo

Marcella Russo is an Australian actress who is best known for playing Liljana Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 until 2005, when her character was killed off in the Neighbours plane crash....

 and colleague Shaun Gardener. In 2009 she had a guest role on comedy series Mark Loves Sharon

Mark Loves Sharon

Mark Loves Sharon was a six part Australian television mockumentary parody series about sport, celebrities and reality television.The series sees Jason Gann reprising his role of Mark Wary from the The Wedge, a professional AFL star, that is a parody of controversial real-life sport stars Shane...

and in 2011 appeared in television series Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers

Winners & Losers is a Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of Packed to the Rafters and is aired in the show's former time slot...

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