Marzena Godecki
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Marzena Godecki is a Polish-born Australian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Neri in Ocean Girl
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, Poland. When she was four years old her family emigrated from Poland to Australia. She was 16 and a modern dance and ballet student in Melbourne, Australia, when she was selected from more than 500 girls who auditioned for the role of Neri in Ocean Girl.
When she first tried out for the part Marzena recalls being taken to a local ocean pier in Melbourne and thrown into the cold waters to see if she was comfortable. She was, and after landing the lead role, Marzena was able to sharpen up her swimming skills and learn how to scuba dive at the Ocean Girl location, Port Douglas in Far North Queensland, Australia.
During the filming, she was able to swim with dolphins and even with a pod of Minke whales that came up to the film crew's boat. Because much of Ocean Girl was filmed in the open water, Marzena was always under the close watch of a stunt and dive safety team who kept a watch out for sharks.
Marzena took most of 1996 off from Ocean Girl to complete her final year at secondary school concentrating on her favourite subjects – Maths and Science. She originally hoped after the last season of "Ocean Girl" to secure a place at University in Australia in Veterinary Science owing to her love of animals.
Marzena married in 2008 and is now called Marzena D'Odorico. She has a son called Nico and is running the children's fashion store "Tiny Threads" in Melbourne, together with her business partner Mel Tsoukas.
for her graceful style of underwater
swimming, she was a student in Melbourne where she studied modern dance
and ballet. She also went to Methodist Ladies College
. Apart from her starring role as Neri, Godecki also had 2 cameo
roles in Round the Twist
, where she was credited as "beautiful girl".
Ocean Girl
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...
.
Early life
Godecki was born on 28 September 1978 in BytomBytom
Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...
, Poland. When she was four years old her family emigrated from Poland to Australia. She was 16 and a modern dance and ballet student in Melbourne, Australia, when she was selected from more than 500 girls who auditioned for the role of Neri in Ocean Girl.
When she first tried out for the part Marzena recalls being taken to a local ocean pier in Melbourne and thrown into the cold waters to see if she was comfortable. She was, and after landing the lead role, Marzena was able to sharpen up her swimming skills and learn how to scuba dive at the Ocean Girl location, Port Douglas in Far North Queensland, Australia.
During the filming, she was able to swim with dolphins and even with a pod of Minke whales that came up to the film crew's boat. Because much of Ocean Girl was filmed in the open water, Marzena was always under the close watch of a stunt and dive safety team who kept a watch out for sharks.
Marzena took most of 1996 off from Ocean Girl to complete her final year at secondary school concentrating on her favourite subjects – Maths and Science. She originally hoped after the last season of "Ocean Girl" to secure a place at University in Australia in Veterinary Science owing to her love of animals.
Marzena married in 2008 and is now called Marzena D'Odorico. She has a son called Nico and is running the children's fashion store "Tiny Threads" in Melbourne, together with her business partner Mel Tsoukas.
Career
Before Godecki was selected for the role of Neri in Ocean GirlOcean Girl
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...
for her graceful style of underwater
Underwater
Underwater is a term describing the realm below the surface of water where the water exists in a natural feature such as an ocean, sea, lake, pond, or river. Three quarters of the planet Earth is covered by water...
swimming, she was a student in Melbourne where she studied modern dance
Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...
and ballet. She also went to Methodist Ladies College
Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne
Methodist Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
. Apart from her starring role as Neri, Godecki also had 2 cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
roles in Round the Twist
Round the Twist
Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many magical adventures....
, where she was credited as "beautiful girl".