After starting out with a couple of bit parts, Isla Fisher launched her TV career in a big way by starring in Aussie soap Home and Away for several years. The adorably cute redhead set many a teenage heart a-flutter during her time at Summer Bay.

She played Shannon Reed, who was fostered by local do-gooders Pippa and Michael. As is the way with soaps, she was involved in numerous relationships, suffered a variety of crises and eventually absconded to Paris to become a writer (in real-life Fisher has written a couple of novels and a screenplay).

'Isl' buy that? Most definitely. Isla brought charm to the shallow but sunny soap.