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Dena Kaplan(I)

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Dena Kaplan in Camp (2013)
'Della Mortika: Carousel of Shame' follows the Della Morte sisters after they arrive in Australia and are sent to the Skipping Girl Home for Wayward and Homeless Girls. Their sisterly bond is put to a test when jealousy rears its ugly head. The film has been produced in a stop-motion style using paper puppets and pop-ups to bring the girls from the pages of the books into lively animation.
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Dena Kaplan was born in South Africa and moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1996. Dena is an actress and dancer who may be best known for her role as Abigail Armstrong in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series 'Dance Academy' (2010-2012). Kaplan attended high school in Melbourne and had dance training at numerous schools; Australian Ballet School, Jane Moore Academy of Ballet and City Dance Centre. Her first stage appearance came alongside David Campbell in the Production Company's Carousel, where she played Louise, a non-singing solo ballet part in the second act of the show. Her second major public appearance was as a dancer/singer in the Disney production of the musical of "Lion King." Dena moved to New York to study at the Ailey School and Broadway Dance Center, and was cast in a Broadway musical, but was unable to accept the offer. Dena Kaplan's first television role was in 2005 on the Network Ten spy series "Scooter: Secret Agent" as one of the party girls. In 2007, she appeared as Deborah Statesman in an episode of Australian police drama "City Homicide." In 2009, she played Keli in an episode of "Flight of the Conchords" and starred in the film "In Her Skin" alongside Guy Pearce and Rebecca Gibney. Besides her role in the series "Dance Academy" in 2010, Dena was cast as Stephanie Wolfe in "City Homicide."
BornJanuary 20, 1989
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Jordan Rodrigues, Thomas Lacey, Dena Kaplan, and Xenia Goodwin in Dance Academy (2010)
Jordan Rodrigues and Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)
Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)
Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)
Tara Morice and Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)
Tara Morice and Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)
Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)
Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan, and Tim Pocock in Dance Academy (2010)
Dena Kaplan and Keiynan Lonsdale in Dance Academy (2010)
Dena Kaplan and Thom Green in Dance Academy (2010)
Kip Gamblin, Dena Kaplan, and Keiynan Lonsdale in Dance Academy (2010)
Dena Kaplan in Dance Academy (2010)

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Jordan Rodrigues, Alicia Banit, Thomas Lacey, Dena Kaplan, Keiynan Lonsdale, Xenia Goodwin, and Isabel Durant in Dance Academy (2010)
Dance Academy
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  • Abigail Armstrong
Camp (2013)
Camp
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TV Series
  • Sarah Brennen
Tricky Business (2012)
Tricky Business
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Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
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    • Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
      • In Development
    • Rafe Spall and Zahra Newman in Long Story Short (2021)
      Long Story Short
    • Jason Isaacs, Vince Colosimo, Daniel Gillies, Ken Jeong, Lawrence Makoare, Temuera Morrison, David Roberts, Mark Coles Smith, Dan Ewing, and Dena Kaplan in Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
      Occupation: Rainfall
    • Della Mortika (2018)
      Della Mortika
    • Jordan Rodrigues, Alicia Banit, Thomas Lacey, Dena Kaplan, Keiynan Lonsdale, Nic Westaway, and Xenia Goodwin in Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
      Dance Academy: The Movie
    • Cassie Ventura, Bobby Lockwood, Kenny Wormald, and Dena Kaplan in Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016)
      Honey 3: Dare to Dance
    • Soul Mates (2014)
      Soul Mates
    • The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
      The Doctor Blake Mysteries
    • Jordan Rodrigues, Alicia Banit, Thomas Lacey, Dena Kaplan, Keiynan Lonsdale, Xenia Goodwin, and Isabel Durant in Dance Academy (2010)
      Dance Academy
    • Camp (2013)
      Camp
    • Sheridan Smith and Daniel Mays in Mrs Biggs (2012)
      Mrs Biggs
    • Tricky Business (2012)
      Tricky Business
    • Shane Bourne, Nadine Garner, Noni Hazlehurst, Daniel MacPherson, Aaron Pedersen, and Damien Richardson in City Homicide (2007)
      City Homicide
    • In Her Skin (2009)
      In Her Skin
    • Flight of the Conchords (2007)
      Flight of the Conchords
    • Scooter: Secret Agent (2005)
      Scooter: Secret Agent

    Videos35

    Honey 3
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    Honey 3
    Dance Academy: My Life En Pointe
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    Dance Academy: My Life En Pointe
    Dance Academy: Flight Or Tight Response
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    Dance Academy: Flight Or Tight Response
    Dance Academy: A Midsummer's Night's Dream
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    Dance Academy: A Midsummer's Night's Dream
    Dance Academy: Learning To Fly: Part 2
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    Dance Academy: Learning To Fly: Part 2
    Dance Academy: Week Zero
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    Dance Academy: Week Zero
    Dance Academy: Free Falling
    Trailer 1:47
    Dance Academy: Free Falling
    Dance Academy: Behind Barres
    Trailer 1:27
    Dance Academy: Behind Barres
    Dance Academy: Fairest And Best
    Trailer 1:56
    Dance Academy: Fairest And Best
    Dance Academy: Learning To Fly
    Trailer 1:56
    Dance Academy: Learning To Fly
    Dance Academy: Better Bunheads
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    Dance Academy: Better Bunheads
    Dance Academy: Pressure
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    Dance Academy: Pressure

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      • January 20, 1989
      • Johannesburg, South Africa

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