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Ryan Panizza

Ryan Panizza

Acting

Biography

Born and raised in Perth, Ryan found his passion for acting at a young age. Coming from a family of miners, performing was not particularly the most obvious career path – it was his parents in fact that gave him the push and confidence to get to where he is today. Upon graduating high school Ryan was cast alongside Jacqueline McKenzie and Myles Pollard in Australian feature film The Gateway, and then later went on to complete a Diploma of Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Ryan is now very excited to begin applying the broad set of skills he has honed at NIDA to work, both on screen and stage. He is already seeing some of his hard work pay off as he was recently announced as a finalist for the Warner Bros.’ ‘Actors in Training’ Program. As a gay man he hopes to be involved with LGBTQ+ stories and communities.

Known For

Home and Away
6.4

Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher and their five foster children Frank Morgan, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Lynn Davenport and Sally Keating, who would go on to become one of the show's longest-running characters. The show also originally and currently focuses on the Stewart family. Home and Away had proved popular when it premiered in 1988 and had risen to become a hit in Australia, and after only a few weeks, the show tackled its first major and disturbing storyline, the rape of Carly Morris; it was one of the first shows to feature such storylines during the early timeslot. H&A has tackled many adult-themed and controversial storylines; something rarely found in its restricted timeslot.

Home and Away

1988Series