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The young actress in the Ocean Girl television series is Marzena Godecki
who plays the character of Neri.
Marzena was selected from over 500 young girls who auditioned for the role. She was, until recently, a modern dance and ballet student in Melbourne, Australia. This year she has commenced at a new school which will allow her to concentrate on her studies in between her filming commitments. Polish-born Marzena is 15 years old. To prepare herself for the complex underwater sequences for the role Marzena undertook an intensive training program of swimming and scuba diving. Underwater photography in Ocean Girl takes place on the Great Barrier Reef, in Australia's far North. As Marzena is filmed in open-water situations she is always under the close watch of a stunt and dive-safety team who keep a watch out for curious sharks! Marzena often works underwater along side Charley, a 700kg fibreglass and aluminium life-size humpback whale model. This footage is later combined with footage of actual humpback whales. Ocean Girl also features sequences with Marzena's character living wild in a three million year old tropical rainforest. These sequences are filmed in the Daintree Rainforest in the tropical north of Australia. Marzena superbly portrays the character of Neri, the mysterious young girl who must choose between life in the futuristic underwater city of ORCA or the freedom of the ocean. Click here to e-mail Marzena. |
