1. Pia Miranda's career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film Looking for Alibrandi, an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta.
18 Facts About Pia Miranda
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Pia Miranda is known for her roles as Karen Oldman in Neighbours, Jodie Spiteri in Wentworth, and Jen in Mustangs FC, as well as winning Australian Survivor in 2019.
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Pia Miranda co-starred with fellow prominent Australian actors Kick Gurry, Anthony LaPaglia, Greta Scacchi, Elana Cotta and Matthew Newton.
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The movie received critical acclaim, with Pia Miranda receiving the Australian Film Institute award in 2000 for Best Actress for her performance.
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In 2002, Pia Miranda played a small role in the US movie, Queen of the Damned, although her scene was cut from the film as it appeared on the DVD.
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In 2003, Pia Miranda played the role of Leanne Ferris in Travelling Light, about two sisters growing up in Adelaide in the early 1970s.
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Pia Miranda was a recurring guest star on the long-running drama All Saints in 1998, the drama The Time of Our Lives in 2013 and 2014, and the popular Australian drama The Secret Life of Us, playing Talia.
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Pia Miranda has been featured in The Glass House, Grass Roots and the Australian talk shows The Panel and The Project.
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Pia Miranda has worked as a celebrity artist for A Midwinter Night's Dream, a ticketed charity auction of art with pillow cases as the medium and inspired by the childhood dreams of artists and celebrities, to raise money for War Child Australia and was a judge for the 2005 Project Greenlight competition alongside fellow actors such as Sam Worthington.
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Recently, Pia Miranda starred in the popular Australian prison drama Wentworth in 2015.
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Pia Miranda has played a recurring role in the teenage comedy drama Mustangs FC as Jen since 2017.
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Pia Miranda was a contestant on the sixth season of Australian Survivor.
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In 2022, Pia Miranda appeared as Thong on the fourth season of The Masked Singer Australia.
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Pia Miranda was the third contestant to be revealed, and placed tenth overall.
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In May 2023, it was announced that Pia Miranda would be participating in the twentieth series of Dancing with the Stars.
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In October 2023 Pia Miranda released her first book, a memoir titled Finding My Bella Vita, which tells the story of how Looking for Alibrandi changed her life and how her career almost went in a very different way.
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In March 2024, Pia Miranda was named as part of the cast for Stan Australia series Invisible Boys.
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In March 2001, Pia Miranda married her boyfriend Luke Hanigan, lead singer and guitarist of the Australian band Lo-Tel, at the Elvis Presley chapel in Las Vegas after four months of dating.