Mavournee Hazel

Mavournee Hazel (born 20 March 1996) is an Australian actress. She began her acting career with recurring and guest roles in various television shows, including Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures and Catching Milat. She joined the cast of Australian soap opera Neighbours as Piper Willis in 2015. Hazel said she fell in love with the character after her first audition and relocated to Melbourne from Sydney for filming. She starred in four online spin-offs as Piper and received a nomination for Best Daytime Star at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards. Hazel decided to leave Neighbours in 2019, as she wanted new challenges. She appeared in an episode of My Life Is Murder in August that year. She was also cast as Zoe Sailer in Halifax: Retribution and underwent a hair transformation to help her get into character. She also had to sing in the show alongside actor Craig Hall, who played her character's father. In 2022, Hazel appeared in the Apple TV+ series Shantaram playing the girlfriend of lead character Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam). The following year, Hazel starred in the New Zealand thriller Home Kills and joined the cast of NCIS: Sydney as Bluebird "Blue" Gleeson. In addition to acting, Hazel has also modelled for jewellery company Mimco and been a brand ambassador for Grey Goose. Early and personal life Hazel grew up in Adelaide with her parents and three siblings. She attended Loreto College and later St Peter's Girls' School from which she graduated. During her time in school, Hazel made the South Australian State Lacrosse Team twice. Hazel always wanted to be an actor and she began a three-year course at SA Casting, a theatrical agency, when she was around eight years old. Hazel also took acting lessons with actress Doris Younane, whom she first met when Younane was a guest speaker at another course Hazel was taking. Younane later became Hazel's mentor and friend. Hazel acquired an acting agent, who advised her to relocate to Sydney or Melbourne after she finished school. She enrolled in an Advanced Media and Communications course at Sydney University, which allowed her to be in the city for auditions. In 2019, Hazel came out as demisexual. Career Hazel's career began with several recurring and guest roles in Totally Wild, Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures, Catching Milat, and Changed Forever: The Making of Australia. She also had a supporting role in short film Servo, which played at the St Kilda Film Festival.