Isabel Durant Explained

Birth Date:	1991 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Years Active:	2006–present

Isabel Durant (born 21 December 1991^{[1] [2]}), sometimes credited as Issi Durant, is an Australian actress and dancer. She is known for her roles as Grace Whitney in Dance Academy (2012–2013), Ondina the mermaid in (2015–2016) and Claire Brady in Days of Our Lives (2020–2021).

Life and career

Durant is from Sydney, Australia. She began seriously dancing at age 15 while a student at Loreto Kirribilli.^[3]

Durant appeared on and was a Top 20 finalist on the third season of So You Think You Can Dance Australia. Following her elimination from So You Think You Can Dance Australia, she went to open auditions for the teen drama series Dance Academy and was cast in the role of troublemaker Grace Whitney for the show's second season, a role she continued playing into the series' third season.^[4] She also appeared in three episodes of American-Australian comedy-drama television series Camp which aired on NBC in 2013.

In 2014, Durant joined the cast of with its second season, playing mermaid Ondina,^[5] staying on with the show through its third season.^[6] In August 2020, it was announced that Durant had joined the cast of American soap opera Days of Our Lives, taking over the recurring role of Claire Brady.^[7] On September 10, 2020, she was promoted to a contract player.

Filmography

Film and television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007		Miss Elizabeth's Dance Troupe	Film
2010	So You Think You Can Dance Australia	Herself	Contestant (season 3); as Issi Durant
2012–2013	Dance Academy	Grace Whitney	Main role (seasons 2–3), 39 episodes; credited as Issi Durant during season 2
2013	Reef Doctors	Emma	Episodes 1.3, 1.12
2013	Camp	Deanna	Episodes: "Capture the Flag", "The Mixer", "CIT Overnight"
2015–2016		Ondina	Main role (seasons 2–3)
2017	This is Us	Kelly	Episode: "Number One"
2018	Life Itself	Shari Dickstein	Film
2020–2021	Days of Our Lives	Claire Brady	Contract role

Notes and References

1. Web site: m u m . . . . . . . thank you for being brave enough to bring me into this world 27 years ago. Durant. Isabel. 20 December 2018. Instagram. 2019-04-10.
2. Web site: Isabel Durant. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJFOc30su_Q/. 21 December 2020. Instagram. 2020-12-29.
3. Web site: Renata Ogayar . Dance Academy’ star Isabel Durant . Dance Informa Australia . July 2013.
4. News: Amy Edwards . Dance Academy for local dancer . . 8 February 2011 . 2016-02-14 . The second series of Dance Academy, which is due to air next year, will introduce two new characters, including a former Royal Ballet School of London student who stirs trouble, played by So You Think You Can Dance’s Issi Durant. . 2019-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044340/https://www.theherald.com.au/story/466154/dance-academy-for-local-dancer/ . live .
5. News: Natalie Bochenski . Mako: Island of Secrets takes Queensland to the world . . 24 April 2014 . 2016-02-14.
6. News: Mermaid's Tale Double Take For Heine . The Gold Coast Bulletin . 2 . 18 July 2015.
7. Web site: Mike Jubinville . Isabel Durant Cast as Claire Brady on DAYS . Daytime Confidential . . 3 August 2020 . 2020-08-03.