Isabel

Based on the Gold Coast, Queensland. (Yugambeh Region)

My name is Isabel Laver, I'm a born and raised Gold Coast girl and a proud Zimbabwean-Australian.

I'm a creative through and through! I've been acting since I was four years old and graduated NIDA in 2022 with a diploma a of stage and screen. Since a young age, I've loved throwing myself into anything that allowed me to express myself creativity. I've also been lucky to grow up in a household that encouraged myself-expression. My amazing mum is a fashion designer with her own label and through her, I was introduced to the modelling industry. My mum would bring me along to fashion shows and shoots and I found it absolutely fascinating.I loved watching a team of creatives at work and I particularly loved watching the models bring my mum's garments to life.

Being mixed-race I've always struggled with my identity. I never felt like I belonged or fit in! Most of the time I felt like an alien among my peers. It wasn't until I was a young adult that I fully embraced myself and everything that makes me unique. And in all honesty yes I sometimes still feel like an alien but now I think it's kinda cool to feel otherworldly! As an adult, I've decided to use my passion for creativity to help create change. Diversity is so incredibly important and I'm grateful to have the opportunity to help create space for people who look like me through a medium that I love!