Dina Panozzo

Panozzo was born on 20 September 1958.^[2] Her parents emigrated to Adelaide from northern Italy, on a ship called Queen Neptuna. Her mother was 19 and a housewife, her father a labourer and later a carpenter.^[3] Panozzo is the elder sister of actress Oriana Panozzo.^[4] Growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s, Panozzo became passionate about Adelaide's thriving amateur theatre scene, in particular, Adelaide Theatre Company.^[3]

Panozzo is best known for her regular roles in the television series Carla Cametti PD^[5] and Bed of Roses.^[6] She has also appeared in a recurring role in Packed to the Rafters and guest roles in many Australian series, including A Country Practice, Water Rats, and White Collar Blue. Panozzo also had regular roles in the short-lived comedy series Wedlocked^[7] and the soap opera Richmond Hill.^[8] Featured film roles include Black & White & Sex^[9] and Fistful of Flies.^[10]

Her theatre roles include Popular Front (Theatre Works, 1987),^[11][12] ABC (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1988),^[13] Sisters (Malthouse Theatre, 1991),^[14][15] S.O.S. Sex, Overkill and Salvation of the Soul (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1991),^[16] and A Little Like Drowning (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1992).^[17] She also wrote, co-directed and starred in Varda Che Bruta...Poretta which played in multiple venues from 1992 to 1994.^[18][19]

Panozzo is married to television producer Phillip Tanner. After all attempts to conceive ended in miscarriage, the couple adopted a two year old boy from Guatemala called Luis. In 2004, at the age of six, Luis had an award-winning Nickelodeon TV series, called Cooking for Kids with Luis, and caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey.^[20]

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