Amelia Frid

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{{short description|Australian actress}}
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| birth_place = [[Soviet Union]]
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1987–1991
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| notable_works = '''[[Cody Willis]]'''<br />in ''[[Neighbours]]''
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'''Amelia Frid''' (born 30 July 1975) is an Australian former [[child actress]] who played [[Cody Willis]] in ''[[Neighbours]]''.

==Early life==
Frid was born in Russia, and arrived in Australia by boat at the age of five, attending [[Preschool|prep]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="SMH">{{cite news |author=Mihal Greener |date= 30 August 2016|url= https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-two-of-us-amelia-frid-and-yulia-zlatkin-20160726-gqecrd.html |title= The Two of Us: Amelia Frid and Yulia Zlatkin |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1988, Frid was cast as Molly in the children's television series ''[[Adventures on Kythera]]''. It was not broadcast in Australia until 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Amelia+Frid&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news881205_0268_7808| last = Withers | first = Helen | title = Island Frolics Get The Nod From Kids | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | page = 6 | date = 5 December 1988 | access-date = 18 November 2012}}</ref>

In 1989, at the age of 14, she secured a regular role as the first incarnation of [[Cody Willis]] in ''[[Neighbours]]''. Her character was romantically paired with [[Todd Landers]] (played by [[Kristian Schmid]]). Frid departed from the role in order to focus on her VCE ([[Victorian Certificate of Education]]), in her final year of high school.<ref name="PB">[http://perfectblend.net/features/interview-frid.htm Interviews > Amelia Frid]</ref> Her final appearance in ''[[Neighbours]]'' was on 30 July 1991 (her 16th birthday). [[Peta Brady]] was later recast in the role.<ref name="PB"/>

Frid's final acting work was with former ''Neighbours'' co-star [[Ashley Paske]] (who played [[Matt Robinson (Neighbours)|Matt Robinson]]). In the tradition of fellow ''Neighbours'' actors, she appeared in a Christmas pantomime performance of ''Aladdin'' in [[Oxford]], UK in 1992, playing the princess to Paske's Aladdin.<ref>{{cite news | title = Our Soap Stars Corner UK Roles | newspaper = Herald Sun | date = 10 December 1992 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Showbiz guru has happy memories of new soap star | newspaper = Bristol Evening Post | page = 11 | date = 1 April 2004 }}</ref>

After high school, Frid enrolled in an arts/law degree at [[Monash University]] in Melbourne, taking a gap year travelling to Israel and Egypt, before resuming her studies. She also studied psychology. She undertook an internship as a student counsellor at [[Deakin University]] for a year, before taking a job working as a therapist at Ararat Prison.<ref name="PB"/> She currently works as a psychologist in [[Prahran]], Melbourne.<ref name="PP">{{cite web|url=https://prahranpsychologyclinic.com.au/practitioners/amelia-frid/ |title= Amelia Frid |website=Prahran Psychology}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Frid is a mother to three boys.<ref name="PP"/>

==Acting credits==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Celia (1989 film)|Celia]]''
| Stephanie Burke
| Feature film
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Adventures on Kythera]]''
| Molly Leeds
| TV series
|-
| 1989–1991
| ''[[Neighbours]]''
| [[Cody Willis]]
| TV series
|-
| 1992–1993
| ''[[Aladdin]]''
| The Princess
| [[New Theatre Oxford|Apollo Theatre, Oxford]], UK
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0294845|name=Amelia Frid}}

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