Cariba Heine

About

Cariba Heine (born 1 October 1988) is a South African-born Australian actress and dancer. She garnered recognition for her leading role as Rikki Chadwick in the fantasy drama series H2O: Just Add Water (2006–2010) and next starred in the television series Blue Water High (2008) and Dance Academy (2010–2013). She portrayed Caroline Byrne in the true crime film A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne (2009) and had her feature film debut in the disaster horror film Bait 3D (2012).
Heine appeared in the music video Rough Sweat (2016) and in the television series Home and Away (2018) and The Secrets She Keeps (2020).

Heine was born in Johannesburg to South African parents Michelle, a former showgirl, and Kevin Heine. She moved to Australia at the age of three with her parents and older brother Kyle (born 1985).

Her early days included training in jazz dance, tap dance, classical ballet, acrobatics and rhythmic gymnastics, and studying acting and singing at National Capital Acting School. She danced at her mother’s dance school in Canberra, where she later attended Telopea Park School and St Clare’s College. She was the youngest dancer…