JOELENE
CRNOGORAC began acting when she was
12-years-old with a leading role in ABC TV's children's series
Round the Twist. Prior to this she had appeared in numerous
television commercials and department store catalogues.
After
two series with The Man from Snowy River, Joelene went to
Port Douglas where she was required to bleach her long auburn
hair white for her role in Ocean Girl. Today she sports a much
shorter style, allowing her hair time to recover from the
punishment of constant treatments.
Joelene
and Elena Mandalis worked closely together preparing
for RAW FM, spending time building their sisterly relationship.
In
1996 Joelene took time off from acting, performing only one
small role in the feature film The Inner Sanctuary. She spent the
year concentrating on her final year at school. In previous years
she had been able to keep up her education with a tutor on the
set but felt Year 12 was too difficult.
The
dedication and perseverance paid off and Joelene is now
studying Media Arts at Deakin University. She hopes to expand
her career to take in writing and directing. Journalism is another
possibility because Joelene loves writing.
At
the end of a long week, studying and appearing in RAW FM,
Joelene liked nothing more than going out for a night dancing a
"big boogy". Her musical tastes range from hard techno to love
songs.