Bio
Daniela Farinacci is an Australian actress best known for her starring role as Detective Constable Helen Callas in the crime drama television series East West 101, from 2007-2011.
Based in Melbourne, Daniela's career spans film, theatre and television. Highlights include Lantana, Look Both Ways and Little Fish.
In East West 101, Daniela plays a hardworking detective with a secret. Callas is ambitious, with an ability to track down complicated paper trails. But whose side is she on? No-one knows. She's a character who keeps her personal life private.
Daniela can identify with Callas' desire to keep her personal life to herself. Daniela's parents immigrated separately from Italy to Australia, where they met and fell in love.
Seven of her father's siblings, and four of her mother's, also came out so Daniela grew up in an extensive and very connected Italian family.
Daniela worked with real detectives in gaining insights into some of the challenges her character faces. "Although East West 101 does explore some elements of racial tension, it is wonderful to be part of a multicultural cast, where that is not the central issue."