Ariel Kaplan

Ariel Kaplan is an Australian actress, singer, and dancer born in South Africa on April 4, 1994.

Ariel is best known for her role as Lisa Atwood #2 on "The Saddle Club". She is the younger sister of Dena Kaplan and Gemma-Ashley Kaplan. Ariel and her sisters were born in South Africa, but their family moved to Australia. She studied dance with The Jane Moore Academy of Ballet in Melbourne, Australia, and singing and piano with Harry Mullany. Ariel's first performance in professional theatre was in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat". She then played Molly in "Annie", Gretel in "The Sound of Music" and Young Cossette in "Les Miserables". Ariel gained wide prominence in 2006 when she shared the role with four other girls as Nala in "The Lion King". She was then invited to perform the role for a year in Shanghai. She got her big break after being selected to play Lisa Atwood in Season 3 of "The Saddle Club". Ariel has also appeared on television shows Skithouse, Hamish and Andy also appearing in television commercials for Target and Snugfit. Graduating from Mount Scopus Memorial College. When she was doing Season 3 of "The Saddle Club" she put her schoolwork aside to concentrate on working on the series.