Amelia Frid
Amelia Frid 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 prep in Melbourne.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.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. Frid departed from the role in order to focus on her VCE, in her final year of high school. Her final appearance in Neighbours was on 30 July 1991. Peta Brady was later recast in the role.
Frid's final acting work was with former Neighbours co-star Ashley Paske. 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.
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. She currently works as a psychologist in Prahran, Melbourne.