Charlotte Elise Best is an Australian actress and model, born on January 16, 1994. Her most notable role is that of the young girl in the Campbell Family, Annie Campbell, in the popular television show Home and Away.
Growing up in the suburb of Point Frederick, in the township of Gosford, Best attended Central Coast Grammar School, where she won a performance award at the age of eight. She later moved to Beauty Point with her family and attended SCECGS Redlands for six months before enrolling at Brent Street Performing Arts High School, where she studied all aspects of performing arts.
Best made her television debut in 2007 in Home and Away, starring as Annie Campbell until 2010. During her time on the show, she continued her education on-set and eventually completed her HSC in 2011 at Oxford Falls Grammar School, where she won the music award. After completing her HSC, Best accepted the role of Cheryl Haynes in Puberty Blues and began a full-time Global Studies course at the University of Technology, Sydney.
As a young model, Best has appeared regularly in various magazines, including Barbie, Total Girl, Oyster, and Cosmopolitan. She was also the face of Miss Metallicus Clothing brand and appeared on Comedy Inc, and has modeled for Supre.
Best is best known for her role as Annie Campbell in the long-running TV series Home and Away between 2007 and 2010. Her character went on a student exchange to Japan in October 2009, which was originally scheduled to be for six months. She returned on screen in March 2010, on a six-week holiday break from Japan, before leaving again. Best earned a nomination for Most Popular New Female Talent at the Logie Awards of 2008, which was won by Bindi Irwin.
In March 2012, it was announced that Best had been cast as Cheryl Hayes in Network Ten's drama series Puberty Blues, based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette.
