At the young age of just 9 years old Isla got her first break, she was to appear in a TV commercial. Although there wasn't any acting involved it was the start of bigger things to come. Soon after she would be in a few other commercials and a small Australian series called ''Bay City''.Now she had got herself an agent who would help her in landing larger contracts. It wasn't long before a producer gave her the chance she needed by offering her a part in ''Paradise Beach'' her acting talents started to shine through. When the series was over unknown to her she would go on to star in one of Australia's largest soapsIn 1994 she signed up to play the character 'Shannon Reed' for three years in the Australian soap ''Home & Away''. During the three short years she would lead her character from being an unheard of girl to a drop dead sexy red head with thousands tuning in every day.Whilist working on the set of Home & Away she also found the time to write with the help of her mother she would go on to release two best selling novels.