Alin Sumarwata Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend, Net Worth 2026
Alin Sumarwata is an Iranian-born Australian actress best known for her roles in major Australian soap operas and international action television. She has portrayed May Stone in Home and Away, Vanessa Villante in Neighbours, and Lance Corporal Gracie Novin in multiple seasons of the action series Strike Back.
Alin Sumarwata was born in Tehran, Iran. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of seven. Exact public records of her birth date vary across sources, with secondary listings commonly placing her in her mid-to-late 40s as of 2026.
Alin Sumarwata began her professional acting career in the mid-2000s. Early credits include Australian television work and the Indonesian soap Kenapa Ada Cinta. In 2009 she appeared as Yasmin Van Koors in the miniseries False Witness (also known as The Diplomat) and took the recurring role of May Stone in Home and Away.
She subsequently appeared in Rescue Special Ops, East West 101 (as Sophia Angleton), Sea Patrol, and Tangle. In late 2011 it was announced she had joined Neighbours as Vanessa Villante; she played the role as a regular from 2012 to 2013 and returned for later appearances (including 2015 and 2019). The family relocated from Sydney to Melbourne for the filming commitment.
Her highest-profile international work came with the role of Lance Corporal Gracie Novin in Strike Back, appearing in Strike Back: Retribution (2017), Strike Back: Revolution, and Strike Back: Vendetta (2020). She has also had roles in projects such as Jack Irish, My Life Is Murder, and the television movie Mary: The Making of a Princess (as Princess Alexandra of Denmark). She won “Best Female Actor in a Short Film” at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for the short Dark Horse.
Personal Life
Alin Sumarwata is married to fellow Australian actor Don Hany (the couple married in 2011). They have two daughters. The family has lived in both Sydney and Melbourne in connection with her work on Neighbours.
