Education
In early life she attended Penrhos College in Perth, Western Australia.
In early life she attended Penrhos College in Perth, Western Australia.
She is best known for portraying Melissa Rafter (née Bannon) in the original cast of Packed to the Rafters. Her shock on-screen death was the highest rating episode of the hugely popular series, and gained her a nomination for the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress in 2011. That same year, Ventoura starred alongside actor Daniel MacPherson in the Seven Network colonial drama Wild Boys.
Ventoura is also known for starring as Miki Mavros in the Business School television comedy series Kick, for which she earned two Logie nominations.
She has also had a number of roles in the theatre, film and other television series such as drama series Last Manitoba Standing, United States feature films "Drive Hard", "Fatal Honeymoon" and the horror movie See Number Evil. More recently, she has filmed roles in Disney"s "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell Number Tales", and "SFv1", a sci-fi film by acclaimed director Shane Abbess.