Marisa Siketa was born in
Geelong, Victoria, Australia. She joined Screen Actors Australia in 1998 and commenced training in the Geelong studio on weekends. She started off working as an extra on
SeaChange and the children's TV series
Horace and Tina. She was cast as
Summer Hoyland on
Neighbours from 2002 to 2005 before reducing her role to a recurring one to concentrate on her school work and eventually leaving the series in 2007. In October 2009 it was announced the character of Summer Hoyland was being written back into
Neighbours in 2010, though the role had been recast for unknown reasons. Siketa left
The Saddle Club after Season 1 due to landing her role on
Neighbours. Marisa was replaced by
Jessica Jacobs. ==Personal life==