Famous for her roles as Kate Manfredi and Marissa Taylor on the respective television series McLeod's Daughters and Always Greener, Banas is also notable for her appearances in episodes of Round the Twist and Something in the Air.
Early in her career, she played the role of Louisa Iredale in twenty episodes of the Network Ten series Mirror, Mirror.
Her film credits include roles in Ned and Scooby-Doo.
She grew up in Wellington, New Zealand. She married Kade Greenland in 2014.
She and Joel Lok were both in the cast of the Australian teen series Nowhere Boys.
