All grown up! Former Neighbours schoolgirl Valentina Novakovic flaunts her hourglass curves in plunging one-piece

By BIANCA SOLDANI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 01:51, 9 April 2015 | UPDATED: 04:07, 9 April 2015

She may have played a schoolgirl on long-running soap Neighbours, but Valentina Novakovic has definitely grown up.

The 24-year-old actress flaunts her ample cleavage in a skintight one-piece swimsuit in a new shoot photographed by her former co-star Gemma Pranita and posted on her blog and Instagram handle @gemma_peanut.

Slipping her hourglass curves into a wetsuit-like costume with a dangerously plunging zip-up neckline, the blonde bombshell is seen posing by the water at Sydney's Balmoral beach.

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All grown up: Former Neighbours actress Valentina Novakovic has come a long way since her days as a school girl on the long-running soap

Working the camera like a natural, the actress splashes about in the shallows.

Her lean legs are stretched out in front of her and she runs her fingers through her hair, which is sprinkled with sunkissed highlights and styled in loose, salt-sprayed waves.

A simple beauty look emphasises Valentina's naturally flawless complexion and she wears only a dusting of makeup with a pop of blush pink lipstick.

Stunner: The 24-year-old actress stuns in a sexy new shoot photographed by her former co-star

Perfect fit: The blonde bombshell flaunts her cleavage and hourglass curves in a skin-tight one-piece

Hourglass: The wetsuit like costume by Australian label The Upside, features a plunging zip-up neckline

Beach babe: Valentina's long locks are left loose in salt-sprayed waves for the shoot at Sydney's Balmoral beach on the North Shore

In her blog Gemma Peanut Gallery, actress-turned-photographer Gemma describes her former Neighbours co-star as a 'sassy little minx'.

'What she lacks in height she certainly makes up for with her fiery personality; a trait she attributes to her spirited Serbian/Australian upbringing,' she says of the pint-sized beauty.

Valentina certainly had bags of personality on the soap, with her character Natasha Williams, quickly earning a reputation for being a class bully thanks to her manipulative nature.

Photographer's dream: She looks like a natural smiling and splashing about in the shallows

Touch of colour: The beauty's makeup is left simple with a touch of blush pink lipstick plumping up her pout

Leggy: On the shore she slips on a pair of all white Converse shoes

Come a long way: Valentina starred as high school student Natasha Williams from 2010 to 2013

She first joined the Ramsay Street cast in 2010 and throughout her three years on set causes no shortage of mischief by spreading rumours and meddling in people's relationships.

The Sydney-born star has moved on to dabble in film since leaving in 2013.

Last year she starred in sci-fi flick Kerion, and also featured in short film Mother's Boy.

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