'Home and Away' star planning overseas career

Home and Away star Tessa James has spoken of her desire to launch an international acting career.

James, who appears as pampered teenager Nicole Franklin, told the Sunday Herald Sun that she is planning on working on more feature films before launching a career overseas.

"Working on a series like this [Home and Away] is the best training you can get," said James. "I look at it like an apprenticeship and never forget how lucky I am."

James, whose film credits include the short feature Hugo, previously guest starred on Neighbours as Anne Baxter, the visually impaired biological daughter of Janelle Timmins (Nell Feeney).