Xenia Louise Goodwin (born 7 February 1994[1]) is an Australian actress and dancer.

Goodwin is best known for her starring role as Tara Webster, a dance student, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series Dance Academy, which was her first on-screen appearance.

[2][3] Goodwin has stated that co-star Tara Morice's role in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom inspired her to take up dancing.

[2][4] In July 2019, Goodwin was in a near-fatal car accident while in Zakynthos, Greece.

The accident, which nearly left her a quadriplegic, fractured all but 4 of her vertebrae and required major surgery without painkillers.