Rachel Blakely was born in Borneo, 28:07:68.

Australian actress Rachel Blakely is a former model whose career was launched after winning a women's magazine cover competition. She made her TV screen debut in a Nissan commercial, but is best known to television audiences as Gaby Willis in the popular long-running series Neighbours, a role she played for three years. Her other credits include a regular role in BlueHeelers as Gina Belfanti; Tales Of The South Seas; Flipper and Xena- Warrior Princess. Filmcredits include a role in the Grundy Television tele-movie One Way Ticket; A Nice Guy starring Jackie Chan, filmed on location in Melbourne and Love Until, co-starring Dee Smart, filmed on location in Prague.

Spouse: Peter Craig

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Rachel Griffiths was born in Melbourne 1968.

Her mother, Anna Griffiths, is an art consultant. Her uncle is a Jesuit priest. Has two older brothers. One brother, Ben, is a ski instructor. Lived on the Gold Coast, Queensland until age five, then moved to Melbourne. Attended Star of the Sea Catholic Girls' College, did well at school and learned ballet. When she was 11, her father left home with an 18 year old woman She hasn't seen him for years. Her mother was an art teacher at the time and raised the children alone. Has an Education Degree in dance and drama. Worked for the theatre company TheWoolly Jumpers, in Geelong. Made famous by Muriel's Wedding (1994).

Dated actor Eric Stoltz while in England filming Very Annie Mary (2000). Often mistaken for actress Juliette Lewis, to whom she bears a striking resemblance.

Once said to Bill Hunter, in a bout of insecurity, on the set of Muriel's Wedding (1994), "I'm kinda waiting for them to find out that I can't act". He encouraged her with the reply, "Rachel, I've been waiting 40 years, and they never find out!"

Ran naked wearing only a crown of thorns, through Melbourne's Crown Casino on it's opening night in protest. Was asked by media why she felt the need to do it naked and replied :"If I didn't flash my tits, you wouldn't have put me in the paper!"

Lives on the northern beaches in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Rachel Ward was born at Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, Uk, 12:09:57.

A former model, Rachel Ward has dazzled movie and television audiences since her smallscreen debut opposite Richard Chamberlain in the TV mini-series "The Thorn Birds." Ward has delivered several outstanding performances on the large screen, making terrific and memorable performances, like in the violent thriller Sharky's Machine (1981), the polemic crime-drama directed by Burt Reynolds, and in Bruce Robinson's How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) and James Foley's "After Dark, My Sweet."

Spouse: Bryan Brown

Sister married the Marquis of Worcester in 1987.

Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:

Stunningly beautiful brunette with seductively husky voice, initially seen in standard parts but latterly in some interesting, offbeat roles. A former model, she appeared in two schlocky horror films, Night School and The Final Terror before attracting attention as the highclass hooker in Sharky's Machine (all 1981). Ward showed surprising aptitude for black comedy as the patient wife of wacky Richard E. Grant in How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989).

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Born in Brisbane, October 24 1972. Height: 160 cm.

Play credits: Played Wendy in Peter Pan.

Film credits: Hotel De Love.

Television credits: Water Rats, Shark Bay, Blue Healers, Neighbours, Paradise Beach.

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Other web pages: http://www.powerup.com.au/~tfairbro/raelee/

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Radha Mitchell was born in 1973 and a native of Melbourne, Australia and is best known for her debut role as Danni in Emma-Kate Croghan's romantic comedy, Love and Other Catastrophes, in which she co-starred with fellow Aussie actress Frances O'Connor . Radha has worked on both the stage and on the small screen in her native country. She started acting while still in high school in the Woods theater production of Desire. Among Radha's other film credits are the short film, Sleeping Beauties, and the theatrical release, High Art, in which Radha stars opposite Ally Sheedy. Both films were screened at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the later of which won the prestigious Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award© and appeared in the Director's Fortnight Ceremonies at the Cannes International Film Festival in France.

Radha has since completed filming on location in New Zealand for a thriller called Shearer's Breakfast. The story follows a man who enters a roadside diner run by a young woman and claims that he is being chased by murderers. She has also finished filming on location in Victoria, British Columbia with Kiefer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia shooting I Fought the Law for director Mark Malone (Bulletproof Heart). There's no word yet on what the plot is about other than it's supposed to be set in Boston, Massachusetts.

Currently, Radha is on location in Slovakia filming a made-for-television film called Uprising, which should air on NBC in Spring 2002. The story covers the "uprising" in the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Her co-stars include Chloe Sevigny, David Schwimmer, James Woods, Jon Voight, and Donald Sutherland.

Source: http://www.duboseknows.com/Gateway/RMitchell.htm

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Rebecca Cartwright was born on the July 23 1983, and plays Hayley Smith, Will's sister who has come to Summer Bay in search of him.

Rebecca is no stranger to television, having notched up various extra and speaking roles on both television and film, including Police Rescue, Heartbreak High, Water Rats and Totally Wild.

She in fact had a stint on Home and Away in 1991 as an extra.

Rebecca has done catalogue work, voice-overs for various corporations/commercials and has been involved in television commercials since 1998, including Kellogg's, Pizza Hut, K.F.C, Colgate, Coca-Cola, Milo and Chrysler Jeep.

Rebecca has a variety of interests, the most prominent being dancing - jazz, tap, ballet and street dancing, which she has been doing most of her life. She also loves swimming, roller skating, ice skating, horse riding, aerobics and acrobatics.

Rebecca trained at the Creative Dance Academy from 1987 to 1992 and then enrolled at the Australian College of Entertainment for Dance from 1993 to 1995, where she was awarded Junior Student of the Year in 1994 and Junior Drama Student of the Year in 1995. In 1997 she joined Masque National Institute for Performing Arts where she was awarded Student of the Year.

Rebecca has been involved with professional performances since 1993. She has performed in pantomimes, Christmas concerts and the NSW Premier's Concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in 1994.

Her credits also include entertainment for the Sydney Blues Baseball team 1994 to 1995 and 1995 to 1996 season, and for the Parramatta Rugby League, Eastern Suburbs Rugby League, Western Suburbs Rugby League, Bulldogs Rugby League and the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

The most exciting performance however, she says, would have to be at Disneyland, California. In 1996 and 1997 Rebecca was given the opportunity to perform on stage at Disneyland with the Australian College of Entertainment.

Rebecca now tries to juggle school, her role on Home and Away - and dancing of course. But this is a dream come true for Rebecca, who says, 'Everyone has been so nice, the cast are great and I am loving every moment of it, even the early starts'.

One other thing... Rebecca absolutely adores Winnie the Pooh; in fact, her room is filled with everything from Winnie the Pooh dolls to bags, keyrings and even pencils. She comes to work with a Winnie the Pooh bag with keyrings hanging off it, and inside is her Winnie the Pooh organiser, pencil case with Winnie the Pooh pencils, and she wears Winnie the Pooh earrings.

Rebecca lives at home with her mum, dad, older brother Sean, older sister Kristy, her two dogs Abbey and Gizmo, and their horse Denni.

Rebecca first appeared on Home and Away as Hayley on 28 September 1998.

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Rebecca Gibney was born at Levin (NZ)14:12:65. Youngest of six children. Height: 1.73m

First husband was Jack Jones, (Southern Sons) but they divorced. Married to production designer Richard Bell.

The role of Jane Halifax (Halifax f.p.) was especially written for her.

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Rebecca Gilling was born at Castlecrag, Sydney, 03:11:53.

Her television appearances include Number 96, The Young Doctors, Return to Eden and Our House. She has appeared in the movie Stone, among others.

Try here for more information on her: http://www.lifestyle.ninemsn.com.au/ourhouse/presenters/default.asp#rebecca

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Lightweight sculls rower.

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Born on 26th January 1984, she played Hannah on Neighbours.

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Rebekah Sophie Elmaloglou, born 22:01:74

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Born at Albany, Western Australia, 30:05:1967. She is a member of the Hockeyroos.

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Model and tv presenter on Optus Television.

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Model who has appeared in Ralph magazine.

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Singer.

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Rose Byrne has appeared in numerous television series including Echo Point and as Carly in Heartbreak High. She played Alex in the critically acclaimed film Two Hands and will be featured in My Mother Frank (also starring Sam Neill and Sinéad Cusack) and played the lead in The Goddess of 1967. Casting Director Robin Gurland first met Rose in New York and then again in Sydney. Gurland says that as soon as she met Rose she knew she wanted her to be involved in Episode II.

Source: http://www.starwars.com/bio/rosebyrne.html

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Has appeared in Australian Playboy. Played the character Alex in the 1982 movie 'Dead Easy'.

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Actress.

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Fitness expert and also appears on TVSN.

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Born in Auckland, New Zealand 9 September 1969. Height: 1.8m

Actress, model and tv presenter.

Source: http://www.spacesurfer.com/wceleb/list/Rachel_Hunter_0.html

More sites: http://www.threestrings.com/stuart/basicreport.asp?model=1123"> and http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0771200.html

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Australian actress

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Rain Mako was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, 08/26/76 and is a boxer.

She lives in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia

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Rena Owen was born in 1960

Height: 5ft 6in. Eye color: Brown Hair color: Brown

One of 9 children, born in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand in the 60’s, to a Maori/Welsh Father and a European Mother, Rena began her professional acting career in London 1984.

She studied part time at the Actor’s Institute, gaining her first professional stage role with Theater New Zealand in a play written and directed by Hilary Beaton; Outside In, which toured the Commonwealth Arts Festival, the Edinburgh Festival and enjoyed a London season. She went on to work as an actor and writer for a London based Theater Company called Clean Break. Here she met her acting/writing mentor; Ann Mitchell who in 1988 directed the first stage play written by Rena; Te Awa i Tahuti. The Play toured London’s main Fringe Theaters and Community Venues. The top London Theater Critic; Irving Wardle wrote;

“What Miss Owen offers is neither a hard luck story, nor an act of feminist revenge; but a lament for the Maori Warrior race in which she herself emerges as a Warrior”

Fueled by her own internal reclamation of her cultural heritage, in 1989; Rena returned to New Zealand, where she worked extensively as an Actor and Director in Maori Theater. She also acted in numerous Television productions, worked for National Radio, wrote and acted her second stage play; Daddy’s Girl.

In 1993 Rena gained a supporting role in her first Feature Film, Rapa Nui, directed by Kevin Reynolds, produced by Kevin Costner. Her next role launched her into the International Film Arena. As Beth Heke in New Zealand’s most successful film to date; Once Were Warriors, for which she received four International Best Actress Awards, the NZ Benny Award for Excellence and Contribution to the Industry and the NZ Toast Master’s Communicator of the Year Award.

She has continued to work in Theater, Television and Film as an Actor, in New Zealand, Australia and around the South Pacific Islands. Rena is a published Playwright, and has just completed her second American Film; An All American Girl. She recently returned from Australia, where she did a role in George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II, which will screen in 2002.

Rena Owen's background - in her own words:

As a Maori girl of Ngati Hine descent, growing up in the country, my natural introduction to the Entertainment Industry began as a 6 year old with traditional Maori Singing and Dancing; Kapa Haka. Learning to sing from my heart about my cultural heritage and moving my body in unison with the words. I went from my Primary School Club into the Bay of Islands College Maori Culture Group.

As well as studying the language, we would regularly entertain other schools, any visiting groups and distinguished visitors. Sadly, back then in the 60s and 70s, this was one of the only arenas in which Maori were seen and heard. As a result of being in the Maori Culture Club, I was asked to audition for the yearly College Musical production. My first stage role was as Bloody Mary in South Pacific 1977. The following year, I was promoted to the lead role of Calamity Jane in Calamity Jane, I also acted in local Church Plays.

I was awarded a Prize for my Cultural Contribution to the Life of the School, and was one of the few Maori to graduate with School Certificate and University Entrance, at the end of 1978. Despite a natural talent and a love of the stage, I did not pursue Acting as a career due to three reasons. Acting was not seen as a career; as a woman in the late 70s, my career options were; I could be a Secretary, a Nurse or a Teacher, thirdly, and most potent; I had no role models.

The only Maori face I remember seeing on our TV screen growing up, was Marama Kingi who used to read the news. So I moved to the city of Auckland to pursue the Nursing career I was destined for. Within this profession, I was also a minority, one of only two Maori in a class of 66 women. I qualified as a General and Obstetric Nurse and traveled to London in 1982 with intentions of furthering my Medical career. As destiny would have it, fate got the better of me and I claimed my rightful place as a professional Actor in 1984.

Source and official web page: http://www.rena-owen.com/

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Hobbies are music, yoga, swimming, sleeping, gardening & reading.

Malcolm performed in New Zealand theater for 7 years before winning the role of Helen on "Shortland Street".

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Long familiar to TV audiences in New Zealand as a regular on the hit local dramatic series Shortland Street, Rebecca Hobbs wears two hats, professionally speaking: she is perhaps the only working actor on earth who is also a practicing attorney. Hobbs is a graduate of both Toi Whakaari, New Zealand's leading drama school, and the University of Canterbury, where she earned her law degree. She has been a member of two highly regarded repertory theater companies, Circa Theater, Wellington, and Court Theater, Christchurch, appearing in a wide variety of classical and modern roles. She has kept bread and Vegemite on the table with frequent guest stints on the Hercules television program, among them a noted turn as Elora in the 1996 episode "Siege at Naxos." Her first work as a playwright, The Unsung Boy, was staged at the Bats Theater in Auckland last year.

Source: http://www.darkyl.com/edgepix/theugly/rhobbs.html

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Rebecca’s Biography from Word of Mouth talent:

Rebecca Harris left school in 1985 and since then she has spent most of her time traveling. After twelve months working as a model in Australia, she backpacked through Asia and Europe. She set up a temporary home in Barcelona, Spain where she did various commercials for toiletries, credit cards and even chocolate milk. On her return to Australia she was chosen as a presenter for the Nine Network’s new travel program Getaway. Since it started in 1992, Getaway has been a runaway success. With Getaway, Rebecca has been to countless destinations in Australia and overseas, bringing exotic locations into the loungerooms of potential holiday makers. After working as a presenter for Nine’s Animal Hospital, Rebecca was offered the host position for the 1998 series. She now also brings her great on-screen presence and natural charm to corporate videos.

Another bio from the United Travel Getaway site:

Rebecca Harris left school in 1985, and after a fortuitous break into modeling she saved enough money to travel the world. In 1987 she backpacked through France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, England, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. In 1989 Rebecca refilled the bank account with a stint of modeling in Spain before returning to Sydney where she studied fine arts as well as doing a course in swim instructing. In 1992 Rebecca became one of the first reporters to join the Australian Getaway team. Since then Rebecca has traveled all over Australia and the world including Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. Many of the stories are adventure bound, and Rebecca has found herself abseiling, white water rafting, hand gliding, deep sea fishing, sailing, land sailing and snow boarding.

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Australia's first aboriginal tv presenter, on SBS.

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Australian actress who has appeared in movies and tv serials.

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She has been in Dog's Head Bay (a tv series, she played Amanda)and Billy's Holiday (a movie, she played Casey Appleby).

She is currently in a show called Television Lifestyle Show. She plays the character Sigourney, a home economics guru who always wears a fresh frock and is a firm believer in the doctrine of “pleasing your man”

Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/three/monday.html

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Born on August 23 1947 in Coventry England, Rowena, an only child, moved to Australia with her parents, Margaret & Tom Wallace, at the age of five. She grew up in Cairns and in 1954 she started attending Cairns Central State Primary School. Rowena was a painfully shy and introverted child who hated dolls and literally used to hide behind her mother's skirts. She played a lot of sport and did a lot of swimming for the school as a child. She had friends but kept to herself a lot, spending her time reading. She says she never related very well to people her own age probably due to the fact she was an only child and grew up more as another adult in the family rather than a child.At the age of 12 the family moved to Brisbane where her mother took her to dancing lessons and later persuaded her to join the Twelfth Night Theatre in Brisbane, thinking it would help her to overcome her shyness & to help bring her out of herself, which it did. She took to it like a duck to water and from that moment on acting became her whole life. Rowena has said that she doesn' t consciously remember thinking about becoming an actress, although she did tell her geography teacher that it didn't matter that she was hopeless at geography because she was going to be an actress. She also recalls a report card that came home from school with the remark that Rowena is a very clever mimic. But she said she doesn't recall making a conscious decision inside herself, it just happened that way.

At sixteen Rowena left school and attended a bussiness college (a request insisted upon by her parents when she decided to become an actress), and joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night. She then joined television in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show called Theatre Royal, and she also hosted the afternoon news and weather and a childrens' show.

At the age of nineteen, Rowena was diagnosed with Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) and this condition has plagued Rowena ever since.

Rowena was working in television in Brisbane when Barry Creyton (from Mavis Bramston fame) talked the producers of a new series into flying Rowena down to audition for the lead role in their show. They agreed and Rowena won the role of Margie Harris in You Cant See Round Corners and moved to Sydney. Rowena found herself on the front page of the newspapers after the controversal park scene aired, and more headlines than anyone imagined.

After completeing Corners, Rowena went on to star as the juvenile lead in the hit comedy stage production with renowned performers John McCallum and Googie Withers. The show, Relatively Speaking, played to packed audiences in Melbourne. Rowena didn't cause quite the scandel she had in Corners, but she wasn't prim Margie Harris either, rather, she played a girl who sleeps with her boyfriend and also has a much older man as her lover, and made her entrance on stage wearing only a towel. While touring in Melbourne with the show, Rowena also guest starred in a Contrabandits episode, and joined the party on the liner Fairstar that was held to launch the new season of the ABC TV's series. Along with Contrabandits, she also guest starred in an episode of Hunter while in Melbourne. Rowena celebrated her 21st birthday during this time and her parents, Margaret and Tom, came down from Brisbane to help her celebrate her birthday... "I can't think why anyone should make a fuss; it's just another birthday isn't it?" Between the completion of the series of Corners and her busy schedule in Melbourne, Ro and the other stars of Corners amde a movie version of their hit show, which went on to premier in January, 1969 and was released by Universal Pictures internationally.

Rowena's next endeavour was in a new series called The Rovers. The Rovers struggled with several problems in early production and started with the name of The Sea Rovers followed by Adventure Ahead and then The Seekers before eventually settling on The Rovers. The show was filmed on location at Brooklyn, on the Hawksbury River, near Sydney and release dates for the show were postponed on three seperate occasions. During one time in the filming of the series most of the cast, both regular and guest, fell prone to injury or illness, everything from Hong Kong flu and broken ribs to Koala bites. Rowena's hands were badly swollen after they became infected following sunburn. "I burn very easily and the weather a couple of weeks ago was quite hot on the Hawksbury. I was out on the schooner for days on end and the backs of my hands got very burnt. I rubbed some cream onto them and the specialist thinks that this may have caused the trouble because my hands started to swell badly " While filming the series most of the cast lived on the Hawksbury because of the distance between the filming location and their homes in Sydney. Rowena was given a room at the back of the office " because they wanted to keep an eye on me." The Rovers was a family show that was often refered to as Skippy at sea and it was shown on television during the prime-time hour of 6:30pm on a Saturday evening.

On Feburary 12, 1970, the movie Squeeze A Flower had it's world premier in Sydney. Rowena had starred in the movie as the female lead opposite international film verteran, Walter Chiari. The premier was the biggest first night ever held in the country. The film was made entirely in Australia with the old monastary being located in Manly, Sydney, and the winery used was McWilliams in the Hunter Valley. During Walter Chiari's time in Australia, the cast traveled around on a Promotional tour by way of a bus, and a small documentary was made. Rowena was still on television appearing in The Rovers series alongside Noel Trevarthen and Ted Hepple and in April of that year the Rovers cast traveled down to Tasmania on a promotional venture to take part in the annual Blue Gum Festival parade. The group visited the many sights in Tasmania including Constitution Dock and the latest night spot, the Ball and Chain Tavern.

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