Gigi Edgley

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Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley 44.jpg
Edgley in January 2013
Born (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 (age 47)
Perth, Australia
Alma mater Queensland University of Technology (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active1999–present
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouses
  • Jamey Mossengren
    (m. 2012;div. 2017)
    [1]
  • Jed Luczynski
    (m. 2018)
    [2]
Children1 [3]
Website gigiedgley.com

Gigi Edgley (born 16 November 1977) is an Australian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops .

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Early life

Edgley was born in Perth. She is the daughter of theatre, concert, and circus promoter Michael Edgley, known for bringing the Moscow State Circus to Australia during the 1980s. Her mother, Jeni Edgley, was formerly involved in managing a 250-acre (101 hectare) health retreat. As a child, Gigi Edgley performed both in and out of school. She also took several years of ballet, jazz, and character dance. She became mainly interested in acting and had her first professional theatrical engagement at the Twelfth Night Theatre. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Queensland University of Technology in 1998. [4] Edgley is proficient in ballet, jazz, character dance, singing, and martial arts. Her signature skill is fire-twirling. [5] [6]

Career

Acting

Edgley's early TV and film work included several independent productions (with later Farscape co-star Anthony Simcoe), as well as a guest star spot on the Australian series Water Rats and a role in Australian film titled The Day of the Roses .

Edgley is best known for her role as Chiana on the science fiction TV series Farscape . Originally, she was hired for only one episode, and her character was supposed to die at the end of the hour. The creators decided to keep her around for a few more episodes. At the beginning of Season 2, she was promoted to be a regular on the show. She appeared in total of 68 episodes of the series. Her character's nickname (Pip) was actually coined by her co-star Ben Browder.

Between seasons, Edgley has appeared in other guest starring roles on TV, including the internationally aired series The Lost World and BeastMaster (returning for a second guest starring role), has undertaken some independent film work, was cast in a feature film (pulled due to production and schedule reasons), and read a starring role in an audio drama for Seeing Ear Theatre.

After Farscape, Edgley pursued other projects including a role in the Australian drama telefilm BlackJack with Colin Friels. She joined the cast of Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us in 2003 and Stingers in 2004.

Edgley returned as Chiana in the SciFi Channel miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars in 2004.

Edgley in January 2011 GigiEdgleyJan2011.jpg
Edgley in January 2011

In 2006 Edgley starred as the female lead in the Australian Drama/Thriller Last Train to Freo . Her role was nominated for a Best Actress in a Lead Role by the Film Critics Circle of Australia. [7] She also had a minor supporting role in the 2007 USA Network TV miniseries The Starter Wife . She had a leading role in three seasons of Rescue: Special Ops from 2009. In 2018, she appeared in the film Diminuendo opposite Richard Hatch.

In 2022, Edgley appeared as Meredith Knight in the Australian drama film Everything in Between , portraying an enmeshed mother grappling with her son's mental health crisis. FilmInk praised her performance, noting Edgley was “excellent as the fretting mum”. [8]

She frequently appears at science fiction conventions and gives interviews to many magazines and radio stations around the world.

Music

Edgley recorded a music single titled "Poison" with recording artist n8. The song is available as streaming audio on her webpage in the music section. [9] She also appeared in a music video for the song "When You Get to California" (2004) by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus.

In July 2007, Edgley began recording with Seattle-based artist/producer Kyle Stevens and writing songs for a new music release. At Farscape Con in November 2007, Gigi released "...SO IT SEEMS", a five-song E.P. produced and co-written with Kyle. Edgley has recorded Fall, Ftang!, and Blue Sky Thoughts.

Other appearances and achievements

Edgley was featured in several printed magazines. Most notably, she appeared nude in the February 2001 issue of Australian magazine Black+White . She was also on the cover of the FHM magazine in December 2003 and the cover of the US version of TV Guide (29 July – 4 August 2000 issue).

Edgley was Yen Magazine's ambassador for the 2006 Pantene Young Woman of the Year Awards. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998The BastardSaraShort film
2000 The Monkey's Mask Tianna
2006 Last Train to Freo Lisa
2007 Showdown at Area 51 Monica Gray
2008 Newcastle Sandra
2008SystolicLizaShort film
2009Nobody KnowsTrixie Blu
2010Quantum ApocalypseTrish
2013One Step AheadLisaShort film
2013L.O.V.E. Insurance for the HeartMeredithShort film
2015Whiskey SourEmmaShort film
2015Della MortikaZarah Della MorteShort film, post-production
2015HashtagXShort film
2018 Diminuendo Lauren
2022 Everything in Between Meredith Knight

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 The Day of the Roses Erica WatsonTV miniseries
1999 Water Rats Penny LaneEpisode "Red Light"
1999 BeastMaster MaleenaEpisode "Amazons"
1999–2003 Farscape Chiana Main role
2001 The Lost World PakimEpisode "The Guardian"
2002 BeastMaster TaliaEpisode "The Alliance"
2003 BlackJack: Murder Archive Liz KempsonTV film
2003 The Secret Life of Us GeorgeRegular role
2004 Stingers Katherine MarksRecurring role
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars ChianaTV miniseries
2005 BlackJack: In the Money Liz KempsonTV film
2005 BlackJack: Ace Point Game Liz KempsonTV film
2006 BlackJack: At the Gates Liz KempsonTV film
2007 The Starter Wife ChloeTV miniseries
2007 BlackJack: Ghosts Liz KempsonTV film
2009–2011 Rescue: Special Ops Lara KnightMain role
2010Quantum ApocalypseTrishTV film
2012 Tricky Business Kate ChristieMain role
2014 Carlotta JaneTV film
2014 Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge HerselfHost
2016 Star Trek Continues Eliza TaylorFan-made series
Episode: "Come Not Between the Dragons"

Video games

YearTitleRole
2002 Farscape: The Game Chiana (voice)
2022High on LifeAdditional Voices

Music credits

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2001Maxim AwardSexiest Space Babe [ citation needed ] Farscape Won
2002 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Nominated
2003SyFy Genre AwardBest Supporting Actress / Television[ citation needed ]Won
2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture Last Train to Freo Nominated

References

  1. "Jamey Mossengren vs Gigi Edgley". unicourt.com. UniCourt Inc. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. "Actress Gigi Edgley and husband Jed Luczynski September 12, 2018". gettyimages.com. Getty Images. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. Edgley, Gigi (7 January 2019). "Gigi Edgley's post". facebook.com. Gigi Edgley. Retrieved 26 June 2025. Our Baby Girl was born on the 13th of Dec
  4. "Gigi Edgley - Contact Info, Agent, Manager | IMDbPro". IMDb .
  5. "Gigi Edgley: Resume". Resumes.actorsaccess.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. "GIGI EDGLEY - Resume | Actors Access". Resumes.actorsaccess.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  7. "Last Train to Freo - IMDb". IMDb .
  8. "Everything in Between review". FilmInk. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. "Gigi Edgley". Gigi Edgley. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  10. Pantene awards Archived 1 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine