Gillian Alexy

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Gillian Alexy
Born (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 40)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActress
Years active1994present

Gillian Alexy (born 18 February 1983) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Tayler Geddes on McLeod's Daughters , Gitta Novak on Damages , and G'Winveer Farrell on Outsiders .

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Early life

Alexy graduated from the John Curtin College of the Arts in 2000, after doing specialist dance and theatre courses. Afterwards, she went to the Actors Centre in London, Le Centre des Arts Vivants and the Ecole de danse Peter Goss in Paris, and earned a six-month theatre degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder (United States). [1]

Career

Alexy began her acting career at the age of ten, making her debut in 1994 in the television series Ship to Shore . In 1997 she appeared in her first leading television role, the children's series The Gift , for which she played the part for the complete first and only season. Her second leading role was in the series Parallax, another television series which was cancelled after just one season. She gained notability for her role as Tayler Geddes on Logie Award-winning television series McLeod's Daughters ; she first appeared at the end of season 6, in which her character came to Drovers Run to get revenge on Regan McLeod, whom she held responsible for the death of her father. [1]

Alexy's other television credits include Fast Tracks, All Saints , The Strip , Packed to the Rafters . In 2011, she began appearing on American television, in the series' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Blue Bloods . She starred in the Australian film West in 2007, playing a supporting role opposite Khan Chittenden and Nathan Phillips. [2]

Alexy took part in a back door pilot for the proposed TV series NCIS:Red in early 2013, [3] the cast of which appeared in the spin-off debut double-episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles "Red, Part 1" and "Red, Part 2" in March that year. [4] The series was ultimately not picked up by the network. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The Umbrella ConditionHollyShort
2006UnderexposedShort
2007 West Cheryl
2007Little CharmerEveShort
2008MockingbirdEmilyShort
2008Cane CutterPearlShort
2014Monkfish
2015AnchorsChristine
2017People You May KnowAbigail
2022AvariceKate MatthewsMain role [6]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Ship to Shore ChloeTV series
1996 Bush Patrol EloiseTV series
1997 The Gift SharonMain role
1998Fast TracksAlana BurroughsTV series
2004 Parallax Katherine RaddicMain role
2005–06 All Saints Nicole HigginsEpisodes: "Immortal", "No Way Out"
2006–2009 McLeod's Daughters Tayler Jane GeddesGuest role (season 6), main (season 7–8)
2008 The Strip Cherry CunninghamEpisode: "1.6"
2008 Packed to the Rafters Lauren ValcoEpisode: "Taking the Lead"
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Danielle 'Dani' HynesEpisode: "Double Strands"
2011 Blue Bloods Ellen SloanEpisode: "Innocence"
2011 Unforgettable LauraEpisode: "Lost Things"
2012 Nurse Jackie Hip Replacement PatientEpisode: "Chaud & Froid"
2012 Damages Gitta NovakRecurring role (season 5)
2013 Castle Candice MayfieldEpisode: "Death Gone Crazy"
2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Claire KeatsEpisodes: "Red: Parts 1 & 2"
2013–2015 The Americans Celia Gerard aka AnneliseEpisodes: "The Clock", "Yousaf", "EST Men", "Baggage"
2014 The Crazy Ones MeganEpisode: "The Lighthouse"
2014–15 Royal Pains CharlotteEpisodes: "I Did Not See That Coming", "Oh, M.G.", "A Bigger Boat", "Ganging Up", "Rebound"
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Savannah KellyEpisodes: "My Brother's Keeper", "You'll Do", "How Much Pain Can You Take?"
2015 Aquarius Martha KendallEpisode: "Sick City"
2016–17 Outsiders G'Winveer FarrellMain role
2018 Dirty John MaggieEpisode: "Remember It Was Me"
2020 The Blacklist Victoria FenbergEpisode: "Victoria Fenberg (No. 137)

Theatre

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