Kimberley Davies

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Kimberley Davies
Born
Kimberley Davies

(1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 51)
Other namesKimberly Davies
Education University of Melbourne (commerce)
Monash University (drama)
RMIT University (interior design)
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1991–present
Known for Neighbours
Pacific Palisades
Spouse
Jason Harvey
(m. 1997)
Children3

Kimberley Davies (born 20 February 1973) is an Australian actress and model, known for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian television soap opera Neighbours from 1993 until 1996. [1]

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Early life

Davies was born in Ballarat, Victoria, where her father worked as a baker. She moved to Melbourne when she was 13 years old. [2] She was spotted by an agent from Chadwick Models while she was holidaying on the Gold Coast. Davies was offered a modelling contract, which she initially turned down. However, after completing a photoshoot for Mode, she signed with Chadwick and stopped her commerce studies at the University of Melbourne. [2]

Career

Davies appeared in print and television campaigns for both national and international brands, including Myer, Mitsubishi and Cadbury. [2]

Davies wanted to be an actress and after securing an acting agent, she received an audition for Neighbours . [2] She was cast as hairdresser Annalise Hartman in 1992 when she was 19 years old. She was known to the cast and crew through her relationship with cast member Scott Michaelson (who played Brad Willis). Davies said she chose to do Neighbours because of its popularity around the world and the chance to gain more experience than modelling could offer. [3] Davies became popular in both Australia and the UK during her time in Neighbours. When she appeared on the cover of Inside Sport , it become the magazine's highest selling issue. Her calendar was the second highest seller for 1996. [2] In the UK, she also had her own clothing collection in Kays Catalogues and appeared in the Goldilocks pantomime. [2]

Davies made a number of cameos in the ABC comedy series Club Buggery , and after leaving Neighbours she hosted the Nine Network series Just Kidding!, which featured pranks played on an unsuspecting public. [4] She also had a small role in the feature film True Love and Chaos . [2]

Davies later moved to the United States and played the role of Laura Sinclair in the lavish but short-lived night-time soap opera Pacific Palisades . She also made guest appearances on Ally McBeal, Early Edition and Friends , and appeared in the films Psycho Beach Party , The Next Best Thing , The Shrink Is In , Made and South Pacific . In 2005, she returned to Neighbours for the show's twentieth anniversary. [5]

In May 2005, she appeared on an Australian reality television show called Celebrity Circus and in November 2005 she appeared in the fifth series of UK reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! but left halfway through after she hurt her shoulder, during one of the "Bush Tucker Trials". [6] In 2007, Davies was a contestant on Australia's Dancing with the Stars and in the summer of that year she appeared in a Daz advert in the UK. [7]

Davies voices Australian character Alura McCall in the 2002 videogame James Bond 007: Nightfire . [8]

In September 2010, she appeared in an episode of Australian comedy game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation . [9] She also guested in the second season of comedy series Lowdown in 2012. [10]

Personal life

Davies has been married to model-turned-orthopaedic surgeon Jason Harvey since 1997. They have three children and live in Melbourne, where Davies owns a decorating business. [11]

Davies studied drama at Monash University and has trained with acting coaches Janet Alhunty, Ivana Chubbuck and Lesly Kahn. She also studied interior design at RMIT University (RMIT). [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 True Love and Chaos Ariel
1999 Storm Catcher Agent Lock
2000 Psycho Beach Party Bettina Barnes
2000 The Next Best Thing Hostess
2001 Made Bartender
2091Feather PimentoMrs ZilinskiShort film
2002The Month of AugustKelly
2005 Death to the Supermodels DarbieDirect to video film
2007Balkanski SindromAnna

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993–1996; 2005 Neighbours Annalise Hartman Series regular
1996 Twisted Tales BettyEpisode: "Directly from My Heart to You"
1997 Pacific Palisades Laura SinclairSeries regular
1998 Viper TrudyEpisode: "The Return"
1998It's True!MayaEpisode: "The Rats of Rumfordton"
1999 Silk Stalkings Rhonna SendahlEpisode: "Killer App"
1999Close ContactCheryl McManusTV film
2000 Ally McBeal Angela PruneEpisode 16: "Boy Next Door"
1999; 2000 Early Edition Amber Lamonte / JadeSeason 4, 2 episodes
2000 Profiler Jennifer HuttonSeason 4, 2 episodes
2000 Spin City IngaEpisode: "Hello Charlie"
2000The MagiciansReginaTV movie
2001 The Shrink Is In IsabelleTV film
2001 South Pacific LuannTV film
2001 The Invisible Man Elaine LoweEpisode: "A Sense of Community"
2002 Seconds to Spare Rhonda NewcombeTV film
2004 Friends Adrienne TurnerEpisode: "The One Where the Stripper Cries"
2006 City Homicide Unaired pilot
2010 Sleuth 101 Rachel TimmsEpisode: "Late and Live"
2011 SLiDE GraceSeason 1, episode 2
2012 Lowdown Imogen McMahonEpisode: "The Naked Chef"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 James Bond 007: Nightfire Alura McCall

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Goldilocks UK pantomime

TVC

YearTitleRoleNotes
Myer Australian advertisement
Mitsubishi Australian advertisement
Cadbury Australian advertisement
1996 Arnott’s Tim Tams SelfAustralian TV advertisement
2001 Smith's Chips Self (voice)Australian TV advertisement
2007 Cleaner Close (Daz detergent)ShazzaBritish TV advertisement [13]

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