Kirrily White

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Kirrily White is an Australian actress.

Early life

Born and raised in Sydney, White was involved in school plays and concerts at a young age, while also studying ballet, piano and drama. [1] White aspired to have an acting career and, when she was 14, along with 70 other teenagers, she wrote and performed a play called Winds of the Solstice at the Sydney Opera House. [1] After completing high school, White began an arts degree at Sydney University, studying English, Linguistics, Philosophy and Australian Literature, but focusing on drama. [1] In 1994, White moved to Perth to focus on her acting career. [1]

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Acting career

Television

White began her television acting career with a guest role on Murder Call in 1997 and had another small role in Children's Hospital in the same year. [1] She also had a one episode role in Murder Call . [2] In 1998 she joined the cast of Australian hospital drama All Saints playing nurse Stephanie Markham. [1] After 106 episodes she left the series in 2000. [3] [4] White had a one episode role in White Collar Blue . [5] In 2003, White had a guest role in the third season of The Secret Life of Us in the episode, "Playing With Fire". [6]

Theatre

In 1997, White appeared in a Sydney Theatre Company of Mongrels. She also appeared in another STC production in the same year, Private Lives. [1] White appeared in the theatre production A Moment on the Lips in 2003 that played at the Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre. [7]

In 2005 she appeared in The Department Store. [8]

Filmography

TitleYearRoleNotes
Murder Call 1997Lucy BalzanEpisode: "Dead and Gone"
Children’s Hospital 1998Erica LorenEpisode: "Past Imperfect"
All Saints 1998-2001Stephanie MarkhamMain cast (108 episodes)
Young Lions 2002Lorraine MenziesEpisode: "Nursing Home"
White Collar Blue 2003Bridie HeronEpisode: "1.18"
The Secret Life of Us 2003Joanna TempletonEpisode: “Playing with Fire”

Behavioural therapy

White formerly worked as a behavioural therapist for The L.E.A.R.N. Foundation, an organisation that works with children with autism. [9]

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