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Kristy Wright | |
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| Born | 14 July 1978 (age 45) Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Notable work | Home and Away |
| Children | 1 |
Kristy Wright (born 14 July 1978; name also erroneously given as Kirsty Wright) is an Australian television and film actress.
Wright was born in Sydney, Australia, the oldest child in her family, with three stepbrothers and two half-sisters. Hoping to win a contest for acting lessons, she sent in her photograph and ended up with a full year's paid tuition.
Her first part was a guest role in Police Rescue. From 1995 until 1999 she played the part of Chloe Richards in the Australian soap opera Home and Away and briefly returned to this role in June 2005, when her character died from an embolism resulting from a car accident.
Following Home and Away she starred in Chuck Finn , Above the Law and Something in the Air . She went on to feature in Crash Palace as well as a political satire called Corridors of Power. Following this success she was picked up to feature in an American TV show, Beastmaster as a ninja warrior. She also appeared in a short film, Sweet Dreams.
She worked on an episode of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's – The Lost World, and has also featured in the Australian drama, The Alice . She had a minor role as the hand maiden Moteé in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith .
Wright moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue acting in Hollywood as the logical next step in her career. However, she eventually decided to quit acting in order to focus on other interests and start a family. [1]
On 8 August 2013, [2] she gave birth to a son, during her 27th week of pregnancy. [3] He weighed 2 lbs 4 oz and was 14.5 inches long. [2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Enemies Closer | Samantha | Feature film |
| 2002 | Sweet Dreams | Short film | |
| 2004 | The Crop | Nancy | Feature film |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Moteé | Feature film |
| 2005 | Wrong Answer | Holly Aurelli | Short film |
| 2017 | Ravenswood Asylum | Yvonne | Feature film |
| 2021 | Christmas Down Under | Samantha Parker | Feature film |
| 2023 | Stranded Pearl | Julia | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Home and Away | Donna | Season 7, episode 114 |
| 1995 | Police Rescue | Cassie | Season 4, episode 4 |
| 1995–99, 2005 | Home and Away | Chloe Richards | Seasons 8–12 (main role), Season 18 (recurring) |
| 1999 | Chuck Finn | Rosy | Season 1, episode 14 |
| 2000 | Above the Law | Belinda Clarke | Seasons 1–2 (main role, 35 episodes) |
| 2001 | The Lost World | Ana Pisaro | Season 2, episode 10 |
| 2001 | Something in the Air | Lisa Cambridge | Season 2 (recurring, 13 episodes) |
| 2001 | Crash Palace | Suze Collins | Season 1 (main role) |
| 2001 | Corridors of Power | Vanessa 'Van' Harrison | Season 1 (main role, 6 episodes) |
| 2002 | Beastmaster | Bianna | Season 3, episode 19 |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | Summah Shareef | Season 2, episode 11 |
| 2005 | The Alice | Simone | Season 1, episode 4 |
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