Kym Wilson

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Kym Wilson
Born (1973-04-01) 1 April 1973 (age 51)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television presenter
Years active1990–present
SpouseSean O'Byrne (m. 2009)

Kym Wilson (born 1 April 1973) is an Australian actress and former television host.

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Career

As a girl, Wilson studied drama and dance at Cheshire Dance Academy in North Narrabeen, Sydney in the early 80s.

Wilson made her television debut playing a minor role in the 1985 mini-series Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin . Her first major role was in the ABC TV mini-series Brides of Christ in 1991. She played Darcy Hudson in the popular medical drama A Country Practice from 1991 to 1993. Following her stint on A Country Practice she played guest roles in Heartbreak High and All Saints . Wilson also co-hosted the music program Video Smash Hits from 1992 to 1993, and was a panellist on the Seven Network game-show The Main Event in 1992.

In 1995, together with then boyfriend Jeremy Sims, Wilson formed the theatrical production company "Pork Chop Productions". In 1996 she had a starring role in the original McLeod's Daughters telefilm, which remains the highest rated television film of all time in Australia. Wilson did not reprise her role for the subsequent television series.

Wilson moved to the United States in 1998 to escape press attention over her alleged affair with and the death of Michael Hutchence, where she undertook a three-month acting scholarship assisted by the Winston Churchill Fellowship, which she had won before Hutchence's death on 22 November 1997.

Wilson appeared nude on the cover of the May 1999 edition of Australian Playboy , [1] after she was no longer acting regularly in TV series. She previously appeared semi-naked in Black+White magazine. [2] [3]

Wilson provided voice acting for the 2002 video game Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and its 2004 and 2005 sequels.

Personal life

Wilson was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She completed her secondary education at Stella Maris College, Manly.

As of 2008, Wilson was a board member of Australians In Film, based in Los Angeles. [4] She married Sean O'Byrne on 9 October 2009.

Awards

In 1992, Wilson won the Logie Award for "Most Popular New Talent", [5] as well as being nominated for "Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie" the same year. She was nominated for Most Popular Actress" in 1993 and 1994. [6] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Flirting Melissa Miles
1996The Inner Sanctuary Fiona
1998ReflectionsBeth Owens
2010He She WeCynthiaShort
2017TreehouseLauraShort
2017Weekend GetawayBlytheShort
2018Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the GraveWendy StockdotterShort
2018Black Knuckle and Deputy MalteseSheriff SchaeferShort
2019RebornValerieShort, post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin AliceTV series
1989 A Country Practice Leanne BaxterTV series, episodes: "Fly Away Home: Parts 1 & 2"
1990 Family and Friends BlondieTV series
1991 Brides of Christ Rosemary FitzgeraldTV miniseries
1991–93 A Country Practice Darcy HudsonTV series, seasons 11–13
1992 The Main Event PanelistTV series
1992-93 Video Smash Hits Co-HostTV series
1994 Cody: A Family AffairTV film
1994–95 Heartbreak High Sam RobinsonTV series, season 1
1995 G.P. TanyaTV series, episode: "Filial Contract"
1995 The Ferals NikkiTV series, episode: "Mixy Mania"
1995 The Man from Snowy River Charlotte HollowayTV series, episodes: "The Railroad", "Fathers & Sons"
1996 McLeod's Daughters Tess McLeodTV film
1997 Water Rats Amanda WhiteTV series, episode: "Closed Circuit"
1998 All Saints Raelene GregsonTV series, episodes: "Terminal Speed", "Heart to Heart", "Nothing But the Truth"
1998 Cody: The Wrong StuffTV film
1999Without WarningJosie NewmanTV film
2002 The Lost World NarinaTV series, episode: "A Witch's Calling"

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References

  1. "May 1999 Playboy cover". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. Kym Wilson info at CosmisDancer.nl
  3. BBC – h2g2 – Michael Hutchence (1960–1997) – Singer/Songwriter
  4. "Australians In Film". Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  5. Logie Awards 1992 at IMDB
  6. Logie Awards 1993 at IMDB
  7. Logie Awards 1994 at IMDB