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Rachael Carpani | |
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| Born | Rachael Ann Carpani 24 August 1980 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Partner | Matt Passmore (2006–2011) |
Rachael Ann Carpani (born 24 August 1980) is an Australian actress best known as Jodi Fountain in McLeod's Daughters .
Carpani has twice been nominated at the Logies, both in 2007. [1]
She is most famous for her role as Jodi Fountain on the Australian TV drama McLeod's Daughters. [2] Carpani also had a role in the film Hating Alison Ashley , starring Delta Goodrem, and appeared in All Saints . Carpani attended The Hills Grammar School with Delta Goodrem.
Carpani left McLeod's Daughters to pursue her career in the United States. She had been cast in the CBS pilot, Law Dogs with Janeane Garofalo, but the series was not picked up. She appeared in seven episodes of season one of Cane . Rachael then returned to McLeod's Daughters as Jodi Fountain for the final episode on 31 January 2009.
Carpani appeared commercially as one of the faces for Telstra's Next G network. She appeared in episode six of NCIS: Los Angeles in November 2009, playing a small role alongside Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. In 2010, she had a recurring role on The Glades , playing opposite former real-life boyfriend Matt Passmore. She began starring in the crime drama Against the Wall in 2011. In 2015, Carpani starred in the TV films If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday on the Lifetime cable network, which are the third and fourth films in the Flowers in the Attic TV film series that are based on the Dollanganger novel series by V.C. Andrews. In 2018, she appeared in a multi-episode arc in the Seven/South Pacific series 800 Words .
In August 2024, Carpani joined the recurring cast of Home and Away as Claudia Salini. [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Hating Alison Ashley | Valjoy Yurken | |
| 2009 | Triangle | Sally | |
| 2016 | The Umbrella Man | Annie Brennan | |
| 2020 | The Way Back | Diane | |
| 2020 | The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee | Angie | |
| 2022 | Beat | Susan | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | All Saints | Emily Martin | Episode: "Too Little Too Late" |
| 2001 | Home and Away | Miranda | Season 14, episodes 87 & 88 |
| 2001 | Ihaka: Blunt Instrument | Tara | TV movie |
| 2001–2009 | McLeod's Daughters | Jodi Fountain-McLeod | Season 1–7 (main), Season 8 (guest); 179 episodes |
| 2007 | Law Dogs | Carly Owen | TV movie |
| 2007 | Cane | Terry Greenway | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Scorched | Susan Shapiro | TV movie |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Amy | Episode: "Keepin' It Real" |
| 2010 | True Blue | Tess Flynn | TV movie |
| 2010 | The Glades | Heather Thompson | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Against the Wall | Abby Kowalski | 13 episodes |
| 2014 | Stalker | 1 episode | |
| 2014 | Touched | Emma | TV movie |
| 2015 | If There Be Thorns | Cathy Dollanganger | TV movie |
| 2015 | Seeds of Yesterday | Cathy Dollanganger | TV movie |
| 2017 | The Rachels | Sami | TV movie |
| 2017 | 800 Words | Mary | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Home and Away | Claudia Salini | Season 37 |
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