Raelee Hill

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Raelee Hill
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Hill in 2005
Born (1972-10-24) 24 October 1972 (age 51)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
PartnerDavid P.
Children2

Raelee Hill (born 24 October 1972)[ citation needed ] is an Australian actress best known for portraying roles in some of Australia's most successful television series. Her first major role was as Loretta Taylor in Paradise Beach , which was followed shortly afterwards by roles as Serendipity Gottlieb in Neighbours [1] [2] and Constable Tayler Johnson in Water Rats . [3]

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She is most widely known internationally for her part as Sikozu in the sci-fi television series Farscape . [2] [4] She originally auditioned for the part of Mele-On Grayza, but the part ultimately went to Rebecca Riggs. [5] The role of Sikozu was created especially for her by executive producer David Kemper at the time, because she had impressed them so much. [6]

She made her film début in the 1996 romantic comedy Hotel de Love , and her theatre credits include the role of Wendy in Pan for The Jim Henson Company, as well as Tasting Sugar Lake for Budinskis Theatre. She played a role in the 2005 Indonesian film about the 2002 Bali bombing, Long Road to Heaven .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Hotel de Love Emma Andrews
1996Black SunMaddyShort
2006 Superman Returns Hospital Nurse
2007 Long Road to Heaven Liz Thompson
2007 The Final Winter Emma Henderson
2009Off the BeatEnid JonesShort
2014BreathDoctorShort
2016En PassantMotherShort
2017The Kindness of StrangersWifeShort
2017Event ZeroBree Parker
2019GuiltKristinaPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Paradise Beach Loretta TaylorEpisode: "1.139"
1994, 1996 Blue Heelers Jill Lambert / Jamie BennettEpisodes: "Day in Court, "Sex and Death"
1994–95 Neighbours Serendipity Gottlieb Regular role
1996 Shark Bay HeatherMain role
1997–1999 Water Rats Const. Tayler JohnsonMain role (series 2–4)
2000 BeastMaster SelaEpisode: "The Golden Phoenix"
2002 The Lost World BrywikEpisode: "A Witch's Calling"
2002–03 Farscape Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu Supporting role (series 4)
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi ShanuTV miniseries
2005 Blue Water High LucyEpisode: "Timing Is Everything"
2009 Packed to the Rafters LucyEpisode: "Having It All"
2011 Rescue: Special Ops Helen HillerstromEpisode: "Missing Pieces"
2016 Janet King MaureenEpisode: "In Plain Sight"
2017 Home and Away Annie BanksEpisode: "1.6637"

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References

  1. ↑ Lev, Dani (10 October 2016). "The Cast of Neighbours: Then and Now". DailyDisclosure. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "BBC - Cult - Farscape - Interview - Actor profiles - Raelee Hill". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Raelee Hill - TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ S, Ian; well (20 July 2018). "Farscape – Where are the cast now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "AGLP's Annual Dragon*Con Coverage w/ Raelee Hill (Farscape)" . Retrieved 14 August 2019– via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "BBC - Cult - Farscape - Interview - Actor Profiles - Raelee Hill". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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