Gillian Alexy
{{short description|Australian actress (born 1983)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
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| name = Gillian Alexy
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|13}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1994–present
| spouse =
| alias = Gillian McLaughlin
}}
Gillian Alexy (born March 13, 1983){{cite web |title=Gillian Alexy |url=https://www.girl.com.au/celebrities/gillian-alexy.htm |website=girl.com.au |publisher=Girl.com.au, a Trillion.com Company |access-date=6 November 2024}} is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Tayler Geddes on McLeod's Daughters, Gitta Novak on Damages, and G'Winveer Farrell on Outsiders.
Early life
Alexy graduated from the John Curtin College of the Arts in 2000, after doing specialist dance and theatre courses. Afterwards, she went to the Actors Centre in London, Le Centre des Arts Vivants and the Ecole de danse Peter Goss in Paris, and devoted six months toward a theatre degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder.{{cite news |title=Tayler Geddes (Gillian Alexy) |date=2007-03-29 |work=Ninemsn |url=http://mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=151446 |access-date=8 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909113919/http://www.mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=151446 |archive-date=9 September 2011}}
Career
Alexy began her acting career at the age of ten, making her debut in 1994 in the television series Ship to Shore. In 1997 she appeared in her first leading television role, the children's series The Gift, for which she played the part for the complete first and only season. Her second leading role was in the series Parallax, another television series which was cancelled after just one season. She gained notability for her role as Tayler Geddes on Logie Award-winning television series McLeod's Daughters; she first appeared at the end of season 6, in which her character came to Drovers Run to get revenge on Regan McLeod, whom she held responsible for the death of her father.
Alexy's other television credits include Fast Tracks, All Saints, The Strip, Packed to the Rafters. In 2011, she began appearing on American television, in the series' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Blue Bloods. She starred in the Australian film West in 2007, playing a supporting role opposite Khan Chittenden and Nathan Phillips.{{cite web |title=West |date=11 November 2011 |publisher=Australian Film Commission |url=http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/cannes06/feature_201.aspx |access-date=11 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405054115/http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/cannes06/feature_201.aspx |archive-date=5 April 2012}}
Alexy took part in a backdoor pilot for the proposed TV series NCIS:Red in early 2013,{{cite news |title=Jonathan Groff Cast in Michael Lannan HBO Pilot, Gillian Alexy Joins 'NCIS: LA' Spinoff |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=8 February 2013 |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/ncis-la-spinoff-casts-another-regular-426312/ |access-date=8 February 2013}} the cast of which appeared in the spin-off debut double-episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, "Red, Part 1" and "Red, Part 2", in March that year.{{cite news |title=CBS Prepping 'NCIS: LA' Spinoff Created By Shane Brennan As Planted Two-Part Episode |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=5 November 2012 |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2012/11/cbs-ncis-spinoff-series-project-shane-brennan-366446/ |access-date=6 November 2012}} The series was ultimately not picked up by the network.{{cite news |title='NCIS: Red' not going forward as series at CBS |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery |date=15 May 2013 |work=Digital Spy |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s164/ncis/news/a481821/ncis-red-not-going-forward-as-series-at-cbs.html |access-date=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608003324/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s164/ncis/news/a481821/ncis-red-not-going-forward-as-series-at-cbs.html |archive-date=2013-06-08}}
In 2023, Alexy had the starring role in the Australian feature film Avarice.{{cite news |last1=Morazzini |first1=Jim |title=Avarice (2022) Review |url=https://www.voicesfromthebalcony.com/2022/10/05/avarice-2022-review/ |access-date=8 May 2023 |work=Voices from the Balcony |date=2022}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
|{{sortname|The|Umbrella Condition|nolink=1}} |Holly |
| 2006
|Underexposed | |Short film |
| 2007
|West |Cheryl | |
| 2007
|Little Charmer |Eve |Short film |
| 2008
|Mockingbird |Emily |Short film |
| 2008
|Cane Cutter |Pearl |Short film |
| 2014
|Monkfish | | |
| 2015
|Anchors |Christine | |
| 2017
|People You May Know |Abigail | |
| 2022
|Avarice |Kate Matthews |Starring role |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1994
|Chloe |Episode: "Aussie Holiday" (as Gillian McLaughlin) |
| 1996
|Eloise |unknown episodes |
| 1997
|{{sortname|The|Gift|The Gift (1997 TV series)}} |Sharon |Main cast |
| 1998
|Fast Tracks |Alana Burroughs |Main cast |
| 2004
|Katherine Raddic |Main cast |
| 2005–06
|Nicole Higgins |Episodes: "Immortal", "No Way Out" |
| 2006–09
|Tayler Jane Geddes |Guest role (season 6), main cast (seasons 7–8) |
| 2008
|{{sortname|The|Strip|The Strip (Australian TV series)}} |Cherry Cunningham |Episode: "1.6" |
| 2008
|Lauren Valco |Episode: "Taking the Lead" |
| 2011
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Danielle 'Dani' Hynes |Episode: "Double Strands" |
| 2011
|Ellen Sloan |Episode: "Innocence" |
| 2011
|Laura |Episode: "Lost Things" |
| 2012
|Hip Replacement Patient |Episode: "Chaud & Froid" |
| 2012
|Gitta Novak |Recurring role (season 5) |
| 2013
|Candice Mayfield |Episode: "Death Gone Crazy" |
| 2013
|Claire Keats |Episodes: "Red: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2013–15
|{{sortname|The|Americans|The Americans}} |Celia Gerard aka Annelise |4 episodes |
| 2014
|{{sortname|The|Crazy Ones}} |Megan |Episode: "The Lighthouse" |
| 2014–15
|Charlotte |5 episodes |
| 2015
|Savannah Kelly |3 episodes |
| 2015
|Martha Kendall |Episode: "Sick City" |
| 2016–17
|G'Winveer Farrell |Main cast |
| 2018
|Maggie |Episode: "Remember It Was Me" |
| 2020
|Victoria Fenberg |Episode: "Victoria Fenberg" |
Theatre
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue / Company | |||
| 1999 | Popcorn | ||
| 2000 | Return to the Forbidden Planet | ||
| 2001 | Mice | ||
| 2002 | Resident Alien | ||
| 2003 | Six Characters Looking for an Author | ||
| 2004 | Ghost Train | ||
| 2004 | The Chatroom | ||
| 2004 | Bed | Daisy | Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts with ThinIce Productions |
| 2005 | Codes of Practice |
{{cite web |url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/405542 |title=Gillian Alexy |work=AusStage |access-date=27 August 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720163809/http://perththeatre.com.au/artists/?artist=142 Gillian Alexy biography at Perth Theatre Company] (archived 2008)
- {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
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Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian child actresses
Category:Actresses from Perth, Western Australia
Category:20th-century Australian actresses