Gillian Alexy (born March 13, 1983) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Tayler Geddes on '' McLeod's Daughters'', Gitta Novak on ''

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'', 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

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, Le Centre des Arts Vivants and the Ecole de danse Peter Goss in

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, and devoted six months toward a theatre degree at the

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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

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-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'', ''

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'', ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' in 2007, playing a supporting role opposite Khan Chittenden and Nathan Phillips. Alexy took part in a

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for the proposed TV series ''NCIS:Red'' in early 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. The series was ultimately not picked up by the network. In 2023, Alexy had the starring role in the Australian feature film ''Avarice''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

*
Gillian Alexy biography at Perth Theatre Company
(archived 2008) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexy, Gillian Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Australian child actresses Actresses from Perth, Western Australia Living people 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses 1986 births