Jolene Anderson (born 26 May 1980) is an Australian actress and singer. From 2006 to 2008, she played the character of Erica Templeton on the drama series '' All Saints''. She is also the winner of the second series of celebrity singing competition '' It Takes Two''.

Career

Television

Anderson played Erica Templeton on ''All Saints'' until 18 November 2008, when her character was pronounced dead, as she had been missing for 3 weeks. She was one of the younger cast members and reputedly popular with the audience. In the first episode of the 2007 season of '' It Takes Two'', Anderson and her partner David Campbell performed " The Sweet Escape" by

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and scored eights from all four judges giving them a score of 32 and therefore being at the top of the leaderboard for the first episode of the series. She continued to score highly amongst the judges and was one of the favourites for the entire competition. On 19 June 2007, she became the first contestant in the show to score a perfect ten from all four judges on both performances. Anderson and Campbell went on to win ''It Takes Two'' on 10 July 2007. Anderson later accepted the role of "Our Girl" in the

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song cycle ''

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''. The production had mixed reviews, but Jolene's performance was generally well received, in her musical theatre debut.Jolene's a one-woman show
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cop drama series ''

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''. Her character, Shannon Henry, made her debut in the series' second season which premiered on 16 July 2009. In 2019 Anderson joined the cast of ''

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'' playing Dr. Grace Molyneux, a junior medical examiner with a mysterious past and Harrow's love interest for Season 2.

Theatre

From 14 November 2011 to 10 December 2011, Anderson was cast as the leading role of Hypatia, in

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's Fractions, by Marcel Dorney.Fractions
Queensland Theatre Company Hypatia is a brilliant female mathematician and philosopher who, 1600 years ago, was responsible for the Library of Alexandria - a collection of all the knowledge in her world. When political turmoil runs unchecked, religious fanatics threaten to destroy the Library. As Hypatia struggles to save it, she is forced to confront her own prejudice, and to make a terrible choice.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

Anderson has been nominated for a

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in 2007 for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role as Erica Templeton in '' All Saints'' but lost out to

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from ''

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''.

References

External links

* * rchive.org/web/20060615163216/https://web.archive.org/web/20060615163216/http://au.yahoo.com/it-takes-two/ It Takes Two official website
All Saints official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Jolene Australian film actresses Australian musical theatre actresses Australian television actresses Singing talent show winners Actresses from New South Wales Living people 1980 births People from the Mid North Coast Australian children's television presenters 21st-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers Australian women television presenters