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Rachel Blakely
Brunei, Borneo
Rachel Leigh Blakely was born on 28 July 1968 in Borneo. Her father, Harold Blakely, is an American, and her mother was Australian. Due to her father's oil business, the family, i…
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Rachel Leigh Blakely was born on 28 July 1968 in Borneo. Her father, Harold Blakely, is an American, and her mother was Australian. Due to her father's oil business, the family, including younger sister Ruth, moved to several countries over the years until settling on an Australian farm when Blakely was twelve. Before she became an actress, Blakely worked as a nightclub bouncer, a model and a short order cook; it was her ex-husband's suggestion that she audition for a role on Neighbours In her spare time, Blakely enjoys camping, sewing, painting, cooking and sleeping. Her favourite authors are Margaret Atwood and Tracy Chevalier, and her favourite movies are Queen Margot and Breaking the Waves. Blakely married fellow actor Peter Craig in 1990, but they divorced some years later. She met her current partner, stuntman Sean Rigby, on the set of Tales of the South Seas. Their first child, Cooper Lee Rigby, was born in September 2003, and their second child, Nash Rigby, was born in early 2009. Blakely splits her time between Australia and Los Angeles. She possesses dual American-Australian citizenship.
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2026
Aussie at Heart
Movie Caroline
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2022
Darby and Joan
TV show Loraine Tait
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2013
Reef Doctors
TV show Megan
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2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Movie Gael's Mum
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2006
Mortified
TV show Glenda Fry
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2004
The Turner Affair
Movie Natalie Turner
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2002
The Lost World: Underground
Movie Marguerite Krux
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2002
Counterstrike
Movie Brittany Cooper
- 2001
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2000
Max Knight: Ultra Spy
Movie Ricki Dailey / Claire
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1999
The Lost World
TV show Marguerite Krux
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1999
The Lost World
Movie Marguerite Krux
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1999
Tribe
TV show Lucille Fournier
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1998
Hollywood Squares
TV show Self - Panelist
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1998
Young Hercules
Movie Alcmene
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1998
Tales of the South Seas
TV show Isabelle Reed
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1997
Mr. Nice Guy
Movie Sandy
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1997
One Way Ticket
Movie Deborah Carter
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1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV show Penelope
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1995
Love Until
Movie Madeleine
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1993
The Feds
TV show Victoria Payne
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1993
Blue Heelers
TV show Gina Belfanti
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1985
Neighbours
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