Georgie Parker

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Georgie Parker as Terri Sullivan in All Saints

Georgina Parker (born December 16, 1964 in Sydney) is an Australian television and film actress. She grew up in the suburb of St. Ives. Her favourite drink is malted milk.

Parker first became famous, through her role as nurse Lucy Gardiner in A Country Practice. More recently, from 1998 until 2005, Parker played Sister Teresa (Terri) Sullivan, a nurse and former nun, on the Australian medical drama series All Saints, in which she was awarded a number of Logies.

Parker has been married since December 1994 to Steve Worland, the screenwriter of the Fox Searchlight feature film Bootmen (2000). They have a daughter, Holly, born in September 2000.

In 2002, Parker took part in the Australian musical theatre production "The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular", where she appeared as "Kate Conroy", the daughter of the Station owner, "John Conroy" - and the romantic interest of "Jim Ryan" (The Man from Snowy River).

In 2004 Parker starred in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of 'Scenes From A Separation', as journalist Nina Molyneux. After concluding her work on All Saints in 2005, Parker starred in the Ensemble Theatre's production of 'Chapter Two', starring as actress Jennie MacLaine.

In 2006, she joined the Nine Network to host the new TV show, Clever. She also appears on the ABC children's show Play School and starred in the telemovie 'Stepfather Of The Bride' for the same network. In 2006 she also headlined the Channel 10 tele-movie The Society Murders. She is a semi-regular guest on The Glass House and is known on the show for her bizarre and often child-like behavior.

Georgie Parker suffers Scoliosis and now is the representative of the National Scoliosis Foundation.