Rebekah Elmaloglou

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Rebekah Elmagolou (born January 23, 1974) is an Australian actress who is best known for portraying the role of Sophie Simpson on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1989 to 2006. Interestingly, her brothers, Peter Elmagolou, Dominic Elmagolou and Sebastian Elmaloglou have appeared on Home and Away (Dominic played Sebastian Harrison in 1996). Sebastian Elmaloglou is well-known for portraying the role of Max Sutherland from 2002 to 2004.

[edit] Biography

Rebekah trained at the Lynda Keane Studios where she studied acting, singing and dancing. She has appeared in numerous roles in various programmes and films such as A Country Practice, Mad Max III, Princess Kate. Since leaving Home and Away, Rebekah has appeared in the Australian film The Sum of Us and guest starred in A Country Practice as Christine Agapitos. She appeared on the stage at the Sydney Opera House in Caravan.

[edit] Miscellanea

Her mother is a cousin of Dame Judi Dench
She appeared in Pacific Drive in 1996, as a victim of incest, who dices with death when she turns to drugs.
Rebekah has one older brother, Peter and three younger ones, Dominic, Tony and Sebastian.
She is of Greek (father) and English (mother) descent.
Her father is a cellist and her mother a kindergarten teacher.
While in Home and Away, she was called Logoloo or Blobloo.
She became a sex symbol in the UK in the early 1990s due to her large chest.