Virginia Hey
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| Virginia Hey | |
| Birth name | Virginia Robyn Hey |
| Born | June 19, 1952 Sydney Australia |
| Notable roles | Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in Farscape |
Virginia Robyn Hey (born June 19, 1952) is an Australian actress widely known as her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan on the popular science fiction television programme Farscape.
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[edit] Biography
Virginia Hey was born in Sydney, Australia. She has three brothers and a sister and also three grandmothers.[1] She spent he childhood in Australia and London, England.[2] Hey began her career as a fashion model after being discovered at a bus stop.[3]She appeared in several magazine covers and started her acting career in television and films in Australia and the UK. At 21 she married but the marriage only lasted six months.[4] She also dated Michael Hutchence.
Among her best known films are Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior as the Warrior Woman and The Living Daylights as a Bond girl. One of her most notable roles was that of the multi award-nominated blue priestess Zhaan in "Farscape". She left the show after three seasons because she wanted to grow her hair and eyebrows (she had to shave both for the show).[5] She also left because she had an allergic reaction to her makeup.[6]
Hey has also appeared in various Australian soap operas such as Prisoner (as Leigh Templar), Neighbours (as Beth Travers), E Street (as Jennifer St. James) and Pacific Drive (as Margaux Hayes).
Outside of her acting career, Hey has taught meditation, and is certified in Reiki in 1998 and natural therapy. White Flower Lei is the company Virginia founded, selling an upscale line of soaps and candles. She now lives in Los Angeles. She has studied Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine in 1992.[7] She teaches meditation across the USA.
[edit] Trivia
- She is a former smoker, but underwent hypnosis to stop, and it worked.
[edit] Filmography
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Title Character Year Format Notes Farscape Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan 1999-2002 TV Farscape: The Game Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan (voice) 2002 Video game Game Room Dr. Greta Davis 1999 Film All Saints Joanna Travers 1998 TV Episode: "Yesterday's News" Roar Queen Una 1997 TV Episode: "Pilot" Home and Away Gillian 1997 TV Pacific Drive Margeaux Hayes 1996 TV Flipper Adams 1996 TV Episode: "The Pearl Maker" Signal One Toni 1994 Film Paradise Beach Val Sterling 1993 TV E Street Jennifer St. James 1989-90 TV Dolphin Cove Alison Mitchell 1989 TV Mission: Impossible Danielle 1989 TV Episode: "The Killer" Pathos - segreta inquietudine (aka Obsession: A Taste for Fear) Diane 1988 Film The Living Daylights Rubavitch 1987 Film Vietnam Journalist 1987 TV (mini) Neighbours Beth Travers 1986-87 TV Castaway Janice 1986 Film Mussolini: The Untold Story Young Woman 1985 TV (mini) Big Deal Ticket officer 1985 TV Episode: "Popping Across the Pond" Timeslip Jenny 1985 TV Series Prisoner Leigh Templar 1984 TV The Return of Captain Invincible Litte 1983 Film Norman Loves Rose The Girlfriend 1982 Film Mad Max 2 The Warrior Woman 1981 Film
[edit] References
- ^ Virginia Hey website
- ^ Virginia Hey at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Virginia Hey at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Virginia Hey website
- ^ Virginia Hey at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Virginia Hey website
- ^ Virginia Hey website
