Sophie Lee

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Sophie Lee
Born August 7, 1968 (1968-08-07) (age 39)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Film actor

Sophie Lee (born August 7, 1968 in Newcastle, New South Wales), is an Australian film and television actress, is known for hosting the The Bugs Bunny Show on Australian TV in the late 1980s. The Channel 9 series featured Bugs Bunny and other Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.

Lee also hosted the TV series Sex with Sophie Lee in 1991 and has appeared in several films, including the Australian comedies Muriel's Wedding, The Castle and He Died with a Felafel in His Hand.

Apart from acting, Lee was a member of the Australian pop/dance group Freaked Out Flower Children, who released the hit album Love In (1991) and the #32 single "Spill the Wine".

She has now branched into writing, releasing a book titled Alice in La La Land through Random House publishing.

[edit] Personal life

Lee was the long-term partner of Melbourne comedian/writer/actor Mick Molloy during the 1990s and regularly appeared on his nationally syndicated radio show. She is now married to Anthony Freedman and has a daughter, Edie, and two sons, Tom and Jack.

[edit] Appearances in popular culture

  • Australian band TISM's song "Get Thee to a Nunnery" was specifically about Sophie Lee, mentioning her by name.

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