| Imogen Bailey | |
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| Born | 7 July 1977 Canberra, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress, model, musician |
Imogen Bailey (born 7 July 1977 in Canberra) is an Australian model, actress and singer. She is currently based in Sydney and is best known for her role on the long-running Australian soap Neighbours as Nicola West.[1]
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Imogen Bailey has posed nude for Black+White magazine, her personal belief about nudity being expressed by the following words of hers: 'I believe that the human form is a wonderful creation. Any nudity that I have chosen to do has always been beautiful and tasteful."[2]
She also appeared as a weekly columnist in Australian Magazine, and Zoo Weekly (from the publishers of FHM), giving advice to guys about their girlfriends posed in her bikini.
Bailey has competed in several reality shows including Celebrity Big Brother, Skating on Thin Ice and Celebrity Survivor, which was set in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Bailey placed third on the show which was aired during 2006. In 2005 she appeared in the comic book adaptation of Man-Thing, which was shot in Australia and portrayed a deaf character, Ariel, in the movie 7th Hunt, directed by up-and-coming indie film director, Darren K Hawkins and JD Cohen. In 1999 Imogen appeared in Popstars.
More notably however, Imogen Bailey's 102-episode stint portraying Nicola West – one of Neighbour 's most controversial characters of 2008 – made her a more common name within the young female audience in Australia. Her role of Miranda Parker's younger sister created controversy as her character got involved in many controversial storylines such as the infamous incestuous relationship with her adoptive nephew, Riley.
Bailey's vocals were featured on the 2003 single "If U Want Me" by UK dance musician Michael Woods. The single made it to number 1 on the UK dance charts.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Man-Thing | Sarah | |
| 2005 | Feed | Veronica | |
| 2007 | Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Princess Chamsous Sabah | English dub |
| 2008 | Neighbours | Nicola West | 88 episodes |
| 2009 | Life of Riley | Ella | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The 7th Hunt | Ariel Clarke |
Bailey recently revealed her traumatic ordeal over her battle with anorexia nervosa in an interview with Now magazine: "I went through a minor, but still not very good, anorexic stage and actually got down to less than 40 kg"[3]
Bailey later went for therapy and took up meditation after her family and friends expressed concerns about her health.
Bailey is outspoken on the subject of animal rights and has lent her likeness to many PETA campaigns. She also once appeared caged in a make-shift battery hen enclosure as part of a campaign for the Human Battery Cage. The rights to sit in the cage with Bailey and Lindsay McDougall (guitarist for Australian punk band Frenzal Rhomb), were auctioned off on eBay by Animal Liberation NSW. Imogen has also just launched a new project, imforanimals.com, which focuses on drawing attention to the abuse and cruelty towards animals.