Christie Hayes
| Christie Hayes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31 October 1986 South Coast, NSW [1] |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel White, (2013-present) |
Christie Lynne Hayes (born 31 October 1986) is an Australian actress, best known for her work on the television series Home and Away as Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) who she played from June 2000 to February 2005 and again from May 2008 to 2009. Hayes is the sister of actress Katherine Hayes.
Personal life
Hayes is the second of four girls in her family. As a child she took up gymnastics for a small amount of time before giving it up in order to pursue acting. She also played the flute, and learned to read music at age 8. At 21, Christie married actor/director Greg Hatton in 2008 in the Southern Highlands, NSW. OK! Magazine purchased the rights to their wedding story for $30,000, the highest amount ever paid to a celebrity couple at that time. Guests at the wedding included Home and Away stars and Joel Edgerton. After 5 years of marriage the couple divorced in May 2013. Christie then got engaged to her fiancee, Daniel White on 31 August 2013.
Acting career
Christie Lynne Hayes began acting when she was 8 after first being approached to become a model. She preferred Acting to modelling and spent her childhood in theatre and performed in over 20 plays at her local Drama club.
She attended the prestigious Mcdonald College for Performing Arts in Strathfield, Sydney and majored in Drama. Nikki Webster was also a friend in the same year at school.
In 2000, Hayes was cast as Maria in the family adventure series Search for Treasure Island, a Grundy Production filmed in Spain and on Channel 7.
Later that year Hayes was cast in her biggest role to date as Kirsty Sutherland in the hugely successful Home and Away on Channel 7, after turning down the role of Dani Sutherland (her character's older sister), because she was uncomfortable playing someone three years older than herself, Kirsty being 13 and Dani 16.
She was the first person to be cast in her on screen "Sutherland" family. She played both Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) and Laura DeGroot (the two characters were twin sisters separated at birth). Hayes, who was on the cover of TV Week more times in 2004 than any of her other castmates, left Home and Away in October 2004 in order to travel. Her final H&A appearance aired in February 2005.
After leaving the show she appeared as the face of the hugely popular Pepsi Light campaign in Summer 2006 and made a guest appearance on the soap Blue Water High. She was also involved in the making of various films and television shows, including Room 101, Searching For Eva, The First Goodbye and Noir.
Christie plays the lead in I.D the film as Kate in 2011.[2]
Hayes returned to Home and Away in May 2008, as a series regular remaining until 2009. She is also a successful model and has been the face of Miki House, Pepsi and Jean for Genes.
Christie is in pre production for films slated to shoot 2014 in LA and Europe.
Charity work
In 2003 at age 16, "Youth Week" elected her as "Youth Ambassador of Australia" for encouraging youth across Australia to realise their creativity. She also sponsors children through World Vision Australia. Christie also appears at the annual Teddy bears picnic for sick children.
References
- ↑ "Home and Away: Episode 3631: Cast List". TV.com. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ↑ "Cast". I.D The Film. Retrieved 2011-12-23.