Jessica Tovey

Jessica Tovey
Born 10 November 1987
Sydney, Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present
Parent(s) Libby Gleeson
Euan Tovey

Jessica Tovey (born 10 November 1987[1]) is an Australian actress. Tovey graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and has made appearances for various drama companies. She is best known for her role of Belle Taylor on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away. Tovey joined the show in 2006 and was nominated for two Logie Awards during her time there. In 2009, she announced she had quit Home and Away and her character was killed off. Tovey became the face of American shoe company, Skechers. She appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile in 2010 and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo in 2011.

Career

Tovey graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she appeared in a number of stage productions.[1] She has played leading roles at Australian Theatre for Young People, drama festivals and in The Global Shakespeare Festival, where she won acclaim for her performance in Macbeth.[1] In 2005, she joined the cast of children's program Wicked Science, as Nadine.[1]

After completing her schooling, Tovey joined the cast of Home and Away in 2006 as Belle Taylor.[2] For her portrayal of the character, Tovey was nominated for Most Popular New Female Talent and Most Popular Actress at the 2007 and 2010 Logie Awards respectively.[3][4] In April 2009, Tovey announced that she had quit Home and Away and her character was killed off.[5][6]

In 2008, American shoe company, Skechers announced that Tovey would be their new celebrity face.[7] Tovey became the first non-American to feature in the brand's ad campaigns.[7] Tovey joined the cast of Underbelly: The Golden Mile in April 2010, appearing as Constable Wendy Jones.[8] In August, it was announced she had joined the cast of Panic at Rock Island, a Nine Network telemovie drama.[9] Tovey also made a guest appearance on police drama Cops L.A.C..[10] The actress appeared in the 2011 ABC television miniseries Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo as Leslie Carpenter.[11] Tovey was cast as Dani Varvaris in the romantic-comedy drama Wonderland.[12]

Personal life

Tovey was born in Sydney.[1] She is the daughter of author, Libby Gleeson and Euan Tovey, a New Zealand research scientist.[13] She has two older sisters, Amelia and Josephine.[13] Tovey dated her Home and Away co-star Bobby Morley until March 2008.[14]

Filmography

Tovey in 2012.
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Smile for Me Simone
2010 Wanderlust Eva
2010 Professor Kellog and the Colombian Bookshop Crack Adventure Katy
2010 Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story Laura Korp
2011 Panic at Rock Island Nina Quinn Television movie
2011 Reception Actress Short film
2013 The Two Mothers Mary Post-production
2014 Lemon Tree Passage Maya
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Wicked Science Nadine Sterling Episode: "Ghost Girl"
2006–09 Home and Away Belle Taylor Regular role; Seasons 19-22
2010 Underbelly: The Golden Mile Wendy Jones
2010 Cops L.A.C. Tash Episode: "Blood Types"
2011 Paper Giants Leslie Carpenter
2012 Dance Academy Jess
2013-present Wonderland Dani Varvaris

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Cast – Jessica Tovey". RTÉ Television. RTE. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. ↑ Bennett, Cath (5 April 2009). "Home when away". The Dominion Post (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Logie Award nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "2010 Logie Awards: Full list of winners". Perth Now (News Limited). 2 May 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  5. ↑ Rowe, Darren (17 August 2009). "Tovey reveals reason behind 'H&A' exit". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  6. ↑ Rowe, Darren (11 May 2009). "Tovey films final 'Home and Away' scenes". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Skechers' new face". The New Zealand Herald (APN News & Media). 15 October 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  8. ↑ McWhirter, Erin (2 April 2010). "Meet the women of Underbelly, The Golden Mile". The Advertiser (News Limited). Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (9 August 2010). "Panic at Rock Island cast announced". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  10. ↑ Vickery, Colin (17 September 2010). "Honeymoon period over for Cops LAC after ratings dive". Herald Sun (The Herald and Weekly Times). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Paper Giants: the story of Cleo". The Australian. News Limited. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  12. ↑ Nauman, Zoe (28 April 2013). "Brooke back as Wonder woman". news.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Papers of Libby Gleeson (1950 - )". National Library of Australia. July 1998. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "Bachelor Bobby splits from Jess". Adelaide Now (News Limited). 23 March 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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