Nicky Whelan

Nicky Whelan
Born 10 May 1981
Victoria, Australia
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2004–present

Nicky Whelan (born 10 May 1981) is an Australian actress and model best known for her role as Pepper Steiger in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

Career

Before Neighbours, Whelan hosted a number of shows, including Coxy's Big Break (Seven Network), Beyond the Boundary (Network Ten), Melbourne Woman (Seven Network), and played the fictional celebrity "Chrissie Grant" on Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, a spin-off of All Aussie Adventures. Whelan is also known as the face of the rural Victorian city, Shepparton, and she hosted the night racing at Moonee Valley for eight years. Whelan has also posed for a number of Australian magazines, including FHM (in October 2007), Ralph (in November 2005) and Inside Sport.[1] She was the first model to be on the cover of the Pumped Up Down Under calendar two years running.

In November 2007, Whelan made a special appearance in Harrow, London to promote sustainable transport and initiatives that benefit the environment. She also shot some photos for Harrow's 'It's Up to All of Us' campaign.[2][3] At the event, she confirmed that after Neighbours, she had been in discussions over feature films. Whelan has completed work for the movie Hollywood and Wine in Los Angeles. She co-starred with David Spade.[4]

Whelan appeared in the final season of Scrubs as Maya, an Australian medical school student.[5] In November 2010, Whelan appeared in a viral advert for Rökk Vodka alongside The Lonely Island.[6] Whelan also played the role of Leigh in the 2011 film Hall Pass, which co-starred Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, and Christina Applegate.[7] In October 2011, Whelan guest-starred as an attractive telemarketing temp in the episode "Temp-Tress" of the American sitcom Workaholics.

Personal life

Whelan was born in Victoria, Australia. She is the granddaughter of Marcus Whelan, who played in the Australian Football League in the 1930s and '40s.

She dated her Left Behind co-star, Chad Michael Murray. The couple split after a 6 month relationship.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge Chrissie Grant TV movie
2007 Little Deaths Thorette
2009 The Outside Spring Easten
Halloween II Wendy Snow
Dave Knoll Finds His Soul Girl #2
2010 Hollywood and Wine Jamie Stephens/Diane Blaine
2011 Hall Pass Leigh
2012 Table for Three Holly Timmons TV movie
Coffees Victoria Short
Departure Date Violet Short
2013 The Power of Few Marti
Paranormal Movie Cindy
2014 Left Behind Hattie Durham
7500 Liz Lewis Completed
Knight of Cups Post-production
2015 The Wedding Ringer Nadia
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Pizza Cheerleader 1 episode
2006–2007 Neighbours Heidi "Pepper" Steiger Regular role, 81 episodes
2009 Entourage Air Hostess 1 episode
Melrose Place Kira 1 episode
2009–2010 Scrubs Maya Recurring role, 9 episodes:
"Our First Day of School" (season 9: episode 1)
"Our Drunk Friend" (season 9: episode 2)
"Our Role Models" (season 9: episode 3)
"Our Histories" (season 9: episode 4)
"Our Couples" (season 9: episode 8)
"Our True Lies" (season 9: episode 10)
"Our Dear Leaders" (season 9: episode 11)
"Our Driving Issues" (season 9: episode 12)
"Our Thanks" (season 9: episode 13)
2010 Carpet Bros Sandoz Lilly 1 episode
Funny or Die Presents Sandoz Lilly 1 episode
2011 Suite 7 Girl #2 1 episode
Friends With Benefits Colleen 1 episode
Workaholics Naomi 1 episode
2012 NTSF:SD:SUV Seconds 1 episode
2013 Chosen Laura Mitchell Season 1–present (series regular; 6 episodes)
Franklin & Bash Charlie Season 3 recurring character
2014 Matador Annie Mason Main role

References

  1. "Nicky Whelan Pool Party".
  2. "It's Up to All of Us". Harrow Council. 25 March 2008.
  3. http://www.itsuptoallofus.co.uk/ primary site with Nicky Whelan's image
  4. "Nicky Whelan moving to elite company". Daily Telegraph. 2 March 2009.
  5. Luke Ddenehy (4 Oct 2009). "Life in LA scrubs up well for Nicky Whelan". Sunday Herald Sun.
  6. BroBible Staff (19 November 2010). "Lonely Island and Rokk Vodka Unveil First Viral Video Collaboration". BroBible.
  7. Australian Associated Press (22 February 2011). "Whelan gets Pass to stardom". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  8. "Chad Michael Murray, Nicky Whelan Split After 6 Months of Dating". Us Magazine. May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

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