Deni Gordon is an American-born Australian
actress and performer. Originally from
Boston, Massachusetts, Gordon is the daughter of African-American parents and moved to Australia in 1969 to star in the musical ''
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and f ...
'' with longtime friend and fellow cast member
Marcia Hines. She appeared as a singer and dancer in the ABC sketch comedy series ''
The Dingo Principle'' and had a guest role in the soap opera ''
Sons and Daughters'' in 1987. She had a regular role in the fourth and fifth season of ''
Heartbreak High
''Heartbreak High'' is an Australian television program created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on the ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with so ...
'', as teacher Ronnie Brooks,
[Character biography: Ronnie Brooks]
, ''Heartbreak High'' (ABC). and has appeared as a Priestess in both the film ''
The Matrix''
[Review: The Matrix]
''Sight & Sound'', British Film Institute, 1999. and the ''
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was c ...
'' episode "Jeremiah Crichton" in 1999.
Gordon is the voice behind the "''r-r-r-r-rage!''" scream heard in the opening titles and breakers of the long-running ABC music video program ''
Rage
Rage may refer to:
* Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger
Games
* Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game
* Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell
* ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first-per ...
''.
Gordon was interviewed by ABC Radio National in 2017 about her career.
ABC podcast mp3
Filmography
Film
Television
Video game
Stage
References
External links
*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Actresses from Boston
Australian television actresses
Australian film actresses
American expatriates in Australia
Australian people of African-American descent
Australian actors of African descent
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