Gillian Alexy (born March 13, 1986) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Tayler Geddes on ''

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'', Gitta Novak on ''

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'', and G'Winveer Farrell on ''

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''.

Early life

Alexy graduated from the

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in 2000, after doing specialist dance and theatre courses. Afterwards, she went to The Actors College in

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, Le Centre des Arts Vivants and The Peter Goss Dance Studio in

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, and earned a six-month theatre degree at the

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(United States).

Career

Alexy began her acting career at the age of ten, making her debut in television series ''Bush Patrol''. The following year she appeared in her first leading television role, the children's series '' The Gift'', for which she played the part for the complete first and only season. Her second leading role was in the series ''Parallax'', another television series which was cancelled after just one season. She gained notability for her role as Tayler Geddes on

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-winning television series ''

''; she first appeared at the end of

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, in which her character came to Drovers Run to get revenge on Regan McLeod, whom she held responsible for the death of her father. Alexy's other television credits include ''Fast Tracks'', '' All Saints'', ''

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'', ''

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''. In 2011, she began appearing on American television, in the series' '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' Blue Bloods''. She starred in the Australian film ''

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'' in 2007, playing a supporting role opposite

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and Nathan Phillips. Alexy took part in a back door pilot for the proposed TV series ''NCIS:Red'' in early 2013, the cast of which appeared in the spin-off debut double-episodes of ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' "Red, Part 1" and "Red, Part 2" in March that year. The series was ultimately not picked up by the network.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

* ''Popcorn'' (1999) * ''Return to the Forbidden Planet'' (2000) * ''Mice'' (2001) * ''Resident Alien'' (2002) * ''Six Characters Looking for an Author'' (2003) * ''Ghost Train'' (2004) * ''The Chatroom'' (2004) * ''Codes of Practice'' (2005)

References

External links

*
Gillian Alexy biography at Perth Theatre Company

Gillian Alexy biography at TVSA (South Africa)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexy, Gillian Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Australian child actresses Living people 1986 births 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses