Jakica Gillies (née Ivancevic, ; born 11 June 1980) is an Australian psychic and reality television personality, best known for being on ''

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''.

Career

Gillies works as a professional

psychic A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance, or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, ...

. She is best known for her role in ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'', featuring as an original housewife. Previously working in corporate banking as a casual relief teller, Gilles left her job to become a full-time psychic medium. In January 2018, Gillies was revealed as a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of the Australian version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. On 6 March 2018, Gillies was evicted after 39 days in the jungle coming in 7th place. In 2023, Gilles and Ben Gilles competed on the seventh season of ''

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''.

Personal life

Gillies was born in

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. Her family emigrated to Australia when she was a few weeks old . The family still has property in Croatia. Gillies spent her childhood and early adult life in

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, but now resides in Melbourne. Gillies married

Silverchair Silverchair were an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Ben Gillies on drums, Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...

drummer

Ben Gillies Benjamin David Gillies (born 24 October 1979) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of Australian rock band Silverchair from 1992 until the band went on hiatus in 2011. In 2003, Gillies formed Tambalane with Wes Carr, initially a ...

in 2010. After many failed IVF attempts, Jackie gave birth to twins on 15th October 2021 through a successful IVF procedure.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillies, Jackie 1980 births Living people Australian psychics Australian television personalities Women television personalities Croatian emigrants to Australia Participants in Australian reality television series