Rachael Ann Carpani (born 24 August 1980) is an Australian actress best known as Jodi Fountain in ''

McLeod's Daughters ''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Brid ...

''.

Biography

Carpani grew up on a property near

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, in Sydney's Hills District. Carpani has twice been nominated at the Logies, both in 2007.

Career

She is most famous for her role as Jodi Fountain on the Australian TV drama ''McLeod's Daughters''. Carpani also had a role in the film '' Hating Alison Ashley'', starring

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, and appeared in '' All Saints''. Carpani attended

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with

. Carpani left ''McLeod's Daughters'' to pursue her career in the United States. She had been cast in the

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, ''Law Dogs'' with

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, but the series was not picked up. She appeared in seven episodes of season one of ''

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''. Rachael then returned to ''McLeod's Daughters'' as Jodi Fountain for the final episode on 31 January 2009. Carpani appeared commercially as one of the faces for Telstra's Next G network. She appeared in episode six of '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' in November 2009, playing a small role alongside

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and

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. In 2010, she had a recurring role on '' The Glades'', playing opposite former real-life boyfriend

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, with whom she split in 2011. She began starring in the

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'' Against the Wall'' in 2011. In 2015, Carpani starred in the TV films ''

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'' and ''

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'' on the Lifetime cable network, which are the third and fourth films in the ''

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'' TV film series that are based on the Dollanganger novel series by V.C. Andrews. In 2018, she appeared in a multi-episode arc in the Seven/South Pacific series

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Filmography

Awards

Carpani has been nominated for several television awards in her career. For her role on

, she has been nominated for the following awards at the

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: *

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(in 2007) *

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(in 2007)

References

External links

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"Carpani Chases U.S. Fame"
article in ''

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'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpani, Rachael Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian soap opera actresses 1980 births Living people Actresses from Sydney Australian people of Italian descent Macquarie University alumni People educated at The Hills Grammar School