Zoe Naylor (born 4 July 1977) is an Australian actress, journalist and television presenter.

Early life and education

Naylor was born in Sydney, Australia to Richard Naylor, a veterinarian, and Neroli, an English and History teacher. She graduated from

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where she was School Captain while training with the

Australian Theatre for Young People Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) is a not-for-profit national youth theatre company located in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1964 by Eleanor Witcombe. History The first committee was formed in 1964 and c ...

in Sydney, then attended

Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain Charles Napier Sturt, a British explore ...

in Bathurst under a

Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia ...

scholarship. Naylor attended University of Technology in Sydney for a year to complete her

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...

in Communications degree.

Career

She was an announcer for Groove FM, then worked in television for ''

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'', '' Escape with ET'', '' The Footy Show'', ''

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'', ''

MTV Australia MTV is a 24-hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. It is operated by parent company Paramount Networks UK & Australia headquartered in London with a local of ...

'', ''

National Nine News ''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...

'' and ''

SportsCafe ''SportsCafe'' was a New Zealand sports TV show. The show's original run was hosted by Lana Coc-Kroft, Marc Ellis, Leigh Hart, Graeme Hill, Ric Salizzo and reporter Eva Evguenieva. In 2001 Leigh Hart was added to the cast under his persona ...

'' (NZ). She has also written for magazines such as ''Australian Traveller'' and ''Road Rider''. After graduating from the

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

in 2002 with a Masters in Drama, she appeared in regional theatre productions. In 2005, she was cast as Regan McLeod in the television series ''

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 Bri ...

''. She was also cast in the New Zealand series ''

Orange Roughies {{Infobox television , image = Orange Roughies tv title.jpg , genre = ActionCrime Thriller , creator = Rod Johns & Scott McJorrow , starring = Nicholas Coghlan Zoe NaylorMark RukaCaroline Craig Stephen Hall Nick Kemplen , country = New Zealan ...

''. She later appeared in films such as '' The Reef'' (2010) and ''

Robotropolis ''Robotropolis'' is a science-fiction action adventure film written and directed by Christopher Hatton and starring Zoe Naylor, Graham Sibley and Edward Foy. Synopsis A group of reporters are covering the unveiling of a new facility that is comp ...

'' (2011).

Personal life

Aaron Jeffery and Zoe Naylor (5762315294)

Naylor married James Trude on 12 May 2007. She later divorced and began dating

Aaron Jeffery Aaron C. Jeffery is a Logie Award-winning New Zealand-Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Watson in '' Water Rats'', as Alex Ryan in ''McLeod's Daughters'', and as Matt "Fletch" Fletcher in '' Wentworth''. Early and persona ...

. The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter called Sophia Jade Jeffery, in 2012 and their second child, a son called Beau Charles Jeffery in 2016.

Selected filmography

Film

* 2011: ''

'' * 2010: '' The Reef'' * 2005: ''Book of Revelation'' * 2004: ''On the Lurk'' * 2003: ', Abby * 2002: ''Sugar and Spice'' * 2000: ''A Love Story'' * 2000: ''The Product'' * 1999: ''

Fearless Fearless or The Fearless may refer to: Psychology * Lack of fear * Courage or bravery Film, television and audio Film * ''Fearless'' (1978 film), an Italian film directed by Stelvio Massi * ''Fearless'' (1993 film), an American drama directed ...

'', Hetty

Television

* 2016–2017, 2018: '' Home and Away'', Nina Gilbert * 2008: ''

'', herself * 2006: ''

'', Jane Durant * 2005–2009: ''

'', Regan McLeod * 2003: ''

The Cooks ''The Cooks'' was an Australian television drama series that ran for one season on Network Ten during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the UKTV channel on Foxtel. It was produced by Penny ...

'', "Nights of Living Dangerously", Janie

Bibliography

Contributor

References

External links

Official website

Zoe Naylor at The Global Townhall
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naylor, Zoe Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian game show hosts Living people Macquarie University alumni Actresses from Sydney Queensland University of Technology alumni University of Technology Sydney alumni Australian female models Models from Sydney 1977 births