Alyssa-Jane Cook (born 16 February 1967) is an Australian actress, singer, and TV presenter currently on
TVSN
TVSN (an acronym for "Television Shopping Network") is an Australian and New Zealand broadcast, cable television and satellite television network specialising in home shopping. It is owned by parent company Direct Group Pty Ltd, a home market ...
.
Actress roles
She is best known for her regular role as Lisa Bennett on the Australian television soap opera ''
E Street''. She played the lead role of Olivia Murray in the series ''
Above the Law'', and appeared as
Kelli Edwards in ''
Home and Away
''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...
''.
As a presenter, she hosted the series ''Sex/Life'', co-hosted ''Australia’s Funniest People'', and was a regular on ''Home Life Style'', ''
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales'').
Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...
'',
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In the science fiction series ''Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, originally for the Nine Network. It prem ...
'' she appeared as the character Gilina Renaez in the episodes " PK Tech Girl", "Nerve
A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons). Nerves have historically been considered the basic units of the peripheral nervous system. A nerve provides a common pathway for the Electrochemistry, electrochemical nerv ...
", " The Hidden Memory", and " John Quixote".
On stage, Cook played Columbia in ''The New Rocky Horror Rocky Horror is the title character from ''The Rocky Horror Show''. It may also refer to
* The Rocky Horror Show (franchise)
* '' The Rocky Horror Show'', a stage musical from 1973
* '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', 1975 film adaptation of the ...
Show'' 1992 Australian tour, and has appeared in ''The Vagina Monologues
''The Vagina Monologues'' is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run at the Westside Theatre. The play explores ...
''.
In 2008, Cook was the face of weight-loss company Bodytrim. She appeared in advertisements on Australian TV for their products. Cook was also the face of the Christmas shopping company Castle Hampers and featured in their TV ads as well.
Cook is now a presenter on Australian shopping network, TVSN
TVSN (an acronym for "Television Shopping Network") is an Australian and New Zealand broadcast, cable television and satellite television network specialising in home shopping. It is owned by parent company Direct Group Pty Ltd, a home market ...
.
Personal life
Alyssa-Jane Cook lives in Sydney with her husband Gary Davis and their three children, including Georgia-May, who was the oldest cast member of the 2012 production of ''Young Talent Time
''Young Talent Time'' is an Australian television variety program produced by Lewis-Young Productions and screened on Network Ten. The original series ran from 1971 until 1988 and was hosted by singer-songwriter and record producer Johnny You ...
'' on Channel Ten and stars in Dive Club.Young Georgia-May Davis is an old hand on the stage
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Filmography
Film
Television
References
Further reading
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External links
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1967 births
Living people
Australian television actresses
Actresses from Sydney
Australian television presenters
Australian women television presenters
Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea