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Jacqueline McKenzie |
| Born |
Jacqueline Susan McKenzie
24 October 1967 (1967-10-24) (age 42)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Years active |
1987–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Bill Walter (1996–2000) |
| Official website |
Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October
1967[1]) is an
Australian actress.
McKenzie made her film debut in the 1987 film Wordplay
and on stage in Child Dancing for Griffin Theatre Company. She
made a strong impression in Romper Stomper (1992), and over the
next couple of years came to be regarded as one of Australia's most
promising young actresses. She received Australian Film Institute
Award nominations for her roles in Stark, This Won't Hurt a
Bit (both 1993), The Battlers and Traps
(both 1994) before winning two awards in 1995 for "Best Actress in
a Television Drama" for Halifax f.p: "Lies of the Mind",
and
Best Actress in a Leading Role" for Angel
Baby. With this success she ventured to the United States
and secured a Green Card, as a "Person of Extraordinary
Ability". She subsequently had acting roles in films such as Deep Blue Sea
(1999) and Divine
Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002).
In 2004, she began playing the lead female role Diana Skouris in
the science
fiction television series The 4400, one of the year's biggest
successes. The show ran for four seasons, ending in 2007. She also
played a lead role in an episode of Two Twisted (2006), an Australian
television program. McKenzie appeared on television again in 2006
playing Linda Landry in "Umney's Last Case", the third episode
of Nightmares and Dreamscapes on TNT.
She has recorded a collection of songs: "Shy Baby", "Boo Boo",
"Find Me", "Summer", "Under The Elm" and "Ever". "Shy Baby" was
used in the second season finale of The 4400, and will be included in the
show's soundtrack released in April 2007.
She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. McKenzie
dated Australian actor Daniel Pollock (who appeared with her in
Romper
Stomper) before he committed suicide in 1992.
In 1996, a portrait of McKenzie by Garry Shead was a finalist in
the Archibald Prize. The
prize is awarded for the "best portrait painting preferentially of
some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or
Politics".[2]
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
McKenzie, Jacqueline |
| ALTERNATIVE
NAMES |
McKenzie, Jacqueline Susan |
| SHORT
DESCRIPTION |
Australian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
24 October 1967 |
| PLACE OF
BIRTH |
Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF
DEATH |
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