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Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress known mostly for her role as Chiana on the Sci Fi channel original series Farscape. She is a traditionally trained actress with a B.A. in theatre from the Queensland University of Technology. She is 5â??7â??â?? and now resides in Sydney, Australia.
Her father is Michael Edgley, the famous Australian concert and circus promoter. He was the promoter who brought out the Moscow State Circus to Australia in the 1980s. Her mother, Jenny Edgley, was a former Miss Australia who is now involved in running a 250-acre health retreat.
Biography
Gigi was born on November 16, 1977 in Perth, Australia. In school, Gigi performed both in and out of school. She also took several years of ballet, jazz, and character dance. She became mainly interested in acting and had her first professional theatrical engagement at the Twelfth Night Theater. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Queensland University of Technology in 1998 [1]. As a believer in the school of method acting, Gigi has developed a broad set of skills and experiences for her roles. Gigi is proficient in ballet, jazz, character dance, singing as well as martial arts. Her signature skill is fire-twirling.
Her early TV and film work included several independent productions (with Anthony Simcoe) as well a guest star spot on the popular Australian series Water Rats and a role in Australian movie titled Day of the Roses.
She is most known for her role as Chiana on the cult science fiction TV series Farscape. Originally, Gigi was hired for only one episode and her character was supposed to die at the end of the hour. As it turned out, the creators decided to keep her around for few more episodes. At the beginning of season 2 she was included as a regular on the show.
During the season hiatuses Gigi has appeared in other guest starring roles on TV, including the popular internationally aired series The Lost World and BeastMaster (returning for a second guest starring role), undertook some independent film work, was cast in a feature film (pulled due to production and schedule reasons), and read a starring role in an audio drama for Seeing Ear Theater.
After the cancellation of Farscape, Gigi pursued other projects including a role in the Australian drama telefilm BlackJack with Colin Friels. She also appeared in popular Australian TV shows such as The Secret Life of Us and Stingers. She also recorded a music single titled Poison with a recording artist n8. The song is available as streaming audio on her webpage in the music section [2].
Gigi returned as Chiana in Scifi Channel's miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.
Gigi frequently appears at Science Fiction conventions and gives interviews to many magazines and radio stations around the world, including Triple J's breakfast show. [3]
Filmography
- 2005 Last Train To Freo - Lisa
- 1999 The Monkey's Mask [4] - Tianna
- 1997 Him and Her - Her
- 1997 The Bastard - She
- 1997 Pure White Light - Tracy
TV credits
- 2004 Stingers
- 2004 Black Jack II, III, & IV
- 2004 My Soul is too much Charg'd (Australian Film and Television School)
- 2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
- 2003 The Secret Life of Us
- 2002 Black Jack
- 2002 BeastMaster
- 2000 The Lost World
- 2000 Water Rats
- 2000 BeastMaster
- 1999 Farscape (4 seasons: 1999-2002)
- 1998 Day of the Roses [5]
Please see Gigi's official homepage for full list of credits.
Music Credits
- Vocal work on a single Poison by N8
- Starred in a video for When I get to California by Hoodoo Gurus
Awards
- 2006 - Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Nomination for Best Actress in a motion picture (Last Train to Freo) [6]
- 2003 - SyFy Genre Award for Best Supporting Actress (Television)
- 2002 - Saturn Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series (Farscape) [7]
- 2001 - Maxim Award Nomination for Sexiest Space Babe (Television) [8]
Trivia
- John Crichton's pet name for Chiana is Pip. This was actually Gigi's nickname in real life.
- Gigi posed nude in Black & White Magazine [9]
- Gigi is one of the Yen Magazine's ambassadors for the 2006 Pantene Young Woman of the Year Awards [10]
External links
fr:Gigi Edgley
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