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Gigi Edgley is a Actor Australienne born on 16 november 1977 at Perth (Australie)

Gigi Edgley

Gigi Edgley
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Nationality Australie
Birth 16 november 1977 (47 years) at Perth (Australie)

Gigi Edgley (born 16 November 1977) is an Australian actress and recording artist. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops.

Biography

Early life
Edgley was born in Perth. She is the daughter of concert and circus promoter Michael Edgley, known for bringing the Moscow State Circus to Australia during the 1980s. Her mother, Jeni Edgley, was formally involved in managing a 250-acre (101 hectare) health retreat. As a child, Gigi Edgley 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 Theatre. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Queensland University of Technology in 1998. As a believer in the school of method acting, Gigi has developed a broad set of skills and experiences for her roles. Edgley is proficient in ballet, jazz, character dance, singing, and martial arts. Her signature skill is fire-twirling.


TV and film work

Edgley's early TV and film work included several independent productions (with later Farscape co-star Anthony Simcoe), as well as a guest star spot on the popular Australian series Water Rats and a role in Australian film titled The Day of the Roses.

Edgley is best known for her role as Chiana on the science fiction TV series Farscape. Originally, she was hired for only one episode, and her character was supposed to die at the end of the hour. The creators decided to keep her around for a few more episodes. At the beginning of Season 2, she was promoted to be a regular on the show. She appeared in total of 68 episodes of the series. Her character's nickname (Pip) was actually coined by her co-star Ben Browder.

Between seasons, Edgley 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), has undertaken 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 Theatre.

After the cancellation of Farscape, Edgley pursued other projects including a role in the Australian drama telefilm BlackJack with Colin Friels. She joined the cast of Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us in 2003 and Stingers in 2004.

Edgley returned as Chiana in the SciFi Channel miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.



In 2006 Edgley starred as the female lead in critically acclaimed Australian Drama/Thriller Last Train to Freo. Her role was nominated for a Best Actress in a Lead Role by the Film Critics Circle of Australia. She also had a minor supporting role in the 2007 USA Network TV miniseries The Starter Wife. She had a leading role in three seasons of Rescue: Special Ops from 2009.

She frequently appears at science fiction conventions and gives interviews to many magazines and radio stations around the world.


Music
Edgley recorded a music single titled "Poison" with recording artist n8. The song is available as streaming audio on her webpage in the music section. She also appeared in a music video for the song "When I Get to California" (2004) by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus.

In July 2007, Edgley began recording with Seattle-based artist/producer Kyle Stevens and writing songs for a new music release. At Farscape Con in November 2007, Gigi released "...SO IT SEEMS", a five song E.P. produced and co-written with Kyle. Edgley has recorded Fall, Ftang!, and Blue Sky Thoughts.


Other appearances and achievements
Edgley was featured in several printed magazines. Most notably, she appeared nude in the Issue 49 (February 2001) of the popular Australian magazine Black+White. She was also on the cover of the FHM magazine in December 2003 and the cover of the US version of the TV Guide (29 July – 4 August 2000 issue).

Edgley was Yen Magazine's ambassador for the 2006 Pantene Young Woman of the Year Awards.

Usually with

Jeremy Sims
Jeremy Sims
(2 films)
Jason London
Jason London
(1 films)
Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood
(2 films)
Karan Ashley
Karan Ashley
(1 films)
Leigh Slawner
Leigh Slawner
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gigi Edgley (7 films)

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Actress

The Order
The Order (2018)

Directed by Nick Gillard
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Crime
Actors Austin St. John, Marina Sirtis, Erin Cahill, David Yost, Kevin Kleinberg, Nichelle Nichols
Roles Emily

Un groupe de clandestins dénommé The Order passe sa vie à lutter contre toutes sortes de menaces. Mais lorsqu'une partie de ses membres est visée, tout change...
Quantum Apocalypse, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Stephanie Jacobsen, Stuart Lafferty, Gigi Edgley, Kristen Quintrall, Peter Jurasik, Shirly Brener
Roles Trish
Rating31% 1.5711351.5711351.5711351.5711351.571135
During routine administration at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Dr. Rhodes discovers that a comet has suddenly veered off its orbit and smashed into Mars. The explosion causes debris to travel towards Earth with the possibility of causing an extinction level event. At Ben Marshall's house, Ben refuses to give his son, Leo, a ride as he complained his own car smelled of mildew. However, Ben drives Leo to school and discovers Leo is in love with a fellow student, Lindsey. Leo is chatting with Lindsey when her ex-boyfriend, Sean, gives them threatening looks.
Newcastle
Newcastle (2008)
, 1h47
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Surfing films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lachlan Buchanan, Xavier Samuel, Reshad Strik, Shane Jacobson, Joy Smithers, Gigi Edgley
Roles Sandra
Rating59% 2.992572.992572.992572.992572.99257
Young surfer Jesse has always been in the shadow of his older brother Victor, who tried to become a champion surfer and failed. Jesse, his friends—Nathan, Andy and Scotty—and his brother Fergus (who has a crush on Andy, which is reciprocated), along with Deb and Leah, all go on a camping-surfing trip to a remote beach, but when Victor shows up tragedy hits. Things get competitive and in a severe accident Andy is seriously injured while Victor is killed. After the funeral, Fergus and Jesse bond on a night under the stars, and the film ends on a happier note, with Jesse as a competitor in a junior surf comp.
Showdown at Area 51, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Jason London, Christa Campbell, Gigi Edgley, Coby Bell, Lee Horsley
Roles Monica Gray
Rating33% 1.6859051.6859051.6859051.6859051.685905
Les aliènes de la planète Oméga récupèrent les gaz carbonique et les déchets nucléaire des autres planètes sans négocier : par meurtre. Un obélisque, germe d’oméga, a été installé dans un ranch à Roswell sur la zone n°51 (New Mexique, USA). L’obélisque possède deux ports : un détonateur et un désactivateur. L'obélisque surveille le taux de gaz et déchet, et quand le rendement est atteint, un centurion aliène d'oméga sera envoyé faire sauter l'obélisque avec un bâton à six pierres pour dégager un gaz toxique qui tuera tous les humains sur terre.
Last Train to Freo, 1h29
Directed by Jeremy Sims
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Steve Le Marquand, Tom Budge, Gigi Edgley, Gillian Jones, Lisa Hensley
Roles Lisa
Rating64% 3.245343.245343.245343.245343.24534
Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman, unaware that the train guards are on strike, boards the train several stops later, the thugs are interested by her. After two others - an older woman and a silent man - board the train, it becomes apparent that not everybody on the train is who they appear to be.
The Day of the Roses, 3h40
Genres Drama
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Actors Rebecca Gibney, Paul Mercurio, Stephen Curry, Helen Dallimore, Jeremy Sims, Peter O'Brien
Roles Erica Watson
Rating81% 4.0860154.0860154.0860154.0860154.086015
The film starts at an anniversary commemoration of the crash, where roses are dropped on the track to the aftermath of the wreck where first responders are arriving at the scene. Five months later the coroner, Tom Weir, brings in Boris Osman, an engineer to help him investigate the crash and immediately runs into stonewalling by the state-owned rail company, who don’t want him to examine the train. Osman thinks it’s because the investigation will have to disclose why the tracks that caused the wreck were in such bad shape. Osman thinks it was caused by the politicians in office allowing the rail system to deteriorate. The coroner learns the bridge was hit twice before. Pressure begins to be brought on the coroner from above to stop asking to look at the train. Osman learns this is the third time this locomotive went off the rails. The coroner uses the threat of contempt of court to force the rail company to let Osman examine the locomotive. The inquest begins, with Orman recounting how the tragedy happened on 18 January 1977, alternating with the stories of some passengers who traveled on the ill-fated train, leading up to the depiction of the accident. Due to worn out track and worn out wheels on the locomotive, it jumps the rails and hits a bridge support, causing it to collapse on the train. The community springs into action to aid the survivors and recover the 83 dead. Several of the rescuers testify at the inquest and recount their actions on the day of the accident. Many rescuers risk their own lives to save the injured. Even when ordered to leave due to the danger of further collapse, many refuse to abandon injured survivors. Many of the rescuers are traumatized by what they saw. Ormond comes under attack for saying that it was the condition of the locomotive’s wheels that contributed to the accident, since while money has been allocated to repair the tracks, there is no money to also repair the locomotives. The families of the dead try to cope, while Gerry Buchtman, who went to Granville while on sick leave from his emergency responder job has to fight to keep his job, since the powers that be want to fire him for doing just that. In spite of pressure, the coroner finds that the locomotive’s condition contributed to the accident. Osman later learns that even though the rail company knew this type of locomotive was dangerous due to a derailment 11 months before Granville, they took no steps to lower the speed on this line because it came from an electoral district that often decided national elections and the government did not want to anger the voters by making their train late. We return to the memorial service, while on screen captions tell us what happened to some of the people involved in the crash and the investigation.
The Monkey's Mask, 1h33
Directed by Samantha Lang
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Abbie Cornish, Marton Csokas, Bojana Novakovic, John Noble
Roles Tianna (uncredited)
Rating50% 2.5488952.5488952.5488952.5488952.548895
A young woman called Mickey (Abbie Cornish) reads a poem to an audience at a bar. When she leaves, she gets into an unseen person's car.