Raelee Hill

Raelee Hill (born October 24, 1972) is an Australian actress, known for portraying roles in some of Australia's most successful television series. Her first major role was as Loretta Taylor in Paradise Beach, which was followed shortly afterwards by roles as Serendipity Gottlieb in Neighbours and Constable Tayler Johnson in Water Rats. She had a supporting role as Sikozu in the sci-fi series Farscape and the miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

Early life

Hill was born in Brisbane to Stan, an oil refinery worker, and Janette, an art teacher and potter. She has an older sister.<ref name="Lessons">Template:Cite news</ref> Hill is of Scottish and Irish descent.<ref name="Lessons"/> Hill attended Moreton Bay College, where she became school captain and was on debate and softball teams.<ref name="Lessons"/>

Career

From 1993 until 1994, Hill starred in Paradise Beach as Loretta Taylor.<ref name="Ruben">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Hill secured the role while she was studying an arts degree at university. She had six months to go of a three year course.<ref name="Lessons"/><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Free access</ref> Hill enjoyed playing Loretta, as she was "not a typical Aussie soap character".<ref name="Livermore">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Free access</ref> She Loretta was known for being "quirky" and often wore eccentric outfits, which Hill said made her interesting to play.<ref name="Livermore"/> She appeared in the guest role of Jill Lambert in an episode of Blue Heelers in July 1994. She had to have her red hair sprayed black due to her close resemblance to lead actress Julie Nihill.<ref name="Ruben"/>

Two days after finishing up on Blue Heelers, Hill joined the cast of Neighbours as "free-spirited" Serendipity Gottlieb, sister of Mark Gottlieb (played by Bruce Samazan).<ref name="Blooming">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Hill had been spotted in a café by the show's casting director Jan Russ.<ref name="Lessons"/> She made her first appearance on 25 August 1994.<ref name="Blooming"/> Hill left Neighbours in 1995, after her contract was not renewed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She appeared in the soap opera spoof Shark Bay in 1996,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and made her film debut in the romantic comedy Hotel de Love.<ref name="Sutton">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In early 1997, Hill joined the cast of police drama Water Rats as rookie officer Tayler Johnson.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Free access</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Free access</ref> She relocated to Sydney from Melbourne for the role.<ref name="Sutton"/> Hill has appeared in several theatre roles,<ref name="Sutton"/> including the role of Wendy in Pan for The Jim Henson Company.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Free access</ref>

In 2001, Hill appeared in the two-part television adaption of My Brother Jack as Sheila Meredith.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2002, she was cast in the supporting role of Sikozu in the Australian-American sci-fi television series Farscape.<ref name="Sikozu">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Sandwell">Template:Cite web</ref> She originally auditioned for the part of Mele-On Grayza, but the part ultimately went to Rebecca Riggs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The role of Sikozu was created especially for her by executive producer David Kemper after impressing him during her audition.<ref name="Sikozu"/> Hill also appeared as Sikozu in the 2004 miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Free access</ref>

She had a brief role in Superman Returns in 2006, followed by appearances in the 2007 Indonesian film Long Road to Heaven about the 2002 Bali bombing, and Event Zero (2017).<ref name="Sandwell"/> In 2022, Hill appeared in the comedy drama series After the Verdict as Belinda.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Hotel de Love	Emma Andrews
1996	Black Sun	Maddy	Short
2006	Superman Returns	Hospital Nurse
2007	Long Road to Heaven	Liz Thompson
2007	Template:Sortname	Emma Henderson
2009	Off the Beat	Enid Jones	Short
2014	Breath	Doctor	Short
2016	En Passant	Mother	Short
2017	Template:Sortname	Wife	Short
2017	Event Zero	Bree Parker
2019	Guilt	Kristina	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Paradise Beach	Loretta Taylor
1994	Blue Heelers	Jill Lambert	Episode: "Day in Court
1994–1995	Neighbours	Serendipity Gottlieb	Series regular
1996	Blue Heelers	Jamie Bennett	Episode: "Sex and Death"
1996	Shark Bay	Heather	Main role
1997–1999	Water Rats	Const. Tayler Johnson	Main role (series 2–4)
2000	BeastMaster	Sela	Episode: "The Golden Phoenix"
2001	My Brother Jack	Sheila Meredith	Television film
2002	Template:Sortname	Brywik	Episode: "A Witch's Calling"
2002–2003	Farscape	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu	Supporting role (series 4)
2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu	TV miniseries
2005	Blue Water High	Lucy	Episode: "Timing Is Everything"
2009	Packed to the Rafters	Lucy	Episode: "Having It All"
2011	Rescue: Special Ops	Helen Hillerstrom	Episode: "Missing Pieces"
2016	Janet King	Maureen	Episode: "In Plain Sight"
2017	Home and Away	Annie Banks	Episode 6637
2022	After the Verdict	Belinda	Recurring

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