Rachael Coopes

Rachael Coopes (sometimes credited as Rachel Coopes) is an Australian actress, best known for her character "Sigourney" in the SBS cult parody Life Support. After starring in her first acting gig as Max Cullen's daughter in the Australian film Billy's Holiday for which she received great reviews despite the film getting a mixed response, [ [http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=922 dOc DVD Review: Billy's Holiday (1995) ] ] she went on to complete a bachelor of Economics at The University of Sydney.

Coopes has appeared as a guest in various television series including White Collar Blue and The Secret Life of Us. She was a series regular in the ABC comedy Dog's Head Bay, a semi-regular in All Saints. [ [http://www.australiantelevision.net/as/series6.html Australian Television: All Saints: series 6 ] ] After completing the third series of "Life Support" in 2004, she was awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship [ [http://createc.ea.ecu.edu.au/data/tmp/marten_bequest_app_2007.pdf Mar ] ] and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust [ [http://culturaltrust.ianpotter.org.au/reports_announcements.html New Page ] ] to study with Philippe Gaulier in Paris, the mentor and teacher of Sascha Baron Cohen.

She returned in 2007 and is in the last series of McLeod's Daughters as the vet Ingrid Marr.

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*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178484/
*http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/18/1063625083852.html
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vay7ADtMU8
*http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/25/1027497373193.html
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfyWqssrlNU
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