Gigi Edgley

Gigi Edgley
File:Gigi Edgley 44.jpg Edgley in January 2013
Born	(1977-11-16) 16 November 1977 Perth, Australia
Occupation	Actress, singer, songwriter
Years active	1999–present
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) (5'5.75")
Spouse(s)	Jamey Mossengren (m. 2012)
Parent(s)	Michael Edgley Jeni Edgley
Website	gigiedgley.com

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.

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.

Career

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.

File:GigiEdgleyJan2011.jpg

Edgley in January 2011

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.

Personal life

In 2012 Edgley married world champion unicyclist and performer Jamey Mossengren in Hawaii. Edgley was in her early 20s when they met.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Bastard	Sara	Short film
2000	The Monkey's Mask	Tianna
2006	Last Train to Freo	Lisa
2007	Showdown at Area 51	Monica Gray
2008	Newcastle	Sandra
2008	Systolic	Liza	Short film
2009	Nobody Knows	Trixie Blu
2013	One Step Ahead	Lisa	Short film
2013	L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart	Meredith	Short film
2015	Whiskey Sour	Emma	Short film
2015	Della Mortika	Zarah Della Morte	Short film, post-production
2015	Hashtag	X	Short film, post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Day of the Roses	Erica Watson	TV miniseries
1999	Water Rats	Penny Lane	"Red Light"
1999	BeastMaster	Maleena	"Amazons"
1999-2003	Farscape	Chiana	Main role
2001	The Lost World	Pakim	"The Guardian"
2002	BeastMaster	Talia	"The Alliance"
2002	Farscape: The Game	Chiana (voice)	Video game
2003	BlackJack: Murder Archive	Liz Kempson	TV film
2003	The Secret Life of Us	George	Regular role
2004	Stingers	Katherine Marks	Recurring role
2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Chiana	TV miniseries
2005	BlackJack: In the Money	Liz Kempson	TV film
2005	BlackJack: Ace Point Game	Liz Kempson	TV film
2006	BlackJack: At the Gates	Liz Kempson	TV film
2007	The Starter Wife	Chloe	TV miniseries
2007	BlackJack: Ghosts	Liz Kempson	TV film
2009-2011	Rescue: Special Ops	Lara Knight	Main role
2010	Quantum Apocalypse	Trish	TV film
2012	Tricky Business	Kate Christie	Main role
2014	Carlotta	Jane	TV film
2014	Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge	Herself	Host

Music credits

• Vocal work on a single Poison by N8
• Starred in a video for When You 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)
• 2003 – SyFy Genre Award for Best Supporting Actress (Television)
• 2002 – Saturn Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series (Farscape)
• 2001 – Maxim Award Nomination for Sexiest Space Babe (Television)

External links

• Official website
• Gigi Edgley at the Internet Movie Database