Gigi Edgley 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 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, 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 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, has undertaken some
independent film work, was cast in a feature film, 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" 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 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.
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
1997 Pure White Light – Tracy 1997 The Bastard – She
1997 Him and Her – Her 2006 Last Train to Freo – Lisa
2008 Newcastle – Sandra 2010 Quantum Apocalypse – Trish
2010 Nobody Knows – Lead role, directed by Gigi Edgley & Brian Meredith
2013 One Step Ahead - Lead role Television
1998 The Day of the Roses 1999 Farscape
2000 BeastMaster 2000 Water Rats
2000 The Lost World 2002 BeastMaster
2002 BlackJack 2003 The Secret Life of Us
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars 2004 Stingers
2004 BlackJack II, III, & IV 2004 My Soul is too much Charg'd
2007 Showdown at Area 51 2007 The Starter Wife
2009–2011 Rescue: Special Ops 2012 Tricky Business
2014 Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge 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 2003 – SyFy Genre Award for Best Supporting
Actress 2002 – Saturn Award Nomination for Best
Supporting Actress in a Television Series 2001 – Maxim Award Nomination for Sexiest
Space Babe References
External links Official website
Gigi Edgley at the Internet Movie Database