Imogen Bailey (born 7 July
1977 in Canberra
Australia) is an Australian model,
actress and singer. She is currently based in Sydney
and is best
known for her role on Neighbours
as Nicola West .
She has made many appearances in the Australian
men's magazines Ralph, plus
Maxim and
FHM in almost every country. In 2001, Bailey won
the title of Australia's sexiest model in
Ralph and was
said by the editor to be
"winning by a large
margin".
Career
Modeling
Imogen Bailey has posed
nude for
Black+White magazine, her personal belief
about nudity being expressed by the following words of hers:
"I
believe that the human form is a wonderful creation. Any
nudity that I have chosen to do has always been beautiful and
tasteful."
She also appeared as a weekly
columnist in
Australian Magazine, and
Zoo
Weekly (from the publishers of
FHM), giving
advice to guys about their girlfriends while wearing her
bikini.
Television
Bailey has
competed in several reality shows
including Celebrity
Big Brother, Skating on
Thin Ice and Celebrity
Survivor, which was set in Vanuatu
.
Bailey placed third on the show which was aired during 2006. In
2005 she appeared in the
comic book
adaptation of
Man-Thing, which
was shot in Australia and portrayed a deaf character, Ariel, in the
movie
7th Hunt.
More notably however, Imogen Bailey's 56 episode stint portraying
Nicola West - one of
Neighbour 's most controversial
characters of 2008 - made her a more common name within the young
female audience in Australia. Her role of Miranda Parker's younger
sister created controversy as her character got involved in many
controversial storylines such as the infamous incestual
relationship with her adoptive nephew, Riley.
Music
Bailey's vocals were featured on the 2003 single "If U Want Me" by
dance musician
Michael
Woods. The single made it to number 1 on the UK dance
charts.
Selected filmography
There is some conjecture as to Bailey's age. Until recently her
website listed her birth year as 1977. She now claims to have been
born in 1983. This might create problems for
Inside Sport,
the September 2000 edition of which carried nude photos of Bailey
on the cover as well as the pages inside. Additionally, there are
several interviews, forums, fansites and IMDB, which all list her
age as 32.
Personal life
Bailey recently revealed her traumatic ordeal over her battle with
anorexia nervosa in an interview
with
Now magazine:
Bailey later went for therapy and took up meditation after her
family and friends expressed concerns about her health.
Animal rights
Bailey is outspoken on the subject of Animal Rights and has lent
her likeness to many
PETA campaigns. She also
once appeared caged in a make-shift battery hen enclosure as part
of a campaign for the
Human Battery Cage. The rights to sit in the
cage with Bailey and
Lindsay
McDougall (guitarist for punk band
Frenzal Rhomb), were auctioned off on eBay by
Animal Liberation NSW. Imogen
has also just launched a new project, http://www.imforanimals.com,
which focuses on drawing attention to the abuse and cruelty towards
animals.
References
- Soaps - News - Bikini model joins 'Neighbours' cast
- Digital Spy
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