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Date of Birth

19 June 1952, Coogee, New South Wales, Australia

Birth Name

Virginia Robyn Hey

Nickname

Gardenia
Ginny
Baby Huey

Height

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Sydney, Australia, Virginia Hey spent her childhood in both Australia and London, England. She was discovered at a bus stop and began a career as a fashion model in Australia and Europe. She appeared on the cover of several magazines and soon moved into acting where she starred in television and films in Australia and the UK. Hey got her first big break in _Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)_ as the Warrior Woman. She was also one of the Bond girls in The Living Daylights (1987), and most recently played the multi award-nominated blue priestess Zhaan in "Farscape" (1999) (1999-2004). She left the show after three years because she wanted to grow her hair and eyebrows again (she was required to shave both for the role), and also for health reasons as the blue make-up took a toll on her well-being and caused her kidneys to bleed and set off a chain of health issues.

Hey is a certified practitioner of natural therapies. She studied Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine for one year in 1992, became certified in advanced Reiki in 1998 and Meditative healing for 2 years 1998-1999 before Farscape began in late 1999. She is interested in New Age spiritualism and teaches meditation across the USA.

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Trivia

Former girlfriend of the late Michael Hutchence.

Was discovered by a modeling agent while waiting at a bus stop in Sydney. She was waiting to catch the bus to go to her art school class.

She left Farscape in February 2001. Her reason for leaving was that she had shaved her hair and eyebrows for 3 years for her role as "Zhaan", and wished to grow her hair back and regain her health due to the extensive prosthetic make up upsetting her kidneys.

Certified in natural therapies.

Appeared in the US in a well-known "Oil Of Olay" television commercial for 10 years in the 1980s, in which she played a schoolteacher who is mistaken by one of her former students as one of his own former classmates. She has appeared in 57 TV commercials in Australia and the UK.

Girlfriend of actor Michael Goetz.

Personal Quotes

On Mad Max II (The Road Warrior) "It was a very, very clever movie. Just look at what the genius of George Miller started. A lot of people copied that look that genre over the years. It was really quite ahead of its time."

Where Are They Now

(December 2001) Now living in Los Angeles and pursuing other acting offers.

(July 2003) Only recently got her work visa so she can actually audition in the US. Before that she was living off the con circuit (she said sci-fi fans are generally very intelligent people). She had been offered a role on Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda but could not accept because she did not have a work visa for Canada.

(May 2004) Received her "Alien Of Extraordinary Ability" USA work visa Jan 2003. She makes personal appearances all across the USA at Sci-Fi and popular culture events. Teaches meditation and is about to launch aromatherapy, beauty & home products and meditation CDs.

(January 2008) Has now relocated to the Fort Myers, Florida area and teaches meditation and continuing her business of aromatherapy, beauty & home products and meditation CDs.

(June 2009) Moved to Los Angeles from Australia 8 weeks ago.

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