Jessica Tovey Biography

Jessica Tovey (born 10 November 1987) is an Australian actress. Tovey graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and has made appearances for various drama companies. She is best known for her role of Belle Taylor on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away. Tovey joined the show in 2006 and was nominated for two Logie Awards during her time there. In 2009, she announced she had quit Home and Away and her character was killed off. Tovey became the face of American shoe company, Skechers. She appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile in 2010 and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo in 2011.

Career

Tovey graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she appeared in a number of stage productions. She has played leading roles at Australian Theatre for Young People, drama festivals and in The Global Shakespeare Festival, where she won acclaim for her performance in Macbeth. In 2005, she joined the cast of children's program Wicked Science, as Nadine.

After completing her schooling, Tovey joined the cast of Home and Away in 2006 as Belle Taylor. For her portrayal of the character, Tovey was nominated for Most Popular New Female Talent and Most Popular Actress at the 2007 and 2010 Logie Awards respectively. In April 2009, Tovey announced that she had quit Home and Away and her character was killed off.

In 2008, American shoe company, Skechers announced that Tovey would be their new celebrity face. Tovey became the first non-American to feature in the brand's ad campaigns. Tovey joined the cast of Underbelly: The Golden Mile in April 2010, appearing as Constable Wendy Jones. In August, it was announced she had joined the cast of Panic at Rock Island, a Nine Network telemovie drama. Tovey also made a guest appearance on police drama Cops L.A.C.. The actress appeared in the 2011 ABC television miniseries Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo as Leslie Carpenter. Tovey has been cast as Dani Varvaris in the upcoming romantic-comedy drama Wonderland.

Personal life

Tovey was born in Sydney. She is the daughter of author, Libby Gleeson and Euan Tovey, a New Zealand research scientist. She has two older sisters, Amelia and Josephine. Tovey dated her Home and Away co-star Bobby Morley until March 2008.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Smile for Me	Simone
2010	Wanderlust	Eva
2010	Professor Kellog and the Colombian Bookshop Crack Adventure	Katy
2010	Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story	Laura Korp
2011	Panic at Rock Island	Nina Quinn	Television movie
2011	Reception	Actress	Short film
2013	The Two Mothers	Mary	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Wicked Science	Nadine Sterling	Episode: "Ghost Girl"
2006"09	Home and Away	Belle Taylor	Regular role
2010	Underbelly: The Golden Mile	Wendy Jones
2010	Cops L.A.C.	Tash	Episode: "Blood Types"
2011	Paper Giants	Leslie Carpenter
2012	Dance Academy	Jess
2013	Wonderland	Dani Varvaris