Jessica Marais
Jessica Marais was born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa on January 29th, 1985 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 39, Jessica Marais biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jessica Dominique Marais (born 29 January 1985) is an Australian actress best known for her appearances in Packed to the Rafters and Love Child.
She has also appeared in the American drama series Magic City as a co-star.
Early life
Marais was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and her family lived in Canada and New Zealand before relocating to Perth, Western Australia, when she was nine years old.
Tony, the Marais' father, died after returning from a family picnic six months after arriving in Australia. Marais and her younger sister Clara were raised by her mother Karen. She attended a year at St. John XXIII College in Claremont, which was a Catholic co-educational academy.
Jessica earned her diploma in 2007 from the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Charity in Sweet Charity were among the NIDA appearances. While still completing her senior year, she and co-star Hugh Sheridan won the role in Packed to the Rafters.
Personal life
In 2009, Marais married former Packed to the Rafters co-star James Stewart. However, Marais reported in May that she and Stewart had ended their 5-year association amicably.
In May 2012, Marais and Stewart had a daughter together. Marais was revealed as returning to work filming the second series of Magic City, while Stewart will be the baby's full-time caregiver.
Career
Marais was attending NIDA when she was cast in the role of Rachel Rafter on the television series Packed to the Rafters. The series became a success and was instantly renewed. In February 2011 it was announced that Marais had left the show, with her final episode airing on 23 August 2011. Marais starred in the series from Season One until Season Four from 2008 to 2012. Marais made cameo appearances in the final episode of season 4 on 20 March 2012 and in the series finale on 2 July 2013. After initially agreeing to reprise the role of Rachel Rafter in Back to the Rafters, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 17 September 2021, she pulled out before filming began for personal reasons.
Marais also starred in Rai Fazio's film Two Fists, One Heart with fellow Perth actor Tim Minchin and Daniel Amalm which was released in March 2009. Marais guest-starred in the American series, Legend of the Seeker filmed in Auckland New Zealand, playing the role of the Mord'Sith Denna.
After departing Packed to the Rafters, Marais relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Hollywood. Marais then went to Miami, to film US drama, Magic City. The series lasted two seasons.
After relocating back to Australia, Marais portrayed Australian transgender entertainer and activist Carlotta in a biographic telefilm for ABCTV Australia. Its worldwide premiere was on 19 June 2014. It was the No. 10 show of the night, and nationally won its timeslot with 811,000 viewers. Also in 2014, Marais had the lead role on Channel Nine's Love Child, where she played the character Dr Joan Millar. She has since appeared on all four seasons of this show.
Since 2016, Marais had the lead role in Channel Ten's drama The Wrong Girl. Marais was nominated for the Gold Logie in 2017 and 2018
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