Kristy Wright (born 14 July 1978; name also erroneously given as Kirsty Wright) is an Australian television and film actress.

Kristy Wright
Born14 July 1978 (1978-07-14) (age 46)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Notable workHome and Away
Children1

Early life

edit

Wright was born in Sydney, Australia, the oldest child in her family, with three stepbrothers and two half-sisters. Hoping to win a contest for acting lessons, she sent in her photograph and ended up with a full year's paid tuition.

Career

edit

Her first part was a guest role in Police Rescue. From 1995 until 1999 she played the part of Chloe Richards in the Australian soap opera Home and Away and briefly returned to this role in June 2005, when her character died from an embolism resulting from a car accident.

Following Home and Away she starred in Chuck Finn, Above the Law and Something in the Air. She went on to feature in Crash Palace as well as a political satire called Corridors of Power. Following this success she was picked up to feature in an American TV show, Beastmaster as a ninja warrior. She also appeared in a short film, Sweet Dreams.

She worked on an episode of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's – The Lost World, and has also featured in the Australian drama, The Alice. She had a minor role as the hand maiden Moteé in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

Personal life

edit

Wright moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue acting in Hollywood as the logical next step in her career. However, she eventually decided to quit acting in order to focus on other interests and start a family.[1]

On 8 August 2013,[2] she gave birth to a son, during her 27th week of pregnancy.[3] He weighed 2 lbs 4 oz and was 14.5 inches long.[2]

Filmography

edit
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Enemies Closer Samantha Feature film
2002 Sweet Dreams Short film
2004 The Crop Nancy Feature film
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Moteé Feature film
2005 Wrong Answer Holly Aurelli Short film
2017 Ravenswood Asylum Yvonne Feature film
2021 Christmas Down Under Samantha Parker Feature film
2023 Stranded Pearl Julia Feature film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Home and Away Donna Season 7, episode 114
1995 Police Rescue Cassie Season 4, episode 4
1995–99, 2005 Home and Away Chloe Richards Seasons 8–12 (main role), Season 18 (recurring)
1999 Chuck Finn Rosy Season 1, episode 14
2000 Above the Law Belinda Clarke Seasons 1–2 (main role, 35 episodes)
2001 The Lost World Ana Pisaro Season 2, episode 10
2001 Something in the Air Lisa Cambridge Season 2 (recurring, 13 episodes)
2001 Crash Palace Suze Collins Season 1 (main role)
2001 Corridors of Power Vanessa 'Van' Harrison Season 1 (main role, 6 episodes)
2002 Beastmaster Bianna Season 3, episode 19
2003 White Collar Blue Summah Shareef Season 2, episode 11
2005 The Alice Simone Season 1, episode 4

References

edit
  1. ^ "Jai's story". Today Tonight Adelaide. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Kristy Wright | Jai William Jacoby Came Early!". Giveforward.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ on 23 September 2013, 6:18 pm (23 September 2013). "Kristy Wright ex Home and Away star s premature baby battle - Yahoo7". Au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
edit