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Rachael Blake is a Actor and Scriptwriter Australienne born on 26 may 1971 at Perth (Australie)

Rachael Blake

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Birth name Rachael Blake Morelle
Nationality Australie
Birth 26 may 1971 (52 years) at Perth (Australie)
Awards Logie Award, Inside Film Awards

Rachael Morelle Blake (born 26 May 1971) is an Australian actress.

Biography

Early life
Blake was born in Perth. At the age of 18 months, she moved to England with her English parents only to return to Perth at age 11.

Blake was born deaf in one ear, a condition that was rectified by a series of operations undertaken before she was six. To overcome shyness and her hearing problem, her mother enrolled her in elocution lessons, which she continued until age 17.

After attending the John Curtin College of the Arts high school in Perth, she applied to Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art ("NIDA") at age 17. but was rejected due to her age. She was accepted to NIDA when she was 19.


Acting career
At 13, Blake was cast in a short film. Blake's first film role was in the Australian children's movie Paws. After studying at NIDA, she worked on Australian television shows Home and Away, Pacific Drive, and Heartbreak High. In 1997, she took the role of Dr Maxine Summers in the ABC crime drama Wildside.

She has also starred in the film Lantana with Anthony LaPaglia; and in the British satirical black comedy Suburban Shootout between 2006–2007. She played "Belinda" in a British TV movie, Clapham Junction, in 2007. In 2009, she starred in the UKTV mini-series False Witness. She also played a main role in The Prisoner.

In 2010, she portrayed Hazel Hawke in the telemovie Hawke. She played the character of Clara in the erotic drama Sleeping Beauty. In 2012, Blake portrayed Kris Perry in the theatre production of 8 in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2013, she played Lady Tuckworth in the HBO Asia series Serangoon Road.

She will appear in the film Gods of Egypt in 2016.


Personal life
In 2003, she married Wildside co-star Tony Martin. They later starred together in Serangoon Road together.

Usually with

Julia Leigh
Julia Leigh
(1 films)
Ewen Leslie
Ewen Leslie
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rachael Blake (17 films)

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Actress

Gods of Egypt, 2h7
Directed by Alex Proyas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films based on mythology, Mythologie égyptienne
Actors Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Courtney Eaton
Roles Isis
Rating54% 2.704612.704612.704612.704612.70461
The film portrays a conflict between the gods Set (Gerard Butler) and Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) as they battle for control of the Nile River Valley.
Truth
Truth (2015)
, 2h5
Directed by James Vanderbilt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about television, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Betsy West
Rating67% 3.396533.396533.396533.396533.39653
Mary Mapes, producer of the primetime news program 60 Minutes Wednesday, her crew, and eminent CBS national news anchor Dan Rather face accuracy questions following the airing, in the months before the US 2004 presidential election, of a report that President George W. Bush, then seeking re-election, had in the early 1970s received preferential treatment from officials of the Texas Air National Guard. The allegation included concealing Bush's failure to meet even minimal training and performance requirements, and his absence from the Air Guard for most of 1972 following a transfer to the Alabama Air National Guard.
My Mistress, 1h44
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films
Actors Emmanuelle Béart, Harrison Gilbertson, Rachael Blake, Leah Purcell, Robyn Moore
Roles Kate Boyd
Rating53% 2.699432.699432.699432.699432.69943
A sixteen-year-old boy discovers his father's suicide. Distraught, he goes searching for ways to numb the pain. He then meets a mysterious woman who turns out to be a dominatrix and finds solace in her arms.
Melody
Melody (2014)

Directed by Bernard Bellefroid
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors Rachael Blake, Lucie Debay, Catherine Salée
Roles Emily
Rating61% 3.092213.092213.092213.092213.09221
Pour s'offrir le salon de coiffure dont elle rêve, la jeune Melody, née sous X, s'engage à porter l'embryon d'Emily, cadre supérieur en rémission d'un cancer de l'utérus. De ce contrat naît une relation complexe tour à tour amicale et filiale, solidaire et conflictuelle, où le flux vital qui relie les deux femmes fait de l'une et de l'autre de mutuelles figures maternelles.
Sleeping Beauty, 1h42
Directed by Julia Leigh
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Michael Dorman, Mirrah Foulkes, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Roles Clara
Rating53% 2.6503352.6503352.6503352.6503352.650335
Lucy (Emily Browning) is a university student who holds a number of odd jobs: she volunteers as a test subject at the university medical research lab, works at a coffee shop, and makes photocopies at an office. She also attends a high-class bar, offering herself as a sex partner. Her landlord dislikes her, and she spends her time visiting an aloof man, Birdmann (Ewen Leslie), who is attracted to her. Although she does not return his affection, she appears to be happier when with him than at any other time.
Cherry Tree Lane, 1h17
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Rachael Blake, Tom Butcher, Jennie Jacques, Ashley Chin, Sonny Muslim
Roles Christine
Rating49% 2.4515452.4515452.4515452.4515452.451545
In a house at Cherry Tree Lane, couple Christine (Rachael Blake) and Mike (Tom Butcher) are eating dinner while their son Sebastian (Tom Kane) is out at a football practice session, the doorbell suddenly rings and Christine goes to check on it, only to be attacked by Rian (Jumayn Hunter) his friends Asad (Ashley Chin) and Teddy (Sonny Muslim), who holds Christine hostage and threatens Mike with a knife and beats him down they are then tied up.
The Diplomat, 3h
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Dougray Scott, Rachael Blake, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Claire Forlani, Don Hany
Roles Detective Chief Inspector Julie Hales
Rating55% 2.756072.756072.756072.756072.75607
Première Partie : Sergei Krousov, un trafiquant de drogue donne la clé d'une valise à bombe nucléaire à Ian Porter, un diplomate britannique. De l'héroïne est trouvée dans un conteneur lui appartenant. Scotland Yard accuse Ian Porter de collaboration avec la mafia russe. Il est arrêté. Krousov fait des menaces de mort contre Pipa, l'épouse du diplomate. Julie Hales décide alors d'assurer la protection de Porter et de son ex-femme en échange de son témoignage contre Krousov. Scotland Yard envoie les époux Porter en détention préventive en Australie. Mais elle va découvrir que ce dernier est un agent du MI-6 et doute fortement de la nature de son engagement. Pipa est tuée.
Clapham Junction, 1h39
Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors David Jeremy Leon, James Wilby, Joseph Mawle, Rachael Blake, Samantha Bond, Luke Treadaway
Roles Belinda Hopkirk
Rating71% 3.593433.593433.593433.593433.59343
D'une cérémonie pour un mariage civil homosexuel jusqu'à un diner un peu houleux, cinq histoires se croisent à Londres de l'école au travail, des bars aux clubs pendant une chaude nuit d'été.
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage (2006)

Directed by John Fawcett
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Fay Ripley, Ben Miles, Rachael Blake
Roles Elizabeth Aldred
Rating57% 2.8532352.8532352.8532352.8532352.853235
Derailed
Derailed (2005)
, 1h48
Directed by Mikael Håfström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, Giancarlo Esposito, Addison Timlin
Roles Susan Davis
Rating65% 3.2982953.2982953.2982953.2982953.298295
Charles Schine (Clive Owen), is an advertising executive. His marriage to Deanna (Melissa George) is deteriorating, and his daughter Amy (Addison Timlin) suffers from diabetes, requiring expensive medication. Charles's story is being written down by an unidentified man in a prison cell.
Tom White
Tom White (2004)
, 1h46
Directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos
Actors Colin Friels, Rachael Blake, Loene Carmen, Michael Blake, David Field, Bill Hunter
Roles Helen White
Rating65% 3.280413.280413.280413.280413.28041
Tom White (Colin Friels) is an architect who chooses to make himself hopeless. Outwardly, he has all the signs of a successful life — large home, loving family, successful career. However, it soon becomes clear that not everything is as it appears at work. Tom chooses a different path and cuts ties with his normal life. He has chosen the streets, where those he meets, in spite of their position, have enormous self-dignity—the rent boy (Dan Spielman), an ex-junkie (Loene Carmen), a gentle-but-manly tramp (Bill Hunter) and a 14-year-old graffiti artist (Jarryd Jinks). Tom goes on a personal journey of his own as he plumbs outsider society, yet he discovers his own Dignity and gains an understanding of who she is.
Lantana
Lantana (2001)
, 2h1
Directed by Ray Lawrence
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Manu Bennett
Roles Jane O'May
Rating71% 3.5967753.5967753.5967753.5967753.596775
An unknown woman's body is seen caught in the lantana bush, missing a shoe.