Rachael Coopes

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Rachael Coopes (sometimes credited as Rachel Coopes) is an Australian actress, best known for her character Sigourney in the SBS cult parody Life Support. After starring in her first acting gig as Max Cullen's daughter in the Australian film Billy's Holiday for which she received great reviews despite the film getting a mixed response,^[1] she went on to complete a bachelor of Economics at The University of Sydney.

Coopes has appeared as a guest in various television series including White Collar Blue and The Secret Life of Us. She was a series regular in the ABC comedy Dog's Head Bay, a semi-regular in All Saints.^[2] After completing the third series of Life Support in 2004, she was awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship^[3] and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust ^[4] to study with Philippe Gaulier in Paris, the mentor and teacher of Sascha Baron Cohen.

She returned last year and is currently shooting the last series of McLeod's Daughters as the vet Ingrid Marr.

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• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178484/
• http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/18/1063625083852.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vay7ADtMU8
• http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/25/1027497373193.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfyWqssrlNU
• http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=80397559#