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. Tovey had a recurring role in the Wolf Creek TV Series in 2016, followed by a lead role in the 2019 miniseries Bad Mothers.
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Early life
Tovey was born in Sydney on 10 November 1987. Her mother is author Libby Gleeson and her father is Euan Tovey, a New Zealand research scientist. She has two older sisters, Amelia and Josephine. Her sister Josephine is a journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald. Tovey began acting when she was around six years old, appearing in various plays. She graduated from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she appeared in a number of stage productions.
Career
Tovey 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.
