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Simmone Jade Mackinnon

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Simmone Jade Mackinnon
Born (1973-03-19) March 19, 1973 (age 51)
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1988–2024
Notable workBaywatch (1999–2000)
McLeod's Daughters (2003-2009)
Children1

Simone Jade Mackinnon[1] (born 19 March 1973) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Allie Reese on Baywatch Hawaii (1999–2000) and Stevie Hall on McLeod's Daughters (2003–2009).

Early life

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Mackinnon was born in Mount Isa, Queensland in 1973 to Ian and Annette Mackinnon. She has a brother and a sister, Robbie and Kym.[1] She and her family later moved to Coffs Harbour in New South Wales.

Career

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Mackinnon began her acting career in 1988, appearing in the Australian feature film Something About Love. Two further features followed, Dating the Enemy and Dust of the Wings, where she appeared in small roles, although her role in Dust of the Wing was a larger part. In 1997, she began to appear on television. She had a guest appearance on the fantasy television series Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord, a sequel to the original series Spellbinder. Mackinnon is known for her role in Baywatch: Hawaii, where she played the role of 'Allie Reese' opposite David Hasselhoff. MacKinnon is best known for her role as 'Stevie Hall' (later 'Hall-Ryan') in the Logie Award-winning Australian television series McLeod's Daughters, where she appeared at the end of season three through the final season in 2009. Her role as Stevie earned her several Logie Award nominations, for Most Popular New Female Talent[2] and Most Popular Actress.[3][4][5] In 2007 & 2009, she received Gold Logie Award nominations.[3][5][6][7] Mackinnon's other television work includes roles on Water Rats, All Saints, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, The Cut, Rescue: Special Ops, Cops L.A.C. and City Homicide. In 2001, she appeared with Powers Boothe in the television mini-series Attila, which also featured Gerard Butler, and in 2003, she starred in the Syfy television film Deep Shock. Mackinnon also played roles in three direct-to-video films, Python, Dark Waters and Submission, for which she also served as producer.

From 1993 to 1995 she toured with the musical Cats (in the role of the cat "Cassandra") through Australia and Asia. In June 2009, Mackinnon appeared as a presenter alongside host Karl Stefanovic and Scott Cam in Random Acts of Kindness on the Nine Network. Mackinnon completed a second season of Random Acts of Kindness in January 2010.

On 4 March 2012, it was announced Mackinnon had joined the cast of Neighbours as Zoe Alexander.[8] The actress began appearing on screen in May and relocated to Melbourne for filming.[8]

On 30 April 2024, it was announced that Mackinnon will join the reality television series The Summit, as a contestant for its second season, which premiered on 12 May 2024 on Nine Network. This marked the first time Mackinnon had appeared on screen in twelve years.[9][10] Mackinnon, along with two other contestants, completed The Summit in the season finale, as she walked away with $100,000.[11]

Personal life

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Mackinnon gave birth to her first child, a son, Madigan James Mackinnon, on 19 March 2010, her 37th birthday.[12]

Dogs have always been a part of her life. She was named an RSPCA superhero "for giving love, respect and support to all animals."[13] As a child traveling with her parents, she found an abandoned Australian Cattle Dog, and since then has had ACDs in her life. Her current dogs are Duke and Kevin.[13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Something About Love Therapist Feature film
1996 Dating the Enemy Doctor's Assistant Feature film
1997 Dust Off the Wings Mel Feature film
2002 Python II Nalia TV film
2003 Deep Shock Dr. Anne Fletcher TV film
2003 Dark Waters Robin Turner Direct to video
2006 Submission Dominique Producer; direct-to-video

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1997 Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord TV Girl Season 1, episode 8
1998 Water Rats Bianca Mathias Season 3, episode 26
1998 All Saints The Stripper (uncredited) Season 1, episode 41
1999 Krystal Woods Season 2, episode 6
1999 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World Elura Season 1, episode 4
1999–2000 Baywatch Allie Reese Season 9, episodes 16 & 17 (guest)
Season 10 (main, 22 episodes)
2001 Attila N'kara / Ildico Miniseries (direct-to-video)
2003–2009 McLeod's Daughters Stevie Hall (Hall-Ryan) Seasons 3–8 (main, 154 episodes)
2009 The Cut Dominica Blaine Season 1, episode 4
2009 Rescue: Special Ops Fiona Charlton Season 1 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2009–2011 Random Acts of Kindness Herself (presenter) Seasons 1–2
2010 Cops L.A.C. Justine Taylor Season 1, episode 5
2010 City Homicide Liz Chisholm Season 4, episode 20
2012 Neighbours Zoe Alexander Season 28 (recurring, 18 episodes)
2024 The Summit Herself (contestant) Season 2

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated
work
Result Ref.
2004 Logie Awards Most Popular New Female Talent McLeods Daughters (Season 3) Nominated [14]
2007 Most Popular Actress McLeods Daughters (Season 6) Nominated [15]
Most Popular Personality on Australian Television Nominated
2008 Most Popular Actress McLeods Daughters (Season 7) Nominated [16]
2009 Most Popular Actress McLeods Daughters (Season 8) Nominated [17]
Most Popular Personality on Australian Television Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b "SIMMONE JADE MACKINNON". mcleodstoechter.de. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Logie Awards - Most Popular New Female Talent". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Most Popular Actress". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b "2009 Logie Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  6. ^ "2007 logies kate ritchie winning gold logie". 10 May 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2011 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  7. ^ "Simmone Jade Mackinnon - Gold Logie Nomination 2009". 4 May 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2011 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ a b Dennehy, Luke (4 March 2012). "Mackinnon goes from farm life into the suburbs". Herald Sun. The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Simmone". 9Now. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ Knox, David (30 April 2024). "Returning: The Summit". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  11. ^ Attard, Lauren (4 June 2024). "'I was shattered': Simmone Jade Mackinnon 'gutted' as $536k prize money is unevenly divided in The Summit 2024 Grand Finale". 9Now. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Simmone Jade Mackinnon: Meet my baby". New Idea Magazine. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Memoirs of a Superhero – Simmone Jade Mackinnon". Dogs Life. Universal Magazines. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  14. ^ "Logie Awards 2004". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Logie Awards 2007". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Logie Awards 2008". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Logie Awards 2009". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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