Virginia Hey

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Birth Name: Virginia Robyn Hey

Age: 74, born 19 June 1952

Country of origin: Australia

Currently Residing In: Australia

Height: 5' 10"

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Description: Virginia Hey [born: Virginia Robyn Hey on June 19, 1952 in Coogee, New South Wales, Australia] is a well-known actress and former model & fashion editor who moved into the world of perfume design in 2001. Ms. Hey, divided her time and education between her hometown and London. Ms. Hey has an extensive bio and a 37-year track history with the entertainment, fashion, natural health and beauty industry in Australia and the UK. Ms. Hey's acting career began following a successful modeling career, where she was spotted by casting directors and placed in her big screen debut with Mel Gibson in the film classic Mad Max 2: Roa Virginia Hey [born: Virginia Robyn Hey on June 19, 1952 in Coogee, New South Wales, Australia] is a well-known actress and former model & fashion editor who moved into the world of perfume design in 2001.

Ms. Hey, divided her time and education between her hometown and London. Ms. Hey has an extensive bio and a 37-year track history with the entertainment, fashion, natural health and beauty industry in Australia and the UK.

Ms. Hey's acting career began following a successful modeling career, where she was spotted by casting directors and placed in her big screen debut with Mel Gibson in the film classic Mad Max 2: Road Warrior, in which she portrayed Warrior Woman. Since then, Ms. Hey has also appeared with numerous international stars, including George C. Scott in Mussolini, Heath Ledger in Roar, James Bond 007 Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, and Christopher Atkins in Signal One.

Her career in front of the camera started as a fashion model whilst she was attending a Fine Arts diploma course, soon she found herself snapped-up by casting folk and began her acting career opposite Mel Gibson in her first big break in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) (aka "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior") as the "Warrior Woman". She was also one of the Bond girls in The Living Daylights (1987) and, most recently, played the multi-award-nominated blue priestess "Zhaan" in "Farscape" (1999-2004).

In the 80's and 90's Virginia used her public spotlight to bring attention to natural health and beauty regimes and was a regular popular fun guest on Australian chat shows, which led her in turn to begin teaching health, nutrition, beauty and meditation during her 30-year career in the public eye in Australia.

In the mid to late 90's in between acting roles Virginia was a freelance fashion and still-life stylist, and then became a fashion editor in Sydney for "For Me" and "Bride to Be" magazines until she stepped into the role of "Zhaan" on Farscape.

Miss Hey left Farscape after three years because she wanted to grow her hair and eyebrows again (she was required to shave both for the role), and also for health reasons as the blue make-up, which had a base of Pax (Latex paint mixed with Prosaide glue,) worn long-term took a toll on her kidneys and Lymphatic system. Miss Hey has since recovered and is back to full well-being.

Miss Hey was brought to the USA in 2001 on the wave of Farscape fan frenzy. Miss Hey received her "Alien of Extraordinary Ability" Green card in 2002 and settled into Santa Monica, California, USA until 2012 when she returned to the UK.

While she was in the USA from 2001-2011 Virginia worked further on her design skills. Having made perfumes for herself for 30 years, Miss Hey was convinced by thousands of fans at conventions across the US to offer her perfume publicly. For 10 years Virginia worked tirelessly on two exquisite candle and perfume lines, White Flower Lei and Virginia Hey Couture, both launched in Fred Segal. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a financier to push the lines forward, both lines and their websites dissolved at the height of their popularity.

2012 saw Miss Hey return to England for an Appearance tour throughout the United Kingdom that will run through till mid 2013.

Virginia continues to hand make her elegant eau de parfum, now simply named "Virginia Hey". Miss Hey hand makes perfumes for private clients and for her Appearance shows throughout Europe and the US.

Virginia is a member of SAG, British Equity and MEAA (Australia's Actors Equity)

Whether in Europe, USA or Australia, Virginia hopes to open the second half of life concentrating on all her arts and creative talents. ... (more)