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Jodi is a native Australian and has worked across the spectrum from major studio and independent films to television as well as commercials, print and voiceover.   Her film credits include “The Prestige” by Christopher Nolan and “GO” by Doug Lyman, “No Tomorrow” with Gary Busey and Pam Shae and “Final Encounter” with Dean Cain to name a few.  Indie credits include: “Devil’s Backbone Texas” for Fox Digital and “Dr 420” with Lin Shay as well as the award winning period piece film “Incognito” playing a lesbian artist in the 1950s inspired by the true story of Sergei Ponomarenko. She appeared in the Israeli tv show “Very Important Person” opposite Yehuda Levy. Most recently she was in”Magazine Dreams” starring Jonathan Majors and directed by Elijah Bynum. As for television, she has guest starred in shows such as “NCIS”, “JAG”, “Crash” and “Felicity. Most recently she was on the CBS sitcom “The Unicorn”, “Roar” for Apple TV and “Expats” opposite Nicole Kidman for Amazon. She is currently filming “The Residence” for Netflix in which she plays Melody Roos the First Lady of Australia in the comedy murder mystery produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers.

You have probably seen her in one of her many commercial or print campaigns including of late “Botox”, “Bank of America” and “Princess Cruises”.

In the works is the Indie “We all have our Demons” set to shoot in Australia in the Fall.

Jodi earned a bachelor of fine arts from The University of Western Australia and Murdoch University where she majored in Theatre.  She also studied acting at The Art’s Educational Drama School in London. During her time in London she performed in several theatre productions including “The Seagull”, “The Sea” and “Pains of Youth” in Covent Garden.

Now a US citizen she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and fourteen-year-old daughter, who is her little guru.  Among her many words of wisdom, her daughter once said, “Whether you are on TV or not you are always a star”.  Jodi agrees and continues to shine her light as bright as possible.

Resumé

FILM

       MAGAZINE DREAMS/SUPPORTING/ELIJAH BYNUM

       INCOGNITO/LEAD/JACKY SONG

DEVIL’S BACKBONE TEXAS / LEAD / FOX DIGITAL STUDIOS/JAKE WADE WALL

HAUNTING IAN / LEAD / HOOKED DIGITAL/ANDREW VALLENTINE

VILLISCA / SUPPORTING / KETCHUM LABS/TONY VALENZUELA

DR 420 / SUPPORTING / MIND BLURR PROD/CHARLES PARELLO

THE PRESTIGE / SUPPORTING / TOUCHSTONE/CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

FINAL ENCOUNTER / LEAD / DIMENSION FILMS/DAVIMARCH DOUGLAS

NO TOMORROW / LEAD / USA /MASTER P

SUBMARINES / LEAD / NU IMAGE FILMS/DAVID MARCH DOUGLAS

LITHIUM / LEAD / CHARIOT FILMS/GARY LUNGDREN

GO / SUPPORTING / COLUMBIA TRISTAR/DOUG LIMAN

HIS TRUE NATURE / LEAD / SKINNY GIRL PRODS.,/ANN TURLEY

THE MODEL / LEAD / NEW BEGINNING FILMS/KAYA FINLAYSON

SPARE TYRE / LEAD / ESPLANADE FILMS/CRAIG HOOGENDORN

TELEVISION

THE RESIDENCE / RECURRING / LIZA JOHNSON/JAFFAR MAHMOOD

EXPATS / CO STAR / LULU WANG

ROAR / CO STAR / RASHIDA JONES

VIRTUAL END / GUEST STAR / SHANNON PHIPPS

THE UNICORN / CO STAR / CBS/REBECCA ASHER

THE L WORD-GENERATION Q / CO STAR / SHOWTIME/ALISON LIDDI BROWN

VERY IMPORTANT PERSON / CO STAR / MOVIEPLUS/ SHIRLI MUSHOYEF

NCIS / GUEST STAR / CBS/BRADFORD MAY

JAG / GUEST STAR / CBS/BRADFORD MAY

BEYOND BELIEF / GUEST STAR / NBC/DICK CLARK PRODS.

CAR CRASH / GUEST STAR / ABC/DAVID CAESAR

FELICITY / CO-STAR / WB/LARRY TRILLING

NEWSRADIO / CO-STAR / NBC/TOM CHERONES

LATE NIGHT MADNESS / GUEST STAR / PBS/ADAM DOENCH

THEATRE

BANNED PLAYS / HARLOW &DIANE / GUERILLA THEATRE/MICHAEL DONOVAN

A CONDOR’S QUILL / WHITNEY / HOWARD FINE THEATRE/GRINNELL MORRISS

WILLIAM’S PROJECT / MULTIPLE / GASCON THEATRE/SHANNON HILE

VANITIES / MARY / MET THEATRE/RICHARD EDEN

THE SEAGULL / NINA / COVENT GARDEN/DAVID HARRIS

PAINS OF YOUTH / IRENE / COVENT GARDEN/DANA FERRARO

THE SEA / ROSE / COVENT GARDEN/ROBIN SEBASTION

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM / HELENA / WEBBER DOUGLAS/ROJER SWAINE

MOUTHFUL OF BIRDS / SPIRIT / OCTAGON THEATRE/DAVID WILLIAMSON

MARRIAGE OF FIGARO / FENCHETTE / DOLPHIN THEATRE/DAVID GEORGE

PICK UPS / LUCY / BELVOIR ST. THEATRE/ALEX BROWN

OPHELIA CONSPIRACY / OPHELIA / MURDOCH THEATRE/SERGE TAMPALINI

TRAINING

STEPHEN BOOK/IMPROVIATIONAL TECHNIQUE

HOWARD FINE / MASTER CLASS

CRAIG WALLACE / ON CAMERA CLASS

ACTOR’S LAB / ODYSSEY THEATRE

UTA HAGEN / SUMMER MASTER CLASS

MASTERS IN ACTING / THE ARTS EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL(LONDON)

IMPROVISATION / ACME COMEDY THEATRE

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS / UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

COURSE IN SHAKESPEARE / WEBBER DOUGLAS(LONDON)

VOiCE & DIALECT / ROWENA BALOS & SUSAN HEGARTY

DIALECTS

AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH, COCKNEY, IRISH, RUSSIAN,FRENCH, ITALIAN, SOUTHERN.

SPECIAL SKILLS

FASHION DESIGN (JODIBWISE.COM). YOGA, SWIMMING, SPINNING, ITALIAN AND FRENCH (BASIC), MODERN AND CLASSICAL DANCE.