Rachael Carpani

Rachael Ann Carpani was born in Sydney, NSW, Australia on 24th August 1980.

Rachael has an Italian father, Tony, and an Australian mother, Gael, and grew up on a property near Dural, in Sydney's Hills district

She joined an acting agent and was happy to get bit parts in television shows and commercials, but never took acting seriously. Coming from an academic family, school work was always first.

She studied drama in her final year of high school and her marks placed her in the top 10 per cent in NSW. She enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts, Media and Cultural Studies degree and also took performance studies, majoring in writing.

She deferred her last year of university to work on "McLeod's Daughters" (2001), but hopes to return to do honours in film studies at some point.

When offered the part of Jodi Fountain on "McLeod's Daughters" (2001), her first reaction was, "Are you sure you've got the right person?" She said it was "total excitement" to find out Sonia Todd would be playing her mother, Meg.

Rachael also had a role in the new movie Hating Alison Ashley (2005), starring Delta Goodrem.

She studied acting at the Australian College of Entertainment at MacQuarie University and at the Drama Works Drama Company.

She has a younger brother and sister, and she likes skiing and dirt bike racing. She has a nickname of 'Racal'.

Filmography

"McLeod's Daughters" .... Jodi Fountain [McLeod] (2001-)

Hating Alison Ashley (2005) (as Rachel Carpani) .... Valjoy Yurken

"Home and Away" Episode #1.3048 (2001) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Miranda, Server in the Diner

"All Saints" Too Little Too Late (2001) TV Episode (as Rachel Carpani) .... Emily Martin

Ihaka: Blunt Instrument (2000) (TV) .... Tara