Occupation Actress
Beautician Years active 1979– | Name Kylie Foster Role Actress | |
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Born March 3, 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-03-03 ) Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia Notable work Skyways (1979)
Prisoner (1984)
Neighbours (1985)
Home and Away (1989) People also search for Karen Davitt, Tony Paterson, Donald Crombie, Simon Wincer Movies Centrespread, Quigley Down Under, Kitty and the Bagman | ||
Kylie Foster (born 3 March 1961) 2 decades as an Australian actress and in later life became a home designer and animal advocate.
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Kylie Anne Foster is recognized by Australian and international audiences of the 80s and 90's for her recurring roles in popular Australian series. She started her acting days with over 50 television commercials plus print as a model at Dallys Agency in Sydney from age 16. Fosters grandmother Marjorie Pearl and great grandmother Esther Rose Sargeant aka Pearl were also film and stage actresses at the turn of the century appearing in some of Australias first films such as the original "Burke and Wills" and "Yachts and Hearts". Esther and her sisters were rowing champions in Sydney with Esther training some Olympic competitors. Esther and Marjorie also modelled for various famed artists of the era. Esther became a close companion of Norman Lindsey but they were unable to marry. Kylie made her acting debut on television appearing as "Belinda Phipps" in Skyways, a series set in an airport. Initially Foster played similar roles as sweet, innocent and funny characters. She is highly recognized and remembered for her role as the wicked "Angela 'Angel' Adams" in the classic prison drama Prisoner, in its sixth season in 1984, playing a seemingly innocent young woman until her true colours are revealed, and she is soon seen to be a jealous, spoiled and murderous brat; her jealously spirals out of control when she has officer Meg Morris (Elspeth Ballantyne) raped, and the other inmates seek revenge for Meg by cutting off Angels hair. Angel soon cracks, stabbing officer Joan Ferguson (Maggie Kirkpatrick) and putting bleach in Marlene Warren's (Genevieve Lemon) shampoo. Her character was sent to a mental institution. She also appeared in two other recurring roles on soap operas Neighbours in its first season in 1985 as "Wendy Gibson" and Home and Away in its second season in 1989 as "Leanne Dunn". Kylie also did a small amount of stage work that was well received. She performed multiple roles in one production to an adult and child audience with comedic timing and humour played at one level for the children yet going over their heads to reach the adults at another level. When not working Kylie spent much time with her boyfriend and close friends in the very creative NZ band Split Enz and then Crowded House. After the death of her parents, back injury and chronic fatigue Kylie stopped using her stage name and retreated solo to country Victoria where she studied and developed an active interest in the Australian environment, landcare, native animal habitat and animal welfare. Architecture and design/interior design were other passions since childhood and so began her next transition when she met her partner, an artist, who shared her interests. In Victoria Australia there are a number of properties that have been built by the pair and having married at 50 they keep one coastal conservation property. The couple now spend European summers in houses and apartments they design overseas.