Australian by Birth | British Sensibilities | American Spirit
After appearing in numerous Australian film and TV productions, Virginia is now a US citizen based in California. She can be seen as the lost love of King Louis XIV (Pierce Brosnan) in ‘The King’s Daughter’, and in PixL’s ‘Can’t Buy My Love’, amongst others. With her English-Australian heritage, she is frequently cast as British, and can sometimes be heard auditioning in all three accents in a single day.
She blogs about her passion for natural health & all things close to the earth, and has been a Skin Care and Cosmetics Ambassador for Dr Hauschka Skin Care for several years.
Born in Australia’s capital city of Canberra and spending childhood winters skiing in the Snowy Mountains while summers were spent at equestrian school, Virginia grew up fascinated by nature and storytelling. A bookworm from an early age, she had read upwards of 1000 books by the age of 12, and in her teens this obsession turned to the storytelling of the theater. She became passionate about Shakespeare in high school, her favorite role being Titania in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
She was scouted as a model at the age of 15 while shopping in a local store and started modeling during school holidays. She graduated high school having just turned 17 and on completion of her first year of university, was scouted again while in Asia by a premier model agent. This time, she decided to make the leap into full time modeling. Being booked for high profile shoots almost immediately, Virginia worked throughout Asia and the UK from the age of 18. After four years, it was time to head back to Australia to begin drama school.
As she says of modeling, “It completely opened up the world for me. It gave me enormous independence at a very young age, but at the same time it was stifling; and the perfection required was formidable. I needed to express what was inside.”
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