Kimberley Cooper, in Sydney New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, is an Australian actress who played Gypsy Smith (née Nash)

Gypsy Nash

Gypsy Smith is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Kimberley Cooper. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 18 February 1998...

  in Home and Away

Home and Away

Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

(1998–2002, 2005). Cooper won the Logie Award

Logie Award

The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

 for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television in 1999 and the Best Aussie Actress for The Inside Soap Awards, UK, 2000. In 2002, she was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother Australia.

In her early years Kimberley studied ballet for 12 years winning awards for jazz, tap and classical ballet . Her initial introduction to acting was with the Twelfth Night Theatre Group for children.

Kimberley left Home and Away prior to the expiration of her contract. In 2006 Cooper resurfaced in New York City, performing in an Australian production of The Boys to American audiences. Reviews cited the production as average but Kim's performance was praised .

Kimberley returned to Home and Away on 9 September 2011.

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