Raelee Hill

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title: "Raelee Hill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1972-births", "australian-television-actresses", "living-people", "australian-film-actresses", "actresses-from-brisbane", "australian-people-of-scottish-descent", "australian-people-of-irish-descent"] description: "Australian actress (born 1972)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raelee_Hill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian actress (born 1972) ::

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Field	Value
name	Raelee Hill
image	Raelee Hill, 2005 convention.jpg
caption	Hill in 2005
birth_date	October 24, 1972
birth_place	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
occupation	Actress
children	2
years_active	1993–present
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| name = Raelee Hill | image = Raelee Hill, 2005 convention.jpg | caption = Hill in 2005 | birth_date = October 24, 1972 | birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | occupation = Actress | partner = | children = 2 | years_active = 1993–present

Raelee Hill (born October 24, 1972) is an Australian actress, known for portraying roles in some of Australia's most successful television series. Her first major role was as Loretta Taylor in Paradise Beach, which was followed shortly afterwards by roles as Serendipity Gottlieb in Neighbours and Constable Tayler Johnson in Water Rats. She had a supporting role as Sikozu in the sci-fi series Farscape and the miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

Early life

Hill was born in Brisbane to Stan, an oil refinery worker, and Janette, an art teacher and potter. She has an older sister. Hill is of Scottish and Irish descent. Hill attended Moreton Bay College, where she became school captain and was on debate and softball teams.

Career

From 1993 until 1994, Hill starred in Paradise Beach as Loretta Taylor. Hill secured the role while she was studying an arts degree at university. She had six months to go of a three year course. Hill enjoyed playing Loretta, as she was "not a typical Aussie soap character". She Loretta was known for being "quirky" and often wore eccentric outfits, which Hill said made her interesting to play. She appeared in the guest role of Jill Lambert in an episode of Blue Heelers in July 1994. She had to have her red hair sprayed black due to her close resemblance to lead actress Julie Nihill.

Two days after finishing up on Blue Heelers, Hill joined the cast of Neighbours as "free-spirited" Serendipity Gottlieb, sister of Mark Gottlieb (played by Bruce Samazan). Hill had been spotted in a café by the show's casting director Jan Russ. She made her first appearance on 25 August 1994. Hill left Neighbours in 1995, after her contract was not renewed. She appeared in the soap opera spoof Shark Bay in 1996, and made her film debut in the romantic comedy Hotel de Love. In early 1997, Hill joined the cast of police drama Water Rats as rookie officer Tayler Johnson. She relocated to Sydney from Melbourne for the role. Hill has appeared in several theatre roles, including the role of Wendy in Pan for The Jim Henson Company.

In 2001, Hill appeared in the two-part television adaption of My Brother Jack as Sheila Meredith. In 2002, she was cast in the supporting role of Sikozu in the Australian-American sci-fi television series Farscape. She originally auditioned for the part of Mele-On Grayza, but the part ultimately went to Rebecca Riggs. The role of Sikozu was created especially for her by executive producer David Kemper after impressing him during her audition. Hill also appeared as Sikozu in the 2004 miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

She had a brief role in Superman Returns in 2006, followed by appearances in the 2007 Indonesian film Long Road to Heaven about the 2002 Bali bombing, and Event Zero (2017). In 2022, Hill appeared in the comedy drama series After the Verdict as Belinda.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Hotel de Love	Emma Andrews
1996	Black Sun	Maddy	Short
2006	Superman Returns	Hospital Nurse
2007	Long Road to Heaven	Liz Thompson
2007	**	Emma Henderson
2009	Off the Beat	Enid Jones	Short
2014	Breath	Doctor	Short
2016	En Passant	Mother	Short
2017	**	Wife	Short
2017	Event Zero	Bree Parker
2019	Guilt	Kristina	Post-production
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Paradise Beach	Loretta Taylor
1994	Blue Heelers	Jill Lambert	Episode: "Day in Court
1994–1995	Neighbours	Serendipity Gottlieb	Series regular
1996	Blue Heelers	Jamie Bennett	Episode: "Sex and Death"
1996	Shark Bay	Heather	Main role
1997–1999	Water Rats	Const. Tayler Johnson	Main role (series 2–4)
2000	BeastMaster	Sela	Episode: "The Golden Phoenix"
2001	My Brother Jack	Sheila Meredith	Television film
2002	**	Brywik	Episode: "A Witch's Calling"
2002–2003	Farscape	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu	Supporting role (series 4)
2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu	TV miniseries
2005	Blue Water High	Lucy	Episode: "Timing Is Everything"
2009	Packed to the Rafters	Lucy	Episode: "Having It All"
2011	Rescue: Special Ops	Helen Hillerstrom	Episode: "Missing Pieces"
2016	Janet King	Maureen	Episode: "In Plain Sight"
2017	Home and Away	Annie Banks	Episode 6637
2022	After the Verdict	Belinda	Recurring
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References

References

1. (20 April 1996). "Trauma of parents' marriage break-up taught Raelee valuable lessons about life". Dundee Weekly News.
2. Ruben, Amanda. (9 July 1994). "...and a role to dye for!".
3. Davey, Tim. (1 April 1994). "Raelee strikes gold in Aussie". [[Bristol Evening Post]].
4. Livermore, Karen. (27 July 1994). "It's a big cover-up for Raelee". The Star.
5. Ruben, Amanda. (20 August 1994). "A blooming nuisance!".
6. (23 April 1996). "In big trouble...". [[Daily Mercury]].
7. Simon, Jane. (13 October 1996). "101 Neighbours Facts To Oz-Tonish you!". [[The Sunday People.
8. Sutton, Shane. (1 March 1997). "Hill climbs aboard".
9. Eisner, Ken. (23 September 1996). "Hotel de Love". [[Variety (magazine).
10. Weiniger, Peter. (23 January 1997). "Getting over the shock of the new". [[The Age]].
11. Jones, Andrea. (1 February 1997). "Show & tell – Water Rats". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
12. Ridge, Veronica. (26 December 1999). "Newsmakers". [[The Age]].
13. Herron, Miranda. (2–8 June 2001). "A good Sheila".
14. "New girl Sikozu". [[BBC Online]].
15. Sandwell, Ian. (20 July 2018). "Farscape – Where are the cast now?". [[Digital Spy]].
16. "AGLP's Annual Dragon*Con Coverage w/ Raelee Hill (Farscape)".
17. Ryan, Shawn. (14 October 2004). "Alien nation or alienation?". [[The Anniston Star]].
18. Abdullah, Immy. (August 2022). "Things are getting deadly in haunting After The Verdict episode four preview". Nine Entertainment.
19. "Raelee Hill". Showcast.

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