1. Jodi Lee Gordon is an Australian actress and model.
28 Facts About Jodi Gordon
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Jodi Gordon competed in the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars and made her debut feature film appearance in The Cup.
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From 2016 to 2023, Jodi Gordon played English teacher Elly Conway in Neighbours.
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Jodi Gordon was born on 1 February 1985 in Mackay to Bronwyn and Ray.
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Jodi Gordon's father was born in New Zealand and is a New Zealander of Maori descent and her mother is Australian.
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Jodi Gordon played netball from the age of 12 to 16.
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At the age of 13, Jodi Gordon won a modelling competition and gained a contract with Vivien's Modelling Agency.
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Jodi Gordon's modelling led her to Japan, London and Milan, where she lived for five months.
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Jodi Gordon has been the official celebrity ambassador and model for Australian lingerie brand Crystelle, Shoe label Tony Bianco, and swimwear label 2Chillies.
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That same year, Jodi Gordon stepped down from her duties with Myer.
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In 2020, Jodi Gordon became an ambassador for skincare brand Esmi Skin Minerals.
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In 2004, while preparing to move to New York, Jodi Gordon successfully auditioned for the role of Martha MacKenzie in the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away.
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The 2009 Logie Awards saw Jodi Gordon nominated for Most Popular Actress.
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Jodi Gordon was a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.
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In January 2010, it was announced that Jodi Gordon would be leaving Home and Away after almost five years.
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In May 2010, Jodi Gordon won her first film role in The Cup.
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Elle Halliwell of The Sunday Telegraph reported Jodi Gordon had been cast in the upcoming series of Underbelly titled Underbelly: Badness in April 2012.
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Jodi Gordon departed the serial in January 2020 in order to move back to Sydney, but she agreed to reprise the role for the serial's then final episodes in 2022.
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In October 2021, Jodi Gordon joined the season 6 cast of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia, which aired in May 2022.
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Jodi Gordon was the third celebrity to be fired by Alan Sugar.
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In mid 2008, a storyline was introduced into Home and Away, in which Jodi Gordon's character was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Jodi Gordon drew on her experience of Burkhardt's battle with leukaemia to take on the storyline.
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In June 2009, Jodi Gordon was discovered by police cowering in a bedroom of a flat with Mark James Judge, an alleged biker gang member, during an armed response to an alleged attempted break in.
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In September 2009, Jodi Gordon made her first major public appearance since the incident at a parade for Crystelle lingerie.
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Jodi Gordon sold her Potts Point apartment in January 2012 for $625,000 and she then moved to Clovelly.
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Jodi Gordon became engaged to Sydney Roosters captain Braith Anasta in July 2011 and the couple married on 14 October 2012.
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Jodi Gordon gave birth to their daughter on 1 March 2014.
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Jodi Gordon decided to keep her married surname, so it would be the same as her daughter's.