1. Madeleine West has written a parenting book called Six Under Eight.
21 Facts About Madeleine West
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Madeleine West played Sarah the wife of Stone Cold Steve Austin in the WWE produced film The Condemned in 2007.
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Madeleine West attended Woodend Primary School and eight high schools because her family followed her stepfather's engineering work around the country.
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Madeleine West said, "Part of the reason I went into acting was to wear someone else's skin, to hide what was actually happening in my life".
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Madeleine West's abuser was a man named Peter White, who used to be her neighbour.
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In 2022, Madeleine West decided to get justice against White, who was now a businessman, former plumber and who had a large family of his own.
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However, Madeleine West later said that the man was not truly remorseful.
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In 1999, Madeleine West was awarded the 'Be Your Best' Performance Scholarship from the Australian Drug Foundation.
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Madeleine West joined the cast of Neighbours as Dee Bliss in 1999.
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In March 2003, it was announced Madeleine West was to leave Neighbours after her contract expired.
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Madeleine West appeared in crime drama Underbelly as Danielle McGuire in 2008.
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Madeleine West previously turned down a role with the show due to being heavily pregnant with her third child.
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In 2013, Madeleine West appeared in series two of House Husbands as Dimity.
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In 2017, Madeleine West returned to Neighbours to play Andrea Somers, a lookalike who posed as Dee Bliss.
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Madeleine West joined the cast of The Wrong Girl as TV host Erica Jones.
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In 2024, Madeleine West joined Broad Radio in a guest host capacity.
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Madeleine West needed reconstructive plastic surgery and had to be written out of Neighbours but returned to the show a month later.
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Madeleine West was engaged to Shopping for Love co-host Pete Lazer, before entering into a relationship with Shannon Bennett, a restaurateur, in 2005.
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In September 2018, Madeleine West confirmed that she and Bennett had separated, but were "striving to reconnect as friends and parents".
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On 13 January 2025, Madeleine West announced that she was pregnant, after initially assuming her symptoms were related to perimenopause.
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Madeleine West announced that she had given birth to her seventh child on 20 April 2025.