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24 Facts About Olympia Valance

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Olympia Valance was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 7 January 1993 to Rajko Vukadinovic, a model and musician, and Tania Gogos.

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Olympia Valance's father is Serbian from Montenegro and her mother is Australian of Greek descent, the daughter of journalist Dimitri Gogos.

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Olympia Valance has seven half-siblings; Her older half-sister Holly Olympia Valance, with whom she shares Vukadinovic as a father, is a singer and an actress.

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In March 2014, it was announced that Olympia Valance would make her acting debut in the long-running soap opera Neighbours as Paige Smith.

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Olympia Valance had been a successful model prior to her casting and won the role after going through a long audition process, which included four call-backs.

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Olympia Valance was initially contracted for three years and she made her screen debut as Paige on 2 June 2014.

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Olympia Valance appeared in a documentary special celebrating the show's 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the United Kingdom in March 2015.

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In December 2014, Olympia Valance became the new face and body of UK lingerie brand Gossard.

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In January 2016, Olympia Valance was the ambassador of the Jeep Marquee for the annual Jeep Portsea Polo event.

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Olympia Valance has expressed an interest in moving on from Neighbours once her three-year contract ends.

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On 1 December 2017, it was announced that Olympia Valance had filmed her last scenes as Paige.

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Wilson confirmed that Olympia Valance would be moving to Los Angeles in January 2018 to pursue film and television roles during pilot season.

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Olympia Valance joined the cast of Network Ten's sports drama Playing for Keeps in May 2018.

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Olympia Valance plays Tahlia, a socialite who is engaged to the captain of an Australian rules football team.

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In January 2019, Network Ten announced Olympia Valance would compete on the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.

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In 2020, Olympia Valance reprised her role as Paige for Neighbours' 35th anniversary.

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Olympia Valance was announced as a judge for the 2020 season of Australia's Got Talent, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic she never fulfilled the role.

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On 4 May 2022, Olympia Valance confirmed to Zoe Thomaidou of Neos Kosmos that she would be returning to Neighbours for the serial's final episodes.

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Olympia Valance joined the cast of the Netflix teen drama Surviving Summer.

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In May 2024, Olympia Valance took part in the second season of the Nine Network reality show The Summit.

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Olympia Valance announced in June 2019 that she was in a relationship with AFL footballer Tom Bellchambers.

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In July 2023, Olympia Valance revealed that she had miscarried twins during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that she and Bellchambers were undergoing IVF after struggling to conceive for two years.

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Olympia Valance's phone was hacked and personal images were distributed without her consent.

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In 2020, Olympia Valance was announced as a Caulfield Cup Carnival ambassador and judge of the Social Style Stakes.