Raelee Hill 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". 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 (writer) 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
+ 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 2023 Contagion of Fear Bree
Television
+ 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 Sella 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 Television 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
References
External links
Raelee Hill at Apple TV+