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Kym Valentine
Australian actress (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kym Valentine is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running intermittent portrayal of Libby Kennedy in the soap opera Neighbours.
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Early life and education
Kym Valentine was born in Blacktown, Sydney,[1][better source needed] and grew up in Granville.[2] She began dance classes when she was two and attended her first dance school aged six.[1][2] When she was five years old, Valentine began acting in television commercials and stage plays.[2][better source needed]
She studied dance, singing and drama at the Performing Arts School in Sydney.[3]
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Valentine's early television appearances included guests roles in Brides of Christ, and Home and Away, and a regular role as Lisa in My Two Wives.[citation needed]
In 1994, Valentine joined the cast of Neighbours as Libby Kennedy.[4] She moved to Melbourne to take the role and remained on the show until 2004.[citation needed]
In 2005, Valentine took the lead role of Baby in Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, which also toured to Melbourne and Perth.[citation needed]
In June 2007, Valentine rejoined Neighbours on a permanent basis. On 8 April 2009, Valentine made an appearance as herself on The Wright Stuff, a UK TV programme. In April 2011, Valentine took indefinite leave from Neighbours.[citation needed]
Valentine appeared as a housewife in Nine Network's miniseries Fat Tony & Co., which was broadcast in 2014.[5] Valentine returned to Neighbours as part of a storyline to celebrate 20 years of the Kennedy family in 2014.[4]
In 2017, Valentine was cast in Michael Wormald's independent film Choir Girl,[6] which was released in 2019. In 2018, she appeared in a Melbourne stage production of Unsolicited Male (which she repeated in 2022). She also starred alongside her daughter in the short film Treetment, which was filmed in Melbourne in December 2018.[7]
Valentine appears as the character Connie the Phlegmatic in the upcoming film titled Residence.[8]
In addition to her stage and screen work, Valentine teaches acting classes.[7]
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Personal life
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Valentine married singer Fabio Tolli, and they have a daughter. The couple separated in 2007.[13]
Valentine was engaged to former AFL player Trent Croad in March 2015.[14] In November 2015, Valentine and Croad confirmed they were expecting their first child together,[15] and a son was born in March 2016.[16] Their relationship ended in December 2017.[17]
Health issues
On 4 July 2008, Valentine collapsed on a flight home from New York and was diagnosed with pneumonia and pneumothorax.[18] When she arrived in Melbourne she spent several days in hospital before recuperating at home.[19][20] Valentine was told that she needed to rest for a month and she could not return to work on Neighbours.[18] New Zealand actress Michala Banas took over the role of Libby for a month,[21] and Valentine resumed the role at the start of the 2009 series.[citation needed]
On 6 July 2010, Valentine was hospitalised for four days with a life-threatening blood clot on her lung.[22] In December 2010, Valentine checked herself into a clinic as she was suffering from exhaustion.[23]
Valentine returned to the Neighbours set in January 2011.[24] A few months after her return to filming, Valentine took indefinite leave from Neighbours.[24]
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