April Rose Pengilly

April Rose Pengilly (pen-GILL-ee; born 12 April 1988), also known as April Rose, is an Australian actress and former model.

April Rose Pengilly
April Rose Pengilly in October 2012
Born (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988[1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress, model
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Early life

Pengilly is the daughter of INXS member Kirk Pengilly and designer Karen Hutchinson.[2] She attended Wenona School, a girls school on the North Shore of Sydney, and began modelling during Year 12.[3] Pengilly chose not to pursue further education in favour of a full-time modelling career, and she soon secured a job in Tokyo.[3] She has used the pseudonym April Rose to separate herself from her father.[3][4]

Career

Modelling

Pengilly signed to Wilhelmina Models after graduating from high school and became a youth ambassador for the 2006 David Jones Summer collection, along with Megan Gale.[5]

Pengilly has walked for leading designers at Australian Fashion Week, living and working in Tokyo, Osaka, London and New York, and fronting major campaigns. She has worked with top photographers Rankin, Steven Chee, Nick Scott, Nicole Bentley, Pierre Toussaint, James Demitri and Bradley Patrick, and Terry Richardson. She featured on magazine covers and in editorials for InStyle (Australia), Elle (UK), The Times (UK), Harper's Bazaar (Australia), Marie Claire, Oyster, Seventeen (US), and Glitter (Japan).

Pengilly was also selected for many elite roles, including ambassador for leading Australian department store David Jones, face of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (since renamed the Virgin Atlantic Melbourne Fashion Festival), face of the Nokia L’amour cell phone collection, ambassador for Sony, ambassador for Barbie and the "legs" of Japanese stocking label ATSUGI.

In 2009, Pengilly was named Ambassador for the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, working alongside J. Alexander and Doutzen Kroes.[6] She also worked as a TV presenter for Fashion TV at London Fashion Week, before returning to Sydney for filming commitments.[7] She signed on as an ambassador for the charity Alzheimer's Australia, adding to her previous involvements with charities including The Eye Foundation, SunSCHine/Sydney Children’s Hospital and the RSPCA.

Pengilly began a fashion and lifestyle blog in 2011.[2] She was nominated for PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity Awards in 2014.

Acting

Pengilly began studying acting in her spare time,[2] and attended classes at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and Actor's Centre Australia. She was cast in the independent feature film LBF in 2011. The film is based on the Australian novel Living Between Fucks by Cry Bloxsome and stars Australian actors Toby Schmidt, Gracie Otto, Septimus Caton and Bianca Chiminello. The film, directed by Alex Munt, premiered internationally at South by Southwest festival.[8]

She starred in the independent short film Object in 2013, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.[9] The following year, Pengilly competed in the 14th Season of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with Russian dancer Aric Yegudkin and danced for Fight Dementia.[10] Pengilly and Yegudkin were eliminated in week three despite a score of 29 out of 40. Viewers thought Pengilly and Yegudkin's elimination was unfair, as fellow contestant Mark Holden had received a lower score. Holden later offered to swap places with Pengilly.[11]

Pengilly has worked as a television host, covering London Fashion Week for FashionTV.[12] In 2015, Pengilly had a guest role in the Channel 7 miniseries Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door.[13] The following year, she had a guest role in Brock.[13] She also appeared in the short films Jinxed and Duffy.[9]

Pengilly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours as Chloe Brennan in late 2017. She made her first appearance on 27 March 2018.[14] Pengilly splits her time between her home in Sydney and Melbourne, where the studios are located.[9]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2011 LBF Tanya
2013 Object Model Short film
2014 Dancing with the Stars Herself
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Tracey
2016 Jinxed Jane Short film
2016 Duffy Lydia Short film
2016 Brock Hippy Girl
2018– Neighbours Chloe Brennan Series regular
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References
  1. "April Rose Pengilly". Benchmark Creative. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. McCarthy, Kerry (20 October 2011). "April Rose Pengilly's style excess". news.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. "April Rose in excess style". Woman's Weekly. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "April-Rose Pengilly making a name for herself". Herald Sun. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. Gosse, Valeria (17 March 2009). "Model's no party girl". news.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. Casey, Simone (20 March 2009). "April Rose Pengilly: the Face of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival". au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  7. "Model behaviour: April Rose Pengilly". beautyheaven.com.au. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  8. "LBF to debut at South by Southwest". If Magazine. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  9. "Sister act for the Brennan family". Tenplay. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  10. "Dancing with the Stars" (PDF) (Press release). Seven West Media. 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  11. Cormack, Lucy (15 October 2014). "Dancing with the Stars' April Rose Pengilly wants Mark Holden's spot". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  12. Alman, Carli (14 July 2015). "Model behaviour: April Rose Pengilly". Beauty heaven. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  13. Knox, David (2 March 2018). "April Rose Pengilly joins Neighbours". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  14. Stephenson, Alison (1 March 2018). "INXS legend Kirk Pengilly's daughter April Rose joins long-running soap Neighbours". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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