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Megan Connolly (actress)

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Megan Connolly
Born
Megan Jennifer Connolly

(1974-04-09)9 April 1974
Died6 September 2001(2001-09-06) (aged 27)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, VJ (media personality)

Megan Jennifer Connolly (9 April 1974 – 6 September 2001) was an Australian actress, mainly of soap opera. She grew up in the northern Sydney suburb of St Ives, New South Wales.

Career

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Connolly's film debut was 1990's The Crossing with Russell Crowe. She later played Tori Hayden in the soap opera Paradise Beach[1] Later she hosted the television shows The Zone and Body Corp. She also acted in the TV series Breakers.

She was Foxtel's Channel V VJ through 1997. On stage, she starred in the musical Resurrected!. Connolly temporarily replaced Belinda Emmett as Rebecca Nash in Home and Away.[2]

Death

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Megan died from a heroin overdose on 6 September 2001 at the age of 27 while staying at a relative's home in New South Wales, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows By Andrew Mercado. Pluto Press Australia. p. 323.
  2. ^ "Belinda Emmett Obituary". The Independent. 15 November 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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