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Line 1: {{short description\|Australian actress}} {{Use New Zealand English\|date=June 2014}}▼ {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2013}}▼ {{BLP sources\|date=February 2010}} ▲{{Use New Zealand English\|date=June 2014}} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~October~~August ~~2013~~2022}} {{Infobox person \| name = Jessica Napier \| image = Jessica Napier.jpg \| imagesize = \| caption = Napier in ~~April~~ 2012 \| birth_date = ~~{{birth~~ ~~date~~ ~~and~~ ~~age\|df~~=~~yes\|1979\|4\|13}}~~ \| birth_place = [[Wellington]], New Zealand \| death_date = \| birth_name = \| occupation = Actress \| ~~yearsactive~~years_active = 1993–present \| ~~othername~~other_names = \| website = \| spouse = {{marriage\|David Adler\|2009}}<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/B5bEIycnecU/?igsh=MWllamh0M3g2emQ2Mg==</ref> \| spouse =▼ \| father = [[Marshall Napier]] ▲\| ~~spouse~~children = 2 \| relatives = [[James Napier Robertson]] (cousin) }} '''Jessica Napier''' ~~(born 13 April 1979)~~ is a [[New Zealand]]-born actress based in [[Australia]]. She has appeared in a number of feature films, including ''[[Love Serenade]]'', ''[[Blackrock (film)\|Blackrock]]'', ''[[Cut (2000 film)\|Cut]]'', ''[[City Loop (film)\|City Loop]]'', ''[[Angst (2000 film)\|Angst]]'', ''[[The Illustrated Family Doctor]]'' and ''[[Ghost Rider (2007 film)\|Ghost Rider]]'', and is well known for her role of [[Becky Howard]] in the Australian TV drama series ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]''. ==Early life== Napier was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand. Her father, actor [[Marshall Napier]], relocated the family to Australia when she was a child. <ref name="herald"/> ==Career== ~~Jessica~~Napier had her first ~~taste~~acting ~~for acting~~role at age 9, when she played her father's daughter on the long-running Australian TV series ''[[Police Rescue]]''. A year later she reappeared in another episode, when ~~Marshall~~her father nominated ~~Jessica~~her to fill in for a role when the girl who was ~~originally~~ booked ~~to do~~for the job refused ~~because~~as the character was required to be submerged in a swamp.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2011}} It was not until ~~Jessica~~Napier was 15 that she decided to be an actress. On her first serious audition she won the lead role of Edwina on ''[[~~Echo Point (TV series)\|~~Echo Point]]''. Her first feature film was in [[Shirley Barrett]]'s award-winning ''[[Love Serenade]]'' (with [[Miranda Otto]]), followed by the critically acclaimed ''[[Blackrock (film)\|Blackrock]]'', where her character's brother was played by [[Heath Ledger]] in his first prominent film role. Small parts in a string of other popular Australian TV shows, including ''[[Water Rats (TV series)\|Water Rats]]'' and ''[[Murder Call]]'', followed; she played the role of Gerry Davis in the highly acclaimed ''[[Wildside (Australian TV series)\|Wildside]]'', alongside [[Aaron Pedersen]], [[Rachel Blake]] and [[Tony Martin (Australian actor)\|Tony Martin~~]]. The improvisational-style series also launched the career of [[Abbie Cornish~~]]. Napier then appeared in ''[[Stingers (TV series)\|Stingers]]'' (with [[Peter Phelps]]) and ''[[City Loop (film)\|City Loop]]'' before landing the lead role of Raffy in Mushroom Pictures' film ''[[Cut (2000 film)\|Cut]]''. The cult Australian [[slasher film]] was her first lead in a feature. ~~film and~~The ~~also~~cast ~~saw~~included [[Molly Ringwald]], [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[Stephen Curry (comedian)\|Stephen Curry]]. She then starred in ''[[Angst (2000 film)\|Angst]]'' and appeared in the made-for-TV film ''Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story''. Already a household name in Australia, Napier then played ~~the~~ [[Becky Howard]] on the Australian TV drama ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]'' from ~~2000–2003~~2000 to 2003. Her father played Harry Ryan on the same series.<ref name="herald" /> ~~Napier~~She then starred in the tele-movie ''[[The Alice (film)\|The Alice]]''. Following its success it went on as a series with ~~Jessica~~Napier reprising her role in the tele-drama. In 2009, Napier guest starred in both the popular third season of TV series ''[[Sea Patrol (TV series)\|Sea Patrol]]'' and the new ''[[Rescue: Special Ops]]''. The thriller ''Savages Crossing'' was released in 2010 and saw ~~Jessica~~Napier star in an ensemble cast of other Australian favourites including [[John Jarratt]], [[Craig McLachlan]], [[Sacha Horler]] and [[Chris Haywood]]. In 2010 the [[Nine Network]] announced that they would be continuing with their successful ''[[Underbelly (TV series)\|Underbelly]]'' franchise by producing three separate stand-alone crime telemovies which would be known as ''The Underbelly Files''. ~~Jessica~~Napier was cast as the lead actress in the second of these telemovies, titled ''[[Underbelly Files: ~~Infiltration\|~~Infiltration]]'', opposite [[Sullivan Stapleton]]. ''Infiltration'' follows Victorian police officer Colin McClaren's investigation into the local [[Calabria]]n mafia in which he infiltrates their group. ~~and~~It also stars Valentino del Toro, [[Henry Nixon]], [[Tottie Goldsmith]], Buddy Dannoun and [[Glenda ~~Liscott~~Linscott]]. In 2021 Napier appeared in a small role in ''[[Moon Rock For Monday]]'',<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Kornits \|first=Dov \|date=4 November 2019 \|title=Moon Rock for Monday Hits the Road \|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/moon-rock-monday-hits-road/ \|website=Film Ink}}</ref> an AACTA-nominated feature film directed by [[Kurt Martin (director)\|Kurt Martin]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Frater \|first=Patrick \|date=31 October 2021 \|title='High Ground' and 'Nitram' Lead Australia's AACTA Awards Nominations \|url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/asia/aacta-awards-nominations-1235101658/ \|website=Variety}}</ref> ==Personal life== She is married to David Adler. They have a daughter Emily and a son Oliver. Both Jessica and her father Marshall are vegetarians and support various animal rights foundations.<ref name="herald">{{cite web\|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=2997209\|author=Fiona Rae\|publisher=New Zealand Herald\|title=Passing muster at McLeod's Daughters\|date=3 October 2002\|accessdate=11 December 2010}}</ref> She has also supported the use of [[Taronga Zoo]] in Sydney for retired circus elephants.<ref name="TVNZ_649824">{{cite news \|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/649824 \|title=Actress against elephant imports \|date=16 January 2006 \|agency=[[Australian Associated Press]] \|work=[[Television New Zealand]] \|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref>▼ Napier married husband David Adler on 28 November 2009.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/B5bEIycnecU/?igsh=MWllamh0M3g2emQ2Mg==</ref> They live in Sydney together with their children Emily and Oliver.<ref>https://www.newidea.com.au/celebrity/australian-celebrities/jessica-napier-marshall-napier-tributes/</ref> == Filmography ==▼ ▲~~She~~Napier is ~~married to David Adler. They have~~ a ~~daughter Emily and a son Oliver. Both Jessica and her father Marshall are vegetarians~~vegetarian, and ~~support~~supports various animal rights foundations.<ref name="herald">{{cite web\|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=2997209\|author=Fiona Rae\|publisher=New Zealand Herald\|title=Passing muster at McLeod's Daughters\|date=3 October 2002\|accessdate=11 December 2010}}</ref> She has also supported the use of [[Taronga Zoo]] in Sydney for retired circus elephants.<ref name="TVNZ_649824">{{cite news \|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/649824 \|title=Actress against elephant imports \|date=16 January 2006 \|agency=[[Australian Associated Press]] \|work=[[Television New Zealand]] \|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref> ▲== Filmography == ===Film=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" \|-▼ ! Year ! Title Line 58 ⟶ 62: ! class="unsortable" \| Notes \|- \| 1996 \|''[[Love Serenade]]'' \| Deborah 'Debbie' \| Feature film \|▼ \|- \| 1997 \|''[[Blackrock (film)\|Blackrock]]'' \| Rachel Ackland \| Feature film \|▼ \|- \| 1998 \|''War Story'' \| Princess \| Short film \|- \| 2000 \|''[[Cut (2000 film)\|Cut]]'' \| Raffy Caruthers ~~\|Hillary "Hallie"~~ \| Feature film \|▼ \|- \| 2000 \|''[[City Loop (film)\|City Loop]]'' (aka ''Bored Olives'') \| Sophie \| Feature film ~~\|AKA, ''Bored Olives''~~ \|- \| 2000 \|''[[Twitch (film)\|Twitch]]'' \| Jane \| Short film \|- \| 2000 \|''[[Angst (2000 film)\|Angst]]'' \| Jade \| Feature film \|▼ \|- \| 2001 \|''Jet Set'' \| Louise \| \|- \| 2002 \|''New Skin'' \| Lyra \| \|- \| 2002 \|''Stuffed Bunny'' \| German Girlfriend \| Short film \|- \| 2002 \|2004▼ \| ''Sweet Dreams'' ▲\| \| Short film ▲\|- ▲\| 2004 \|''Post'' \| Jessica \| Short film \|- \| 2005 \|''~~{{sortname\|~~[[The\| Illustrated Family Doctor}}]]'' \| Christine \| Feature film \|▼ \|- \| 2006 \|''Safety in Numbers'' \| Jen \| Feature film \| \|- \| 2007 \|''[[Ghost Rider (2007 film)\|Ghost Rider]]'' \| Broken Spoke Waitress \| Feature film \| \|- \| 2007 \|''Don't Panic'' \| Kimberly \| Short film \|- \| 2011 \|''Savages Crossing'' \| Kate \| Feature film \| \|- \| 2012 \|''~~{{sortname\|~~The\| Letter~~\|nolink=1}}~~'' \| Sophia \| Short film \|- \| 2020 \|''[[Moon Rock ~~for~~For Monday]]'' \| Nurse Roz \| Feature film \| \|- \| 2023 ~~\|20??~~ \| ''Transfusion'' \| Doctor Williams \| Feature film ▲\|- \| TBA \|''Day of Carnage'' \| Jane \| Post-production \|} ===Television=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" \|- ! Year ! Title Line 162 ⟶ 175: ! class="unsortable" \| Notes \|- \| 1991 \|''[[Police Rescue]]'' \| Therese / Tracey \| TV series, season 1, 2 episodes: "L.P.G.", "One for Dad" \|- \| 1995 \|''[[~~Echo Point (TV series)\|~~Echo Point]]'' \| Edwina Amadio \| TV series, 130 episodes ~~\|Main role~~ \|- \| 1996 \|''[[Police Rescue]]'' \| Zoe \| TV series, season 5, episode 9: "The Only Constant" \|- \| 1996 \|''[[Twisted Tales (Australian TV series)\|Twisted Tales]]'' \| Michelle \| TV series, season 1, episode 9: "Night of the Monster" \|- \| 1997 \|''[[Water Rats (TV series)\|Water Rats]]'' \| Vanessa \| TV series, season 2, episode 25: "The Witness" \|- \| 1997 \|''[[Murder Call]]'' \| Brodie Cochrane \| TV series, season 1, episode 5: "Who Killed Cock Robin?" \|- \| 1997–98 ~~\|1997–99~~ \|''[[Wildside (Australian TV series)\|Wildside]]'' \| Gerry Davis \| TV series, 40 episodes ~~\|Main role~~ \|- \| 1998 \|''[[Stingers (TV series)\|Stingers]]'' \| Constable Kaye Kelso (Emily Shaw) \| TV series, season 1, 5 episodes ~~\|Recurring role~~ \|- \| 2000 \|''~~{{sortname\|The\|Lost World\|~~[[The Lost World (TV series)}}\|The Lost World]]'' \| Gladys \| TV series, season 2, episode 7: "London Calling" \|- \| 2001 \|''[[Head Start (TV series)\|Head Start]]'' \| Amy \| TV miniseries, episode 5: "Making Music" \|- \| 2001 \|''Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story'' \| Klammie \| TV film \|- \| 2001–03 \|''[[McLeod's Daughters]]'' \| Becky Howard \| TV series, 70 episodes ~~\|Main role~~ \|- \| 2004 \|''~~{{sortname\|The\|Alice\|~~[[The Alice (film)}}\|The Alice]]'' \| Jess Daily \| TV film \|- \| 2005–06 \|''~~{{sortname\|~~[[The Alice (TV series)\|The Alice}}]]'' \| Jess Daily \| TV series, 22 episodes ~~\|Main role~~ \|- \| 2007 \|''[[Chandon Pictures]]'' \| Annabelle \| TV series, season 1, episode 5: "Private Dick" \|- \| 2007 \|''[[All Saints (TV series)\|All Saints]]'' \| Pam Elton \| TV series, season 10, episode 10: "Life's Little Miracles" \|- \| 2009 \|''[[All Saints (TV series)\|All Saints]]'' \| Elyse Leine \| TV series, season 12, episode 23: "Out of Control 2" \|- \| 2009 \|''[[Sea Patrol]]'' \| Simone Robsen \| TV series, season 3, 5 episodes ~~\|Recurring role~~ \|- \| 2009 \|''[[Rescue: Special Ops]]'' \| Nicole \| TV series, season 1, 4 episodes ~~\|Recurring role~~ \|- \| 2010 \|''[[Cops L.A.C.]]'' \| Natalie \| TV series, season 1, episode 11: "Illegal Dumping" \|- \| 2011 \|''[[Underbelly Files: Infiltration]]'' \| Jude Gleeson / Narrator \| TV film \|- \| 2014 \|''[[Janet King (TV series)\|Janet King]]'' \| Caroline Martin \| TV series, season 1, 3 episodes: "A Song of Experience", "Lurking Doubt", "Overtime" \|- \|2018 \|''[[Bite Club (TV series)\|Bite Club]]'' \| Pia \| TV miniseries, 4 episodes ~~\|Recurring role~~ \|- \| 2021 \|''[[Harrow (TV series)\|Harrow]]'' \| Jade Freeman \| TV series, season 3, episode 9: "Quam Innocentum Damnari" ▲\|- \| 2023 \| ''[[Caught (2023 TV series)\|CAUGH*T]]'' \| Tania Towers \| TV series, season 1, episode 5: "The Greatest Show, Man" ▲\|} ==Theatre== {\| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ▲\|- \| 2000 \|\| ''[[Love Letters (play)\|Love Letters]]'' \|\| Melissa Gardner \|\| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art\|NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney]] \|} <ref>https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/410787</ref> ==References== Line 292 ⟶ 321: {{DEFAULTSORT:Napier, Jessica}} [[Category:~~1979~~Year ~~births~~of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:New Zealand emigrants to Australia]] [[Category:Australian television actresses]]