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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.
She studied dance, singing and drama at the Performing Arts School in Sydney.
In 1994, Valentine joined the cast of Neighbours as Libby Kennedy. She moved to Melbourne to take the role and remained on the show until 2004.
In 2005, Valentine took the lead role of Baby in at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, which also toured to Melbourne and Perth.
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.
Valentine appeared as a housewife in Nine Network's miniseries Fat Tony & Co., which was broadcast in 2014. Valentine returned to Neighbours as part of a storyline to celebrate 20 years of the Kennedy family in 2014.
In 2017, Valentine was cast in Michael Wormald's independent film Choir Girl, 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.
Valentine appears as the character Connie the Phlegmatic in the upcoming film titled Residence.
In addition to her stage and screen work, Valentine teaches acting classes.
Valentine was engaged to former AFL player Trent Croad in March 2015. In November 2015, Valentine and Croad confirmed they were expecting their first child together, and a son was born in March 2016. Their relationship ended in December 2017.
On 6 July 2010, Valentine was hospitalised for four days with a life-threatening blood clot on her lung. In December 2010, Valentine checked herself into a clinic as she was suffering from exhaustion.
Valentine returned to the Neighbours set in January 2011. A few months after her return to filming, Valentine took indefinite leave from Neighbours.
Filmography
Film
Short film Short film Short film Also producer
Television
Miniseries 13 episodes 1 episode 1051 episodes Miniseries, 1 episode 1 episode
Stage
Llandudno with Qudos Productions, UK Beck Theatre with Qudos Productions, UK The Hexagon with Qudos Productions, UK Hawth Theatre with Qudos Productions, UK Theatre Royal, Sydney, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Burswood Theatre, Perth with Kevin Jacobsen Productions University of Tasmania with Adrian Baum Presents Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne with Q44 Theatre Company
Personal life
Valentine married singer Fabio Tolli, and they have a daughter. The couple separated in 2007.
Health issues
On 4 July 2008, Valentine collapsed on a flight home from New York and was diagnosed with pneumonia and pneumothorax. When she arrived in Melbourne she spent several days in hospital before recuperating at home. RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Neighbours star suffered collapsed lung "Nightmare flight for actor Kym Valentine", Herald Sun. Subscription only. Valentine was told that she needed to rest for a month and she could not return to work on Neighbours. New Zealand actress Michala Banas took over the role of Libby for a month, Kym Valentine takes a break from Neighbours, Herald Sun and Valentine resumed the role at the start of the 2009 series.
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