Arkie Whiteley

Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and film.

Early life and education Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wendy Whiteley. According to her obituary in The Times, when living with her parents at the Hotel Chelsea in New York as an infant, her babysitter was singer Janis Joplin. Arkie was educated at Ascham School in Sydney and at an alternative school: the Australian International School at North Ryde, Sydney. She also attended Cremorne Girls High.

Career Her television and film work included A Town Like Alice, Razorback, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Gallowglass, Princess Caraboo and The Last Musketeer with Robson Green. She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason and in early episodes of A Country Practice.

After her father's overdose in 1992, she negotiated with the New South Wales government to purchase his studio and run it as a studio museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Personal life and death Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995; they divorced in 1999. She married her second husband Jim Elliott in December 2001, shortly before she died from adrenal cancer on 19 December, at the age of 37. She had a seven-year relationship with actor Paul Rhys, who nursed her during her illness.

She was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Both Arkie's and her father Brett's ashes are buried in an undisclosed location in Wendy's Secret Garden in the Sydney North Shore suburb of Lavender Bay.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 Slippery Slide TV movie 1981 The Killing of Angel Street Tina Benson Feature film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior The Captain's Girl Feature film 1984 Razorback Sarah Cameron Feature film 1989 Scandal Vicky Feature film 1990 The Secret Life of Ian Fleming Gallina TV movie 1994 Princess Caraboo Betty Feature film 1999 Without Warning Megan Turner TV movie 2000 The Last Musketeer Dr. Elizabeth Fraser TV movie

Television