Kimberley Davies

Kimberley Davies (born 20 February 1973) is an Australian actress and model, known for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian television soap opera Neighbours from 1993 until 1996.

Early life Davies was born in Ballarat, where her father worked as a baker. She moved to Melbourne when she was 13 years old. She was spotted by an agent from Chadwick Models while she was holidaying on the Gold Coast. Davies was offered a modelling contract, which she initially turned down. However, after completing a photoshoot for Mode, she signed with Chadwick and stopped her commerce studies at the University of Melbourne. Davies became popular in both Australia and the UK during her time in Neighbours. When she appeared on the cover of Inside Sport, it become the magazine's highest selling issue. Her calendar was the second highest seller for 1996. Following her departure from Neighbours in 1996, she played the role of "assassin android" Betty in the Twisted Tales episode "Directly from My Heart to You". She also hosted the Nine Network series Just Kidding, which featured pranks played on an unsuspecting public,

Davies later moved to the United States and played the role of Laura Sinclair in the lavish but short-lived night-time soap opera Pacific Palisades. In 2000, she made guest appearances in Ally McBeal and Spin City. She also appeared in a 2004 episode of the sitcom Friends,

In May 2005, she appeared on an Australian reality television show called Celebrity Circus and in November 2005 she appeared in the fifth series of UK reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! but left halfway through after she hurt her shoulder, during one of the "Bush Tucker Trials". In 2007, Davies was a contestant on Australia's Dancing with the Stars and in the summer of that year she appeared in a Daz advert in the UK.

Davies voices Australian character Alura McCall in the 2002 videogame James Bond 007: Nightfire. In September 2010, she appeared in an episode of Australian comedy game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. She also guested in the second season of comedy series Lowdown in 2012.

On 20 June 2025, it was announced that Davies would be reprising her role as Annalise in Neighbours twenty years after her last appearance.

Personal life Davies has been married to model-turned-orthopaedic surgeon Jason Harvey since 1997. They have three children and live in Melbourne, where Davies owns a decorating business.

Davies studied drama at Monash University and has trained with acting coaches Janet Alhunty, Ivana Chubbuck and Lesly Kahn. She also studied interior design at RMIT University (RMIT).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 True Love and Chaos Ariel 1999 Storm Catcher Agent Lock 2000 Psycho Beach Party Bettina Barnes 2000 The Next Best Thing Hostess 2001 Made Bartender 2001 Feather Pimento Mrs Zilinski Short film 2002 The Month of August Kelly 2005 Death to the Supermodels Darbie Direct to video film 2007 Balkanski Sindrom Anna

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993–1996; 2005; 2025 Neighbours Annalise Hartman Series regular 1996 Twisted Tales Betty Episode: "Directly from My Heart to You" 1997 Pacific Palisades Laura Sinclair Series regular 1998 Viper Trudy Episode: "The Return" 1998 It's True! Maya Episode: "The Rats of Rumfordton" 1999 Silk Stalkings Rhonna Sendahl Episode: "Killer App" 1999 Close Contact Cheryl McManus TV film 1999 Early Edition Amber Lamonte Episode: "The Iceman Taketh" 2000 Ally McBeal Angela Prune Episode 16: "Boy Next Door" 2000 Early Edition Jade Episode: "Occasionally Amber" 2000 Profiler Jennifer Hutton Episodes: "On Your Marks", "Tsuris" 2000 Spin City Inga Episode: "Hello Charlie" 2000 The Magicians Regina TV film 2001 The Shrink Is In Isabelle TV film 2001 South Pacific Luann TV film 2001 The Invisible Man Elaine Lowe Episode: "A Sense of Community" 2002 Seconds to Spare Rhonda Newcombe TV film 2004 Friends Adrienne Turner Episode: "The One Where the Stripper Cries" 2006 City Homicide Unaired pilot 2010 Sleuth 101 Rachel Timms Episode: "Late and Live" 2011 SLiDE Grace Season 1, episode 2 2012 Lowdown Imogen McMahon Episode: "The Naked Chef"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2002 James Bond 007: Nightfire Alura McCall

Stage Year Title Role Notes 1995 Goldilocks UK pantomime

TVC Year Title Role Notes Ref. Myer Australian advertisement Mitsubishi Australian advertisement Cadbury Australian advertisement 1996 Arnott’s Tim Tams Self Australian TV advertisement 1998 Just Jeans "Relax This Summer" Australian TV advertisement