Kristy Wright

Kristy Wright (born 14 July 1978; name also erroneously given as Kirsty Wright) is an Australian television and film actress.

Early life Wright was born in Sydney, Australia, the oldest child in her family, with three stepbrothers and two half-sisters. Hoping to win a contest for acting lessons, she sent in her photograph and ended up with a full year's paid tuition.

Career Her first part was a guest role in Police Rescue. From 1995 until 1999 she played the part of Chloe Richards in the Australian soap opera Home and Away and briefly returned to this role in June 2005, when her character died from an embolism resulting from a car accident.

Following Home and Away she starred in Chuck Finn, Above the Law and Something in the Air. She went on to feature in Crash Palace as well as a political satire called Corridors of Power. Following this success she was picked up to feature in an American TV show, Beastmaster as a ninja warrior. She also appeared in a short film, Sweet Dreams.

She worked on an episode of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s – The Lost World, and has also featured in the Australian drama, The Alice. She had a minor role as the hand maiden Moteé in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

Personal life Wright dated fellow Home and Away alumni, the late Dieter Brummer, from 1995 (when she was 17) for several years, after their tenure on the series overlapped for a year. They remained friends after their split. After his death in 2021, she honoured him on her Instagram page with a series of photos from their time together.

Wright moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue acting in Hollywood as the logical next step in her career. However, she eventually decided to quit acting in order to focus on other interests and start a family.

On 8 August 2013, she gave birth to a son, during her 27th week of pregnancy. He weighed 2lbs 4oz and was 14.5 inches long.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Enemies Closer Samantha Feature film 2002 Sweet Dreams Short film 2004 The Crop Nancy Feature film 2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Moteé Feature film 2005 Wrong Answer Holly Aurelli Short film 2017 Ravenswood Asylum Yvonne Feature film 2021 Christmas Down Under Samantha Parker Feature film 2023 Stranded Pearl Julia Feature film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Home and Away Donna Season 7, episode 114 1995 Police Rescue Cassie Season 4, episode 4 1995–99, 2005 Home and Away Chloe Richards Seasons 8–12 (main role), Season 18 (recurring) 1999 Chuck Finn Rosy Season 1, episode 14 2000 Above the Law Belinda Clarke Seasons 1–2 (main role, 35 episodes) 2001 The Lost World Ana Pisaro Season 2, episode 10 2001 Something in the Air Lisa Cambridge Season 2 (recurring, 13 episodes) 2001 Crash Palace Suze Collins Season 1 (main role) 2001 Corridors of Power Vanessa 'Van' Harrison Season 1 (main role, 6 episodes) 2002 Beastmaster Bianna Season 3, episode 19 2003 White Collar Blue Summah Shareef Season 2, episode 11 2005 The Alice Simone Season 1, episode 4