Pippa Black

Early life and education Black was born in Melbourne. She studied to be a veterinarian, but ultimately deferred her Animal Technology studies to pursue an acting career.

Career Black appeared in the television movie , alongside Katherine Heigl in 2003. She then went on to make guest appearances in episodes of The Secret Life of Us and Last Man Standing.

In September 2005, it was announced that Black had joined the cast of Neighbours as Elle Robinson. Black told Clare Rigden of TV Week that she was going to London for a working holiday when she learnt that she had got the part. She was also nominated for Best Actress at Cosmopolitan's Fun, Fearless Female Awards in 2009. In June 2009, Black quit Neighbours to pursue other projects. The actress later revealed she would be willing to return to the soap in the future.

Black was cast in Gemma Lee's short film The Wake, which premiered at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films in 2009. She then went on to appear in the independent film Emergence and was cast in an episode of City Homicide as Emily Rigby. Black and her former Neighbours co-star Sweeney Young portrayed a young couple in the music video for Jacob Butler's single "Coma". Of appearing in the video, Black stated "I really love the track, that's why I got on board. I've never appeared in a video clip before so it's nice to be involved in something with really relatable lyrics. I think the scenes that we shot are really dramatic and quite emotive with the music." NBC cancelled Outsourced after one season. In 2012, Black appeared as Carissa Gibson in the season 13 finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also filmed her first leading role in 2012 indie film My Funny Valentine. In 2014, she joined the cast of feature film Lemon Tree Passage as Amelia Stone and played Amanda in family TV film Cookie Mobster, before going on to appear in drama film Hypnotized the following year.

Black reprised her role of Elle Robinson in Neighbours for two guest appearances in September 2019 and July 2022.

Personal life Black is a vegetarian. She starred in an ad campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia Pacific in 2007. Black has supported various charities including the Narre Warren Lighthouse Foundation and the Australian Childhood Foundation.

Black dated actor Fletcher Humphrys, who appeared alongside her as villain Guy Sykes on Neighbours. They had previously appeared together in drama series Last Man Standing. The pair split in 2007.

Black moved to Los Angeles in 2011 and shared an apartment with fellow Australian actor Tim Campbell.

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref 2003 Female student TV movie 2005 Last Man Standing Chrissie Episode: 1.4 2005–2009, 2019, 2022 Neighbours Elle Robinson Main cast 2010–2011 Outsourced Tonya Regular role 2009 Neighbours Cosmopolitan's Fun, Fearless Female Awards Best Actress