The girls knew from a young age that they wanted to be on television. After begging their mother to take them to singing lessons, she finally agreed and this lead them to various talent quests around South East Queensland. As first prize at one event on the Gold Coast the girls won entry into a televised talent show on the Nine Network. At the tender age of nine they were delighted to reach the finals! Gayle and Gillian then starred in numerous television commercials around Australia - including a series of Kelloggs Corn Flakes commercials. They then decided to take the next step and auditioned for a lead role in a children’s telemovie pilot called “Earth Patrol” starring Spike Milligan. Gillian won the lead chldrens role of Cassie. However, the producers were delighted with both twins auditions and planned to write Gayle into the series as her twin sister once the pilot was successful. Unfortunately, the pilot was not accepted. The sisters continued their career in 1979 when they appeared in a video clip for the Australian group The Monitors, “Singin’ In The ’80s”. In 1983 they joined the team on the highly successful national children’s programme “Wombat”. They enjoyed their roles as reporters for the next seven years. In 1990 they joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours as Caroline (played by Gillian) and Christina (played by Gayle) Alessi. Following the success of former Neighbours actors Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan as recording artists, the Blakeneys went to England in 1991 to record with Stock Aitken Waterman as “The Twins”. The resulting single, “All Mixed Up,” became a modest club hit that year, and peaked at #77 in the UK Pop chart that year (peaking at #74 in Australia). After parting with Stock Aitken Waterman the Blakeney’s made a brief return to Neighbours, eventually leaving the show in 1992. In 1993 they released two singles in the United Kingdom as “Gillian & Gayle”, “Mad If You Don’t” (number 75 in 1993) and a cover version of Prince’s “I Want To Be Your Lover” (number 62 in 1994). In 1994 the sisters moved to the United States (where they still reside today) to pursue acting roles, landing guest spots on various film and TV projects. Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayle_%26_Gillian_Blakeney" Credit: wikipedia |
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