Jodi Gordon Biography – Jodi Gordon Wiki
Jodi Gordon born Jodi Lee Gordon (previously Anasta) is an Australian actress and model. From 2005 to 2010 she portrayed Martha MacKenzie in Home and Away. She won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2006. She competed in the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars and made her debut feature film appearance in The Cup (2011). She has also appeared in Underbelly: Badness and Camp. From 2016 to 2020, she played English teacher Elly Conway in Neighbours. She is a contestant in Australia’s Celebrity Apprentice 2022. Each celebrity will be vying to win money for a charity of their choice.
At the age of 13, she won a modelling competition and gained a contract with Vivien’s Modelling Agency. Her modelling led her to Japan, London and Milan, where she lived for five months. While modelling in London for two months she took the opportunity to travel through Europe recreationally. She has been the official celebrity ambassador and model for Australian lingerie brand Crystelle, Shoe label Tony Bianco, and swimwear label 2Chillies. In 2013, she was announced as a new Myer ambassador. She stepped down from ambassador duties with Myer in December 2017. In 2020, she became an ambassador for skincare brand Esmi Skin Minerals.
In 2004, while preparing to move to New York, she successfully auditioned for the role of Martha MacKenzie in the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away. For her portrayal of Martha, she won a Logie award for “Most Popular New Female Talent” in 2006. The 2009 Logie awards saw Gordon nominated for “Most Popular Actress”.
Gordon was a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. She and her partner, Stefano Oliveri, were eliminated in the fifth week, on October 12, 2008. In January 2010, it was announced that she would be leaving Home and Away after almost five years. She filmed her final scenes at the end of February and they aired in June of that year. Upon leaving Home and Away, Gordon took acting lessons and attended auditions for many television shows including Cops L.A.C.
In May 2010, she won her first film role in The Cup. The film, which was released in 2011, is based on Media Puzzle’s win in the 2002 Melbourne Cup. She plays the role of Damien Oliver’s partner, Trish. In November 2010, she returned to Melbourne to film her next project, Any Questions for Ben?, a Working Dog production. A writer for the Herald Sun reported that Gordon turned down an offer to appear in a ten-episode reality show series documenting the lives of the wives and girlfriends of Australian sportsmen.
In February 2011, she returned to television in Network Nine’s telemovie Blood Brothers, based on the Gilham family murders. Elle Halliwell of The Sunday Telegraph reported she had been cast in the upcoming series of Underbelly titled Underbelly: Badness in April 2012. Gordon portrayed Kylie Keogh. In April 2016, it was announced that Gordon had been cast in the role of school teacher Elly Conway in Neighbours. She initially signed a three-year contract and made her first appearance in July. She left the serial in January 2020 in order to move back to Sydney, but she agreed to reprise the role for the serial’s final episodes in 2022. In October 2021, she joined the season 6 cast of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
Jodi Gordon Age
She was born on February 1, 1985, in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
Jodi Gordon Husband
She was married to her former husband, Braith Anasta. He is a former NRL player, they separated in 2015 and their divorce was finalized in 2017. She became engaged to Sydney Roosters captain Braith Anasta in July 2011 and the couple married on October 14, 2012. On August 25, 2013, it was announced that Gordon and Anasta were expecting their first child together. She gave birth to their daughter on March 1, 2014. The couple announced their separation on December 11, 2015, and their divorce was finalised in 2017. She decided to keep her married surname, so it would be the same as her daughter’s. In March 2020, she confirmed that she had reverted to her maiden name.
On March 4, 2007, her boyfriend of two years, Chris Burkhardt, died from acute myeloid leukaemia at the age of 23. In mid-2008, a storyline was introduced into Home and Away, in which Gordon’s character was diagnosed with breast cancer. She drew on her experience of Burkhardt’s battle with leukaemia to take on the storyline.
In June 2009, she was discovered by police cowering in a bedroom of a flat with Mark James Judge, an alleged biker gang member, during an armed response to an alleged attempted break-in. No action was taken against Gordon or the Judge for making a false report. It was further alleged by some media outlets that she had disclosed to police that cocaine had been consumed on the day of the incident. She later apologised for the distress the incident caused. In September 2009, she made her first major public appearance since the incident at a parade for Crystelle lingerie. After the incident, she broke up with her partner, media heir Ryan Stokes.
Gordon sold her Potts Point apartment in January 2012 for $625,000 and she then moved to Clovelly.
On April 23, 2022, Emily Cosenza of news.com.au reported that she had entered a rehab clinic in Sydney. Gordon and her former partner, Sebastian Blackler obtained AVOs against one another in Windsor Local Court the previous week, following a “physical altercation” that occurred at the beginning of the month.
Jodi Gordon Children
She has one child, a daughter named Aleeia Anasta who was born on March 2, 2014.
Jodi Gordon Family
She is the daughter of Ray Gordon and Bronwyn Gordon. She has an older brother, Ben. Her father was born in New Zealand and is a New Zealander of Māori descent and her mother is Australian. From the age of 8, her family moved to various locations along the coast from Mackay, eventually settling in Sydney when she was 11. She played netball from the age of 12 to 16.
Jodi Gordon Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 8½ inches (1.74 meters) tall.
Jodi Gordon Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @jodigordon.
