Virginia Hey

Virginia Hey (born 19 June 1952) is an Australian actress, known for her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in the science fiction television series Farscape, playing the "Warrior Woman" in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and various roles in television drama series, such as lawyer Jennifer St James in E Street.^[1]

Virginia Hey
Virginia Hey at DeepCon, 2007
Born	(1952-06-19) 19 June 1952 (age 72) Sydney, Australia
Years active	1981–present
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Career

Hey began her career as a fashion model after being discovered at a bus stop by POL magazine editor Wendy Adnam.^[2] Hey appeared on several magazine covers and started her acting career in television advertisements (57 in all), television dramas and films in Australia and the UK.

In 1979, Hey appeared in live TV performances with The Buggles for their song "Video Killed the Radio Star", including on the BBC's Top of the Pops and on German television.^[3][4] However, she does not appear in the official music video. (The official video for the same song is remembered best for being the first music video broadcast on MTV in 1981.) Hey appeared in the Mama's Boys rock video for their hit single "Needle in the Groove" in 1985.

Her film and television credits include the Warrior Woman in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and General Pushkin's girlfriend in the Bond film The Living Daylights. She is well known for the role of the blue-skinned alien priestess Zotoh Zhaan in Farscape, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress on Television by the Saturn Awards.^{[citation needed]} She left the show early in the third season for health and personal reasons: the prosthetic makeup worn over her head and chest to achieve Zhaan's appearance and the stress of the long filming days caused her kidneys to bleed, subsequently causing a decline in her health, and she grew tired of having to shave her head and eyebrows for the role.^[5][6]

Hey has also appeared in various Australian soap operas including Prisoner (Cell Block H) as Leigh Templar, Neighbours as Beth Travers, E Street as Jennifer St. James, and Pacific Drive as Margaux Hayes.

Since leaving Farscape, Hey has started her own company, White Flower Lei, which manufactures perfumes and soaps.^[7] She currently resides in the UK.^[8]

Meditation

Hey teaches meditation across the United States and UK, and is certified in natural therapy.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior	The Warrior Woman
1982	Norman Loves Rose	The Girlfriend
1982	The Return of Captain Invincible	Beautician
1986	Castaway	Janice
1987	The Living Daylights	Rubavitch
1988	Pathos – Segreta inquietudine	Diane	aka A Taste for Fear Italian film
1994	Signal One	Toni	aka Bullet Down Under
1999	Game Room	Dr. Greta Davis
2011	Alien Armageddon	Ute

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Top of the Pops	Herself - The Buggles	1 episode
1982	The Don Lane Show	Herself	1 episode
1982	The Daryl Somers Show	Herself	1 episode
1984	Prisoner	Leigh Templar	14 episodes
1985	Timeslip	Jenny
1985	Big Deal	Ticket officer	Episode: "Popping Across the Pond"
1985	Mussolini: The Untold Story	Young Woman	TV miniseries 1 episode
1986	Neighbours	Beth Travers	8 episodes
1987	Vietnam	Journalist	TV miniseries 1 episode
1987	Network 7	Chablis	1 episode
1989	Mission: Impossible	Danielle	Episode: "The Killer"
1989	Dolphin Cove	Alison Mitchell	8 episodes
1989–1990	E Street	Jennifer St. James	56 episodes
1990–1993	Tonight Live with Steve Vizard	Herself	5 episodes
1992	Street Stories	Herself	1 episode
1993	Ernie and Denise	Herself	1 episode
1993	A Current Affair	Herself	2 episodes
1993–1997	Ray Martin at Midday	Herself	2 episodes
1993	Paradise Beach	Val Sterling
1994	Signal One: Behind The Scenes	Herself	TV special
1994–1998	Good Morning Australia	Herself	6 episodes
1994	Love Rules	Herself	1 episode
1994	Hello: Home Shopping	Herself	TV infomercial
1994	Live It Up	Herself	1 episode
1994	Midday with Derryn Hinch	Herself	1 episode
1996	Pacific Drive	Margeaux Hayes
1996	Flipper	Adams	Episode: "The Pearl Maker"
1997	Monday to Friday	Herself	1 episode
1997	Home and Away	Gillian	3 episodes
1997	Roar	Queen Una	Episode: "Pilot"
1997	Midday With Kerri-Anne	Herself	1 episode
1997	Sex and Beyond: 25 Years Of Cleo	Herself	TV special
1998	All Saints	Joanna Travers	Episode: "Yesterday's News"
1999–2002	Farscape	Regular roles: Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan / Dr. Jane Komenski	50 episodes
2012	FedCon XXI	Herself	German film documentary
2014	Ckds at the Cons: Chippenham 2014	Herself	TV documentary
2014	Rick and Morty	Gazorpian (voice)	Episode: "Raising Gazorpazorp"
2014–2016	From the Mouths of Babes	Herself	4 episodes
2015	Kosmos	Lead role: Diana Lord	5 episodes
TBA	Gracemarch	Mary March	TV movie

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Farscape: The Game	Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan (voice)