Rachael Carpani


Rachael Ann Carpani is an Australian actress best known as Jodi Fountain in McLeod's Daughters.

Biography

Carpani grew up on a property near Dural, in Sydney's Hills District. She studied acting at the Australian College of Entertainment at Macquarie University and at the Drama Works Drama Company. Carpani has twice been nominated at the Logies, both in 2007. she was recognised in the ‘worst dressed’ list for the 2004 awards ceremony

Career

She is most famous for her role as Jodi Fountain on the Australian TV drama McLeod's Daughters. Carpani also had a role in the film Hating Alison Ashley, starring Delta Goodrem, and appeared in All Saints. Carpani attended The Hills Grammar School with Delta Goodrem.
Carpani left McLeod's Daughters to pursue her career in the United States. She had been cast in the CBS pilot, Law Dogs with Janeane Garofalo, but the series was not picked up. She appeared in seven episodes of season one of Cane. Rachael then returned to McLeod's Daughters as Jodi Fountain for the final episode on 31 January 2009.
Carpani appeared commercially as one of the faces for Telstra's Next G network. She appeared in episode six of in November 2009, playing a small role alongside Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. In 2010, she had a recurring role on The Glades, playing opposite former real-life boyfriend Matt Passmore, with whom she split in 2011. She began starring in the crime drama Against the Wall in 2011. In 2015, Carpani starred in the TV films If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday on the Lifetime cable network, which are the third and fourth films in the Flowers In The Attic TV film series that are based on the Dollanganger novel series by V.C. Andrews. In 2018, she appeared in a multi-episode arc in the Seven/South Pacific series 800 Words.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001All SaintsEmily MartinEpisode: "Too Little Too Late"
2001Home and AwayMirandaEpisode: "1.3048"
Episode: "1.3047"
2001Ihaka: Blunt InstrumentTaraTV movie
2001–2009McLeod's DaughtersJodi Fountain-McLeod179 episodes
2007Law DogsCarly OwenTV movie
2007CaneTerry Greenway5 episodes
2008ScorchedSusan ShapiroTV movie
2009'AmyEpisode: "Keepin' It Real"
2010True BlueTess FlynnTV movie
2010'Heather Thompson3 episodes
2011Against the WallAbby Kowalski13 episodes
2014Stalker1 episode
2014TouchedEmmaTV movie
2015If There Be ThornsCathy DollangangerTV movie
2015Seeds of YesterdayCathy DollangangerTV movie
2017The RachelsSamiTV movie
2017800 WordsMary2 episodes

Awards

Carpani has been nominated for several television awards in her career. For her role on McLeod's Daughters, she has been nominated for the following awards at the Logies: