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Sophie Lee (born 7 August 1968 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian film, stage and television actress and author. ==Career== Early in her career, Sophie Lee worked as a model, both in Australia and Japan 〔''Lunch of Blood'' by Antonella Gambotto. pp160-171. ISBN 0-09-182871-6 Random House.〕 appearing in print and on TV. Her first feature film was ''Raw Silk'' in 1988. First rising to fame in 1990 hosting the ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' on Australian TV, the show provoked controversy through her wardrobe, which was publicised as ''"middle-aged men... rush home from work in time to watch Sophie throw to Bugs Bunny cartoons"''. The Nine Network series, which had previously not been hosted, featured ''Bugs Bunny'' and other Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons, plus occasional other material, such as an interview between Sophie and Kylie Minogue. She was cast by executive producer David Lyle out of 150 candidates.〔 In 1991, Lee started playing the ongoing role of ''Penny Wellings'' in the drama series ''The Flying Doctors''. Also that year Lee, on saxophone and vocals, formed a pop group, Freaked Out Flower Children, with Gumpy Phillips on lead vocals and guitar (ex-Battle Happy); Tricky J as synthesiser programmer; Nicole Love on backing vocals; and Fiona Ruttelle on backing vocals. In December that year the group issued their sole album, ''Love In'', which Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, found was "full of syncopated beats and breezy melodies wrapped around tunes".〔 The group's debut single, "Spill the Wine", was a cover version of Eric Burdon and War's 1970 hit.〔 Freaked Out Flower Children's version reached No. 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart but by 1993 the group had disbanded "the concept had run its course ... (the ) retro-cabaret and day-glo focus of the ensemble ... did little to foster a sense of longevity".〔 In 1992, she also hosted the TV series ''Sex''. Lee built on this in the media, speaking out on feminism, sexism and the need for sex education in the AIDS era.〔(Sophie Lee ) article at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.〕 Lee has acted in a number of iconic films, including the Australian comedies ''Muriel's Wedding'', ''Bootmen'' and ''The Castle'' as well as cult films such as ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand'' and ''Titsiana Booberini''. She is a patron of ''"Big Screen"'' at the National Film and Sound Archive.〔(Big Screen Patron )〕 For her performance in the 1997 film ''The Castle'', Lee was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress Lee has appeared in a number of stage productions, including ''Mr Kolpert'' with the Sydney Theatre Company and the title role in ''"The Virgin Mim"''.〔(Plenty of Lee way ) Sun Herald 6 Aug 2002 (Virgin Mim)〕 From 2008, she has hosted ''"Natgeo Presents with Sophie Lee"'' on the National Geographic channel.〔(''Natgeo Presents with Sophie Lee"'' ) Pronetis〕 She is also a commentator on the series ''20 to 1''. She has now branched into writing, releasing a book in 2007 titled ''"Alice in La La Land"'' through Random House publishing.〔(''Alice in La La Land'' review ) The Age Melbourne〕 The book is inspired by her time spent in Hollywood. Also in 2007, she became a columnist for ''"Sunday Magazine"''.〔(''Sophie Lee returns to television'' ) TV Tonight〕 In 2009 Sophie released her first children's novel titled ''"Edie Amelia and the Monkey Shoe Mystery"'', a story for 7+ year olds, published by Pan Macmillan.〔(Sophie Lee writes her own rival to life as an actor ), by Fran Metcalf, 6 November 2009, Courier Mail Interview〕 The second title in the series is ''"Edie Amelia and The Runcible River Fever"''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sophie Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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