Anja Coleby

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Anja Coleby
Born
Anja Taylor

(1971-09-30) 30 September 1971 (age 52)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Model, television actress, television producer, reporter
Notable creditCatalyst
TelevisionABC Television
Parent(s)Robert Coleby
Lena Coleby
RelativesConrad Coleby (brother)

Anja Coleby (born Anja Taylor, 30 September 1971) is an Australian model, television actress, reporter and producer.[1]

Early life and education

Anja Coleby was born and raised in Sydney. She graduated with a journalism degree[1] at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales before starting an acting career for about a decade. She later graduated with a science degree at Macquarie University in Sydney[1] and then worked as a researcher for National Geographic Society and Becker Entertainment.[1]

Acting career

Anja Coleby has appeared in a number of

BeastMaster (2001) as Queen Lyoka. Anja had supporting roles in the television film Max Knight: Ultra Spy (2000), her only role as a villain, and in the Australian films The Year My Voice Broke (1987), Dating the Enemy (1996) and The Finder
(2001).

Television career

Anja changed her surname from Coleby to Taylor in 2005 when she began reading the news for

Arena TV. She has continued to work in Australian television, and has been a television producer and reporter for the ABC science program Catalyst,[1][2] in which she has been a member of the team since 2006.[1] Since then, Anja has presented and narrated alone a number of small documentaries about different fields such as medicine, nature, technology and education.[1]
In addition to being a reporter, Anja has also been a producer and researcher of these episodes among many others.

Anja started working in early 2013 with fellow reporters Simon Pampena and

Victoria to first discover a place in Warrnambool with penguin patrols who have been threatened by predators like foxes. They then visited a national park invaded of koalas, discovered coastal waters of the state of Victoria by mapping underwater, and finally ended in Melbourne flying in a hot air balloon
. After her long Australian roadtrip, Anja has narrated again other documentaries alone.

Modelling

Anja has also briefly modeled for Australian sport magazine Inside Sport, in which she appeared in a number of swimming suits.

Personal life

Anja is the daughter of actor Robert Coleby and sister of actor Conrad Coleby.[3] Her father is English and her mother is Swedish.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Patrol boat Tracey “S01E02 - Rogue Mine”
1987 The Year My Voice Broke Gail Olson
1995 Space: Above and Beyond Bartley Pilot episode
1996 Dating the Enemy Karen Zader
1996 Water Rats Woman jogger Episode "Dead in the Water" (pilot)
1997 Linda "Coco" Jones Episode "Stolen Time"
1997 Heartbreak High Luda Season 6, episode 17
1996–2000 Flipper Holly Myers 6 episodes
1998 Breakers Crystal
2000 Max Knight: Ultra Spy Tyler Television film
2000 The Lost World Hippolita Episode "Amazons"
2001
BeastMaster
 		Queen Lyoka Episode "Game of Death"
2001 The Finder Rebecca Castaldi Television film
2002 All Saints Anna Johnson Episode "No Respite"
2002 Farscape Ponara Episode "Promises"

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Anja Taylor". ABC Television. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Meet the Team". ABC Television. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b Macken, Lucy (10 September 2015). "Robert Coleby's Gold Coast hinterland property up for grabs". Domain Group. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

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