Her works include films such as Love Until, Young Hercules and Counterstrike, as well as guest appearances on television shows such as Xena: Warrior Princess,[2] State Coroner and Flipper.
She is best known for her role as Gaby Willis in Neighbours,[3] Marguerite Krux on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World,[4] and as Glenda Fry in the Australian series Mortified.
Due to her father's oil business, the family, including younger sister Ruth, moved to several countries over the years until settling on an Australian farm when Blakely was twelve.
[4] Before she became an actress, Blakely worked as a nightclub bouncer, a model and a short order cook; it was her ex-husband's suggestion that she audition for a role on Neighbours.
[7] Blakely was a successful model, before she was spotted by the Neighbours casting director and asked to audition for the role of Gaby Willis.