Simmone Mackinnon

Simmone: (on being allergic to animals and working with sheep on "McLeod's Daughters") They're the worst animals to work with. They've got that stinky lanolin all over them and, because I'm allergic to animals, as soon as I touch them - especially if there are burrs in the wool - then the lanolin gets in there and I come up in little welts. It's just itchy and it's horrible.

Simmone: (on living in the country, not far from the property that doubles as Drovers Run on "McLeod's Daughters") For me to get to work only takes 10 minutes. They have the beach but I prefer to get my sleep.

Simmone: I'd went to LA after finishing Baywatch and I was starting to wonder if Baywatch was more of a hindrance than a help because no agents wanted to see me. But eventually I was introduced to an agent and by the time I'd arrived back home from the meeting he'd called to say they had an audition for me, and I got the job on Attila. Even though it was a TV movie, it was an amazing production to be part of. It was shot in Lithuania and I had a wonderful time. I made some dear friends while making Attila.