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Virginia has three brothers and one sister with one of the brothers being passed away.
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Hey supports the Humane Society because she believes that all things living and breathing should have a chance to live a good life.
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Virginia wanted to be a doctor and a singer when she grew up.
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Virginia finds it hopeful that more and more women are getting into the entertainment industry these days more so than men.
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Virginia Hey has expressed how she loves Italy so much that she wants to retire in Italy.
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Virginia Hey was suppose to be in the
Farscape movie but she refused to act in her former character because of the previous health issues she had with the make-up and latex but she has stated she absolutely love to come back only as something else.
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At an early age, Virginia Hey was brought up as a Roman Catholic.
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Virginia Hey has expressed that her character on
Farscape is someone she would love to turn out to be.
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Virginia has appeared in the U.S. commercials for Oil Of Olay for ten years in the 1980s.
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Virginia Hey use to date
Michael Hutchence, who was a popular singer of Australia, best known as the lead singer of the band "IN/XS".
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June of 2000, Hey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress on television by the 26th Annual Saturn Awards of America. 2002, Hey was nominated for a LOGIE (Australian Emmy Awards.) for Best Actress.
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Virginia Hey founded the company White Flower Lei, selling top of the line soaps and candles.
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She was married for 6 months in the UK when she was 21.
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Virginia has 3 brothers (Arron, Peter and Graham) and a sister (Lorraine) and three grandmothers.
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Her school friends used to call her "Baby Huey".
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On
Farscape she didn't feel any different about acting interaction with real humans or the animatronic characters such as Rygel.
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Her favorite book is The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
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Virginia mentions playing Zhaan on
Farscape and teaching meditation as her most important professional accomplishments.
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Virginia's favorite movie is 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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She loves to listen to Cafe Del Mar Vol. 6.
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She launched her own website on August 19th 1999. The site is still up and running, and Virginia posts her messages there on a regular basis.
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She was offered a role on Gene Roddenberry's
Andromeda, but could not take it because she did not have a work visa for Canada.
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Virginia had to shave her head and eyebrows for 3 years due to her role as 'Zhaan' in the sci-fi series
Farscape.
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One day while she was waiting for the bus to take her to her art school class, she was discovered by a modeling agent. That's how her modeling career started.
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She studied Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine for one year in 1992, became certified in advanced Reiki in 1998 and studied Meditative healing for 2 years 1998-1999.
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Her nicknames are Gardenia and Ginny.
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Her height is 5ft 10 1/2".
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Virginia's motto for life is "Nothing is impossible". She also likes the phrase "What other people think of me is none of my business."
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She doesn't like glamorous roles.
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She used to be a model before she started acting.
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Virginia has stated that she has always wanted
Sigourney Weaver's role in
Alien.
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Virginia once met
Sting, whom she admires very much, and she couldn't say a word. She ran off to the toilet to escape the situation.
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She says that
Mel Gibson is one of the nicest people she's ever met.
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Her kidneys started to suffer from all that blue make-up she had to wear on
Farscape after only the first three months of the first season. Despite of this, she lasted for nearly 3 years on the show.
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She was very satisfied with the way her character from
Farscape was written out of the show.
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Is a certified natural practitioner, and teaches meditation.