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Jessica Marais

Jessica Marais

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 29, 1985 (40)
Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Oct 17, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Jessica Marais (born 29 January 1985) is a South-African-born Australian actress best known for her roles on Australian television in Packed to the Rafters and Love Child. She also co-starred on the American drama series Magic City. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Marais and her family lived in ... Canada and New Zealand before relocating to Perth, Western Australia, when she was nine. Six months after arriving in Australia, Marais' father Tony died from a heart attack while returning from a family picnic. Marais and her younger sister Clara were raised by her mother Karen. She attended a Catholic co-educational school John XXIII College in Claremont for a year and then went to St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls from 1995 until her graduation in 2002. Jessica attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art where she graduated in 2007. NIDA appearances included Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Charity in Sweet Charity. While still completing her final year she won the role in Packed to the Rafters, along with co-star and fellow NIDA graduate Hugh Sheridan. Marais was engaged to former Packed to the Rafters co-star James Stewart in 2009, then ended in 2015. They have a daughter together born in May 2012.

Known For

Filmography

That Sugar Film

That Sugar Film

2014

as Sugar Emotion Sketch

Carlotta

Carlotta

2014

as Carlotta

Needle

Needle

2010

as Kandi

Two Fists, One Heart

Two Fists, One Heart

2009

as Kate

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Packed to the Rafters

as Rachel Rafter

Episodes: 100

First Aired: Aug 26, 2008

Love Child

as Joan Miller

Episodes: 36

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

The Wrong Girl

as Lily Woodward

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Sep 28, 2016

Magic City

as Lily Diamond

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Mar 30, 2012

Legend of the Seeker

as Denna

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 01, 2008

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