Nell Feeney is an Australian actress who played Janelle Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

Early life & education

In 1988, Feeney started studying acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 1990. In 2010, she studied a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting & Directing at Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS).

Career

Feeney appeared on Neighbours from November 2004 to July 2007, returning briefly in 2015. She had also appeared in the soap the previous year as Joanne Blair. Her contract with Neighbours expired during the course of 2007, and she left the show along with Sianoa Smit-McPhee, who played her on-screen daughter Bree Timmins. Feeney appeared in the movie Mallboy, alongside her Neighbours on-screen husband Brett Swain. She has appeared in many other Australian television shows, including City Homicide, Rush, Blue Heelers, Dirt Game, Stingers, and Winners & Losers.

Personal life

Feeney met fellow Neighbours cast member Shane Connor, when he made a guest appearance in tv series Phoenix, on which Feeney was starring. They were married in 1994 and Feeney gave birth to twins Thomas and Grace in 1995. Feeney and Connor were divorced in 1997.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage