Raelee Hill (born 24 October 1972) is an Australian actress best known for her roles in some of her country's most successful television series. Her first major role was as Loretta Taylor in Paradise Beach, which was followed shortly afterwards by the characters Serendipity Gottlieb in Neighbours and Constable Tayler Johnson in Water Rats.Raelee was born in Brisbane, Australia. She is most widely known internationally for her part as Sikozu in the sci-fi television series Farscape. Having originally auditioned for the part of Commandant Mele-On Grayza, she was considered "too likeable" for a villain and the role of Sikozu was created especially for her by executive producer David Kemper.She made her film début in the 1996 romantic comedy Hotel de Love, and her theatre credits include the role of Wendy in Pan for The Jim Henson Company, as well as Tasting Sugar Lake for Budinskis Theatre. She had a role in the 2005 Indonesian film about the 2002 Bali bombing, Long Road to Heaven.In 2007 she appeared in The Final Winter.Hill also appears in advertisements for HBF Health Fund and RAMS mortgage lenders.
Originally auditioned for the role of Commandant Mele-On Grayza, not Noranti, on Farscape (1999) as commonly believed. The producers found that she was "too likable" to be considered a villain; thus executive producer David Kemper created the role of Sikozu Shanu for her in the fourth-season premiere episode Farscape: Crichton Kicks (2002) after being impressed by her audition for Grayza.
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