Rachael Carpani obit

Rachael Carpani Dies “Unexpectedly”: ‘Home And Away’ & ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Actress Was 45

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Rachael Carpani, an actress who appeared in nearly 180 episodes of Australian drama McLeod’s Daughters, has died at age 45.

Carpani’s family confirmed her death on Instagram, writing that she had been suffering from a chronic illness but passed “unexpectedly” earlier this month.

“It is with great sadness that Tony and Gael Carpani announce that their beautiful daughter, beloved Australian actress Rachael Carpani, unexpectedly but peacefully passed away after a long battle with chronic illness, in the early hours of Sunday 7th December,” the statement read.

Carpani recently had a recurring role in Home and Away, the long-running Channel 7 soap. She featured in U.S. productions NCIS: Los Angeles, A&E network’s The Glades, and The Way Back, Ben Affleck’s 2020 basketball movie.

Carpani is best known in Australia for her work in McLeod’s Daughters, in which she starred as sweet-natured Jodi Fountain from 2001-2009. She told 7News last year that she moved to America so she would not be known as “Jodi from McLeod’s Daughters” in her home country.

She revealed in 2021 that she was taken to hospital with abdominal pain and required surgery for an undisclosed illness.

 

Filmography

Film

Year     Title     Role     Notes

2005    Hating Alison Ashley  Valjoy Yurken

2009    Triangle           Sally   

2016    The Umbrella Man      Annie Brennan           

2020    The Way Back Diane  

2020    The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee         Angie 

2022    Beat     Susan  

Television

Year     Title     Role     Notes

2001    All Saints         Emily Martin   Episode: "Too Little Too Late"

2001    Home and Away          Miranda           Season 14, episodes 87 & 88

2001    Ihaka: Blunt Instrument          Tara     TV movie

2001–2009      McLeod's Daughters   Jodi Fountain-McLeod            Season 1–7 (main), Season 8 (guest); 179 episodes

2007    Law Dogs        Carly Owen    TV movie

2007    Cane    Terry Greenway          5 episodes

2008    Scorched         Susan Shapiro TV movie

2009    NCIS: Los Angeles     Amy    Episode: "Keepin' It Real"

2010    True Blue        Tess Flynn       TV movie

2010    The Glades      Heather Thompson      3 episodes

2011    Against the Wall          Abby Kowalski           13 episodes

2014    Stalker             1 episode

2014    Touched          Emma  TV movie

2015    If There Be Thorns      Cathy Dollanganger    TV movie

2015    Seeds of Yesterday      Cathy Dollanganger    TV movie

2017    The Rachels    Sami    TV movie

2017    800 Words       Mary    2 episodes

2024    Home and Away          Claudia Salini  Season 37 (10 episdes)