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Kaiya Jones
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| Born | 19 March 1996 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Kaiya Jones was born on March 19, 1996. She is an actress from Scotland and Australia. People know her best for playing Sophie Ramsay in the TV show Neighbours. She also played Jess Cooper in The Saddle Club.
Kaiya is also a writer and director. She made a short film called Coping. This film was shown at a festival called Tropfest in 2013. In 2014, she joined the cast of another TV show called Party Tricks.
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About Kaiya's Life
Kaiya Jones was born in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2005, she moved to Australia with her parents. She went to school at Preshil.
Kaiya enjoys many things. She loves acting and writing. She writes screenplays for movies and different stories. She also writes her own songs and plays the guitar. Kaiya cares about animals too. She supports the Australian Orangutan Project. This group helps protect orangutans and their homes.
Kaiya's Acting Career
Kaiya Jones started her acting journey playing Jess Cooper. This was in the TV show The Saddle Club from 2008 to 2009.
In February 2009, Kaiya got a new role. She was chosen to play Sophie Ramsay in the Australian TV show Neighbours. She started filming her scenes for Neighbours in the same month. Kaiya really enjoyed her time on the show. She told the Daily Record newspaper that filming Neighbours was a lot of fun. She said she loved her job and the cast and crew were like a second family.
Kaiya left Neighbours in 2012. Her last episode aired the next year. In 2013, she appeared in an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. She played a character named Poppy.
Kaiya also wrote and directed a short film. It was called Coping. The film is about three children who become orphans and go to live with their uncle. Coping was one of 16 films chosen to be shown at Tropfest. This happened on December 8, 2013. Kaiya was even named the Best Female Actor at the festival. In 2014, Kaiya was cast in a TV miniseries called Party Tricks.
In 2017, Kaiya wrote and directed another short film. It was called Jolly Roger. This film was shown at the St Kilda Film Festival on May 22, 2017.
Kaiya's Film and TV Roles
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | Coping | Abigail | Short film Won Tropfest Award for Best Female Actor Also writer and director |
| 2015 | Alienation | Short film | |
| 2014 | Lean | Young Jennifer | Short film |
| 2017 | Jolly Roger | Short film Also writer and director |
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| 2017 | I Am Not | Faye | Short film |
Television Shows
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008–2009 | The Saddle Club | Jess Cooper | Main cast member |
| 2009–2014 | Neighbours | Sophie Ramsay | Main cast member |
| 2013 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Poppy | Appeared in one episode: "Marked for Murder" |
| 2014 | Party Tricks | Matilda McLeod | Main cast member |
| 2015 | Footballer Wants a Wife | Production Assistant/Substitute | Appeared in two episodes: "Pack Date" & "Slave to Love" |
| 2016 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Robyn Dawson | Appeared in one episode: "Against the Odds" |
| 2021 | Harrow | Madison Moreland | Appeared in one episode: "Ut Biberent Quoniam Esse Nollent" |
| 2023 | Turn Up the Volume | Stevie | Recurring role (appeared in several episodes) |
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