Career

Before Neighbours, Whelan hosted a number of shows, including Coxy's Big Break (Seven Network), Beyond the Boundary (Network Ten), Melbourne Woman (Seven Network), and played the fictional celebrity "Chrissie Grant" on Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, a spin-off of All Aussie Adventures. Whelan is also known as the face of the rural Victorian city, Shepparton, and she hosted the night racing at Moonee Valley for eight years. Whelan has also posed for a number of Australian magazines, including FHM (in October 2007), Ralph (in November 2005) and Inside Sport.

In November 2007, Whelan made a special appearance in Harrow, London to promote sustainable transport and initiatives that benefit the environment. She also shot some photos for Harrow's 'It's Up to All of Us' campaign. At the event, she confirmed that after Neighbours, she had been in discussions over feature films. Whelan has completed work for the movie Hollywood and Wine in Los Angeles. She co-starred with David Spade.

Whelan appeared in the final season of Scrubs as Maya, an Australian medical school student. In November 2010, Whelan appeared in a viral advert for Rökk Vodka alongside The Lonely Island. Whelan also played the role of Leigh in the 2011 film Hall Pass, which co-starred Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, and Christina Applegate. In October 2011, Whelan guest-starred as an attractive telemarketing temp in the episode "Temp-Tress" of the American sitcom Workaholics.

She also recently appeared in the movie "The Wedding Ringer" starring Kevin Hart.

Personal life

Whelan was born in Victoria, Australia. She is the granddaughter of Marcus Whelan, who played in the Australian Football League in the 1930s and '40s.

She dated her Left Behind co-star, Chad Michael Murray. The couple split after a 6-month relationship.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge	Chrissie Grant	TV movie
2007	Little Deaths	Thorette
2009	The Outside	Spring Easten
	Halloween II	Wendy Snow
	Dave Knoll Finds His Soul	Girl #2
2010	Hollywood and Wine	Jamie Stephens/Diane Blaine
2011	Hall Pass	Leigh
2012	Table for Three	Holly Timmons	TV movie
	Coffees	Victoria	Short
	Departure Date	Violet	Short
2013	The Power of Few	Marti
	Paranormal Movie	Cindy
2014	Left Behind	Hattie Durham
	7500	Liz Lewis
	Knight of Cups
2015	The Wedding Ringer	Nadia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Pizza	Cheerleader	1 episode
2006-2007	Neighbours	Heidi "Pepper" Steiger	Regular role, 81 episodes
2009	Entourage	Air Hostess	1 episode
	Melrose Place	Kira	1 episode
2009-2010	Scrubs	Maya	Recurring role, 9 episodes: "Our First Day of School" (season 9: episode 1) "Our Drunk Friend" (season 9: episode 2) "Our Role Models" (season 9: episode 3) "Our Histories" (season 9: episode 4) "Our Couples" (season 9: episode 8) "Our True Lies" (season 9: episode 10) "Our Dear Leaders" (season 9: episode 11) "Our Driving Issues" (season 9: episode 12) "Our Thanks" (season 9: episode 13)
2010	Carpet Bros	Sandoz Lilly	1 episode
	Funny or Die Presents	Sandoz Lilly	1 episode
2011	Suite 7	Girl #2	1 episode
	Friends With Benefits	Colleen	1 episode
	Workaholics	Naomi	1 episode
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV	Seconds	1 episode
2013	Chosen	Laura Mitchell	Season 1-present (series regular; 6 episodes)
	Franklin & Bash	Charlie	Season 3 recurring character
2014	Matador	Annie Mason	Main role
2015	The League	L-E	1 episode
2015	Satisfaction	Emma Waverly	recurring role
2016	Second Chance	Bettina	recurring role
2016	House of Lies	Claire	recurring role

[ Source: Wikipedia ]