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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
90s soap star, 47 looks unrecognisable three decades years after TV fame and new career
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A STAPLE of Aussies soaps looks completely different now after ditching her TV career. Tempany Deckert, played Selina Cook on Home and Away for four years until 1998. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 Tempany Deckert looks unrecognisable from her days on Home and Away Credit: instagram/@tempanydeckert 3 Tempany (far right) played Selina Cook on the Aussie soap Credit: Alamy After the actress moved on from Home and Away, she had some roles in other Aussie dramas such as, All Saints, and treaded the boards in theatre productions Down Under. She decided to follow in the footsteps of her Home and Away co-stars, Melissa George and Isla Fisher, by moving to Los Angeles to try her luck in Hollywood. While she has appeared in some films and TV shows over the years, Tempany has largely moved away from acting and her new career path couldn't any more different than her character Selina on the soap. She teaches writing courses at UCLA, works as a motivation speaker and has published a massive 18 children's books. home and away HOME & LA Home & Away star unrecognisable with new life and career 13 years after quitting Tempany based in Los Angeles for most of the year and in between sharpening young minds, she took time earlier this year to appear in season 4 of FOXTEL's prison drama Wentworth. She also made a surprise appearance in the Emmy-award winning Netflix series, Dahmer, where she played a cop working the desk at a police station in one episode of the limited series. Tempany opened up on quitting acting, saying it felt like she'd dodged a bullet. "For me, I always wanted to give a really good turn at my writing, and I wanted to have children," Deckert told 7News in Australia. "I knew that if I had children and I was working on sets, it was going to be very difficult. You are working many hours a day and you don't get to see them that much," she added. "If I had gotten a bunch of jobs in Hollywood, I probably would have stayed the course because I love acting – but I probably wouldn't have gotten married and had kids." Soap legend, 80, has very different career 25 years after being killed off and returning as a ghost The actress also runs writing courses for anyone who wants to follow in her footsteps, including one called Write a Novel, Change your Life. She recently promoted an upcoming course on Instagram where she looked unrecognisable from her days playing Selina on Home and Away. Wearing dark rimmed glasses and minimal make-up, Tempany promised some more courses were coming soon. Tempany is also married to voice actor Brian Donovan and they share two children. She became an American citizen in 2020, but said her dream would be to return to Australia. "I'm trying to convince my Australian agent to get me a great job in Australia where we can move back for six months to a year," Deckert said. "That's the dream – to convince the husband to move to Australia."
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
90s soap star, 47 looks unrecognisable three decades years after TV fame and new career
A STAPLE of Aussies soaps looks completely different now after ditching her TV career. Tempany Deckert, played Selina Cook on Home and Away for four years until 1998. 3 Tempany Deckert looks unrecognisable from her days on Home and Away Credit: instagram/@tempanydeckert 3 Tempany (far right) played Selina Cook on the Aussie soap Credit: Alamy After the actress moved on from Home and Away, she had some roles in other Aussie dramas such as, All Saints, and treaded the boards in theatre productions Down Under. She decided to follow in the footsteps of her Home and Away co-stars, Melissa George and While she has appeared in some films and TV shows over the years, Tempany has largely moved away from acting and her new career path couldn't any more different than her character Selina on the soap. She teaches writing courses at UCLA, works as a motivation speaker and has published a massive 18 children's books. home and away Tempany based in Los Angeles for most of the year and in between sharpening young minds, she took time earlier this year to appear in season 4 of FOXTEL's prison drama Wentworth. She also made a surprise appearance in the Emmy-award winning Netflix series, Dahmer, where she played a cop working the desk at a police station in one episode of the limited series. Tempany opened up on quitting acting, saying it felt like she'd dodged a bullet. "For me, I always wanted to give a really good turn at my writing, and I wanted to have children," Deckert Most read in TV "I knew that if I had children and I was working on sets, it was going to be very difficult. You are working many hours a day and you don't get to see them that much," she added. "If I had gotten a bunch of jobs in Hollywood, I probably would have stayed the course because I love acting – but I probably wouldn't have gotten married and had kids." Soap legend, 80, has very different career 25 years after being killed off and returning as a ghost The actress also runs writing courses for anyone who wants to follow in her footsteps, including one called Write a Novel, Change your Life. She recently promoted an upcoming course on Instagram where she looked unrecognisable from her days playing Selina on Home and Away. Wearing dark rimmed glasses and minimal make-up, Tempany promised some more courses were coming soon. Tempany is also married to voice actor Brian Donovan and they share two children. She became an American citizen in 2020, but said her dream would be to return to Australia. "I'm trying to convince my Australian agent to get me a great job in Australia where we can move back for six months to a year," Deckert said. "That's the dream – to convince the husband to move to Australia." 3 The actress lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children Credit: Getty
The Courier
21-05-2025
- Business
- The Courier
'Significant failings' at Forth Valley College over £76k of public cash
A Forth Valley College (FVC) project saw £76,000 of public funding paid into non-college bank accounts, prompting a police investigation, an audit has found. A review of the institution's 2022-23 accounts by Scotland's auditor general has revealed the details of the Fuel Change project's 'series of failings'. FVC says it has made significant progress in 'strengthening the processes for college-run projects'. Fuel Change, which started in 2020, is described as 'an apprenticeship challenge aimed at solving climate-related issues'. Between 2020 and 2023, it received over £1 million of public cash – £811,000 from the Scottish Funding Council, £100,000 from Skills Development Scotland, and £126,000 via other public sector grants. The audit found that staff involved in the Fuel Change project knowingly did not follow the college's financial protocol. In September 2022, it was agreed that ownership of Fuel Change would be handed over to its project director, Jennifer Tempany, and consultant David Reid of Paradigm Futures Ltd. At the time, Ms Tempany was the college's director of strategic partnerships and regional economy. The transfer would officially remove FVC from the arrangement. However, this change was delayed. Then, in November 2022, it came to light that contracts had not been properly drawn up for project spending totalling more than £900,000. A supplier had also been appointed without competition. During April 2023, the college raised concerns over invoicing arrangements that involved £76,000 of funding bypassing FVC and being deposited into accounts overseen by Ms Tempany and Mr Reid. FVC began an internal investigation and consequently reported the matter to Police Scotland. The police said it was 'clear there was a mismanagement of funds but no way to prove any criminal intent.' Ms Tempany was suspended and later dismissed, while the college 'cut ties' with Mr Reid. Ms Tempany took FVC's management board to an employment tribunal last year, claiming unfair dismissal, but the judge ruled in the college's favour. According to the audit report, the pair 'continue to run the project under a different name and within a new entity.' Stephen Boyle, auditor general for Scotland, said: 'Forth Valley College did not oversee and manage the finances of the Fuel Change project properly, and this led to significant failings. 'The college has since taken action to minimise the risk of these failings happening again.' He continued: 'There are lessons to be learned for other colleges and public bodies, who need to make sure they can manage the risks associated with involving external bodies in projects.' Abhishek Agarwal, chair of Forth Valley College's board of management, said: 'The college is aware of the Audit Scotland S22 Report and has worked closely with Audit Scotland in terms of the content of the report. 'The Audit Scotland report also recognised the significant progress we have made in strengthening the processes for college-run projects. 'These improvements are designed to minimise the risk of similar issues arising in future, and we remain fully committed to regularly reviewing these arrangements to ensure they remain robust and fit for purpose. 'The external auditor's Annual Report for 2022-23 also concluded that – with the exception of the stand-alone net zero project – the College has effective arrangements in place for financial planning, governance, and performance management. 'For clarity, the stand-alone project is no longer connected to the College and has been operating as a separate entity since June 2023.'
