What is Megan Connolly?
{{Infobox person | name = Megan Connolly | image = | caption = | birthname = Megan Jennifer Connolly | birth_date = {{Birth date|1974|04|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|09|06|1974|04|09|df=yes}} | death_place = New South Wales, Australia | occupation = [[Actress]] | yearsactive = 1990&ndash;2001 | spouse = | children = | website = }} '''Megan Jennifer Connolly''' (9 April 1974 &ndash; 6 September 2001) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[actress]]. She was best known for her role as Rebecca Nash, replacing [[Belinda Emmett]], in the [[television series]] ''[[Home and Away]]''. She also appeared in other television productions such as ''[[Paradise Beach]]''. In 1990, she starred in the [[movie]] ''[[The Crossing (1990 movie)|The Crossing]]'' with [[Russell Crowe]]. She later became a television announcer. Connolly was born in [[New South Wales]] and was of [[Irish people|Irish]] [[ancestry]]. Connolly died from a [[heroin]] [[overdose]] on 6 September 2001, aged 27.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/belinda-emmett-424315.html|title=Belinda Emmett Obituary|date=15 November 2006|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0175321}} {{Actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Megan}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from New South Wales]] [[Category:Australian movie actors]] [[Category:Australian stage actors]] [[Category:Australian television actors]] [[Category:Drug-related accidental deaths]]