You Will Never Read About Madeleine West’s Blissful Family Life In Woman’s Day

She may be up for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s AFI Awards after a star turn as Danielle McGuire in Underbelly, but former Neighbours starlet Madeleine West doesn’t appear to be the type of television thespian chasing fame for the sake of it, or at least that’s the conclusion we can safely draw after she spoke to the Herald Sun over the weekend.

Underbelly and Satisfaction star Madeleine West has left little to the imagination in her on-screen roles this year, but she’s determined to keep her private life under wraps.

The stunning former Neighbours actor has rejected numerous offers from women’s magazines to sell the story of her life with longtime partner, celebrity chef Shannon Bennett, and their two young children.

She’s done a rather good job of keeping her home life under wraps, if you ask me. I am an idiot savant when it comes to knowledge of celebrity babies (no matter how C-list!) and I was only aware of the West-Bennett union resulting in one offspring.

Back to her craft, then! It’s unsurprising to learn that Madeleine is chuffed to be up for a major award.

What she is happy to talk about is her breakthrough roles in critically acclaimed series Underbelly and Satisfaction, and her nomination for a prestigious AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress.

“I was completely surprised and extremely honoured to be nominated, particularly in the 50th anniversary of the AFI’s,” she says.

“To be considered peers with the other actors in the category just underlies that honour.”

West is nominated for her role as Danielle McGuire (Tony Mokbel’s girlfriend) in Underbelly, alongside Amanda Muggleton for City Homocide, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence for Bed of Roses and Brittany Byrnes for H2O – Just Add Water.

I’m fairly sure it’s actually City Homicide, Herald Sun, but as someone who tends to bang out blog posts by randomly hitting her head against the keyboard, hitting publish, and hoping for the best, I’m really in no position to judge.

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