Virginia Bell(X)
- Actress
Bell was born in 1957 and was educated at SCEGGS Darlinghurst. She went on to study law at Sydney University, graduating in 1976 and being admitted to practice in 1977.
Justice Bell took on some historic civil liberty cases involving those arrested at the first Gay Mardi Gras in 1978. A year later she would film a video showing how to avoid arrest during the parade. Bell as had a long and distinguished career in the legal profession in Australia.
Bell also had the alter-ego Ginger de Winter, the self-appointed president of the mythical Australian Barrel Girls Association; appearing as a regular guest on the 1980s nostalgia program The Golden Years Of Television.
On 3 February 2009, Bell was t he 48th High Court judge and the fourth woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
Justice Bell took on some historic civil liberty cases involving those arrested at the first Gay Mardi Gras in 1978. A year later she would film a video showing how to avoid arrest during the parade. Bell as had a long and distinguished career in the legal profession in Australia.
Bell also had the alter-ego Ginger de Winter, the self-appointed president of the mythical Australian Barrel Girls Association; appearing as a regular guest on the 1980s nostalgia program The Golden Years Of Television.
On 3 February 2009, Bell was t he 48th High Court judge and the fourth woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
