Annalise Braakensiek

Annalise Braakensiek (9 December 1972 – 6 January 2019) was an Australian model, actress, television presenter, businesswoman and campaign ambassador.

Annalise Braakensiek
Braakensiek in 2012
Born(1972-12-09)9 December 1972
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 46)
Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
  • Model
  • actress
  • TV presenter
  • businesswoman
  • campaign ambassador
Spouse(s)
Danny Goldberg
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(m. 2002; died 2019)​

Life and career

Braakensiek had a successful career as a model, with some acting work, for over twenty-five years. She told the Daily Telegraph in 2017 that she had never really wanted to be a model.[1] She said that she had deferred her university studies, thinking she would do modelling for a year, but was still doing it 25 years later. She also worked as a jewelry and lingerie designer,[2] and was a vegan blogger as well as creating the catering company Love Lunch. Braakensiek graced the covers and pages of magazines incudling FHM, Maxim and GQ. [3][4]

Braakensiek became an ambassador for Australian mental health charity R U OK?.[5][6] In 2017, she talked about her battles with depression following the deaths of people close to her, adding that at times she "couldn't get out of bed".[7] Especially significant was the 2004 death of her father, Odd Karlsen, whom she had reconnected with in 1993 after being separated from him for some time.[8]

Braakensiek married stockbroker Danny Goldberg in 2002. The couple separated in 2018.[7] A friend who had known Braakensiek since the early 1990s said there was a side to her that was "just a sadness". He said that Braakensiek took her marriage breakup very hard and felt she had failed. It plunged her into a dark place.[9][10]

Death

Braakensiek was found dead in her Potts Point apartment, which she had bought in 2018, on 6 January 2019, aged 46, after friends and family had not heard from her for several days.[11] Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.[12]

On 16 January 2019, a memorial service for Braakensiek was held at Bondi Beach at 6 am. The service was attended by hundreds of people, including her mother, her brother and sister, her estranged husband Danny Goldberg and other family and friends.[13]

Aftermath

In the weeks following Braakensiek's death, her friends and family were disputing the theory that she may have committed suicide. They painted a picture of an active woman who was excited about future activities and showed no signs of depression, and friends speculate that she may have taken an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets.[14]

Braakensiek's will was revealed in September 2019, the bulk of the estate going to friends and family. Her mother, Vera Stevens, was left the set of china Braakensiek had received from her grandmother. Her Potts Point apartment was left to her friend Malcolm Day. Her collection of crystals was left to various friends.[15]

Selected Filmography

Film

Television

References
  1. Daily Telegraph, 8 January 2019, p.9
  2. Horton, Shelly (27 July 2009). "Annalise Braakensiek launches lingerie line". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "About Annalise". LoveLunch.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. Donnelly, Keryn (7 January 2019). "She was the ultimate 90s It Girl. Why did Annalise Braakensiek's life end so tragically?". Mamamia. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. Gooley, Cameron (7 January 2019). "Mental health ambassador found dead in Sydney home". ABC News. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. Berry, Sarah (14 August 2017). "'I was shocked by the reaction': Why we struggle to say are you OK?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. Clun, Rachel (6 January 2019). "Sydney model found dead in her inner city apartment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  8. Lal, Chloe (14 January 2019). "Revealed: Awful news that devastated Annalise Braakenseik". www.who.com.au. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  9. Daily Telegraph, 8 January 2019, p9
  10. Hoyer, Melissa (7 January 2019). "Model Annalise Braakensiek found dead in Potts Point apartment". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  11. Hoyer, Melissa (8 January 2019). "Annalise Braakensiek found dead in Sydney Potts Point apartment". www.news.com.au.
  12. Isabel Thomson Officer. "Australian model Annalise Braakensiek found dead". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  13. "MOVING PICS: Loved ones gather to farewell Annalise Braakenseik in Bondi ceremony". www.who.com.au. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  14. Sunday Telegraph, p.110, 2019-2-3
  15. Sunday Telegraph, p.13, 2019-9-1
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