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Abbie Cornish

Bio

Abbie Cornish grew up on a farm in the Hunter Valley region outside Sydney, Australia. Her first acting job came at the age of 15 in an episode for the Australian Broadcasting commission series Childrens Hospital. Abbie then starred in Wildside (1997), a gritty Australian police drama series, for which she won the Young Actor's AFI Award at the Australian Film Institute for her performance. Abbie was next seen in Samantha Lang's feature film The Monkey's Mask (2000). From 2000 to 2004 Abbie worked on several television shows and films including Life Support, One Perfect Day (2004) and Marking Time (2003)- for which she received her second AFI Nomination. Abbie's international breakthrough role was as 'Heidi' in Cate Shortland's Somersault (2004) - her first collaboration with Bright Star producer Jan Chapman. Abbie won the Australian Film Institute, the Inside Film Award and the FCCA Award for Best Actress for her stunning performance. 2006 saw Abbie pull off yet another masterful performance in Neil Armfield's Candy, for which she again received both AFI and IF Award Nominations and won the FCCA Award for Best Actress. Abbie’s other credits include Ridley Scott's A Good Year (2006), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and Stop-Loss (2008), the second feature film from American director Kimberly Peirce.

Appearing as:

Fanny Brawne