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Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish, 2007
Born Abbie Cornish
7 August 1982 (1982-08-07) (age 27)
Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia

Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress. She is well known in Australia for a number of film and television roles, including Penne in the comedy/lifestyle parody Life Support, and her award-winning lead performance in 2004's Somersault.

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Career

Her career began at the age of thirteen, when she began taking jobs as a model after reaching the finals of a Dolly Magazine competition.1 By the time she was sixteen, Cornish was juggling television acting roles with studying for her HSC, with the intention of pursuing a career as a veterinarian. In 1999, Cornish was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award for her role in the ABC's television show Wildside and was soon offered her first role in a feature film, The Monkey's Mask. In 2001, Abbie landed the role of Reggie McDowell, a character on the Australian tv show "Outriders".

In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film Everything Goes with Hugo Weaving. She received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress at the FCCA and IF Awards and Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival for her role in 2004's Somersault, the film which raised her to international prominence. Cornish received widespread critical acclaim for her role in 2006's Candy, which she starred in opposite Heath Ledger.2 She has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's latest movie, Stop-Loss. Cornish was set to star as Catherine Earnshaw in the upcoming 2009/2010 film version of Wuthering Heights, but was replaced by Gemma Arterton.3

Personal life

Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, as the second of five children. Her father runs a paper recycling business and her mother is an amateur photographer.4 Until 2005, she occasionally performed live with the Australian hip hop outfit Blades Of Hades.5 Her family currently resides in the Hunter Valley.6 In 2007, she began dating fellow actor Ryan Phillippe, a relationship that some media sources allege began on the set of the movie Stop-Loss while Phillippe was still married to actress Reese Witherspoon.7 Phillippe and Cornish attended the Calvin Klein 40th Anniversary party on Cockatoo Island in Sydney on the 16 December 2008.89 Phillippe also spent some of the 2008 Christmas break in Australia with Cornish and her family.81011 On February 21, 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Cornish and Phillippe had ended their relationship.12

Cornish, who has been a vegetarian since she was 13, was in 2008 named Australia's sexiest vegetarian.13

Filmography

Film Role Notes
1997 Wildside Simone Summers Television series
Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award
1999 Close Contact Sara Boyack Television movie
2000 The Monkey's Mask Mickey Norris
Water Rats Marie Marchand Television series (Episode "Tribes")
2001 Outriders Reggie McDowell Television series (26 episodes)
Life Support Penne #1 Television series
2003 Horseplay Becky Wodinski
White Collar Blue Antonia McAlister Television series
Marking Time Tracey Television movie
2004 One Perfect Day Emma Matisse
Somersault Heidi Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Actress in A Lead Role
Miami Film Festival: Best Breakthrough Performance
Inside Film Awards: Best Actress
Everything Goes Brianie
2006 Candy Candy Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Actress in a Lead Role
Nominated — Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Lead Actress
Nominated — Inside Film Awards: Best Actress
A Good Year Christie Roberts
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Bess Throckmorton
2008 Stop-Loss Michelle
2009 Bright Star Fanny Brawne Runner-up — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
2nd Runner-up — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Nominated — British Independent Film Awards - Best Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
2011 Sucker Punch Sweetpea Filming

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Abbie's excellent adventure Sydney Morning Herald 8 April 2006.
  2. ^ www.smh.com.au/news/film/abbies-excellent-adventure/2006/04/06/1143916647420.html
  3. ^ Cast taken to new 'Heights' Variety 14 May 2009.
  4. ^ Abbie Cornish: Don't worry, be Abbie
  5. ^ Abbie's road to stardom
  6. ^ Ryan Phillipe jets in for Christmas with Abbie Cornish | The Daily Telegraph
  7. ^ Hellard, Peta (2008-06-08). "Abbie Cornish is out with Reese Witherspoon's man". The Sunday Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23827964-5006010,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-22. .
  8. ^ a b Underbelly … no, underwear
  9. ^ Abbie and Ryan step out at Calvin Klein fashion show
  10. ^ Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish Go Down Under | Abbie Cornish, Ryan Phillippe : Just Jared
  11. ^ Sydney Confidential
  12. ^ Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish Split
  13. ^ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23883337-12377,00.html

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