Abbie Cornish

Infobox actor
name = Abbie Cornish

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caption =Abbie Cornish, 2007
birthname = Abbie Cornish
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|8|7|df=y
birthplace = Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia
afiawards = Best Actress in a Leading Role
2004 "Somersault" Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an AFI Award-winning 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".

Biography

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. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/abbie-cornish-dont-worry-be-abbie-419784.html Abbie Cornish: Don't worry, be Abbie] ] 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. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/the-making-of-a-star/2006/04/06/1143916647420.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Abbie's excellent adventure] "Sydney Morning Herald" 8 April 2006.] 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". At seventeen, Cornish traveled through the United States and Western Europe for six months, before returning to an acting career. Fact|date=September 2008

She received the 2004 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 Film Festival for her role in 2004's "Somersault", the film which raised her to prominence. Cornish received widespread critical acclaim for her role in 2006's "Candy" and starred in "A Good Year", "The Golden Age" and Kimberly Peirce's latest movie, "Stop-Loss". Cornish will also star as Catherine Earnshaw in the upcoming 2009/2010 film version of Wuthering Heights, alongside Michael Fassbender's Heathcliff.The media have reported that she is currently 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.ref.
last = Hellard
first = Peta
title = Abbie Cornish is out with Reese Witherspoon's man
newspaper = The Sunday Telegraph
date = 2008-06-08
accessdate = 2008-06-22
url = http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23827964-5006010,00.html.]

Filmography

Awards

Won:
* 1999 Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award ("Wildside")
* 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Lead Actress ("Somersault")
* 2004 Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Actress in A Lead Role ("Somersault")
* 2004 Inside Film Awards: Best Actress ("Somersault")
* 2005 Miami Film Festival: Best Breakthrough Performance ("Somersault")
* 2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Actress in a Lead Role ("Candy")Nominated:
* 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Lead Actress ("Candy")
* 2006 Inside Film Awards: Best Actress ("Candy")

Further reading

*cite news| last =Goodwin | first =C| coauthors =| title =Pout and about| work =The Sunday Times| pages =| language =| publisher =Times Newspapers Ltd| date =2007-10-28| url =http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article2705661.ece| accessdate =2007-10-28

References

External links

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