Abbie Cornish

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, her award-winning lead performance in 2004's Somersault and her role as Fannie Brawne in Bright Star.
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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.By the time she was sixteen, Cornish was juggling television acting roles with studying for her Higher School Certificate, 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.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 2011 film version of Wuthering Heights, but was replaced by Gemma Arterton who was also later replaced.In April 2010 Cornish was cast in the film adaption of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Robert De Niro.
Abbie Cornish will play the role of Wally in the film W.E. directed by Madonna. The shooting begins July, 5 2010 in England. She narrated her film Sucker Punch on the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

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.Cornish occasionally contributes and performs live with the Australian hip hop outfit Blades.In January 2010, Abbie Cornish appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and spoke of her continued involvement with Blades.Her family currently resides in the Hunter Valley.In 2007, she began dating fellow actor Ryan Phillippe, arelationship that some media sources allege began on the set of the movie Stop-Loss while Phillippe was still married to actress Reese Witherspoon.Phillippe and Cornish attended the Calvin Klein 40th Anniversary party on Cockatoo Island in Sydney on the 16 December 2008.Phillippe also spent some of the 2008 Christmas break in Australia with Cornish and her family.On February 21, 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Cornish and Phillippe had ended their relationship.
Cornish, who has been a vegetarian since she was 13, in 2008 was named Australia's sexiest vegetarian.

Filmography

Year 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
2000 Water Rats Marie Marchand Television series (Episode "Tribes")
2001 Outriders Reggie McDowell Television series (26 episodes)
2001 Life Support Penne #1 Television series
2003 Horseplay Becky Wodinski
2003 White Collar Blue Antonia McAlister Television series
2003 Marking Time Tracey Television movie
2004 One Perfect Day Emma Matisse
2004 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
2004 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
2006 A Good Year Christie Roberts
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Bess Throckmorton
2008 Stop-Loss Michelle
2009 Bright Star Fanny Brawne Runner-up—Interantional Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress
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
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Otulissa (voice) post-production
2011 Sucker Punch Sweetpea post-production
2011 W.E. Wally Winthrop Filming
2011 The Dark Fields Lindy Filming