Actress Emily Browning: filmography

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Emily Browning is perhaps one of the most successful Australian actresses. In her filmography, such high-profile projects as "Forbidden reception", "Lemony Snicket: 33 misfortunes", "Pompeii". Emily also tried her hand as a singer, recording the soundtrack for "Forbidden Reception". Let's see how the actress's career began and what other films with her participation are worth watching.

Career start

Emily's first notable film role was in Steve Beck's horror film Ghost Ship.

The role of Violet Baudelaire in the fantasy film Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes, in which Emily Browning starred alongside Jim Carrey and Kathleen O'Hara, brought the young actress even more fame. The box office was over $200 million. The film also won an Oscar and critical acclaim.

Below are Liam Aiken and Emily Browning, photo from Lemony Snicket.

Further career

After the release of Lemony Snicket, Emily became a highly sought-after young actress, but she took a short break from filming to finish school.

In 2008, the actress played in another high-profile horror film - the actress got the role of Anna in the mystical horror "The Uninvited" by Charlie and Thomas Gard.

2010 is a particularly remarkable year for Emily Browning's career. Films with her participation were a success, because the famous Hollywood director Zack Snyder, who shot "Watchmen" and "300 Spartans", offered her a role in his new film "Forbidden Reception". The actress played the Dolly - a girl who was hid in a psychiatric clinic by her greedy and vicious stepfather. To survive in a world full of pain and suffering, Dolly invents an imaginary world that not only saves her from reality, but also helps her find the path to freedom.

Below is Emily Browning, a photo from the filming of "Suspended Reception".

Specially for this film, the actress recorded the songs Sweet Dreams and Where is my Mind.

After the premiere, all fans of action movies and science fiction learned about the young Australian actress Emily Browning. Zack Snyder's films have always been popular, and Sucker Punch is no exception.

New genres

In the same year, Emily Browning decided to try herself in an unusual genre. She played the title role in the film "Sleeping Beauty" by Julia Lee. "Sleepingbeauty" quickly received the status of a film not for everyone. Critics warmly accepted the film, it was even nominated for the Palme d'Or. But the audience was not so enthusiastic. Many noted the blandness of the plot and characters, and the only plus of Julia Lee's picture is Emily's game Browning What can I say, tastes differ.

In 2012, the actress starred in the thriller Katherine Hardwicke "Light Me Up". This picture did not enjoy deafening popularity, because the box office was small.

Also worth mentioning is the critically smashed but popular film "Pompeii" in which Emily Browning played one of the main roles.

Relatively recently, in 2015, Emily appeared as Frances in the thriller "Legend", which won the love of many moviegoers. Emily's partners in the frame were Tom Hardy and David Thewlis.