Abbie Cornish. Filmography, personal life, photo

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Abby Cornish is a fairly well-known Australian actress who is currently popular both in her native country and in Hollywood. And after the release of the movie "Fields of Darkness", many fans became interested in her biography and personal life.

Biography and general information

Today's famous actress Abbie Cornish was born on August 7, 1982. The small town of Lochinvar in the Australian state of New South Wales was her home. The girl has three brothers and a younger sister.

The actress spent her childhood in the town of Hunter Valley. The family lived on a farm, and the girl simply adored pets, so she planned to become a veterinarian in the future. But she did not even think about a career in cinema. In many interviews, she talked about the fact that as a child she had never even been to the cinema, since it simply did not exist in a small town. But the girl found herself a new hobby - she often watched European television channels.

At the age of 13, the girl, along with her friends, took part in a beauty contest from the magazine "Dolly". And quite unexpectedlywon it, getting the opportunity to sign a contract with a modeling agency. That ended her life in the wilderness on a farm.

How did Abby become an actress?

Working in a modeling agency, Abbie Cornish often got to various casting auditions - sometimes of her own free will, sometimes at the request of employers. And once she still managed to get a small episodic role - in the television series "Children's Hospital" she played a paralyzed girl. It was then that the girl decided to connect her life with the film industry.

When Abby was 16, her parents divorced. The girl decided to move to another city, Newcastle, in order to start an independent life. Here she graduated from high school while studying acting and attending various auditions.

First career steps

At first, Abbie Cornish received only small episodic roles in television series. For example, from 1997 to 1999, she occasionally appeared on the screens in the project

"Wild Side" starring Simone Summers. And in 1999, she got the role of Sarah Boyak in the film called "In Close Contact".

And already in 2000, Abbie Cornish (photo in the article) received a small but memorable role in a rather successful feature film. In the detective thriller Monkey Mask, she played the young poet Mickey Noris, who was kidnapped and then killed. By the way, in the same year, the actress agreed to play Mary Merchand in the Water Rats series.

In 2001, a new co-production series was releasedAustralia and Germany. Here Abbie Cornish played one of the main roles - Reggie. A family series about a group of teenagers growing up was popular.

Then there were other works of the young talented actress. For example, she played Penny in the series Life Support, got the role of Becky in the film Crude Jokes. In 2003, she starred in the TV movie Marking the Spot, and a year later she played Emma Matisse in the movie A Great Day.

First starring role and success

In 2003, work began on the first film starring Abbie Cornish. The filmography of the young actress was replenished with a drama called “16 years. Love. Reboot.”

Here she played the girl Heidi, who runs away from home after her mother caught her in the arms of her boyfriend. The girl gets a job near the ski resort, where she soon meets a we althy guy Joe. It is worth noting that this film received thirteen prestigious awards, and Abby herself became quite a popular and sought-after actress.

Abby Cornish Filmography

Of course, after a successful debut, the promising actress has become in great demand. And in 2006, new films appeared with Abbie Cornish. In 2006, she played a leading role in the now famous drama Candy. Here she played a girl who fell in love with an "inappropriate" guy. And if at first young people are incredibly happy from drugs and falling in love, then soon their paradise turns into a real hell, ending in a nervous breakdown andmental hospital.

In the same year, the actress played the role of Christy Roberts in the romantic film A Good Year, where she worked with Russell Crowe. In 2007, she got a role in the large-scale historical film "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" - she appeared before the audience in the image of Bess Throckmorton, the queen's maid of honor.

And in 2009, Abbie Cornish played the beloved of the famous poet John Keats - his muse Fanny Bron in the biographical melodrama Bright Star.

A new upsurge in the actress's career is associated with her participation in the filming of the successful thriller "Fields of Darkness", where she got the role of Lindy. In 2012, this picture was nominated for the Saturn Award. In 2011, Abby starred in another well-known film called "Killing". An interesting picture, combining elements of fantasy, thriller and action movie, has increased the already large army of fans of the actress, who, by the way, played Cutie here.

In the same 2011 at the Venice Film Festival, the premiere of Madonna's film “We. We believe in love. Here Abby got the role of Wally Winthrop - a girl who studies and admires the love story of Edward the Eighth, who abdicated the throne for the American Wallis Simpson.

In 2012, the actress starred as Kaya in the black comedy Seven Psychopaths. And in 2014, she got the role of Clara in the film RoboCop. She also plays Belinda in the film "Klondike". Also in the near future, the premiere of the film "Consolation" is expected, where Abby will play along withAnthony Hopkins and Colin Farel.

Abby Cornish: personal life

Not much is known about the personal life of the young actress. Naturally, a beautiful blonde is often seen in the company of representatives of the opposite sex. And in 2007, she began dating actor Ryan Phillippe, who was her partner on the set of Stop-Loss. This relationship caused a real scandal in the press, since the new boyfriend Abbie Cornish was still married to Reese Witherspoon at that time. After the divorce, the young people met for some time, but in 2010 it became known that the couple broke up.

Today, the actress is still in search of her only man, which is not helped by a busy work schedule - Abby's career is no less important than family life.