Actress, I, Frankenstein
Yvonne was born and raised in Australia.
Her parents were Polish immigrants. She attended the Santa Sabina
College for her high school education. She then went on to study
Performance at the University of Western Sydney's School of Contemporary
Arts, graduating in 2003. Shortly afterwards, she landed her first role
on television in an episode of Fear Factory...
2.
Naomi Watts
Actress, King Kong
Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham, England
on September 28, 1968 to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques
dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), the road manager to Pink Floyd.
Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when Naomi was
seven and she began to follow her mother and her brother around
England...
3.
Rose Byrne
Actress, Insidious
Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney,
Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator,
and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher. She
landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 15 years old. Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including Heartbreak High...
4.
Phoebe Tonkin
Actress, Tomorrow, When the War Began
Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin was born in
Sydney, Australia. Tonkin is an actress and model, starring on TV shows
like "H2O: Just Add Water" (2006) where she played the character Cleo
Sertori, Faye Chamberlain on The Secret Circle, and Fiona Maxwell in
Tomorrow, When the War Began. She has also made appearances on shows
like Packed to the Rafters as Lexi...
5.
Teresa Palmer
Actress, Warm Bodies
Actress and model Teresa Palmer has
gathered some impressive film credits. She was born in Adelaide, South
Australia, to Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former
missionary and nurse. She completed high school at Mercedes College in
2003, where she was a popular student who was well-known for her
practical jokes...
6.
Isla Fisher
Actress, Now You See Me
Isla Lang Fisher was born on February 3,
1976 in Muscat, Oman to Scottish parents Elspeth Reid and Brian Fisher,
her father worked as a banker for the U.N. She spent her early childhood
in Scotland before moving to Australia with her family in the early
1980s. From a young age, Isla showed an interest in both acting and
writing...
7.
Emily Browning
Actress, Sucker Punch
Australian actress Emily Browning was born
in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia, to Shelley and Andrew Browning. She
has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came after a classmate's
father, involved in the acting business, noticed her "acting all ditsy"
in a school play. Emily found an agent and was soon filming on location
for the Hallmark TV-movie...
8.
Melissa George
Actress, 30 Days of Night
The second of four children, Australian
actress Melissa George was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1976. The
daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker,
Melissa initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather
than acting. During her childhood, George studied tap...
9.
Isabel Lucas
Actress, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Isabel was born in Melbourne, Australia.
Her father is Australian and her mother is Swiss. When she was age 6,
her family moved to Switzerland for a year. They moved back to Melbourne
for a while before moving to a very small mining town in the Northern
Territory (population 1,000). Along with her sister, she attended the
Jabiru Area School, which included both white and Aboriginal children...
10.
Holly Valance
Actress, Taken
Holly Rachel Valance was born on 11th May
1983 in Melbourne, to parents Rachel and Ryko. Holly's mother is from
Southampton, England and her father hails from Yugoslavia. Both her
parents were fashion models and her father is a pianist and guitarist.
Her parents live in Melbourne with Holly's two younger sisters...
11.
Margot Robbie
Actress, The Wolf of Wall Street
Australian actress Margot Robbie was born
in Dalby, Queensland, and was raised on the Gold Coast, spending much of
her time at the farm belonging to her grandparents. Her mother, Sarie
Kessler, is a physiotherapist. Robbie attended and graduated from
Somerset College. In her late teens, she moved to Melbourne to pursue an
acting career...
12.
Nicky Whelan
Actress, Hall Pass
Nicky Whelan is an Australian actress and
model, best-known for her role as "Pepper Steiger" in the Australian
television series, Neighbours. She is the granddaughter of AFL Brownlow Medallist Marcus Whelan. Whelan has completed work for the movie, Hollywood & Wine, in Los Angeles. She costarred with David Spade...
13.
Nicole Kidman
Actress, Moulin Rouge!
Elegant redhead Nicole Kidman, known as
one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in
Honolulu, Hawaii. Kidman is the daughter of Australian parents, Janelle
Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a
biochemist and clinical psychologist. She is of English, Irish...
14.
Bella Heathcote
Actress, Dark Shadows
Born Isabella, "Bella" Heathcote is an
actress from Australia. Her first roles include playing "Amanda Fowler"
on the Australian television soap opera, Neighbours, for which she is best known. She was a recipient of a Heath Ledger Scholarship in May 2010. Tim Burton cast Heathcote as "Victoria Winters" in his film adaptation of Dark Shadows in February 2011...
15.
Abbie Cornish
Actress, Limitless
Abbie Cornish grew up on her parents' 170
acre farm in the Hunter Valley town of Lochinvar with her 3 brothers and
younger sister. Abbie started modeling at age 13. Her first acting job
was at age 15 on the Australian Broadcasting Commission series Children's Hospital playing a quadriplegic.
16.
Cate Blanchett
Actress, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher
and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American
advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother
and a younger sister. When she was ten years old...
17.
Kylie Minogue
Actress, Moulin Rouge!
Kylie Ann Minogue was born on 28 May,
1968. The eldest of three children, Kylie's acting career began early,
but it was her role as "Charlene" in the Australian soap, Neighbours,
which established Kylie as an international star. Her singing career
began, purely by accident, when a record company executive heard Kylie's
rendition of Little Eva's 1962 hit...
18.
Jacinda Barrett
Actress, Poseidon
Jacinda Barrett was born in Australia. Her
convincing accent has paved the way for numerous acting roles in the
USA. Barrett was first introduced to American audiences via MTV's The Real World during its fourth season which was set in London. Jacinda Barrett received her first break on the big screen in Human Stain...
19.
Rachael Taylor
Actress, Transformers
Rachael Taylor grew up in Tasmania,
Australia, with her parents Nigel and Christine Taylor. She began
modelling during her teens, working for the Skye-Jilly International
agency. She competed for Miss Teen Tasmania, as well as the Miss
Universe/Miss World state finals. She moved to Sydney to further her
modeling career as well as to pursue acting...
21.
Jessica Marais
Actress, Carlotta
Jessica Marais was born on the 29th
January 1985 in South Africa and moved to Perth Australia at a young
age. Recently she moved to Sydney where she has a TV role as Rachel
Rafter in the Australian comedy series Packed to the Rafters. She has
also recently appeared in the new Australian film Two Fists One Heart,
filmed in Perth in 2007.
22.
Portia de Rossi
Actress, Cursed
Portia de Rossi was born and raised in
Geelong, Australia. Originally born Mandy Rogers, at 15, she changed her
name to Portia, saying that it was the most daring thing she had ever
done up until that point. After graduating from high school, she
attended the University of Melbourne, and studied law...
23.
Delta Goodrem
Actress, Boxed In
Delta Goodrem was born on the 9th of
November, 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her parents are
Lea and Denis Goodrem. She has a younger brother, Trent. Delta began
singing and writing at a young age and made some guest appearances in
various TV commercials and the Australian TV shows Hey Dad..!...
24.
Caitlin Stasey
Actress, Tomorrow, When the War Began
Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian
actress who is well known for her roles as Francesca Thomas in The
Sleepover Club, Rachel Kinski in Neighbours and Ellie Linton in the film
adaptation of John Marsden's best seller 'Tomorrow When the War Began'
Caitlin is from Victoria, Australia, She began taking an interest in
acting/performing when she was about six years of age...
26.
Gemma Ward
Gemma Ward was born in Perth, Australia in
1987 and started her model career in the year 2002. When she was 15
years old, she was discovered in the audience of Search for a Supermodel, an Australian television show. At the age of 16, she was selected by Anna Wintour (fashion editor) to be feature in the "It Girls" of the supermodel world...
27.
Emilie de Ravin
Actress, The Hills Have Eyes
Emilie was born on 27th December 1981, and
grew up in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. When she was 15, she was
accepted at the highly selective Australian Ballet School in Melbourne.
However, after only a year, she dropped out and undertook acting
courses. Her first starring role was on the fantasy drama...
28.
Mia Wasikowska
Actress, Alice in Wonderland
Mia is an Australian actress, born and
raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of
photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and
her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older
sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight, her family moved
to Poland for a year...
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