Abbie Cornish Profile and Biography

Abbie Cornish is well known in Australia for a number of film and television roles, Abbie Cornish’s award-winning lead performance in 2004′s “Somersault” and Abbie Cornish’s role as Fannie Brawne in “Bright Star”.



In her early life, Abbie Cornish was born August 7, 1982 at her hometown in Small Town of Lochinvar, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Abbie Cornish, as the second of five children. Abbie Cornish grew up on a 170-acre farm, attended Catholic school, and was interested by independent and foreign films.

In her personal life, Abbie Cornish also is a vegetarian and painter, like her mother, who is also a painter. Abbie Cornish occasionally contributes and performs live with the Australian hip hop outfit Blades. Abbie Cornish on January 2010 appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and spoke of her continued involvement with Blades. Abbie Cornish’s family currently resides in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

In her career, Abbie Cornish’s career began at the age of thirteen, when Abbie Cornish began taking jobs as a model after reaching the finals of a Dolly Magazine competition. By the time Abbie Cornish was sixteen, she was juggling television acting roles with studying for her Higher School Certificate, with the intention of pursuing a career as a veterinarian. Abbie Cornish on 1999 was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor’s Award for Abbie Cornish’s role in the ABC’s television show “Wildside” and was soon offered Abbie Cornish’s first role in a feature film, “The Monkey’s Mask”.

Abbie Cornish on 2004 appeared in the award-winning short film “Everything Goes” with Hugo Weaving. Abbie Cornish 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 Abbie Cornis’s role in 2004′s “Somersault”, the film which raised her to international prominence. Abbie Cornish received widespread critical acclaim for her role in 2006′s “Candy”, which Abbie Cornish starred in opposite Heath Ledger. Abbie Cornish has also starred in “A Good Year”, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and Kimberly Peirce’s latest movie, “Stop-Loss”. Abbie Cornish on April 2010 was cast in “Limitless”, the film adaptation of the novel “The Dark Fields”, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Robert De Niro. The film was released on March 2011.

Abbie Cornish narrated Zack Snyder’s film “Sucker Punch”, that stars her together with Emily Browning and others, at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. Abbie Cornish will play the role of Wally in Madonna’s film “W.E.” about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. The shooting was begins on July 5, 2010 in England, United Kingdom (UK), and the film is going to premiere in Venice on 2011.

(Abbie Cornish Profile and Biography source: MadeMan.Com, Zimbio.Com, FanPix.Net, and Wikipedia.Org)