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Abbie Cornish
Abbie Cornish, 2007
Born	Abbie Cornish 7 August 1982 (1982-08-07) (age 26) Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia

Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an AFI Award-winning 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, and her award-winning lead performance in 2004's Somersault.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 Awards 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External links

Career

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.¹ By the time she was sixteen, Cornish was juggling television acting roles with studying for her HSC, 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. At seventeen, Cornish traveled through the United States and Western Europe for six months, before returning to an acting career.^{citation needed} 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 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,² and 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 upcoming 2009/2010 film version of Wuthering Heights, but was replaced by Gemma Arterton. ³

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.⁴ Her family currently resides in the Hunter Valley.⁵ The media have reported that she is currently dating fellow actor Ryan Phillippe, a relationship that some media sources allege began on the set of the movie Stop-Loss while Phillippe was still married to actress Reese Witherspoon.⁶ Phillippe and Cornish attended the Calvin Klein 40th Anniversary party on Cockatoo Island in Sydney on the 16 December 2008.⁷⁸ Phillippe also spent some of the 2008 christmas break in Australia with Cornish and her family.⁹¹⁰¹¹

Cornish, who has been a vegetarian since she was 13, was in 2008 named Australia's sexiest vegetarian.¹²

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Sucker Punch!	Sweet Pea
2009	Bright Star	Fanny Brawne	Set to premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2009
2008	Stop-Loss	Michelle
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Elizabeth Throckmorton
2006	A Good Year	Christie Roberts
	Candy	Candy
2004	Everything Goes	Brianie
	Somersault	Heidi
	One Perfect Day	Emma Matisse
2003	Horseplay	Becky Wodinski
2001	Outriders	Reggie McDowell
2000	The Monkey's Mask	Mickey Norris

Awards

Won:

• 1999 Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award (Wildside)
• 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Lead Actress (Somersault)
• 2004 Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Actress in A Lead Role (Somersault)
• 2004 Inside Film Awards: Best Actress (Somersault)
• 2005 Miami Film Festival: Best Breakthrough Performance (Somersault)
• 2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Actress in a Lead Role (Candy)

Nominated:

• 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Lead Actress (Candy)
• 2006 Inside Film Awards: Best Actress (Candy)

Further reading

• Goodwin, C (2007-10-28). "Pout and about". The Sunday Times (Times Newspapers Ltd). http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article2705661.ece. Retrieved on 2007-10-28. 

References

External links

• Abbie Cornish at the Internet Movie Database