Abbie Cornish - Biography

Last Editor: mknoop				Abbie Cornish Biography -   Name : Abbie Cornish Profession : Actor Born : Abbie Cornish August 7, 1982 (1982-08-07) (age 25) Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia

Abbie Cornish Trivia -

She learnt to drive at the age of 12. She has been a vegetarian since the age of 13. She plays piano and guitar. Her parents split up when she was 16 years old. She has trekked across Morocco, Brazil, Italy and France. Favorite actresses are Cate Blanchett and Samantha Morton. Was considered for the role of Briony - 18 years old for Atonement (2007), but bailed out due to scheduling conflicts with Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Good friends with Rose Byrne. She ranked #80 on Maxim's Hot list 2007. Served as a judge at the The Reel Deal Short Film Festival on August 11, 2007 at the Revesby Workers' Club in Sydney, Australia. After reaching the final of a competition by "Dolly" magazine, she worked as a model for a while. She was born as second of five children, she has three brothers and a sister. Served as judge of the Myer Fashions on the Field event at the 2007 Melbourne Cup. Is good friends with former "Wildside" (1997) co-star John O'Hare. She won the Breakthrough Award at the 2008 Australians in Film Awards in Los Angeles. She was voted "Australia's Sexiest Vegetarian" in 2008. She met Boyfriend Ryan Phillippe while filming Stop-Loss in August 2006. They have been together ever since.

Abbie Cornish Detailed Biography -

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. Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia, as the second of five children. Her father runs a paper recycling business and her mother is an amateur photographer. 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. 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 a blossoming acting career. She received the 2004 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 Film Festival for her role in 2004's Somersault, the film which raised her to prominence. Cornish received widespread critical acclaim for her role in 2006's Candy and starred in A Good Year, The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's latest movie, Stop-Loss. 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. Won: Nominated: