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Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish's intense acting style may make her Hollywood's next Australian Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish

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 quadriplegicThe hardest part is getting your clothes off at first in front of the people who haven't seen you naked before. The first time you get nude in front of someone, it's hard, and then it's, 'Well, you've seen everything now. It's OK; we can shoot the rest of the day.'"

Abbie Cornish’s Bright Star director Jane Campion once said there’s a kind of “looseness, freedom and vivacity” to Cornish that’s just impossible to ignore. We agree. So does Ryan Phillippe, who allegedly ended his marriage to Reese Witherspoon to pursue the striking Australian actress. Despite the scrutiny over their relationship, the pair eventually moved in together. But Phillippe -- playing the part of a leopard unwilling to change his spots -- reportedly cheated on Cornish, prompting her to end the relationship. So Abbie Cornish is now single, and to all her potential suitors we say this: Get her while she’s still on the B-list.

Before Abbie Cornish made the move to Hollywood, she had become one of the top actresses in her native Australia thanks to a breakthrough turn in Somersault, which earned her the coveted Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. But like her fellow countrywomen Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts, Cornish had her sights set on Hollywood. After various success on the festival circuit -- namely her award-winning performance as Fanny Brawne in Jane Campion’s Bright Star -- Cornish was primed for movie stardom, especially after Vanity Fair put her on the cover of their harbinger-of-big-things Hollywood Issue. So far, Cornish hasn’t disappointed, with a leading role in the box-office smash Limitless and upcoming roles in Zack Snyder’s 300-for-girls epic Sucker Punch and the Madonna-directed W.E.

By all accounts, Abbie Cornish is as grounded a celebrity as you’re likely to meet. The second of five children, Cornish grew up on her father's 70-hectare farm, where she and her siblings would explore their surroundings with the childlike curiosity that often produces artists. When Cornish was 13, she began modeling and landed her first job on ABC’s Children’s Hospital after her agency sent her to an audition. Cornish was hooked. She left home at age 16 -- the same year her parents split -- and set to live the life of a struggling artist in Newcastle. There, she attended high school with the goal of becoming a veterinarian while taking acting gigs on the side on shows like Wildside and Outrider

They're always up for a good time, and earlier today (September 26) Camilla Belle and Abbie Cornish checked out the grand opening of the Gucci Museum in Florence, Italy.

The "10,000 B.C." beauty dazzled in a black skirt and sleeveless gold top paired with a flower patterned belt while the “Sucker Punch” actress donned a little black dress with black heels as the two happily posed for pictures upon arrival.
It’s one of the most anticipated movies of the season, and “W.E.” made it’s big Toronto International Film Festival premiere earlier tonight (September 12).

Director Madonna showed up at Roy Thomson Hall along with star Abbie Cornish to give the press a quick pose-down before heading inside for the screening.
Birthday:
    Aug 7, 1982
Birthplace:
    Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia
Bio:
    After a couple of minor ingenue roles in her native Australia, actress Abbie Cornish attained instant superstardom down under with a hypnotic, evocative, and multi-layered lead performance in director Cate Shortland's well-received psychological drama Somersault. That film -- about a fragile young
Abbie Cornish strips down for GQ and talks about playing Sweet Pea in Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch," out March 25.

"I'm a vegetarian - I'm not the type to want to go shoot a gun," she tells the magazine. "Then I actually got to the range and totally fell in love with an M4. It was kind of amazing."

Last year Abbie split from Ryan Phillippe as cheating rumors surfaced. Ryan is rumored to be dating Amanda Seyfried now, but an ex-flame, model/actress Alexis Knapp, claims she is pregnant with his child. Read more at GQ.

Abbie Cornish