Contents
* 1 Career
* 2 Personal life
* 3 Filmography
* 4 Further reading
* 5 References
* 6 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. By the time she was sixteen, Cornish was juggling television acting roles with studying for her Higher School Certificate, 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. In 2001, Abbie landed the role of Reggie McDowell, a character on the Australian TV show "Outriders".
n 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film 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 She has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's latest movie, Stop-Loss. In April 2010 Cornish was cast in the film adaption of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Robert De Niro
Abbie Cornish will play the role of Wally in the film W.E. about Nazi collaborators Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII. It will be directed by Madonna. The shooting began July, 5 2010 in England. She narrated her film Sucker Punch on the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International
Personal life
Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, as the second of five children. Her mother is a painter. She attended Catholic school. Cornish occasionally contributes and performs live with the Australian hip hop outfit Blades.In January 2010, Cornish appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and spoke of her continued involvement with Blades. family currently resides in the Hunter Valley In 2007, she began dating fellow actor Ryan Phillippe. Phillippe and Cornish attended the Calvin Klein 40th Anniversary party on Cockatoo Island in Sydney on 16 December 2008.Phillippe also spent some of the 2008 Christmas break in Australia with Cornish and her family. 21 February 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Cornish and Phillippe had ended their relationship
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