Abbie Cornish
Born: 1982
Where: Australia
The actress attracted international attention as a teenage runaway in the Australian drama Somersault.
She made her TV debut in the Australian TV series Wildside, for which she won an Australian Film Institute Award.
Her first feature role arrived in Samantha Lang's 2000 crime thriller Monkey's Mask with Kelly McGillis.
"If you're going to be an actor you almost need fame in order to keep being an actor - to be in demand from people and fans."
She returned to TV before starring alongside Jason Donovan in the 2003 comedy Horseplay and the drama One Perfect Day.
In 2004, she played Heidi in Cate Shortland's bleak award-winning drama Somersault.
