Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress
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She is known for her film and television roles, particularly her award-winning lead performance in 2004's Somersault. internationally she is known for her role as Fanny Brawne in Bright Star and her appearance as Sweet Pea in Sucker Punch
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Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, attended Catholic school,and was fascinated by independent and foreign films
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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
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Her name was linked to actor Ryan Phillipe during his highly publicized divorce from Reese Witherspoon, with whom he has two children
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The four-year relationship between Phillipe and Cornish ended in 2010
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She has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss.
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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 offered her first role in a feature film, The Monkey's Mask
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In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film Everything Goes with Hugo Weaving
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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
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Cornish received critical acclaim for her role in 2006's Candy, opposite Heath Ledger
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In April 2010, Cornish was cast in Limitless, the film adaptation of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro
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Cornish played the role of Wally in Madonna's film W.E., about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
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She replaced Emily Blunt in the independent film The Girl. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012.
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She will star alongside Woody Harrelson and Colin Farrell in Seven Psychopaths to be released in 2012.
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Cornish has landed a role in the upcoming reboot RoboCop film. She plays Ellen Murphy the wife of the protagonist Alex Murphy played by Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman
