Emily Browning
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| Emily Browning | |
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 Browning at the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival |
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| Born | Emily Jane Browning 7 December 1988 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress, model, singer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Emily Jane Browning[1] (born 7 December 1988)[1] is an Australian film actress, singer and fashion model. She won the 2005 AFI International Award for Best Actress for her role in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Browning won an AFI Young Actor's Award in 2002 and was nominated for the same award in 1999 and 2003. She was also nominated for Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer and Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film, Leading Young Actress[2] (both in 2005). She is dating Red Riding Hood actor and model Max Irons.[3]
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[edit] Early life
Browning was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Andrew and Shelley Browning, and has two younger brothers (Nicholas and Matthew).[1][4] She has always been interested in the arts, citing English literature, photography, and fashion design as her favourite school subjects.[citation needed]
She took a break from acting in order to complete her education at Eltham High School, where, in November 2006, she concluded her Victorian Certificate of Education exams.[5]
[edit] Career
Browning's acting career began at the age of eight, when she was noticed by a classmate's father at a school play and he recommended that she pursue acting as a profession.[citation needed] Her debut role was on the 1998 Hallmark Channel movie Echo of Thunder.[6] Additional roles in Australian film and television productions soon followed, including recurring parts in the television series Blue Heelers from 2000 to 2002, and Something in the Air from 2000 to 2001.
In 2001, Browning appeared as the daughter of a character played by Billy Connolly in The Man Who Sued God. She made her American film debut in 2002's Ghost Ship, and won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actress, the same year.[citation needed] In 2003, she appeared opposite Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom in 2003's Ned Kelly, and then reunited with Connolly the following year in the film adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, in which she played Violet Baudelaire.
In 2006, Browning appeared in the music video for Evermore's "Light Surrounding You".[7] In the behind-the-scenes video for the clip, the band stated, "[We] suck as actors, so we decided to get Emily."[8] She attended the L'Oreal Fashion Festival as a festival ambassador on 1 February 2007.[9]
Browning played the lead in the 2009 horror film The Uninvited, an American remake of the 2003 South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters. However, citing exhaustion, she then turned down a request to audition for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight, despite an endorsement from series author Stephenie Meyer.[10][11] In 2009, she was cast as Baby Doll in Zack Snyder's action film Sucker Punch, as a replacement for Amanda Seyfried, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[12] Filming took place in Vancouver from September 2009 to January 2010,[13] and the film was released on 25 March 2011.[14] In an interview at the convention, she confirmed that she would be singing in the film, while claiming that her audition tape brought tears to her casting agent's eyes and the song she selected ("Killing Me Softly") was one of Zach Snyder's wife Deborah's favourites, which Browning referred to as the "selling point" on her being cast in the role.[15]
Browning plays the lead role in the independent Australian film Sleeping Beauty, directed by Julia Leigh.[16] She replaced friend and fellow young Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who was committed to a film adaptation of Jane Eyre at the time.[17] The film screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival. Browning said, "Even reading the screenplay, it made me feel uncomfortable. But that was something that attracted me to it. I would prefer to polarise an audience as opposed to making an entertaining film everybody feels ambivalent about."[18]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Echo of Thunder | Opal Ritchie | TV movie |
| 1999 | High Flyers | Phoebe Mason | |
| 1999 | Thunderstone | Cleo | TV series |
| 2000– 2002 |
Blue Heelers | Hayley Fulton | TV series |
| 2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Rebecca Myers | |
| 2001 | Halifax f.p: Playing God | Kristy O'Connor | TV movie |
| 2001 | Blonde | Fleece | |
| 2002 | Ghost Ship | Katie Harwood | |
| 2003 | After the Deluge | Maddy | TV miniseries |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly | Grace Kelly | |
| 2003 | Darkness Falls | Young Caitlin Greene | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Violet Baudelaire | Main role |
| 2005 | Stranded | Penny | |
| 2006 | Light Surrounding You | Hero Girl | Music video |
| 2009 | The Uninvited | Anna Ivers | Main role |
| 2011 | Sucker Punch | Babydoll | Main role |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Lucy | Main role |
| 2012 | Summer in February | Florence Carter Wood | Post-production |
| 2013 | Magic, Magic | Sarah | Pre-production |
| 2013 | Cassie and Jude | Cassie & Jude | Pre-production |
[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Sucker Punch OST |
| 2011 | "Where Is My Mind?" Yoav (feat. Emily Browning) | Sucker Punch OST |
| 2011 | "Asleep" | Sucker Punch OST |
[edit] Awards
Won:
- 2002 Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award (Halifax f.p: Playing God)
- 2005 Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)[5]
Nominated:
- 1999 Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award (The Echo of Thunder)
- 2003 Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award (After the Deluge)
- 2005 BFCA Awards: Best Young Actress (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
- 2005 Young Artist Awards: Best Performance in a Feature Film, Leading Young Actress (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c EMILY BROWNING. Celebritywonder.com, retrieved 30 June 2011
- ^ WINNERS and NOMINEES!. Youngartistawards.org, retrieved 30 June 2011
- ^ http://www.livejournel.com/57178766.html
- ^ Emily Browning – Celebrity. TV Guide, retrieved 30 June 2011
- ^ a b Lloyd-McDonald, Holly (1 February 2007). "Facing up to new role in fashion". Herald Sun (Australia). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/facing-up-to-new-role-in-fashion/story-e6frf8o6-1111112921578. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Benedictus, Luke (19 December 2004). "See Emily play ... while you can". The Age (Australia). http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/17/1102787260949.html. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Evermore – Light Surrounding You YouTube.com Retrieved on 16 May 2007
- ^ Making of Light Surrounding You YouTube.com Retrieved on 16 May 2007
- ^ http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=352370 Thewest.com.au Retrieved on 20 April 2007[dead link]
- ^ Twilight the Movie (archives). StephenieMeyer.com
- ^ Larry Carroll: Emily Browning addresses her Twilight notoriety. Mtv.com, retrieved 4 April 2011
- ^ Emily Browning tipped for starring role in prison flick. Adelaidenow.com.au, retrieved 15 August 2010
- '^ Carl DiOrio: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch going 3D. Associated Press, 14 October 2010, retrieved on Hollywoodreporter.com on 4 April 2011
- ^ Uncle Creepy: Zack Snyder to Deliver His Sucker Punch in 3D. Dreadcentral.com, 5 March 2010, retrieved 4 April 2011
- ^ SDCC EXCLUSIVE: Emily Browning & Jamie Chung on Sucker Punch. Comingsoon.net, retrieved on 15 August 2010
- ^ Michael Bodey: Who's who in Tim Winton's Cloudstreet. The Australian, 3 February 2010, retrieved 4 April 2011
- ^ Billington, Alex (9 February 2010). "Emily Browning Replaces Mia Wasikowska in Sleeping Beauty". FirstShowing.net. http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/02/09/emily-browning-replaces-mia-wasikowska-in-sleeping-beauty/. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ Roach, Vicky (22 June 2011). "Emily Browning on being naked in erotic thriller Sleeping Beauty and going nude again". Daily Telegraph. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/emily-browning-on-being-naked-in-erotic-thriller-sleeping-beauty-and-going-nude-again/story-e6frewyr-1226079974957. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
