Sarah Snook
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Sarah Snook | |
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![]() Snook at The Sapphires premiere in Sydney | |
Born | 28 July 1987 (age 29) Adelaide, South Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 2010-present |
Notable works and roles | Predestination |
Sarah Snook (born 28 July 1987) is an Australian actress, widely known for her roles in Predestination, Holding the Man, The Dressmaker and Steve Jobs.
Life and career
Snook attended St John's Grammar School (Belair) and Scotch College (Mitcham). She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney) in 2008.[citation needed]
While at NIDA, Snook performed in stage productions of Macbeth and Gallipoli. She subsequently appeared in King Lear with the State Theatre Company of South Australia.[1] Since then she has starred in the films Not Suitable for Children (2012), These Final Hours (2013),[2] Predestination (2014) and Jessabelle (2014).[3]
She most recently played Hilde, opposite Ralph Fiennes' Halvard Solness, in Ibsen's play The Master Builder at the Old Vic theatre in London.[4]
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Crystal Jam | Crystal | Short film |
2011 | The Best Man | Isla | Short film |
Sleeping Beauty | Flatmate | ||
2012 | Not Suitable for Children | Stevie | Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actress Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
2013 | These Final Hours | Mandy's mother | |
2014 | Predestination | Jane | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role[5] Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actress Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress |
Jessabelle | Jessie | ||
2015 | The Dressmaker | Gertrude 'Trudy' Pratt | Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Oddball | Emily Marsh | Nominated—Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
Holding the Man | Pepe Trevor | ||
Steve Jobs | Andrea "Andy" Cunningham | ||
2017 | The Glass Castle | Lori Walls | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | All Saints | Sophie | Episode: 'Curve Balls' |
2010 | Sisters of War | Lorna Whyte | TV Film AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Nominated - Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent |
2011 | Packed to the Rafters | Jodi Webb | Episodes: 'The Dollhouse' and 'In With the New' |
Blood Brothers | Debbie Franklin | ||
My Place | Minna Muller | Episode: 'Henry 1878' | |
Spirited | Antonia | 10 Episodes | |
2013 | Redfern Now | Officer Sarah Donaldson | Episode: 'Dogs of War' |
2014 | The Moodys | Louise | Episode: 'Happy Anniversary Kevin & Maree' |
2015 | The Secret River | Sal Thornhill | Based on the novel by Kate Grenville |
The Beautiful Lie | Anna | Re-imagining of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina | |
2016 | Black Mirror | Medina | Episode: "Men Against Fire" |
Awards
- 2011 Logie Awards Nomination for Most Outstanding New Talent
- 2012 AACTA Award Winner of Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for 'Sisters of War'
- 2013 FCCA Award Winner of Best Actress for 'Not Suitable for Children'
- 2013 AACTA Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress for 'Not Suitable for Children'
- 2014 AACTA Award Winner of Best Lead Actress for 'Predestination'
- 2015 AFCA Award Winner of Best Supporting Actress for 'These Final Hours'
References
- ^ Harris, Samela "King Lear" (review), AdelaideNow, 9th November 2009; accessed 11 January 2016.
- ^ These Final Hours
- ^ Sarah Snook: 'I'm gonna sit and learn', theguardian.com, 17 February 2015; accessed 11 January 2016.
- ^ The Master Builder production starring Ralph Fiennes, dailymail.co.uk; accessed 11 January 2016.
- ^ "AACTA Winners & Nominees - 4th AACTA Awards". AFI / AACTA. AACTA. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
External links
- Sarah Snook at IMDb
- Use dmy dates from March 2011
- Australian film actresses
- Australian television actresses
- Actresses from Adelaide
- 1987 births
- Living people
- National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
- Australian actor stubs
- People educated at Scotch College, Adelaide
- Best Actress AACTA Award winners
- 21st-century Australian actresses