Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Emily Browning


http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20600000/A-Series-of-Unfortunate-Events-emily-browning-20685260-1706-960.jpgBirthday: 7 December 1988, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)

Biography

Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came after a classmate's father, involved in the acting business, noticed her "acting all ditsy" in a school play. Emily found an agent and was soon filming on location for the Hallmark TV-movie, The Echo of Thunder (1998) (TV). She received more roles from there, including parts in The Man Who Sued God (2001), opposite Billy Connolly, and Ned Kelly (2003), opposite Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom. In that film, she had to hug Heath Ledger, and she said that all of her friends, who went to see the film, at the same time sent her a barrage of text messages about how lucky she was! Emily says she tries to avoid "cheesy" movies, and her big break came when she was on a press tour in LA for Ghost Ship (2002), that was filmed in Australia and released in America. In the same year, she won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actress, and was nominated for the same award, the next year. Emily received some scripts when she was in LA and sent in a video audition for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). She received a call and was asked to come to LA for a proper audition, which won her the part. She spent months in LA filming, for the second time acting opposite Billy Connolly. Emily said she enjoyed the experience of making a big budget film in America, and says that although she's not sure what is coming next, she's hoping to do some more Australian work 

Browning was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Andrew and Shelley Browning, and has two younger brothers (Nicholas and Matthew).[1][2] 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.[3]
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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 The Echo of Thunder.[4] 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.[5] 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".[6] In the behind-the-scenes video for the clip, the band stated, "[We] suck as actors, so we decided to get Emily."[7] She attended the L'Oreal Fashion Festival as a festival ambassador on 1 February 2007.[8]
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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, co-starring against Elizabeth Banks and Arielle Kebbel. She then turned down a request to audition for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight, citing exhaustion, despite an endorsement from series author Stephenie Meyer.[9][10] In 2009, she was cast as Babydoll in Zack Snyder's action film Sucker Punch, as a replacement for Amanda Seyfried, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[11] Filming took place in Vancouver from September 2009 to January 2010,[12] and the film was released on 25 March 2011.[13] In an interview at Comic Con[disambiguation needed], 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 Zack Snyder's wife Deborah's favourites, which Browning referred to as the "selling point" on her being cast in the role.[14]
Since Sucker Punch, Browning has worked steadily in film on a number of moderately high profile projects and won a number of highly sought after roles. Browning plays the lead role in the independent Australian film Sleeping Beauty, directed by Julia Leigh.[15] She replaced friend and fellow young Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who was committed to a film adaptation of Jane Eyre at the time.[16] 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."[17]
In 2012, she replaced English actress Ophelia Lovibond to play as the female lead in the film Summer in February.[18] The film is based on the book of the same title, by Jonathan Smith. The film was filmed in Cornwall alongside Dominic Cooper and Dan Stevens.[19]
In July 2012, Browning was cast in God Help the Girl a musical film by Belle and Sebastian front-man Stuart Murdoch.[20] Browning played Eve, and the role required live singing.[21] Filming on the production began on 8 July 2012 and wrapped on 12 August 2012.[22][22]
Browning was then cast in Catherine Hardwicke's Plush alongside Cam Gigandet,[23] replacing Evan Rachel Wood who was originally attached to the project due to scheduling conflicts.[24] Browning also starred alongside Xavier Samuel[25] whom she met on the set during filming. Both Australians, the pair sparked a close friendship and a rumored romantic relationship. They have been spotted together numerous times by fans since the filming of Plush, most notably arriving to the Sundance Film Festival together in 2013.[26]
Magic Magic, directed by Sebastián Silva, screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to mostly favorable reviews.[27][28]
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In February 2013, it was announced that Browning will shoot a major role in a film called Pompeii co-starring Kit Harrington, most known for Game of Thrones. The project will be filmed in Toronto and the actual city of Pompeii itself.[29][30] During the same month, it was also announced that rumors surrounding Browning's possible appearance in The Host - a film adaption of the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer - were proven to be true as revealed by co-star Saoirse Ronan that she would be playing Pet, during a press junket interview for the film.[31] Director Andrew Niccol also stated in the special The Host collector's edition of Us magazine that Browning would be 'great for the next movie', indicating a larger role in a possible sequel.[32] Browning took a break from filming on Pompeii and returned home to Australia to film a music video directed by Guy Franklin for the song No Matter What You Say by San Francisco-based band Imperial Teen. The video follows Browning as the lead character, conducting a 'live art-piece'. [33]

Fashion

Since Browning's return to film, she has been called a rising fashion icon by MTV.[34] Catching the eye of fashion Magazines "Vogue" and "W". She has also stated an interest in fashion design[35][unreliable source?] and has considered pursuing a career in fashion, but worries about her rising fame interfering with her work. "I never want to be known as someone who would put her name on something just because you're famous. That's something that disgusts me, and want nothing to be a part of."[36][unreliable source?]

Personal life

Browning is close friends with upcoming Australian film maker Guy Franklin[37] - known for directing many of singer Kimbra's music videos. Franklin is apparently set to direct her in a second short film titled Mr. Beautiful, according to a recent interview he gave to Onya magazine.[38]
Browning had been in a relationship with English actor Max Irons since 2011, but the relationship was reported to have ended in the summer of 2012.[39][40]

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
2009 Talk.Distance.Listen Natalie Short film
2011 Sucker Punch Babydoll Main role
2011 Sleeping Beauty Lucy Main role
2012 Mr. Beautiful Olivia White Short film
2013 The Host Pet/Wanderer
2013 Summer in February Florence Carter-Wood Main role
2013 Magic Magic Sarah Main role
2013 God Help the Girl Eve Main role
2013 Plush Hayley Main role
2013 Cassie and Jude Cassie / Jude Main role
2013 No Matter What You Say Music video
2013 Sacred Country Mary Main role
2013 Plush Post-production
2014 Pompeii Cassia Main role

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

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)[3]
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)

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