Abbie Cornish grew up on her parents' 170 acre farm in the Hunter Valley town of Lochinvar with her 3 brothers and younger sister. Abbie started modeling at age 13. Her first acting job was at age 15 on the Australian Broadcasting Commission series Children's Hospital (1997) playing a quadriplegic.
Learned to drive at the age of 12. Plays piano and guitar. Her parents split up when she was 16 years old. Has trekked across Morocco, Brazil, Italy and France. Was considered for the role of Briony - 18 years old for Atonement (2007), but bailed out due to scheduling conflicts with Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Ranked #80 in Maxim's Hot 100 Women list (2007). Served as a judge at the The Reel Deal Short Film Festival on August 11, 2007 at the Revesby Workers' Club in Sydney, Australia. After reaching the final of a competition by "Dolly" magazine, she worked as a model for a while. Second of five children, she has three brothers and a sister. Won the Breakthrough Award at the 2008 Australians in Film Awards in Los Angeles. Was voted "Australia's Sexiest Vegetarian" in 2008. Met boyfriend Ryan Phillippe while filming Stop-Loss (2008) in August 2006. They broke up in February 2010. Lived with ex-boyfriend Ryan Phillippe in Los Angeles. Ranked #33 on Ask Men's top 99 "most desirable women" of 2011. Older sister of Isabelle Cornish. Ranked #89 in the 2011 FHM (Australia) list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Dedicated her 2011 G'Day USA Excellence in Film award to the late Heath Ledger, her co-star in Candy (2006) [January 23, 2011]. Has a passion for rap singing, and performs under the pseudonym "MC Dusk". Considered for the role of Amy Dunne in Gone Girl (2014). She agreed to do Sucker Punch (2011) because she had wanted to do an action film for a long time and described herself as "frothing at the mouth" before shooting the action scenes. Born on the same date as Brit Marling.
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