Abbie Cornish
Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress. Cornish is best known for her film roles as Heidi in "Somersault" (2004), Fanny Brawne in "Bright Star" (2009), Sweet Pea in "Sucker Punch" (2011), Lindy in "Limitless" (2011), as Sarah in "Geostorm" (2017) and for her work with writer/director Martin McDonagh in "Seven Psychopaths" (2012) and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017). For the latter, Cornish won her first Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast. In 2018, she portrayed Cathy Mueller in the first season of Amazon Video series "Jack Ryan" opposite John  Krasinski. She also played Dixy in the film "The Virtuoso (film)" (2021) aside Anthony Hopkins. Early life. Abbie Cornish was born on 7 August 1982 in Lochinvar, New South Wales, as the second of five children of Shelley and Barry Cornish. Her sister, Isabelle Cornish, is also an actress. She grew up on a farm before moving to Newcastle. As a teenager, Cornish was fascinated by independent and foreign films. Acting career. Cornish began modelling at age 13 after reaching the finals of a "Dolly Magazine" competition. In 1999, Cornish was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award  for her role in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television show "Wildside" and was offered her first role in a feature film, "The Monkey's Mask". From 2001 - 2003 Abbie played Penne in "Life Support", a satirical, sometimes dark look at Australian life as seen through the omnipresent lens of the Television Lifestyle Show. The series' lifestyle experts include Sigourney, a home economics guru who always wears a fresh frock and is a firm believer in the doctrine of "pleasing your man"; Todd, a DIY whiz; Rudi, a sleek Sydney Eastern Suburbs General Practitioner who believes he occupies a position  just slightly below God; and urban alternative lifestyle guru / eco warrior Penne. In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film "Everything Goes" with Hugo Weaving. 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 "Somersault". Cornish received critical acclaim for her role in "Candy", opposite Heath Ledger. She has also starred in "A Good Year", "" and Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss". She garnered widespread acclaim for her starring performance as  Fanny Brawne in Jane Campion's 2009 film about the Romantic poet John Keats, "Bright Star." 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. Cornish narrated Zack Snyder's film "Sucker Punch", in which she played one of the protagonists. Cornish played the role of Wally in Madonna's film "W.E.", about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. In 2012, she replaced Emily Blunt in the independent film "The Girl", which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and starred  alongside Woody Harrelson and Colin Farrell in the crime comedy "Seven Psychopaths". Cornish co-starred in the 2014 "RoboCop" reboot, as Clara Murphy, the wife of protagonist Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman). In 2015, she played Agent Katherine Cowles in "Solace", a mystery thriller film directed by Afonso Poyart with central performances by Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In 2016, she filmed "The Girl Who Invented Kissing" with Luke Wilson. In 2017, she played Agent Sarah Wilson in the science fiction disaster film Geostorm, directed, co-written, and co-produced by Dean Devlin, also starring Gerard Butler, Jim  Sturgess, Ed Harris, and Andy García. In 2018, she starred in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as Cathy Mueller, alongside John Krasinski. In 2019, she starred in the Australian television miniseries "Secret Bridesmaids' Business" along with Katie McGrath and Georgina Haig. In 2021, she starred in "Dakota" with Tim Rozon, "Lola Sultan", Patrick Muldoon and William Baldwin for director Kirk Harris. Music career. Cornish is a rapper, singer and songwriter. She has been rapping under the name MC Dusk since 2000 and was part of Australian hip hop group Blades from the age of 18 to 22. In 2015, Cornish  supported American rapper Nas on his Australian tour. The same year, she released two new tracks on SoundCloud: "Evolve" featuring Jane Tyrrell and "Way Back Home", which was produced by Suffa from Hilltop Hoods. The songs were re-released in 2020, and her first EP, "Key of the Sun", was released in 2021. Activism. She is committed to cruelty-free eating, and in 2006, became an ambassador for Australian animal rights group Voiceless, the animal-protection institute, and was part of a national advertising campaign in 2012. Personal life. In 2019, she announced her engagement to mixed martial artist Adel  Altamimi.