Biography for
Mia Wasikowska More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

14 October 1989, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Height

5' 4" (1.62 m)

Trivia

Studied ballet while growing up.

One of Variety magazine's Top Ten Actors to watch (2008).

Last name pronounced "vash-i-kov-ska".

Completed school via the Karabar High School Distance Education Centre, a form of correspondence school based in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, just outside of Canberra, so that she could continue acting while still in High School.

Has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai.

Tied with Alice in Wonderland (2010) co-star Johnny Depp as the second highest-grossing actor of 2010, behind Leonardo DiCaprio.

Good friends with Jamie Bell.

Personal Quotes

I just wanted to try a different type of performance - ballet is more an image of perfection, and film can show a grittier side. Sometimes it's the more realistic topic of real life that really intrigues me.

When I decided to pursue acting at 15, I heard that you had to have an agent to do film and television, so I did a Google search for acting agencies in Sydney. I hounded one to take me on and started auditioning. I did some films in Australia, and then I started working in America on "In Treatment" (2008) when I was 17.