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Abbie Cornish

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  • Producer
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Abbie Cornish, also known by her rap name Dusk, is an Australian actress and rapper. Following her lead performance in 2004's Somersault, Cornish is best-known for her film roles as the titular heroin addict in the drama Candy (2006), courtier Bess Throckmorton in the historical drama Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Fanny Brawne in the John Keats biopic Bright Star (2009), "Sweet Pea" in the action film Sucker Punch (2011), Lindy in the science fiction thriller Limitless (2011) and for her work with writer/director Martin McDonagh in Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia, as the second of five children of Shelley and Barry Cornish. Her sister, Isabelle Cornish, is also an actress. She grew up on a 70-hectare (170-acre) farm before moving to Newcastle, New South Wales. As a teenager, Cornish was fascinated by independent and foreign films. In 2006 she became an ambassador for Australian animal rights group Voiceless, the animal-protection institute, and was part of a national advertising campaign in 2012. Cornish began model-ling 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.

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, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss. 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, at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. Cornish played the role of Wally in Madonna's film W.E., about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. She replaced Emily Blunt in the independent film The Girl. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. She starred alongside Woody Harrelson and Colin Farrell in Seven Psychopaths, released in 2012. Cornish co-starred in the 2014 RoboCop reboot. She played 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.

Cornish is a rapper, singer and songwriter. She has been rapping under the name Dusk since 2000 and was part of an Australian hip hop group 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.
BornAugust 7, 1982
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    • 15 wins & 24 nominations

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Woody Harrelson and Abbie Cornish in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish in Candy (2006)
Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (2009)
Abbie Cornish and Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw in Bright Star (2009)
Abbie Cornish in Somersault (2004)
Abbie Cornish and Ben Aldridge in Paris Song (2018)
Abbie Cornish in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Abbie Cornish and John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Abbie Cornish in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, and Gregory Nassif St. John in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Abbie Cornish, Riya May Atwood, and Selah Atwood in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Known for

Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw in Bright Star (2009)
Bright Star
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  • Fanny Brawne
  • 2009
Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand, and Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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  • Anne
  • 2017
Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish in Candy (2006)
Candy
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  • Candy
  • 2006
Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Colin Farrell, Olga Kurylenko, and Bonny in Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Seven Psychopaths
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  • Kaya
  • 2012

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Actress

  • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
    • Cathy Mueller
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Removalists
    • Sophie Rosen
    • Pre-production
  • I'm Beginning to See the Light
    • Hannah
    • Post-production
  • Detained
    • Rebecca Kamen
    • Completed
  • John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
    • Cathy Mueller
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Nick Nolte, Abbie Cornish, Josh Duhamel, Omar Chaparro, and Bárbara de Regil in Blackout (2022)
    Blackout
    • Anna
    • 2022
  • Lola Sultan in Dakota (2022)
    Dakota
    • Kate Sanders
    • 2022
  • Anthony Hopkins, Abbie Cornish, and Anson Mount in The Virtuoso (2021)
    The Virtuoso
    • The Waitress
    • 2021
  • Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2019)
    Secret Bridesmaids' Business
    • Melanie Heyward
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Amandla Stenberg in Where Hands Touch (2018)
    Where Hands Touch
    • Kerstin
    • 2018
  • Jeff Vespa, Abbie Cornish, Sanjar Madi, and Yerkebulan Daiyrov in Paris Song (2018)
    Paris Song
    • Lee Abbott
    • 2018
  • Garrett Wareing in Perfect (2018)
    Perfect
    • Mother
    • 2018
  • Talitha Eliana Bateman in Geostorm (2017)
    Geostorm
    • Sarah Wilson
    • 2017
  • Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand, and Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    • Anne
    • 2017
  • Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Mark Strong in 6 Days (2017)
    6 Days
    • Kate Adie
    • 2017
  • Suki Waterhouse in The Girl Who Invented Kissing (2017)
    The Girl Who Invented Kissing
    • Patti
    • 2017
  • Rule #61
    • Blonde
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Lavender (2016)
    Lavender
    • Jane
    • 2016
  • Kate Lyn Sheil in Octopus (2015)
    Octopus
    • Marcy (voice)
    • Short
    • 2015

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"Don't Ever Write a Check ..."
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"Don't Ever Write a Check ..."
"Letter" from Bright Star
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"Letter" from Bright Star
"Valentine" from Bright Star
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"Valentine" from Bright Star
"Sleeping in my bed" from Bright Star
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"Sleeping in my bed" from Bright Star
Bright Star: Fanny in the Room with Butterflies
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Bright Star: Fanny in the Room with Butterflies
Bright Star: Keats and Brawne Through the Wall
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Bright Star: Keats and Brawne Through the Wall
Perfect
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Perfect
Perfect
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Perfect
W.E.
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W.E.
W.E.
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W.E.
Stop-Loss
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Stop-Loss
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Stop-Loss

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  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • August 7, 1982
    • Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia
  • Parents
      Shelley Cornish
  • Relatives
    • Isabelle Cornish(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 18 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Dedicated her 2011 G'Day USA Excellence in Film award to the late Heath Ledger, her co-star in Candy (2006) [January 23, 2011].
  • Quotes
    [on doing nude scenes] The hardest part is getting your clothes off at first in front of the people who haven't seen you naked before. The first time you get nude in front of someone, it's hard, and then it's, "Well, you've seen everything now; it's OK, we can shoot the rest of the day".
  • Nickname
    • Dusk

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