Abbie Cornish is an Australian-born actress. Accidentally hitting the cover of a popular magazine at a young age, Abby Cornish became a sought-after young actress in the film industry. Now she has 40 films on her account, the most famous of which are "Areas of Darkness", "Bright Star", "Geostorm", "Candy", "Golden Age". In addition to filming a movie, she is also a rapper, an active protector of animals and the author of her own cookbook.
Childhood and adolescence Abbie Cornish
Abbie Cornish was born on August 7, 1982 in Lokinwar, New South Wales, Australia. She was the second child in a large family. Her father's name is Barry Cornish. The mother of the actress, Shelley Cornish, is a creative person. She is an artist.
Abby's sister, Isabelle Cornish, is also an actress.
Abby spent her childhood on a large, 70-hectare farm. Later she moved to Newcastle. There she fell in love with animals so much that she even became a vegetarian and in honor of the protection of the "younger brothers" forever refused to consume meat.
When Cornish was 16 years old, her parents made a mutual decision to divorce.
As a teenager, Abbie Cornish's attention was drawn to independent and foreign films. Subsequently, she often agreed to act in independent films.
Career and creativity of Abbie Cornish
At 13, Abby won the Dolly magazine contest, which published photographs of a young model. She was noticed, and soon the girl had her own agent who promoted her on television.
In 1997, she began her acting career and starred in several Hollywood films and television dramas.
In 1999, Abbie Cornish was awarded the Australian Young Actors Award for her performance on the television series Wildside and her role as Simone Summers, after which she received an offer to star in The Monkey Mask (2000).
In 2009, she starred with English actor Ben Whishaw in the biographical historical drama Bright Star. It is dedicated to the life of the British poet John Keats and his real-life romantic story with Fannie Brown, played by Abby Cornish.
The actress has won many prestigious awards. The best films in the film career of Abbie Cornish:
- melodrama “16 years. Love. Reboot, where the actress plays a teenage girl named Heidi, who faces the challenges of growing up;
- melodrama "Candy" with Heath Ledger, enthusiastically received by film critics and nominated for the Berlin Film Award;
- historical drama "The Golden Age" with Cate Blanchett, where Abby Cornish played one of the ladies of honor of Queen Elizabeth;
- fantasy action movie "Sucker Punch" about an imaginary world inhabited by monsters and overflowing with battles in which the main character must win. Emily Browning got the lead role, and Abby Cornish played one of the main character's friends;
- the fantastic thriller "Areas of Darkness" with Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. The plot of the film revolves around an unsuccessful New York writer who decided to participate in an experiment and take a classified drug that opens up many possibilities. Abby Cornish got a supporting role and played a girl named Lindy;
- crime comedy "Seven Psychopaths" with Colin Farrell.
Among the last film works of the actress - the mystical thriller "Psychics", where Abby Cornish starred with Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell. And also the crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which received four Golden Globes. In 2017, the fantastic thriller Geostorm was released with Gerard Butler in the title role, where Abby Cornish played Sarah Wilson. The film received cool reviews from film critics, most viewers noted not the most interesting plot and low-quality special effects.
Abbie Cornish is well known in the modern music world. She knows how to play the piano and guitar. Cornish is a rapper, singer and songwriter.
Since 2000, Abby has been a rapper under the name MC Dusk. She was an accomplice in an Australian hip-hop group for four years. In 2015, Abby Cornish supported rapper Nas on his musical tour of Australia. In the same year she released two successful tracks "Evolve" and "Way Back Home".
Personal life of the actress
In 2006, while working on the military drama "War of Duress", it was rumored that the actress began an affair with a partner on the set - Ryan Phillip, who was married to Reese Witherspoon at the time. Despite the fact that the actress denied this in every possible way, soon the couple was nevertheless noticed in a relationship, which immediately hit the press.
Ryan Phillips divorced his famous wife after seven years of marriage and began dating Cornish. In 2007, the actress moved to Hollywood to be closer to Ryan. According to her, she very much doubted whether she would be able to adapt to the new city, and, as it later turned out, she really liked Los Angeles. However, three years later, in 2010, the couple still broke up. At the moment there is no information about the personal life of the actress. It is only known that she has not yet been married and has no children.
Abbie Cornish is also the author of her own cookbook, which she co-wrote with Jacqueline King. It contains recipes for healthy and dietary food.
Since 2006, in addition to her employment in film projects, Abby Cornish has been actively defending animal rights, and also participates in national advertising campaigns for the protection of wildlife. There are no items of clothing made of genuine leather, fur or suede in her wardrobe.
Abby Cornish currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She is one of the richest and most influential actresses in Australia, with an estimated fortune of $ 20 million.
