| Date of Birth |
7 December
1988
, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Birth Name | Emily Jane Browning |
| Nickname |
Em |
| Height |
5' 2" (1.57 m) |
Biography
Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in
Melbourne, Australia. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting
came after a classmate's father, involved in the acting business,
noticed her "acting all ditsy" in a school play. Emily found an agent
and was soon filming on location for the Hallmark TV-movie, The Echo of Thunder (1998). She received more roles from there, including parts in The Man Who Sued God (2001), opposite Billy Connolly, and Ned Kelly (2003), opposite Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom. In that film, she had to hug Heath Ledger,
and she said that all of her friends, who went to see the film, at the
same time sent her a barrage of text messages about how lucky she was!
Emily says she tries to avoid "cheesy" movies, and her big break came
when she was on a press tour in LA for Ghost Ship
(2002), that was filmed in Australia and released in America. In the
same year, she won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young
Actress, and was nominated for the same award, the next year. Emily
received some scripts when she was in LA and sent in a video audition
for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004). She received a call and was asked to come to LA for a proper
audition, which won her the part. She spent months in LA filming, for
the second time acting opposite Billy Connolly.
Emily said she enjoyed the experience of making a big budget film in
America, and says that although she's not sure what is coming next,
she's hoping to do some more Australian work.
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