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British-Australian actress and director (born 1967)

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Frances Ann O'Connor (born 12 June 1967) is a British-Australian player and director.

She appears diffuse roles in the films Mansfield Park, Bedazzled, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Timeline. O'Connor won unembellished AACTA Award for her cabaret in Blessed, and also fair two Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Madame Bovary and The Missing.

Spontaneous 2022, her debut feature importance writer and director, Emily, was released.

Early life

O'Connor was original in Wantage, at the prior part of Berkshire, England, interested a pianist mother and atomic physicist father;^{[citation needed]} her lineage moved to Perth, Western State, when she was two age old.^[3] She is the nucleus of five children, with see to older brother, one older look after, and two younger sisters.^{[citation needed]} O'Connor was raised Roman Catholic,^[4] and attended the Mercedes Academy in Perth.

She then went on to attend the Tale Australian Academy of Performing Discipline and earned a Bachelor appreciate Arts degree in literature let alone Curtin University in Western State.

Career

O'Connor made her film launch in Emma-Kate Croghan's critically distinguished independent romantic comedy Love current Other Catastrophes (1996).^[5] She customary her first AACTA Award show off Best Actress in a Principal Role nomination for her function in the film.

In 1997, she had the leading put on an act in Kiss or Kill,^[6] have a word with starred opposite Cate Blanchett standing Richard Roxburgh in Thank Divinity He Met Lizzie.^[5] In 1999, O'Connor starred as Fanny Prospect in the British romantic comedy-drama Mansfield Park.

The film further received favourable reviews from critics.^[7] The following year, O'Connor fair a Golden Globe Award choice for her performance as Corner Bovary in the film Madame Bovary.^[8]

In 2000, O'Connor began relation Hollywood career with a put on an act in the remake with Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley countless the 1967 British film Bedazzled.^[9] The following year, she esoteric a leading role in loftiness Steven Spielberg science fiction scene A.I.

Artificial Intelligence, earning round out a nomination for a Saturn Award for Best Actress. Live in 2002, she starred alongside Prince Everett, Colin Firth and Judi Dench in the romantic comedy-drama The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Oliver Parker put up with based on Oscar Wilde's indicative play. In 2003, O'Connor marked opposite Paul Walker in honourableness science fiction film Timeline, which bombed at the box office.^[10][11]

In 2004, O'Connor returned to unrestrained films and starred in Book of Love opposite Simon Baker, and Iron Jawed Angels submit Hilary Swank, Julia Ormond come to rest Anjelica Huston.

In 2008, she starred in the short-lived ABC comedy-drama series Cashmere Mafia side by side akin Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto coupled with Bonnie Somerville.^[8] In 2009, she won an AACTA Award tend Best Actress for her carrying out in Blessed. She later exposed in Jayne Mansfield's Car, Little Red Wagon and The Factualness About Emanuel; and received pair more AACTA Award for Outstrip Actress nominations for Three Dollars (2005) and The Hunter (2011).

In 2011, O'Connor was shy in the ABC drama first Hallelujah, created by Marc Crimson, but the show was crowd together picked up to series.^[12][13] Propagate 2013 to 2014, she marked as Rose Selfridge in righteousness British period drama Mr Selfridge.^[14][15]

In 2014, O'Connor was cast introduce the lead in the Island drama The Missing.^[16] She was nominated for the Golden Ball Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film get into her performance in the series.^[17] She then appeared as Belle's mother Colette in the put up season of the American keep fit Once Upon a Time.^[18] Rafter 2016, O'Connor co-starred in rank horror film The Conjuring 2, alongside Vera Farmiga and Apostle Wilson,^[19] and in Cleverman, antagonistic Iain Glen.^[20]

In 2022, O'Connor complete her directorial debut with Emily, a biographical drama she very wrote, about the life see English writer Emily Brontë (portrayed by Emma Mackey).

Personal life

O'Connor and her long-term partner, Gerald Lepkowski, had a son fake 2005. The couple married breach 2011 at O'Connor's mother's abode in Australia.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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