Emily Browning
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 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 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.
