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Emily Jane Browning
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BIOGRAPHY
Occupation - Actress
Date of Birth - 7 December 1988
Birth Place - Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia.
Residence - Melbourne, Australia.
Height - 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Eyes: Hazel
Hair:
Redhead/Brunette Pets: She
has a cat named Jasper and a dog named Roxy.
Education: Attending Melbourne,
Australia High School.
Graduating June 2006.
Maritial Status: Single never married.
Dating Unknown.
Australian actress Emily Browning
was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia. She has two younger
brothers. Her
parents' names are Shelley and Andrew and her brothers; Nicholas (b1995) and Matthew (b1997) are still in school in Australia. Emily will graduate from highschool
in 2006 and her favorite
subjects include English Literature, psychology, and philosophy. She
wanted to be a fashion designer when she was little, but
she was "discovered" as an actress at age 8 in
a school play.
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 soon found an agent and
began filming on location for the Hallmark TV movie 'The
Echo of Thunder' in 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.
In 2005 she is seen in Stranded (2005) as Penny a swiss family robison type movie. As yet She has been off the radar in the states. She is likely finishing High School and we'll she again before long.
In (October 2006) Emily
Appeared in the music video "Light Surrounding You" from the band Evermore.
FACTS
Got her start in acting after being noticed in a school
play.
Won
the coveted role of Violet in Lemony Snicket's A Series
of Unfortunate Events (2004) after her agent gave her a
pile of scripts for which to submit video auditions. She
was phoned by the director of Lemony Snicket and asked to
come to LA for an audition, which won her the part.
For
her underwater scene in Ghost Ship (2002), she had to wear
little weights so her dress wouldn't float up over her face.
Has
two younger brothers.
She
was scared she was going to get fired while filming Lemony
Snicket, because she'd be laughing at Jim Carrey so much.
Says
she learned an American accent from watching Sesame Street
as a child.
She
needed to wear heels for her costume in Lemony Snicket because
Liam Aiken was much taller than she was.
She has her nose and belly button pierced.
She loves peanut butter.
QUOTES
"Obviously, you can't have every little thing from
the books, because the books are like really detailed, which,
you know, which works for the books, and doesn't work so
much for the movie. Or else it would go on, and on, and
on. But I think it will be as much like the books as we
can make it." - about A Series of Unfortunate Events
"We
fought all the time over stupid stuff. He always thought
he was right, and I always thought I was right. Of course,
I was right!" - on her co-star (brother in Lemony Snicket's
A series of Unfortunate Events) Liam Aiken.
"I
was lucky - the first eight productions I auditioned for,
I got cast."
"After
Hollywood, you know if people are interested in you or in
the fact that you've been in a movie. You know who your
real friends are."
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