Abbie Cornish Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: After a couple of minor ingenue roles in her native Australia, actress Abbie Cornish attained instant superstardom down under with a hypnotic, evocative, and multi-layered lead performance in director Cate Shortland's well-received psychological drama Somersault. That film -- about a fragile young...Read More

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Stop-Loss

Actors: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ciarán Hinds

Synopsis: After serving his tour of duty in Iraq, a young American soldier who is ordered to return to the front lines as part of the military's controversial stop-loss policy opts instead to go AWOL in a thought-provoking military drama directed by Kimberly Peirce. Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Philippe) is a Read More

3/28/08
Last Battle Dreamer

Actors: Ryan Phillippe, Sean Bean, Abbie Cornish

Synopsis: Ryan Phillippe and Sean Bean star as Viking brothers whose travels take them into Britain in this costume adventure from writer/director Menno Meyjes (Martian Child). ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/08
Bright Star

Actors: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish

Synopsis: The tragic but intensely passionate love affair between Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and the radiant Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is detailed in this romantic period drama from critically acclaimed writer/director Jane Campion. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/08
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Jordi Mollà

Synopsis: Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Read More

10/12/07
Candy

Actors: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tony Martin, Noni Hazelhurst

Synopsis: A free-spirited art student and a roguish poet find their addiction to each other taking a back seat to their taste for heroin in director Neil Armfield's intensely personal tale of recreational drug use gone bad. When Candy (Abbie Cornish) and Dan (Heath Ledger) first fell in love, they both Read More

11/17/06
A Good Year

Actors: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Abbie Cornish, Didier Bourdon, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore

Synopsis: Gladiator duo Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe re-team for this adaptation of author Peter Mayle's best-selling novel about a London-based investment banker who relocates to Provence in hopes of selling a small vineyard he has inherited from his recently-deceased uncle. As a child, Max Skinner Read More

11/10/06
Somersault

Actors: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Erik Thomson, Hollie Andrew

Synopsis: Heidi (Abbie Cornish) is a pretty teenager who leaves home after getting caught making out with her mother's boyfriend. She impulsively travels to Jindabyne, a snowy ski resort town, because she once met a man from there who said she should call him if she was ever in town. When that connection Read More

10/28/05
One Perfect Day

Actors: Dan Spielman, Leeanna Walsman, Nathan Phillips, Andrew Howard, Abbie Cornish

Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old Tommy Matisse (Dan Spielman) is a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London who dreams of writing an opera that will speak truth in the chaos of the contemporary world. Consumed by his unrelenting search for inspiration and his powerful love for girlfriend Alysse (Leeanna Read More

2004
Horseplay

Actors: Marcus Graham, Tushka Bergen, Jason Donovan, Bill Hunter, Natalie Mendoza

Synopsis: Australian filmmaker Stavros Kazantzidis directs the dark comedy Horseplay. Con man Max Mackendrick (Marcus Graham) wants a bit of horseracing action, so he marries the snobby Alicia Coxhead (Tushka Bergen), the daughter of famous horceracer Barry Coxhead (Bill Hunter). However, Max gets eternally Read More

2002