Showing posts with label Australian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian. Show all posts

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett
Catherine Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. She is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning Australian actress. She got international attention in the 1998 film Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur, in which she played Elizabeth I of England.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Cat Blanchett

Cat Blanchett
Cat Blanchett
Cat Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. She is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. Her first major stage role was opposite Geoffrey Rush in the 1993 David Mamet play Oleanna. She made her film debut as an Australian nurse captured by the Japanese in a production of Paradise Road directed by Bruce Beresford, co-starring Glenn Close and Frances McDormand.

She also appeared in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies where she played the role of the High Elf Queen Galadriel in all three films, which hold the record as the highest grossing film trilogy of all time. In 2007, Blanchett was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World. Also in 2007, Blanchett was named one of the most successful actresses by Forbes.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Abigail Tucker

Abigail Tucker
Abigail Tucker was born on January, 22 1973. She is an Australian singer, songwriter, actress and best known for her acting roles in Heartbreak High and The Secret Life of Us. She won the 1992 final of the Australian TV talent show "New Faces" with a selection of classic cover versions. Abi released her debut solo album "Dreamworld" on 22nd September 2003 to critical acclaim and went on her first solo tour of Australia.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Leisel Jones

Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones was born on 30 August 1985 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. She is an Australian swimmer with height 177cm . She participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 15 only. She was part of Gold medal winning Australian team in the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004. She is noted for employing a classical breaststroke technique, typified by a slow, but deeper stroke cycle.

Jones set a world record (2:22.96) in a meet in Brisbane, Australia but it was reclaimed by Amanda Beard at the US Olympic trials only a few days later.

In 2005, She was named as the Female World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine.