Personal life

Cornish was born in Lochinvar, New South Wales, as the second of five children of Shelley and Barry Cornish. Her sister, Isabelle Cornish, is also an actress. She grew up on a 70-hectare (170-acre) farm before moving to Melbourne, Victoria. Fascinated by independent and foreign films, Cornish skipped Year 8 in high school.

Having grown up with animals, she became vegetarian at the age of 13. In 2006 she became an ambassador for Australian animal rights group Voiceless, The Animal Protection Institute and has since been an outspoken advocate for animal protection, taking interviews and supporting Voiceless through her attendance at various events. When Voiceless launched a national advertising campaign in 2012, she offered a heartfelt introduction to one of their commercials.

Career

Her career began at the age of 13, when she began taking jobs as a model after reaching the finals of a Dolly Magazine competition. In 1999, Cornish was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award for her role in the ABC's television show Wildside and was offered her first role in a feature film, The Monkey's Mask.

In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film Everything Goes with Hugo Weaving. She received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress at the FCCA and IF Awards and Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival for her role in Somersault. Cornish received critical acclaim for her role in Candy, opposite Heath Ledger. She has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss. In April 2010, Cornish was cast in Limitless, the film adaptation of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro.

Cornish narrated Zack Snyder's film Sucker Punch at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Cornish played the role of Wally in Madonna's film W.E., about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. She replaced Emily Blunt in the independent film The Girl. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. She starred alongside Woody Harrelson and Colin Farrell in Seven Psychopaths, released in 2012. Cornish co-starred in the 2014 RoboCop reboot. She played Clara Murphy, the wife of protagonist Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman).

Music

Cornish has been rapping under the stage name Dusk since 2000. In 2014 she announced that she would be performing with Nas on his Australian tour.

In early 2015 she released two tracks for free on Soundcloud "Evolve" ft. Jane Tyrrell and "Way Back Home".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Monkey's Mask !The Monkey's Mask	Mickey Norris
2003	Horseplay	Becky Wodinski
2004	One Perfect Day	Emma Matisse
2004	Somersault	Heidi	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actress Inside Film Award for Best Actress Miami Film Festival: Breakthrough Award
2004	Everything Goes	Brianie
2006	Candy	Candy	Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actress Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Inside Film Award for Best Actress
2006	Good Year !A Good Year	Christie Roberts
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Bess Throckmorton
2008	Stop-Loss	Michelle Overton
2009	Bright Star	Fanny Brawne	Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—British Independent Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Otulissa	Voice only
2011	Limitless	Lindy
2011	Sucker Punch	Sweet Pea
2011	W.E.	Wally Winthrop
2012	Girl !The Girl	Ashley
2012	Seven Psychopaths	Kaya
2014	RoboCop	Clara Murphy
2015	Solace	Agent Katherine Cowles
2016	Geostorm	Agent Sarah	Filming
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Anne	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Wildside	Simone Summers	Australian Film Institute: Young Actor's Award
1999	Close Contact	Sara Boyack
2000	Water Rats	Marie Marchand	One episode
2001	Outriders	Reggie McDowell	26 episodes
2001	Life Support	Penne #1
2003	White Collar Blue	Antonia McAlister
2003	Marking Time	Tracey	Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama or Comedy
2014	Klondike	Belinda Mulrooney	Miniseries

[ Source: Wikipedia ]