Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska

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Mia Wasikowska (born October 14, 1989) is an Australian actress, currently working in the United States.

Wasikowska was born and raised in Canberra, where she continues to reside with her parents and brother and sister. From the age of nine to 15, she trained as a ballet dancer 35 hours a week, aspiring to become a prima ballerina. She has Polish ancestry.
Wasikowska began to develop an interest in acting at the age of 14. In 2004, she landed her first acting role with a two-episode stint on the Australian soap All Saints. In 2006, she appeared in the film Suburban Mayhem for which she received a nomination for a Young Actor's AFI Award. She also starred in several Australian short films and a horror movie, Rogue.
In the United States, Wasikowska earned critical acclaim for her performance in HBO's In Treatment, playing Sophie, a troubled teenager who is sent to Gabriel Byrne's psychotherapist following a suspected suicide attempt. Praised for her excellent American accent, she revealed that she was something of a mimic as a child and that the large influx of American films and TV shows made it easier for Australians to pick up the accent.
Following In Treatment, Wasikowska played supporting roles in several feature films. Her first American film was Defiance starring Daniel Craig. On casting Wasikowska, director Edward Zwick stated: "Her inner life is so vivid that it comes across even when she's being still." Her next role was that of Elinor Smith, a young female aviator and rival of Hilary Swank's Amelia Earhart in Amelia. She also appeared in the Southern Gothic indie film That Evening Sun opposite Hal Holbrook, having impressed the director despite his initial preference to cast only Southerners. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Independent Spirit Award for the film.
In July 2008, after a long search, Wasikowska was chosen to play the title role in Tim Burton's interpretation of Alice in Wonderland, alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. In the film, the White Rabbit leads 19 year old Alice back to a Wonderland she no longer remembers, seeking her help to end the tyrannical rule of the Red Queen. Unlike previous incarnations, Alice will evolve over the course of the new film into a more empowered heroine.
Wasikowska then joined the cast of the indie The Kids Are All Right, playing the daughter of a same-sex couple (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) who, together with her brother, sets out to find their biological father (Mark Ruffalo). She is also starring in an untitled Gus Van Sant project, described as "a dark coming-of-age drama." In November 2009 it was reported that Wasikowska is in talks to play Jane Eyre in Cary Fukunaga's adaptation of the novel.