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10 of the most Popular Australian Actresses

The Australian film industry is full of talented actors and actresses. The Hollywood community belongs to the best. The Australian actresses work tirelessly in their home country and perfect the art in the US. This has seen to their continued domination in Hollywood. Their dedication and hard work is portrayed in the quality of the films and roles they make and play respectively.

It is a dream come true for most Australian actresses to make it both at home and in Hollywood. Their success is attributed to their dedication and enthusiasm. They have mastered the ability to lose their Australian accents in films. This results to seamlessly blending in and getting into roles otherwise set out for Americans.

Most Australian actresses are as beautiful and well put as their work. Have a look at the top 10 most popular Australian actresses.

1. Nicole Kidman

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Nicole Mary Kidman was born on 20th June 1967. She is an American and Australian actress and producer.

She is well known for various several genres both in film and television. She is one of the world’s highest-paid actresses. She has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards.

Kidman began her acting career in Australia. She came to the lime light in 1989 with the thriller film Dead Calm and the miniseries Bangkok Hilton. She has continued to star and appear in many award winning movies.

2. Cate Blanchett

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Catherine Elise Blanchett was born on 14^th May 1969. She is an Australian actor and producer.

She is regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation and she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

Time magazine named her one of its 100 most influential people in the world in 2007. In 2018, she was ranked among the world’s highest-paid actresses.

3.Rose Byrne

Mary Rose Byrne was born on 24th July 1979. She is an Australian actress.

She made her screen debut in the film Dallas Doll (1994).

Byrne appeared as Ellen Parsons in the legal thriller series Damages (2007–2012), which earned her two Golden Globe Awards nominations and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Get Him to the Greek (2010) and Bridesmaids (2011) established her as a comedic actress, in addition to the dramas and thrillers in which she continues to appear.

4.Margot Robbie

Margot Elise Robbie was born on 2^nd July 1990. She is an Australian actress and producer.

She is known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films; she has received several accolades, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and five British Academy Film Awards.

Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017 and she was ranked as one of the world’s highest-paid actresses by Forbes in 2019.

5.Toni Collette

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Toni Collette Galafassi was born on 1^st November 1972. She is an Australian actress, producer, singer, and songwriter.

She is known for her work in television and independent films, she has received various accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two British Academy Film Awards.

6.Yvonne Strahovski

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Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski was born on 30^th July 1982. She is an Australian actress.

Primarily noted for her roles in dramatic television, she has received numerous awards and nominations, including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

7.Judy Davis

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Judith Davis was born on 23^rd April 1955. She is an Australian actress.

She is known for her work in film, television and stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she is commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation.

She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including nine AACTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards.

8.Isla Fisher

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Isla Lang Fisher was born on 3^rd February. She is an Australian actress and author.

Fisher came to prominence for her portrayal of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1994 to 1997, for which she received two Logie Award nominations.

9.Samara Weaving

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Samara Weaving was born on 23^rd February 1992. She is an Australian actress and model.

 She began her career in her home country, landing her first role on the series Out of the Blue (2008). She came to prominence with her portrayal of Indi Walker on the soap opera Home and Away (2009–2013), for which she received an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) nomination for Best Female Performance in 2011.

Following her departure from Home and Away, Weaving pursued roles in the United States. She starred on the first season of series Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2016) before becoming a series regular on SMILF in 2017, which she left before the second season aired in 2019. The same year she joined SMILF, Weaving starred in the films Mayhem and The Babysitter and had a supporting role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri that earned the cast a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2019, Weaving received further recognition for headlining the critically and commercially successful Ready or Not, her first lead role in a theatrical American film.

Weaving has alternated between film and television during her career, appearing in the main cast of the miniseries Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018), Hollywood (2020), and Nine Perfect Strangers (2021). Her film roles also include Guns Akimbo (2019), Last Moment of Clarity (2020), and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).

10.Rebel Wilson

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Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson was born on 2^nd March 1980. She is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer.

After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, Wilson began appearing as Toula in the SBS comedy series Pizza (2003–2007, 2019) and later appeared in the sketch comedy series The Wedge (2006–2007). She wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride (2008). Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson appeared in the comedy films Bridesmaids and A Few Best Men, both in 2011.

In 2012, Wilson appeared in the comedy films What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Struck by Lightning, and Bachelorette, which led to Variety naming her one of their “Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2013”. She played the role of Fat Amy in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), which earned her several award nominations and wins, including the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress. In 2016, she appeared in the films How to Be Single and Grimsby.

Wilson wrote and starred in Super Fun Night (2013), a television sitcom that aired for one season on ABC. In 2019, she starred in her first lead role as Natalie in Isn’t It Romantic, and appeared as Penny Rust in The Hustle and Jennyanydots in Cats. For playing Fraulein Rahm in the drama film Jojo Rabbit (2019), Wilson was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.