Biografia

Won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Royal National Theatre in England as Stella Kowalski opposite Glenn Close and Iann Glenn. Directed by Trevor Nunn. (2/4/2004).

Has twin daughters, Ruby Kurzel & Stella Kurzel (b.2006), with her husband Justin Kurzel.

Was nominated for Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers."

She was nominated for Best Actress in the Sydney Helpman Awards for her portrayal of Lady Teazle in Judy Davis' Directed production of "School For Scandal" at Sydney Theatre Company.

She was nominated for Best Newcomer in the Sydney theatre Critics Circle for her standout performance as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet opposite Daniel Lapaine in The Bell Shakespeare Company.

I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice.

Sometimes it's easy to do brave things in front of a thousand people, but it's hard to do them in front of a handful. It feels so much more exposing.

I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time.

I used to buy things for every hotel room or every place I lived in to make it feel like home.

One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.