One
of Australia's leading and best loved actresses, Sigrid Thornton
has starred
in many of the films which are now regarded as classics of the
Australian
cinema, including, George Miller's box office hit, The
Man From Snowy River,
(Fox Classics), The Lighthorsemen,
(RKO), directed by Simon Wincer, Slate
Wyn And Me, (Hemdale) and The
Man From Snowy River II, (Disney –
Touchstone) In addition, she has starred in several very successful
television productions including the landmark Sea
Change for ABC / Granada co starring David
Wenham and William McInnes The Boy In The Bush for
Channel Four / ABC, co-starring Kenneth
Brannagh and The Far Country co-starring
Michael York and 1915 for
BBC / ABC.
Sigrid is
loved and respected by the Australian public not just because of
the
sympathetic roles she has played but because the general public
perceives
Sigrid as a genuine and generous person who stands up for what
she believes
in. Sigrid is well known for her work with World
Vision, the Royal Victorian Institute for
the Blind the Royal Children’s
Hospital, Reach Foundation and other charitable causes. Sigrid has
lobbied government to keep
libraries open and to resource the Australian TV and film
industry so it can tell
more Australian stories. This work has seen Sigrid appointed to
numerous
boards of federal and state film bodies to help develop
the Australian industry.
After a sell out National
tour of The Blue Room Sigrid took a
leading role in the Nine Network's Telemovie Little
Oberon. Sigrid was nominated for best Television actress for
Nine's ratings winner, Little
Oberon.Sigrid recently completed a National tour of Alan Bennett's
play, Talking Heads, with
British actress, Brenda Blethyn.
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