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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 Sea Change, for Granada / Artist Services, 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 / 7 Network.

The Man From Snowy River performed very well at the US box office and is regularly screened on cable and free to air networks throughout the world. The mini series, All The Rivers Run, made for the Seven Network and HBO, set Australian ratings history and was a hit on US cable station, Home Box Office and was a top rating series throughout Europe. Sigrid consolidated her profile in the United States following several seasons in her starring role as Amelia Lawson in the popular western series Paradise for Lorimar Television and CBS. David Jacobs, veteran Producer, of Paradise, Dallas & Knots Landing, specifically tailored the role for Sigrid, rewriting the character to make her "Australian". Sigrid was one of the first Australian actors to have a network series lead on US Television. Along with recipients, including Clint Eastwood, John Houston and other western icons, Sigrid was awarded the highly prestigious Cowboy Hall of Fame award for best T.V. contribution to Western Heritage for Stray Bullet, an episode of "Paradise" in which her character, Amelia Lawson, is accidentally shot.

Since returning from the US Sigrid did the TV movie The Feds and earned rave reviews and an AFI best actress nomination for her episode of GP. Sigrid was chosen by SHOWTIME to write and present their Cinematheque segment of film reviews for the Foxtel and Galaxy cable networks. Gabrielle Lord’s Whipping Boy starred Sigrid opposite Temuera Morrison from Once Were Warriors winning the rating slot for Network Ten. The second series of the ABC / Artist Services production, SeaChange was an unprecedented ratings success and award winner for the national broadcaster becoming the No. 1 show on Australian TV. Sigrid was closely involved with the development and production of the first ABC co production, Great Expectations The Untold Story taking the position as Associate Producer.  Sigrid has recently completed  a telemovie, Little Oberon for the Nine Network which was a ratings winner. 

Sigrid has worked extensively behind the cameras on behalf of the film and television industry, the arts and various charities. Sigrid was chosen by the Australian senate to be the master of ceremonies at the International Parliamentary Union Conference in Canberra and was also MC at the Nelson Mandela reconciliation Conference held in Melbourne. Sigrid acted as one of the Australian representatives on an official Australian film delegation to China and also on a cultural exchange delegation to Vietnam. She served several terms as a member of the board of the Australian Film Institute as well as serving as the patron for Women in Film and Television. Sigrid was appointed to the Commercial Television Production Fund in 1995 for a three year term and chaired the Victorian Film and TV taskforce in 2000. Sigrid currently serves on the board of Film Victoria and was the keynote speaker at the "Arts Anls" program for the Victorian Arts Centre Trust which raised millions of dollars for the arts. Sigrid continues to do extensive work with children and World Vision. Sigrid is also the patron of the Feelix project for the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind's Braille Program for Children. Sigrid was recently appointed to the board of the Malthouse Theatre.

At the Peoples Choice Awards Sigrid received the Favourite Actress and Favourite TV star awards with Seachange receiving the Favourite Television drama award and the TV Week Logie for "Most outstanding actress in a series". Sigrid recently received a Mo Award for best performance by an actress in a play for her sell out National tour of The Blue Room. Sigrid has been nominated for a best actress AFI award for Little Obereron. Sigrid has just toured nationally in Alan Bennett's play Talking Heads with British actress, Brenda Blethyn.  Sigrid lives in a converted stable with her husband, son and daughter and her two Labradoodle dogs – Billie and Baz.

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