Mia Wasikowska – IMDb: Mia Wasikowska, Actress: Alice in Wonderland. Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country’s capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight, her family moved to Poland for a year. At age nine…
Mia Wasikowska’s Psychosexual Turn in ‘Stoker’: Mia Wasikowska has established herself as one of the finest—and most fearless—young actors in Hollywood. She plays her creepiest character yet in Stoker. The actress tells Marlow Stern about her incestuous, bloodthirsty role and her road to stardom.
Mia Wasikowska heads Down Under for ‘Tracks’: CANNES — Mia Wasikowska is set to star in Australian-set pic ”Tracks,” produced by ”The King’s Speech” duo Emile Sherman and Iain Canning.
The 2012 Hollywood Cover, Revealed: 11 Thoroughly Modern Actresses: In the first-ever Hollywood Issue cover shoot from Vanity Fair contributing photographer Mario Testino, a bevy of Hollywood’s most precocious beauties lounge across a three-panel foldout—including two new Oscar nominees. The Art Deco set was designed to evoke the all-white, Jazz Age interiors of English decorator Syrie Maugham, whose clients included Bunny Mellon, Elsa Schiaparelli, and the Duchess of Windsor; V.F.’s fashion and style director, Jessica Diehl, put the 11 cover starlets in pastel satin dresses and frothy feathers to lend a 20s and 30s boudoir feel. Across the panels are actresses Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, and Brit Marling. Mara and Chastain—both featured on the front panel—were nominated for Academy Awards in January, Mara for her portrayal of cyberpunk hacker Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Chastain for her supporting role in Tate Taylor’s Oscar heavyweight, The Help. (The Julliard grad also had starring roles in Take Shelter, The Tree of Life, and Coriolanus in 2011.)
Mia Wasikowska In Thriller ‘Stoker’ Talks: EXCLUSIVE: Alice in Wonderland’s Mia Wasikowska is negotiating to star in Stoker, the Fox Searchlight thriller that will be directed by Oldboy and Thirst director Chan-wook Park. The script w…
Mia Wasikowska is a wondering star: WERE someone to write a how-to guide to becoming a star, they might base it on Mia Wasikowska’s story.
Mia in Wonderland: Australian actress Mia Wasikowska’s arresting turn in Alice In Wonderland has propelled her to the top of Hollywood’s new faces.
Defiance Interview – Mia Wasikowska (2008): Interview with Mia Wasikowska on her character Chaya in Defiance: 1. On her role (:32) 2. On researching the Bielski Partisans (:34) 3. On working with Jamie Bell…
Roles of the Season, Maybe a Lifetime: This season’s greats includes Michael C. Hall in “Dexter,” Mia Wasikowska in “In Treatment, ” and Jean Smart in “Samantha Who?”
In Treatment: Portrait of Sophie (HBO): HBO’s new series “In Treatment,” takes a closer look at Mia Wasikowska’s character, Sophie. For more, visit http://itsh.bo/fnvUAc. Watch In Treatment online …
Aussie Alice ‘destined for greatness’: THE breakneck speed with which Mia Wasikowska has become one of Hollywood’s ‘It’ girls hasn’t come as a surprise to anybody who knows her.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Mia Wasikowska is an australian actress . she made her screen debut on the australian television drama All Saints in 2004 . was nominated for the independent spirit award for Best supporting female for That Evening Sun she starred in the film Crimson Peak (2015), directed by Guillermo del Toro . the following year, she reprised her role as Alice in the fantasy film Alice Through the Looking Glass . she attended Cook Wasikowska and her family moved to Szczecin, Poland, when she was eight years old . her mother had received a grant to produce a collection of work based on her own experience . Wasi she began dancing en pointe at thirteen, and was training 35 hours a week . her passion for ballet waned due to pressure to achieve physical perfection . she quit ballet at fourteen . credits ballet with improving her Wasikowska felt acting in film was a way to explore human imperfections . she looked up twelve australia talent agencies on the internet and contacted them all . received only one response despite her lack of acting experience . in 2007, Wasikowska appeared in the crocodile horror film Rogue . in 2007, she beat nearly 200 other actresses for a part in the drama September (2007) . she starred in Spencer Sus Wasikowska played the role of Chaya, the young wife of Asael Bielski (Jamie Bell) in Defiance (2008) . director Edward Zwick cast her, describing her inner life as vivid in 2008,wasikowska received an Australians in film breakthrough award . she played the supporting role of Pamela Choat in the 2009 Southern Gothic independent film That Evening Sun . she impressed Teems enough to be the only non-American actor cast in the film . she was nominated for a 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female . the film received a south by southwest award for Wasikowska portrayed a nineteen-year-old Alice returning to wonderland for the first time in over a decade . her affinity for the character played a part in her desire for the role . she at her younger brother’s request, she seeks out their biological father (Mark Ruffalo) she successfully campaigned to have Joni wear pajamas in several home scenes . “i pushed to have her, “wasikowska was honored with the Hollywood Awards’ Breakthrough Actress Award” she won the Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress . she began reading the novel after completion of Alice in Wonderland . a scheduling conflict forced her to withdraw from the lead role in Sleeping Beauty . she was replaced by Emily Browning in restless (2011) . Wasikowska was a last-minute replacement for Amanda Seyfried in Albert Nobbs . on 21 April 2011, she was named to the Time 100, a list of the world’s most influential people . Wasikowska also appeared in Miu Miu’s spring 2012 fashion campaign . in 2012, she made her second appearance in a Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue . Wasikowska made her directorial debut on a segment of a film adaptation of The Turning . the film premiered in august 2013 at the Melbourne International Film Festival . in May 2015, she joined the cast of C she reprised the role of Alice in the 2016 sequel to Alice in Wonderland . she appeared in the David Zellner western Damsel alongside her co-star Robert Pattinson . She dated Jesse Eisenberg, her co-star in The Double, from 2013 to 2015.