
Profile
Famous as :
ActressBirth Date :
April 23, 1955Birth Place :
Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaClaim to fame :
As Sybylla Melvyn in "My Brilliant Career" (1979)
Academy Awards, USA
1993
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Husbands and Wives (1992)
1985
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for A Passage to India (1984)
AFI Awards, USA
2002
Won AFI TV Awardcategory AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movie or Mini-Series for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV Movie)
Australian Film Institute
2002
Got nomination for AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Swimming Upstream (2003)
1996
Won AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Lead Role for Children of the Revolution (1996)
1993
Won AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Supporting Role for On My Own (1992)
1989
Got nomination for AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Lead Role for Georgia (1988)
1987
Won AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Lead Role for High Tide (1987)
1986
Won AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Lead Role for Kangaroo (1986)
1981
Won AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Hoodwink (1981)
1979
Got nomination for AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Lead Role for My Brilliant Career (1979)
BAFTA Awards
1993
Got nomination for BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
1981
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Actress for My Brilliant Career (1979)
1981
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for My Brilliant Career (1979)
Best Actress in a Lead Role
1981
Won AFI Awardcategory Best Actress in a Lead Role for Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1998
Got nomination for Blockbuster Entertainment Awardcategory Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense for Absolute Power (1997)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1992
Won BSFC Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
1985
Won BSFC Awardcategory Best Actress for A Passage to India (1984)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2002
Won Critics Choice Awardcategory Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV Movie)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1993
Won CFCA Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
Chlotrudis Awards
1998
Got nomination for Chlotrudis Awardcategory Best Actress for Children of the Revolution (1996)
1995
Won Chlotrudis Awardcategory Best Actress for The New Age (1994)
Emmy Awards
2012
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Page Eight (2011) (TV Movie)
2007
Won Emmycategory Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for The Starter Wife (2007) (TV)
2006
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for A Little Thing Called Murder (2006) (TV Movie)
2004
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Reagans (2003) (TV Movie)
2001
Won Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV Movie)
2000
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for A Cooler Climate (1999) (TV Movie)
1999
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Dash and Lilly (1999) (TV Movie)
1998
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Echo of Thunder (1998) (TV Movie)
1995
Won Emmycategory Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV Movie)
1992
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for One Against the Wind (1991) (TV Movie)
1982
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV Movie)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2003
Won FCCA Awardcategory Best Supporting Actor - Female for Swimming Upstream (2003)
1997
Won FCCA Awardcategory Best Actor - Female for Children of the Revolution (1996)
1994
Won Special Achievement AwardGenie Awards
1992
Got nomination for Genie Awardcategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for On My Own (1992)
Golden Globes, USA
2004
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for The Reagans (2003) (TV Movie)
2002
Won Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV Movie)
2000
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for Dash and Lilly (1999) (TV Movie)
1996
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV Movie)
1993
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Husbands and Wives (1992)
1992
Won Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for One Against the Wind (1991) (TV Movie)
Gracie Allen Awards
2008
Won Gracie Awardcategory Outstanding Supporting Actress - Mini-Series for The Starter Wife (2007) (TV)
IF Awards
2003
Got nomination for IF Awardcategory Best Actress for Swimming Upstream (2003)
Independent Spirit Awards
1992
Won Independent Spirit Awardcategory Best Female Lead for Impromptu (1991)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1993
Won KCFCC Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1993
Won ALFS Awardcategory Actress of the Year for Husbands and Wives (1992)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1992
Won LAFCA Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
Moscow International Film Festival
1983
Won Prizecategory Best Actress for Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
National Board of Review, USA
1992
Won NBR Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1993
Won NSFC Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)
1989
Won NSFC Awardcategory Best Actress for High Tide (1987)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1991
Won NYFCC Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Naked Lunch (1991)
Prism Awards
2008
Got nomination for Prism Awardcategory Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries for The Starter Wife (2007) (TV)
Satellite Awards
2009
Got nomination for Satellite Awardcategory Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Diamonds (2008) (TV)
2007
Got nomination for Satellite Awardcategory Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Starter Wife (2007) (TV)
2006
Won Satellite Awardcategory Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for A Little Thing Called Murder (2006) (TV Movie)
2002
Won Satellite Awardcategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV Movie)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2002
Won Actor Awardcategory Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV Movie)
2000
Got nomination for Actor Awardcategory Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for A Cooler Climate (1999) (TV Movie)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1993
Won SEFCA Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives (1992)





