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Toby Wallace (writer)
Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in '' Babyteeth'' (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020. Early life and education Wallace was born in the United Kingdom on 6 June 1995, living there until he was aged eight. After the family moved to Australia, he went to Jells Park Primary School in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Wheelers Hill until Year 6, before transferring to Caulfield Grammar School, where he trained in drama and theatre. Career Wallace's first appearance in a feature film, aged 13, was in ''Lucky Country (film), Lucky Country'', a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. It was for this role that he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor. In 2012, Wallace had a role in the TV movie ''Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away''. In 2012, Wallace played a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babyteeth (film)
''Babyteeth'' is a 2019 Australian Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Shannon Murphy from a screenplay by Rita Kalnejais, based upon her stage play of the same name. It stars Eliza Scanlen (in her first film appearance), Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis, and Ben Mendelsohn. The film had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2019. It was released in Australia on 23 July 2020 by Universal Pictures and won nine AACTA awards, including Best Film. Scanlen plays Milla, a 16-year-old girl from a wealthy family who falls in love with a drug-addict named Moses shortly before she has a cancer recurrence. Plot Milla Finlay is a 16-year-old school girl, recently diagnosed with cancer. On her way home from school one day she meets 23-year-old Moses on a railway platform, and he almost immediately asks her for money. Milla quickly develops a crush on Moses and introduces hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |