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Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as
FBI
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agent
Olivia Dunham
Olivia Dunham is a fictional character and the main protagonist from the science fiction television series ''Fringe'', which aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States from 2008 to 2013. The character was created by series' co-cre ...
on the
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
science-fiction series ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'' (2008–2013), for which she was nominated for the
and received four
Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television. She also starred as Wendy Carr in the
Netflix
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crime thriller series ''
Mindhunter'' (2017–2019).
Early life
Torv was born in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
,
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans Arvid Torv. She grew up on the
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...
. Her father was born to a Scottish mother in
Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
, Scotland; her paternal grandfather is of
Estonian descent.
Her mother is of Scottish descent. She is estranged from her father.
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''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Retrieved 20 April 2015. She has a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer
Anna Murdoch Mann
Anna Maria Mann dePeyster (''née'' Torv; formerly Murdoch; born 30 June 1944) is a Scottish journalist and novelist.
Biography
Early life
Anna Torv was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1944 toMegan Willett"Here's What Happened The Last Time R ...
, who was married for 31 years to media mogul
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including ...
.
Torv graduated from
Benowa State High School
Benowa State High School (BSHS) is an independent, co-educational school, founded in 1980, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and hosts exchange students from Asia, Ameri ...
in 1996, having previously attended
All Saints Anglican School
All Saints Anglican School ("ASAS" or "All Saints") is a private, co-educational school established in 1987 under the Aegis of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane. The school is located on a 40-hectare campus in the Gold Coast Hinterland. All Sain ...
.
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, perthnow.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2015. She graduated from Australia's
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...
with a degree in
performing arts
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in 2001.
Career
In 2003, Torv played the role of Ophelia with the Bell Shakespeare Company in John Bell's production of ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
''. In 2004, she joined the cast of Australia's acclaimed television drama ''
The Secret Life of Us
''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments. The series was produced by Southe ...
'' playing Nikki Martel.
In 2005, Torv recorded a series of audio books for Scholastic Australia's Solo Collection, including titles ''Little Fingers'', ''Jack's Owl'', ''Spike'', and ''Maddy in the Middle'' and later voiced Nariko in the 2007 video game ''
Heavenly Sword
''Heavenly Sword'' is a 2007 action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
Gameplay
The game is an action-adventure title with heavy hack and slash game ...
.''
She then appeared in the
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series ''
Mistresses
Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to:
Romance and relationships
* Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a d ...
'' in 2008. From 2008 to 2013, Torv played Agent
Olivia Dunham
Olivia Dunham is a fictional character and the main protagonist from the science fiction television series ''Fringe'', which aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States from 2008 to 2013. The character was created by series' co-cre ...
in the American television series ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
''. She received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award in 2009. She has been nominated five times for the
Saturn Award
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for Best Television Actress from 2009 to 2013, winning a total of four. Torv appeared as
Virginia Grey
Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004) was an American actress who appeared in over 100 films and a number of radio and television shows from the 1930s to the early 1980s.
Biography
Grey was born on March 22, 1917, in Edendale, Calif ...
on
HBO
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's mini-series ''
The Pacific'' and later starred in a ''CollegeHumor Original'' video as a tyrannical traffic cop. In 2014, Torv reprised her role as Nariko in the
film adaptation
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of ''Heavenly Sword''.
In March 2016, Torv was cast in the role of Wendy Carr, an FBI consultant, in the Netflix drama ''
Mindhunter'' from
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. His films, mostly psychological thrillers and biographical dramas, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director. Fin ...
.
In July 2021, Torv was cast in the role of
Tess Tess or TESS may refer to:
Music
* Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005
* TESS (musician), a UK musician
Film and theatre
* ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles''
* ''Tess'' (2016 film ...
in the HBO post-apocalyptic series ''
The Last of Us
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''.
Torv played newsreader Helen Norville in the
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
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series ''
The Newsreader
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'', released in August 2021, for which she won the
AACTA award
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Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series and also the 2022 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress.
In 2021, Torv also appeared in the television series ''
Fires
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At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are pr ...
'' produced by the
ABC Television network
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about the 2019–20 bushfire season mega-fires which devastated Australia.
Personal life
In December 2008, Torv married her ''Fringe'' co-star
Mark Valley. In April 2010, it was reported that the couple had separated. In 2021, it was reported that the couple had divorced in 2009.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1979 births
21st-century Australian actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Actresses from the Gold Coast, Queensland
Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
Australian film actresses
Australian Shakespearean actresses
Australian television actresses
Australian video game actresses
Australian voice actresses
Living people
Logie Award winners
National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
Murdoch family