Mia Morrissey is an Australian actress, model and singer.

Early life

The daughter of agents Peter and Lizzy Morrissey, whose clients include Chris and Liam Hemsworth,

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and

Kate Ritchie Katherine Leigh Ritchie is an Australian actress, radio presenter and children's author, she remains best known for her long-running role as original character Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera '' Home and Away'', for which she won tw ...

, she was brought up in

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and wanted to be an actress from five years old.

Career

In 2012 Morrissey appeared aged sixteen years-old in the Damien Power short film ''Bat Eyes'' which was shown at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. Morrissey appeared as a singer in 2014, when she competed on season three of ''

The Voice Australia ''The Voice'' is an Australian singing competition television series. It premiered on the Nine Network on 14 April 2012, before moving to the Seven Network in 2021. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice '' ...

''. She also appeared in the Australian children’s television series '' In Your Dreams'' as Lucy Bryson. In 2019 she joined long-running soap opera ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' as Jade Lennox. She left the show in 2020. In 2023 she could be seen in '' Totally Completely Fine'' alongside

Thomasin McKenzie Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 26 July 2000) is a New Zealand actress. After a minor role in ''The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies'' (2014), she rose to critical prominence after playing a young girl living in isolation in Debra Granik's dra ...

. She could also be seen as Nadiyah in

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-set comedy crime drama ''

Deadloch ''Deadloch'' is an Australian crime mystery, black comedy television series created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. The series is set in Deadloch, a fictional town in Tasmania, and stars Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Alicia Gardiner, and Nin ...

''.

Personal life

Morrissey has

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although it was initially misdiagnosed as coeliac disease.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrissey, Mia Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Living people Actresses from Sydney 21st-century Australian actresses Date of birth unknown