theOscarSite facts:
Birthplace:
  • Melbourne, Australia
Quote:
  • "I'm very interested in the ephemerality of the theater. It's like falling in love, really. People talk about those gossamer days when they first met the love of their life. I think the same thing happens in theater. Each night 300 or 400 or 500 people are going to see something that's only going to happen once. It's a bit like a cloudscape -- it's never exactly the same." -- The Boston Globe, November 15, 1998
Education:
  • Melbourne University in Melbourne, Australia (majored in art history)
  • National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia (1992)
Significant Other(s):
  • Husband: Andrew Upton, film editor, screenwriter; married June 1997
Family:
  • Father: advertising executive, American (from Texas); died 1979
  • Mother: June, businesswoman; former teacher; Australian
  • Brother: Robert, computer programmer; older
  • Sister: Genevieve, set designer; younger
  • Son: Dashiell John Upton; born December 2001; father, Andrew Upton
  • Son: Roman Robert Upton; born April 2004; father, Andrew Upton
  • Son: Ignatius Martin Upton; born April 2008; father, Andrew Upton
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2009: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
    2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    2007: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, I'm Not There, Hot Fuzz
    2006: Notes on a Scandal, The Good German, Babel, Stories of Lost Souls
    2005: Little Fish
    2004: The Aviator, The Life Aquatic with Steve Sizzou, The Missing
    2003: Coffee and Cigarettes, The Missing, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Veronica Guerin
  • 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Heaven
    2001: Bandits, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Shipping News, Charlotte Gray
    2000: The Man Who Cried, The Gift
    1999: Pushing Tin, An Ideal Husband, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Bangers
    1998: Oscar and Lucinda, Elizabeth
    1997: Thank God He Met Lizzie, Paradise Road
    1996: Parklands
    1994: Police Rescue
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