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Emily Browning

Emily Browning
Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came after a classmate's father involved in the acting business noticed her "acting all ditsy" in a school play. Emily found an agent and was soon filming on location for the Hallmark TV movie 'The Echo of Thunder' (1998). She received more roles from there, including parts in 'The Man Who Sued God' (2001), opposite Billy Connolly and 'Ned Kelly' (2003), opposite Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom. In that film she had to hug Heath Ledger, and she said that all her friends who went to see the film at the same time sent her a barrage of text messages about how lucky she was! Emily says she tries to avoid "cheesy" movies, and her big break came when she was on a press tour in LA for 'Ghost Ship' (2002) that was filmed in Australia and released in America. In the same year, she won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actress, and was nominated for the same award the next year. Emily received some scripts when in LA and sent in a video audition for 'Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events' (2004). She received a call and was asked to come to LA for a proper audition, which won her the part. She spent months in LA filming, for the second time acting opposite Billy Connolly. Emily said she enjoyed the experience of making a big budget film in America, and says that although she's not sure what is coming next, she's hoping to do some more Australian work. She is also in the new movies "SuckerPunch", "Sleeping Beauty" and much much more coming thats all i know of her right now maybe ill add more next time.



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Emily Browning - news / articles


  • Browning's panic over Sleeping Beauty medical scenes - 24 October 2011
    -Australian actress Emily Browning was so "squeamish" filming medical scenes for erotic thriller Sleeping Beauty, she feared she would pass out on set.-Browning plays Lucy, a young college student who joins a high-class prostitution service, in the controversial drama,


  • Browning meditated during shocking Sleeping Beauty scenes - 12 May 2011
    -Former child star Emily Browning forced herself to meditate during shocking scenes in the upcoming adult adaption of Sleeping Beauty in a bid to shut out the horror.-The Aussie star plays the dozing princess in a new indie re-telling of the traditional fairytale, which


  • Browning upset over Sucker Punch censoring - 24 March 2011
    -Emily Browning was left fuming after her sex scene with Jon Hamm in Sucker Punch was axed from the upcoming action movie in a bid to please U.S. censors.- -The Australian beauty gets intimate with the Mad Men actor in Zack Snyder's latest project, in which she plays a

Emily Browning - what members say


  • The Uninvited
  • The Uninvited review by Marby from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars A good film on its own. 4 January 2010
    ... (though less action and scares). But this is better suited to western viewers. Emily Browning is an excellent actress in the horror genre and I've been a big fan of her ever...   Read customer review
  • Sucker Punch
  • Sucker Punch review by Tedicus from
    Rated - 1.5 stars A turkey for Christmas 29 November 2011
    ...s being a flailing tap as opposed to 'sucker punch'. From the outset when young Emily Browning(of Ghost Ship fame) is forced into an asylum the film slowly goes downhill from...   Read customer review

Emily Browning - filmography


  • Sucker Punch on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Vanessa Hudgens,  Emily Browning,  Jamie Chung
    Director: Zack Snyder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Watchmen director Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch," which is described as "an 'Alice in Wonderland' with machine guns" about a young girl institutionalized by her wicked stepfather who retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 14,350 members
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  • Sleeping Beauty on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Emily Browning,  Michael Dorman,  Mirrah Foulkes
    Director: Julia Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £3.49
    You will go to sleep: you will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed. Quietly reckless, Lucy (Emily Browning - Suckerpunch) is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires a drugged, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 6,015 members
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  • Sleeping Beauty - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Emily Browning,  Michael Dorman,  Mirrah Foulkes
    Director: Julia Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £3.49
    You will go to sleep: you will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed. Quietly reckless, Lucy (Emily Browning , Suckerpunch) is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires a drugged, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 1,513 member
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  • Sucker Punch - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Vanessa Hudgens,  Emily Browning,  Jamie Chung
    Director: Zack Snyder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Zack Snyder (300) helms this hyper-violent spin on Alice in Wonderland for his directorial follow-up to WATCHMEN. The plot details the action-packed fantasy world of a mental patient (Emily Browning - THE UNINVITED), who escapes from her reality to deal with her abusive stepfather. SUCKER PUNCH was ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 7,754 members
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Emily Browning facts

5 most recent films

Sucker Punch - 3.0 stars
Sleeping Beauty - 2.0 stars
Sleeping Beauty - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Sucker Punch - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Uninvited - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Uninvited - 3.5 stars
The Uninvited - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - 3.0 stars
Sucker Punch - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Sucker Punch - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sleeping Beauty - 2.0 stars
Sleeping Beauty - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Sucker Punch - 3.0 stars
Sucker Punch - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

David Strathairn - 3 times - show films
Jena Malone - 3 times - show films
Arielle Kebbel - 3 times - show films
Jamie Chung - 3 times - show films
Michael Dorman - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Charles - 3 times - show films
Tho - 3 times - show films
Zack Snyder - 3 times - show films
Julia Leigh - 3 times - show films
Charles Guard - 2 times - show films