Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska

Birthday: 1989-10-25

Place of Birth: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Biography: Mia Wasikowska (/ˌvʌʃɪˈkɒfskə/ VUSH-i-KOF-skə; born 25 October 1989) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama All Saints in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in Suburban Mayhem (2006). She became known to a wider audience following her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment (2008). She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for the film That Evening Sun (2009).  Wasikowska gained worldwide recognition in 2010 after starring as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and appearing in the comedy-drama film The Kids Are All Right. She starred in Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011), Gus Van Sant's Restless (2011), Park Chan-wook's Stoker (2013), Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), John Curran's Tracks (2013), Richard Ayoade's The Double (2013), David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars (2014), and Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015). In 2016, she reprised her role as Alice in the film Alice Through the Looking Glass and has since appeared in several independent films, including Damsel (2018), Judy and Punch (2019), and Bergman Island (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mia Wasikowska, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

The Emma Bovary Trial
The Emma Bovary Trial

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...

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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on ...

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Amelia
Amelia

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...

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September
September

The friendship of two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – begins to fall apart under the stres...

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Rogue
Rogue

When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile...

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Defiance
Defiance

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland...

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That Evening Sun
That Evening Sun

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappear...

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Suburban Mayhem
Suburban Mayhem

Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's...

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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...

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The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination....

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Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Heath Ledger: A Tribute

On January 22, 2008, the entertainment world was rocked by news that one of its brightest young star...

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Restless
Restless

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and la...

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Flyways
Flyways

Flyways follows endangered migratory shorebirds as they travel their ancient migration routes around...

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Lawless
Lawless

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establish...

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Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be ...

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Club Zero
Club Zero

Miss Novak joins the staff of an international boarding school to teach a conscious eating class and...

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Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several ce...

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The Double
The Double

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike t...

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Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars

Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are c...

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I Love Sarah Jane
I Love Sarah Jane

Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There's a spring in the step. Too bad...

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Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood frie...

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Tracks
Tracks

Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitu...

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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter....

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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary

The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, ...

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Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

A portrait of the American director Jim J. at work on the set of his latest film, Only Lovers Left A...

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The Man with the Iron Heart
The Man with the Iron Heart

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious mi...

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A Way Away
A Way Away

Following her mother's injury, 11 year-old Rana is determined to protect her younger sister from an ...

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Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose

A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with gr...

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Damsel
Damsel

Oregon, a small town near the sea, around 1870. Henry, a grieving man who aspires to preach as a way...

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Cosette
Cosette

Cosette lives a sheltered, ignorant life in an isolated world with her alternative-lifestyle father ...

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Lens Love Story
Lens Love Story

Len, a mildly autistic man, is having trouble with day-to-day life after his mother's death, until s...

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Summer Breaks
Summer Breaks

Two teenagers try to kill time at the edge of a river, smoking, going with the girls at the pool. In...

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Eve
Eve

It's Valentines Day and Eve's boyfriend Jack presents her with a microwave oven. Jack has unofficial...

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Skin
Skin

Robert tries to rekindle a relationship with his teenage daughters Emma and Zoe on their last holida...

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Piercing
Piercing

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself in...

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Bergman Island
Bergman Island

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for the...

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Judy & Punch
Judy & Punch

In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resur...

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Blackbird
Blackbird

A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensi...

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The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin...

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The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'

A newly edited, feature-length documentary with cast and crew interviews and extensive behind the sc...

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The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak

A behind the scenes look at the colors and themes of Crimson Peak....

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I Remember Crimson Peak
I Remember Crimson Peak

Four segments that breakdown the filmmaking process of Crimson Peak....

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Hand Tailored Gothic
Hand Tailored Gothic

A look at the costume design for Crimson Peak....

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Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

A look at Alice from Alice in Wonderland (2010)...

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Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter

A look at The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland (2010)...

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Blueback
Blueback

Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautifu...

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Stoker
Stoker

After India's father dies in an auto accident, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes...

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Fing!
Fing!

Librarians Mr. and Mrs. Meek indulge their demanding daughter Myrtle's every wish. When she wants a ...

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Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

The V&A presents Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, an exclusive private view of the ‘hugely enjoyable ...

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Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Tim Burton: Life in the Line

Features never-before-seen footage, interviews and artwork, spanning Burton's early career at Disney...

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Leviticus
Leviticus

Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they de...

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Twice Over
Twice Over

Follows two people whose unexpected reunion stirs long-buried feelings and unspoken uncertainties ab...

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