Mia Wasikowska
Mia Wasikowska
Mia Wasikowska 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. She first became known to a wider audience following her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment and she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for That Evening Sun. She gained worldwide prominence in 2010 after starring as Alice in Tim Burton's...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 October 1989
CityCanberra, Australia
CountryAustralia
I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.
The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.
Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.
I used to love ballet and I did it really, really intensely. But it came so much about achieving physical perfection, which when I was 14 was a big deal.
I'm a huge sucker for comfort.
I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.
I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.
Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.
Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.
As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.
Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core.
Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.
Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person.
Ballet has really helped me in every acting role. You have to be very disciplined, you have to be able to control your nerves and perform under pressure, and all those things you have to use in acting when you're on film or going for an audition.