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
One of the producers, Wonjo, was an amazing interpreter. I don't think we really knew how it was going to work at the beginning. Yet it was something that a couple of days into it seemed so seamless and it wasn't something that we noticed or thought about. A couple of times I cornered him and forced him to speak English but we didn't speak much English at all. That said, I don't think anything was ever lost in translation. It was all very easy.
I wanted to be a dancer from when I was about nine or something like that and started ballet. I used to really like it and got into it and did it full time for a couple of years. I did a lot of ballet but I traded that in for acting when I was about 15.
I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different.
I like to think of myself as an observer.
It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set.
The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things.
You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool.
Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.
I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset.
I love Portland. I think it's one of the best cities - I obviously haven't been to very many places, but I had one of the best times I've had on a set there.
There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect.
With both acting and ballet, often you can't just choose when you do it, whereas a painter can go at his own pace.
I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people.
As a teenager I was very anxious. I had a lot of energy and passion that I wanted to channel into creative things, and I always felt like I wasn't achieving enough.