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
Photography, for me, is something I can control fully. It's wholly my own expressions.
I think that I burnt myself out a little bit with my dancing because I did so much of it. I was exhausted so thought that I would try a different kind of performance and expression and acting seemed like a close fit; it was similar in some ways to dancing. My mum showed me some really good films and so I became interested in films and acting.
I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset.
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.
When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images.
My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.
I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles.
I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities.
When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.
Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you.
It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?'
Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves.
With a corset on, you can't breathe properly.