Australian actress Mia Wasikowska is
currently in France filming . Source: AFP
James Wigney, The Daily Telegraph, reports
Rising Aussie star Mia Wasikowska got a bonus
birthday present today with news she has been named as the Star of the Year by
the Australian International Movie Convention.
The Canberra-born actor, who turns 24 today, was honoured by the
convention, which opened on the Gold Coast last night, for an already stellar
career that includes the HBO hit In Treatment and whose movies including
Alice In Wonderland, Stoker and Lawless, have made more
than $1 billion at the box office.
Wasikowska will next be seen in Tracks, director John Curran's
adaptation of Robyn Davidson's memoir of her epic journey on foot across the
Australian desert in 1977 accompanied by four camels and a dog.
Tracks screened in competition at this year's Venice Film Festival, had a gala
screening at the Toronto Film Festival, and opened the Adelaide Film Festival
last week.
The movie was Wasikowska's first Australian feature film since the 2007
monster croc movie Rogue. Since then she has acted opposite Johnny Depp,
Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman, appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair and
drawn praise from the likes of Glenn Close and Meryl Streep.
"It's a real honour to have this award," she said. "The
film was very special for me - it gave me the chance to be able to work in
Australia again for the first time in a long time and to reconnect with the
Australian industry."
Wasikowska is currently in France filming the title role in the coming
film adaptation of the literary classic Madame Bovary.
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