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
Mia Wasikowska quotes about
There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home.
We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up, but it's always a challenge.
There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect.
Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves.
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?'
Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you.
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.
I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities.
My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.
When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images.
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.
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.