Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (ne van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. She completed high school at Mercedes College in 2003, where she was a popular student who was John Meillon was born on May 1, 1934 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Aristotle. The family settled in Victoria and at the age of 16 she began studying law and commerce at Monash University. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, comedian, and writer. Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics. He is an actor and producer, known for That's My Boy (2012), The One (2001) and All the Right Moves (1983). Australian actor Hugh Jackman's Hollywood debut in the film X-Men made him a transatlantic actor and he went on to do the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2018. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Michael Tran/FilmMagic. [1] At the 2021 census, 92,314 Australian residents were born in Greece. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Billy Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee, and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Her mother, Anna Griffiths, is an art consultant. He is an actor and producer, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Palm Springs (2020) and Charlie's Angels (2019). She is a second-generation Greek-American who is proficient in Greek. Greek-Canadian actress Sofia Shinas may be most recognized for her performances in 'The Crow,' the TV series 'The Outer Limits,' and other fantasy-genre works. Winton was established as a township in 1879, but its main claim to fame are a 2015 is a very good year for him appearing in Everest, Child 44, Terminator Genisys and Knight of Cups. Nicole Kidman is arguably one of Hollywood's best actresses. Edgerton has starred in many Aussie movies but 2012 looks to be a breakout year for him after 2011's Warrior and Animal Kingdom. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. She is credited with co-founding the popular news aggregator and blog, The Huffington Post.She is also the founder of Thrive Global, for which she also serves as the CEO.She has been featured on lists, such as Time magazine's 100 most influential people and Forbes magazine's Most Powerful Women. This guy is really among the elite in Hollywood, his is one of the top actors right now, and has been for at least 2 decades. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. In her youth, she must have been one of the last living people to speak to Lord Byron. Perhaps Uluru even. so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Curry was born in Melbourne in 1976. A lot of Greek migration started due to the contact between ethnic Greeks and. Nikos Athanasou. She then went on to study Performance at the University of Western Sydney's School of Contemporary Arts, graduating in 2003. Perhaps there will be a return to the big screen soon. Went back to his roots in 2020 starring in the best selling book adaptation; The Dry. Worldwide impact. [1], Greek immigration to Australia has been one of the largest migratory flows in the history of Australia, especially after World War II and the Greek Civil War. Her family lived in Switzerland, Melbourne, Jabiru, a small mining town in the Northern Territory, and Cairns, Australia. [6] These Greeks were seven sailors, convicted of piracy by a British naval court, and were sentenced to transportation to New South Wales. His family confirmed his death on Monday, saying "our irreplaceable husband, father, brother . 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Typical aussie (like the name!) Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski was born and raised in Australia. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and . since then he's played V in V for Vendetta and Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Greeks along with Italians, Croatians, Maltese, Serbians, Jews, Hungarians, Czechs, etc. Star of 'The Mentalist', id like to see him back on the big screen. Unknown outside of Australia, David Field is a quality actor. Jigger Bulgari married an Irish woman, and they had many children. Brummer, who starred as "heart-throb" Shane . David Field is known for Shantaram (2022), Preacher (2016) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014). [3], 88% of Greek Australians speak Greek and 91% are members of the Greek Orthodox Church. She is known for her work on Agent Cody Banks, Baywatch Nights, Law & Order, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Women's Murder Club, Seraphim Falls and Rizzoli & Isles. Greek Australian christening party, at Bondi Beach 1946. He started his career with small roles in films and television series before being cast as Charlie in the action film Jack Reacher (2012). Artistic Director of Stage Company of South Australia 1977 - 87. Alex Andreas (Australian actor) Costa Andricopoulos. He performs frequently with the Sydney company Company Actor | [citation needed], The Greek government, devastated by the destruction of infrastructure and the mass looting of their banks by the Germans, encouraged post-war migration as a way of solving poverty and unemployment problems. Hit enter to search or ESC to close. Following her lead performance in 2004's Somersault, Cornish is best-known for her film roles as the titular heroin addict in the drama Candy (2006), courtier Bess Throckmorton in the historical drama Elizabeth: Dont get it twisted, the girl is the real deal. Her father, Ayis Ioannides, is a conductor and composer of Greek Cypriot ancestry. Ada Nicodemou (Greek: ) (born 14 May 1977) is an Australian actress. A leading man with both strong dramatic range and ample comic timing, Lachy Hulme broke into movies by writing Canadian action/drama Men with Guns (1997), a bloody tale of friendship and revenge directed by Kari Skogland. She is known internationally for her performances in Animal Kingdom (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), both of which earned her nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Weaver emerged in the Just never stops, she is at the peak of her powers right now. Jasmine trained at the Berklee College of Music for vocal performance and The Neighborhood Playhouse for Theater. Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for her roles in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).Collette was born Toni Collett (she later added an "e") on November 1, 1972, in Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. After beginning his career Ralph George Macchio was born on November 4, 1961 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Tell us what you think about this feature. From the hit TV show: Stranger Things, i expect bigger things from DM. Fantastic Actress with range, Toni Collette is sometimes so good that you start thinking she is who she portrays on screen. The Sky is the limit. Isabel was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is also known Zoe Swicord Kazan was born in Los Angeles, California, to screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Additionally, SBS also airs Greek public broadcaster ERT's Eidiseis news program every morning as part of their WorldWatch programming block. NOW! [citation needed], During the interwar period, the number of Greeks migrating to Australia increased substantially. He is an actor, known for his role as Tobias "Four" Eaton in the films Divergent (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). They lived in Sydney, Newcastle and Port Macquarie. Angus Sampson is an Australian filmmaker and actor. Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2016). Some of the people below are celebrities born in Canberra, while others are simply notable locals. The Greek language press had begun in Australia in 1913 when the first Greek weekly newspaper was published in Melbourne. Paul Hogan became a worldwide success with his irresistible comic performance in Crocodile Dundee (1986), which he created and co-wrote. He was born in London in 1916 and went to live in Sydney, Australia, at the age of ten. marked a milestone on Australian sport in general by forming many successful Association football clubs. A Series of Unfortunate Events. TV ranked lower.for now Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. Brenton Thwaites is an Australian actor. In his late teens Perhaps the first Aussie to break into Hollywood, with his energy and handsome looks, he was destined for stardom. (2001) and Australia (2008). Her maternal grandmother is from Laconia, Peloponnese. The daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker, Melissa initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather than acting. Since then he has appeared in many more great films and has earned 2 more Best Supporting Actor nominations the last for The Kings Speech. He also attended the Actors Studio in Zach Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Mary Frances (Cashion), who owned a community arts center, and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil vendor. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Bana also has Croatian . [citation needed]. Wilson was born in 1980 in Sydney, Australia. Still a class act. List of famous people from Canberra, including photos when available. #123 of 457. He is an actor and producer, known for Cocktail (1988), Breaker Morant (1980) and Two Hands (1999). His older sisters, both singers and dancers, encouraging Brendan to create his own shows to perform after dinner in front of the family. A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Some of his other prominent films are Kate & Leopold, Les Misrables, The Greatest Showman, The Prestige and Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Number One Gun (1990), Highlander (1992) and Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984). 19. Known for those car ads, he's actually a really good actor. [19] In 1935 and 1936 a third newspaper, Pharos (Lighthouse), was published, and a number of short-lived titles were issued in the late 1960s, with the longest of these being Tachydromos (Mailman), founded in September 1968. Head of Drama, Brent St. School of Arts (Sydney) 1997-00. The local missionaries gave him his birthdate of July 1, 1953, just as they gave him his Christian name David, although he admits he liked that name from the start. Menu. She is an actress, known for The Piano (1993), Moulin Rouge! In 1969, Clarke was born in Winton, Queensland, a small town where the main industries are sheep and cattle raising. Jai Courtney is an Australian actor. The following year, he returned to the big screen as Michael Carter in Feed (2005), a movie that he also co-produced and helped write. Otto made her major film debut in Emma's War ( Well known for her role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a sound actress and continues to appear in Film and TV. She is a member of the LAByrinth Odiseas Georgiadis is known for The Post (2017), The Perfect Date (2019) and CollegeHumor Originals (2006). Keen to see what's next. Skip to main content. Her father was Estonian and her mother is of Greek, Norwegian, and German descent. alongside Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael. He started out in various TV commercials in the late 1970s before appearing in the puerile comedy movie Up the Academy (1980), then a regular role in 1980 on the television series Eight Is Enough (1977) followed Nia Vardalos was born on September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2013). Billy has an older sister, actress and singer Lisa Zane. A Brooklyn native, Vasi signed to Ford Models at the age of 12. He has been married to Victoria Ramos since October 10, 2013. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. search. Weaving is a wonderfully versatile actor who wowed audiences in The Matrix as Agent Smith. From The Wolverine (2013) to Les Misrables (2012) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), this actor, singer, and producer has become one of Australia's most popular talents. She has been married to Daniel MacPherson since 2015. You must have been living under a rock. Wonderful actress, who knows how good she can get? He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League, and as one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? In the summer of 2001, she starred in Pauline Black was born on October 23, 1953 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. Another candidate for cracking the top 20 someday. At the time of his birth both of his parents were working in the film industry and he spent many hours during his childhood on film sets where he developed a love of acting. So, umm, you seen that movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King? Credit: Angela George/ Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-3.. Confidential (1997). Wendy Hughes was an accomplished actress who had won over 13 major awards. This guy started off with humble beginnings, but has since proven his worth. He was an actor, known for Astero (1929), The Voice of the Heart (1943) and Maria Pentagiotissa (1927). He is an actor and writer, known for The Little Death (2014), Mortal Kombat (2021) and The Eleven O'Clock (2016). Her father is Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. [16] The largest religious body of Greek Orthodox Australians is the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, with its headquarters at the Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern. Matt has released four books, Matt Moran (2008), Dinner at Matt's (2011), Matt Moran's Kitchen Garden (2015), Matt Moran's Australian Food (2017). He was born Christopher Sarandon, Jr. and raised in Beckley, West Virginia of Greek heritage on both Nick Cassavetes was born in New York City, the son of actress Gena Rowlands and Greek-American actor and film director John Cassavetes. Has a sister, Jan. In the early 2010s, there has been an increase of Greek immigration flows to Australia due to unemployment, among other issues, because of the economic crisis in Greece. [citation needed] The most successful Australian clubs with Greek heritage and culture are South Melbourne Hellas (South Melbourne FC) founded in 1959, Alexander the Great (Heidelberg United FC) founded in 1958, Pan-Hellenic (Sydney Olympic FC) founded in 1957, West Adelaide Hellas (West Adelaide SC) founded in 1962 and Brisbane Pan Rhodian (Olympic FC) founded in 1967. Dieter Brummer, the Logie-winning actor and a 1990s icon of Australian TV soap Home and Away, was found dead in his Sydney home in July, aged 45. Tony Orlando was born on April 3, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. In 1954, her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a Presbyterian college in Melbourne. The youngest of five children, he grew up in Deepdene in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Tina Fey. John Jarratt was born on August 5, 1951 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Panos Armenakas. His parents were amateur actors and managed a medical technical school. A graduate of the acclaimed National Institute of Dramatic Art ("NIDA") she is known for her chameleon-like ability, moving seamlessly from theater to television and Kodi Smit-McPhee started acting at the age of 9. . They are just two of the many other famous Australians whose number of medals made Australia rank high in the Olympic Games: 4th in Sydney (2000), 4th in Athens (2004), and 6th in Beijing (2008). Some of them have a mixed heritage while others are 100 percent Greek. He is an actor and producer, known for Animal Kingdom (2010), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) and Gangster Squad (2013). The 2021 census showed that the following states had the largest numbers of people nominating Greek ancestry: Victoria (181,184), New South Wales (141,627), South Australia (40,704), Queensland (32,702), Western Australia (16,117). Anna Maria Kanakis was born on February 1, 1962 in Messina, Sicily, Italy. The largest concentration of Greek Australians is in the state of Victoria, which is often regarded as the heartland of the Greek Australian community. She has two children, Hailing from rural Western Australia, Cody made his auspicious stage debut as the lead in the National Theatre's production of 'War Horse'. Neil Perry. Known for her performance in La Vie d'Adle (Blue Is The Warmest Color) by Abdellatif Kechiche, that landed her both the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and the Csar for Most Promising Actress that same year, Adle Exarchopoulos has been on the French and International big screen Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Leading man in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and co-starring with John Wayne in The Train Robbers. She moved to Sydney to Chris Pang was born on December 29, 1984 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor, known for Police Rescue (1989), Alexandra's Project (2003) and Adore (2013). No, it was Rush when he starred alongside Daniel Bruhl which has him on the list, could be higher and im sure he will never stop improving. Timoshenko Aslanides. Tan Le was 4 years old when her family migrated from Vietnam to Australia as refugees. Jigger was buried at Nimmitabel Pioneer Cemetery. Lisa Zane was born on April 5, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor, writer and producer who is known for portraying Dracula in the 2004 cult classic monster movie Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman, Hugh Stamp in Mission: Impossible 2 and for his collaborations with Baz Luhrmann, particularly Moulin Rouge. They have one child. [17] The remainder of the ethnic Greek population in Australia mainly use English as their first language. The top actress to come out of Australia. Freelance actor. Isla Lang Fisher was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents Elspeth Reid and Brian Fisher, who worked as a banker for the U.N. She spent her early childhood in Bathgate, Scotland, before moving to Perth, Australia with her family in the early 1980s. 7. Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), Pink Floyd's road manager. Otto is a daughter of actors Barry Otto and Lindsay Otto, and half-sister of actress Gracie Otto. 5. Criteria to be included: Continues to work hard, though the question remains, could he win an Oscar? (One of the Greatest Philosophers and the First Genuine Scientist in History) 196. Bound for the top 12. Emily found an agent and . Rice has beamed onto the world stage, becoming such a recognizable face so quick it is amazing. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former missionary and nurse. He is known for voicing several characters in The Simpsons including Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Bumblebee Man, Lou and Superintendent Chalmers. She attended the Santa Sabina College for her high school education. Nicole Kidman. Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for her roles in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006). His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Damien Fotiou is known for Kangaroo Jack (2003), Thunderstone (1999) and Blue Heelers (1994). Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish, Mena Alexandra Svari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, to Candice (Thompson), a nurse, and Ando Svari, a psychiatrist. At the time of his death in 2009 his net worth was $5 billion. As the founder of the uber-successful 'Rockpool' empire, Neil Perry is one of the country's most influential chefs to-date. Her love of musical theater, especially the work of Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera, inspired her as a child. Numerous of these people from Greece's easternmost island spent time in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, before being offered migration to Australia by British authorities. He was an actor and director, known for Breaker Morant (1980), Murder She Said (1961) and Ned Kelly (2003). Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school in which he was enrolled. MELINA KANAKAREDES. Friels is genuine thespian, just check out his resume. After appearing in the 2000 remake of Shaft, Collette had been getting steady work in TV, Hollywood and down under too, collecting a few awards along the way. Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia, to Shelley and Andrew Browning. They include George Miller's box office hit The Man From Snowy River (Fox Classics), The Lighthorsemen (RKO), directed by Simon Wincer, Slate Wyn And Me (Hemdale) Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. Since the year 2000, Greek immigration to Australia has slowed down.

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