Emily Browning
Biography
Emily Jane Browning is an Australian actress born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on December 7, 1988. She made her film debut in the 1998 television film The Echo of Thunder. Following this, she appeared in various television shows, including High Flyers in 1999, Something in the Air from 2000 to 2001, and Blue Heelers from 2000 to 2002. Her breakthrough role occurred in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship, which introduced her to a wider audience. In 2005, she won the Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Violet Baudelaire in the 2004 film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Career overview
Emily Jane Browning is an Australian actress born on December 7, 1988, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She made her film debut in the 1998 television film The Echo of Thunder. Following this, she appeared in various television shows, including High Flyers in 1999, Something in the Air from 2000 to 2001, and Blue Heelers from 2000 to 2002.
Her breakthrough role came in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship, which introduced her to a wider audience. In 2004, she portrayed Violet Baudelaire in the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. For this role, she won the Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress in 2005.
Alongside her television and film acting career, she has been cast in projects as an actor, model, voice artist, and singer. Throughout her career, she has accumulated thirty-five known acting credits.
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- The Fox (2026) as Kori
- One More Shot (2025) as Minnie Vernon
- Class of '07 (2023) as Zoe
- Monica (2023) as Laura
- American Horror Stories (2021) as Natessa
- Golden Exits (2018) as Naomi
- American Gods (2017) as Laura Moon
- Shangri-La Suite (2016) as Karen Bird
- Legend (2015) as Frances Shea
- The Affair (2014) as Sierra
- Pompeii (2014) as Cassia
- God Help the Girl (2014) as Eve
- The Host (2013) as Wanda
- Summer in February (2013) as Florence Carter-Wood
- Magic Magic (2013) as Sarah
- Plush (2013) as Hayley
- Sucker Punch (2011) as Babydoll
- Sleeping Beauty (2011) as Lucy
- The Uninvited (2009) as Anna
- Stranded (2006) as Penny
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Violet Baudelaire
- Ned Kelly (2003) as Grace Kelly
- Darkness Falls (2003) as Young Caitlin Greene
- After the Deluge (2003) as Maddy
- Ghost Ship (2002) as Katie Harwood
- Blonde (2001) as Fleece
- The Man Who Sued God (2001) as Rebecca Myers
- Something in the Air (2000) as Alicia
- Thunderstone (1999) as Clio
- High Flyers (1999) as Phoebe
- The Echo of Thunder (1998) as Opal Ritchie
- Halifax f.p. (1994) as Christy O'Connor
- Blue Heelers (1993) as Hayley Fulton
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Opal Ritchie
- Prison Break as Cassidy Collins