Below are two lists. The first consists of actors and actresses who have always been considered as Australian, even though they were not born in Australia. The second list consists of those who were born in this country. As you can see, there are quite a lot of very fine performers on both lists. In fact Australians are now ranked third behind the USA and Britain for the number of Oscar nominations per country. Alongside each name I have noted their Oscars, Golden Globes and nominations for both, but only in their capacity as actors.
‘Aussie’ Stars Born Elsewhere.
in Gladiator
Russell Crowe – Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1964. Arrived in Australia aged 4. Movies include Gladiator, LA Confidential and The Insider. (One Oscar and two nominations. One Golden Globe and four nominations)
in Network
Peter Finch – Born in London, England in 1916. Arrived in Australia aged 10. Movies include The Flight of the Phoenix, No Love for Johnnie and Network. (One Oscar and one nomination. One Golden Globe and one nomination).
in Class Action
Colin Friels – Born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1952. Arrived in Australia aged 11. Star of Water Rats TV series in Australia. Movies include Class Action, A Good Man in Africa and Tom White.
in Braveheart
Mel Gibson – Born in New York in 1956. Arrived in Australia aged 12. Movies include Braveheart, Lethal Weapon and The Patriot. (Two Golden Globe nominations).
in To Die For
Nicole Kidman – Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1967. Arrived in Australia aged 4. Movies include The Hours, To Die For and Moulin Rouge. (One Oscar and two nominations. Three Golden Globes and six nominations).
in Grease
Olivia Newton-John – Born in Cambridge, England in 1948. Arrived in Australia aged 6. Movies include Grease and Xanadu. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in Madame Bovary
Frances O’Connor – Born in Oxfordshire, England in 1967. Arrived in Australia aged 2. Starred in Madame Bovary TV series. Movies include Bedazzled, Mansfield Park and A.I. Artificial Intelligence. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in LA Confidential
Guy Pearce – Born in Cambridgeshire, England in 1967. Arrived in Australia aged 3. Movies include Lawless, LA Confidential and Memento. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in White Mischief
Greta Scacchi – Born in Milan, Italy in 1960. Arrived in Australia aged 15. Movies include Presumed Innocent, Shattered and White Mischief. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in King Kong
Naomi Watts – Born in Shoreham, England in 1968. Arrived in Australia aged 14. Movies include King Kong, 21 Grams and Lo Imposible. (Two Oscar nominations. One Golden Globe nomination).
in The Matrix
Hugo Weaving – Born in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1960. Arrived in Australia aged 16. Movies include The Matrix franchise, The Lord of the Rings franchise and Oranges and Sunshine.
in Avatar
Sam Worthington – Born in Surrey, England in 1976. Arrived in Australia aged 6 months. Movies include Avatar, Somersault and Clash of the Titans.
Home-grown Stars
in Rebecca
Dame Judith Anderson – Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1897. Movies include Rebecca, King’s Row and Laura. (One Oscar nomination).
in Breaker Morant
Vincent Ball – Born in Wee Waa, New South Wales in 1923. Movies include Breaker Morant, Sirens and Phar Lap.
in The Devil Wears Prada
Simon Baker – Born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1969. Star of The Mentalist TV series. Movies include LA Confidential, The Devil Wears Prada, and Ride with the Devil. (Two Golden Globe nominations).
in Blackhawk Down
Eric Bana – Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1968. Movies include Troy, Blackhawk Down and Munich.
in Elizabeth
Cate Blanchett – Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1969. Movies include Elizabeth, The Aviator and Notes on a Scandal. (Two Oscars and three nominations. Three Golden Globes and six nominations).
in The Thorn Birds
Bryan Brown – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1947. Movies include Breaker Morant, Gorillas in the Mist and F/X. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in Damages
Rose Byrne – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1979. Starred in Damages TV series. Movies include Bridesmaids, X-Men: First Class and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. (Two Golden Globe nominations).
in Hombre
Diane Cilento – Born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1933. Movies include Tom Jones, Hombre and The Agony and the Ecstasy. (One Oscar nomination).
in The Sixth Sense
Toni Collette – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1972. Movies include The Sixth Sense, Little Miss Sunshine and Muriel’s Wedding. (One Oscar nomination. One Golden Globe and three nominations).
in Unbroken
Jai Courtney – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1986. Movies include A Good Day to Die Hard, The Water Diviner and Unbroken.
in My Brilliant Career
Judy Davis – Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1955. Movies include My Brilliant Career, A Passage to India and Husbands and Wives. (Two Oscar nominations. Two Golden Globes and four nominations).
in The Great Gatsby
Joel Edgerton – Born in Blacktown, New South Wales in 1974. Movies include The Great Gatsby, Zero Dark Thirty and Wish You Were Here.
in Captain Blood
Errol Flynn – Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1909. Movies include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood and They Died With Their Boots On.
in In Treatment
Melissa George – Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1976. Star of In Treatment TV series. Movies include The Amityville Horror and Derailed. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in Six Feet Under
Rachel Griffiths – Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1968. Star of Six Feet Under TV series. Movies include Hilary and Jackie, My Best Friend’s Wedding and Me Myself I. (One Oscar nomination. One Golden Globe and three nominations).
in Thor
Chris Hemsworth – Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1983. Movies include Thor, The Avengers and Rush.
in Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan – Born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales in 1939. Movies include Crocodile Dundee and Flipper. (One Golden Globe).
in Les Miserables
Hugh Jackman – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1968. Movies include The Prestige, X-Men and Les Miserables. (One Oscar nomination. One Golden Globe and one nomination).
in The Client
Anthony LaPaglia – Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1959. Star of Without a Trace TV series. Movies include The Client, Santana and Balibo. (One Golden Globe).
in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
George Lazenby – Born in Goulburn, New South Wales. Movies include his portrayal of James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
in The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger – Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1979. Died in 2008 in New York City. Movies include The Dark Knight, The Patriot and Ned Kelly. (One Oscar and one nomination. One Golden Globe and one nomination).
in Rumpole of the Bailey
Leo McKern – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1920. Starred in Rumpole of the Bailey TV series. Movies include The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Ladyhawke.
in The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Keith Michell – Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1926. Starred in The Six Wives of Henry VIII TV series. Movies include Prudence and the Pill and House of Cards.
with Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland
Radha Mitchell – Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1973. Movies include Finding Neverland, Melinda and Melinda and Mozart and the Whale.
in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Teresa Palmer – Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1986. Movies include Warm Bodies, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Wish You Were Here.
with John Wayne in McLintock!
Michael Pate – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1920. Movies include PT 109, The Court Jester and Julius Caesar.
in The Sundowners
Chips Rafferty – Born in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1909. Movies include 40,000Horsemen, The Sundowners and The Desert Rats.
in Pete’s Dragon
Helen Reddy – Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1941. Movies include Airport 1975 and Pete’s Dragon. (One Golden Globe nomination).
in The Wolf of Wall Street
Margot Robbie – Born in Dalby, Queensland in 1990. Movies include The Wolf of Wall Street, Tarzan and Focus.
in Lady for a Day
May Robson – Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1858. First Australian to be nominated for an Oscar (Lady for a Day in 1933).
in Elizabeth
Geoffrey Rush – Born in Toowoomba, Queensland in 1951. Movies include Shine, Shakespeare in Love and Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. (One Oscar and three nominations. Two Golden Globes and three nominations).
in The Time Machine
Rod Taylor – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1930. Movies include The Time Machine, The Birds and 36 Hours.
in Breaker Morant
Jack Thompson – Born in Manly, New South Wales in 1940. Movies include Breaker Morant, Sunday Too Far Away and Star Wars Episode ll, Attack of the Clones.
in Ben-Hur
Frank Thring – Born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1926. Movies include Ben-Hur, Age of Consent and El Cid.
in Maleficent
Brenton Thwaites – Born in Cairns, Queensland in 1989. Movies include Maleficent, Blue Lagoon: the Awakening and The Giver.
in Alice in Wonderland
Mia Wasikowska – Born in Canberra, ACT, Australia in 1989. Movies include Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre and Stoker.
in Animal Kingdom
Jacki Weaver – Born Sydney, New South Wales in 1947. Movies include Animal Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook and Stoker. (Two Oscar nominations. One Golden Globe nomination).
David Wenham – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1965. Movies include 300, The Lord of the Rings franchise and Van Helsing.
in Pitch Perfect
Rebel Wilson – Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1980. Movies include Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids.
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