Mia Wasikowska

Birthday: 14 October 1989, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Height: 163 cm

Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an ...Show More

I really love doing things that are different and challenge me in different ways. And I think to rem Show more I really love doing things that are different and challenge me in different ways. And I think to remain interested and excited by acting it's really great to have such diverse opportunities, and I feel really lucky that I've been able to do that so far. Hide

[on Jane Eyre (2011)] The challenge is that the book, start to finish, is Jane Eyre's internal monol Show more [on Jane Eyre (2011)] The challenge is that the book, start to finish, is Jane Eyre's internal monologue - everything we know is because of what we're hearing directly from her. So my concern was 'How do we keep that intensity?' I was excited about seeing how we could portray all that's going on inside, all that she's observing and feeling, thinking. Hide

I didn't have a typical teenagehood so I have a lot of repressed rebellious teen left over. Every no Show more I didn't have a typical teenagehood so I have a lot of repressed rebellious teen left over. Every now and then I'll act out in some unusual way. Hide

When I decided to pursue acting at 15, I heard that you had to have an agent to do film and televisi Show more When I decided to pursue acting at 15, I heard that you had to have an agent to do film and television, so I did a Google search for acting agencies in Sydney. I hounded one to take me on and started auditioning. I did some films in Australia, and then I started working in America on In Treatment (2008) when I was 17. Hide

It's never been about the blockbusters and making a huge ton of money. It's always been about wantin Show more It's never been about the blockbusters and making a huge ton of money. It's always been about wanting to do projects about the things that I think are important to be out there, because there's a lot of stuff that probably doesn't need to be. Hide

It's so unsatisfying to play a nice, sweet girl. It's so dreadfully boring and almost painful! I lik Show more It's so unsatisfying to play a nice, sweet girl. It's so dreadfully boring and almost painful! I like to play characters who have their own fire. Hide

I need the consistency of one place and people and friends. But I'll probably end up being the pregn Show more I need the consistency of one place and people and friends. But I'll probably end up being the pregnant 30-year-old in the back of the class at university one day. Hide

What I like about film is it explores imperfections. That was something that really attracted me. What I like about film is it explores imperfections. That was something that really attracted me.

Fourteen is that wonderful time in your life when you feel such extremes of emotions, you can feel t Show more Fourteen is that wonderful time in your life when you feel such extremes of emotions, you can feel the most incredible elation. It's when everything is still possible. It was this little adventure for me. Hide

My earliest childhood memory is walking down the corridor with my sister Jess in the middle of the n Show more My earliest childhood memory is walking down the corridor with my sister Jess in the middle of the night to see my brother Kai being born in the living room. Hide

I have this funny thing that, if war breaks out, or if anything catastrophic goes down, I want to kn Show more I have this funny thing that, if war breaks out, or if anything catastrophic goes down, I want to know that I can walk home. Hide

I think I have a reputation for being quite shy, but I don't think I'm too shy. I guess I lived in a Show more I think I have a reputation for being quite shy, but I don't think I'm too shy. I guess I lived in a bit of a fantasy space in my mind. Hide

I just wanted to try a different type of performance - ballet is more an image of perfection, and fi Show more I just wanted to try a different type of performance - ballet is more an image of perfection, and film can show a grittier side. Sometimes it's the more realistic topic of real life that really intrigues me. Hide

My mom remembers a period when I locked myself in my room and did research and made phone calls and Show more My mom remembers a period when I locked myself in my room and did research and made phone calls and wrote letters to try to get an agent. Hide

Mia Wasikowska's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (59)

Blackbird

Bergman Island

All Saints - Season 4

Restless

In Treatment - Season 3

Crimson Peak

Jane Eyre

The Tonight Show Fallon - Season 10

All Saints - Season 5

The Talk - Season 14

The Tonight Show Fallon - Season 11

Alice Through the Looking Glass

All Saints - Season 12

The Man With the Iron Heart (HHhH)

The Tonight Show Fallon - Season 7

The Kids Are All Right

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 5

Defiance

Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 10

Madame Bovary

All Saints - Season 6

Black Comedy - Season 3

All Saints - Season 9

Black Comedy

Alice In Wonderland

Blueback

Mia Wasikowska'S roles

Annabel Cotton

Sophie

Jane Eyre

Edith Cushing

Chaya Dziencielsky

Emma Bovary

Alice

India Stoker

Agatha Weiss

Elinor Smith

Ava

Joni

Penelope

Pamela Choat

Bertha Minnix

Hannah

Helen