NATALIE DELANEY .

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NATALIE DELANEY

PHOTOS

OVERVIEW______________________

DATE OF BIRTH 24 may 1979, point piper, sydney, australia

BIOGRAPHY natalie was born on may 1979, in the high-end suburb of point piper in sydney, australia. she appeared in countless school plays and continued to do so in high school when her whole family moved to los angeles. she returned to australia in her late teens when she was accepted into australia's most prestigious drama school, the national institute of dramatic arts ( NIDA ). she started acting professionally, after being cast in various television roles before ultimately being cast in a lead role for an australian film that would eventually gain international acclaim. delaney moved back to los angeles where she continued to climb up the hollywood ladder and gain more popularity. she is now one of hollywood's most sought-after actresses as she finds herself starring in big blockbuster films.

TRIVIA

• resides in new york city.
  
• was accepted into stanford university before choosing to go to NIDA.
  
• named one of the most beautiful people in who magazine in 2007.
  
• is of scottish and irish decent.
  
• she is a self-proclaimed technology geek.
  
• attended the same high school as her six lives director and close friend in california.
  

PERSONAL QUOTES

• "when people ask me why i'm so skinny, i tell them it's because i eat 1 million calories each day. i have a very fast metabolism no matter how much i eat."
  
• "i think it's important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs."
  
• "i see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity."
  
• "here in l.a. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. i want to be doing this when i'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what i'm going to look like."
  
• "i used to star in a lot of comedies back home in australia, but when i came here it seemed that everyone wanted to see me in very serious roles."
  
• "i got cast in the immortals at the very last minute. they were already rehearsing but luckily i had just come from filming a movie where i was a CIA agent. i was basically reprising my role!"
  

AWARDS

• 2000, won the volpi cup for best actress for her role in the goddess of 1967 at the venice film festival
  
• 2003, won best actress for her role in the rage in placid lake at the australian film institute awards
  
• 2007, nominated for best supporting actress in sunshine at the saturn awards
  
• 2009, won special jury prize for adam at the sundance film festival
  
• 2009, nominated for best supporting actress for knowing at the golden globes
  
• 2011, nominated for best supporting actress in a motion picture comedy or musical for get him to the greek at the golden globes.
  

FILMOGRAPHY___________________

• THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES ( 2012 ) post-production . . . . JENNIFER
  
• THE IMMORTALS ( 2012 ) post-production . . . . REBECCA BURGIS
  
  
• IN THE GARDEN ( 2011 ) ( VOICE ) . . . . MOM
  
• X-MEN: FIRST CLASS ( 2011 ) . . . . MOIRA MACTAGGERT
  
• SIX LIVES ( 2011 ) . . . . JODIE EVANS
  
• SPLIT DECISION ( 2011 ) . . . . LAUREN PARSONS
  
• GET HIM TO THE GREEK ( 2010 ) . . . . JACKIE Q
  
  
• KNOWING ( 2009 ) . . . . DIANA WAYLAND
  
• ADAM ( 2009 ) . . . . BETH BUCHWALD
  
• JUST BURIED ( 2007 ) . . . . ROBERTA NICKEL
  
• 28 WEEKS LATER ( 2007 ) . . . . SCARLET ROSS
  
• SUNSHINE ( 2007 ) . . . . CASSIE
  
• THE DEAD GIRL ( 2006 ) . . . . LEAH
  
• MARIE ANTOINETTE ( 2006 ) . . . . DUCHESSE DE POLIGNAC
  
• WICKER PARK ( 2004 ) . . . . ALEX
  
• TROY ( 2004 ) . . . . BRISEIS
  
• THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE ( 2003 ) . . . . GEMMA TAYLOR
  
• CITY OF GHOSTS ( 2002 ) . . . . SABRINA
  
• STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES ( 2002 ) . . . . DORME
  
• THE GODDESS OF 1967 ( 2001 ) . . . . B.G.
  
  
• TWO HANDS ( 1999 ) . . . . ALEX
  
• "HEARTBREAK HIGH" ( 3 episodes, 1999 ) . . . . CARLEY WHITELY
  
• "HOME AND AWAY" ( 2 episodes, 1998 ) . . . . SUMMER ANDREWS