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Abby Earl

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Abby Earl
Abby Earl in 2013
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989 (age 35)[1]
OccupationActress
Known forA Place To Call Home
TelevisionUnderbelly
Love My Way

Abby Earl (born 15 February 1989) is an Australian actress, known for her role as Anna Bligh in the television drama A Place to Call Home.[2]

Early life

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Earl was born and raised in Broulee, New South Wales.[3] At age 15, she auditioned for Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. She was accepted and subsequently relocated to Sydney to attend the school.[4]

She graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University in Perth.[5]

Career

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Earl's first role was a guest part in Fox8 drama series Love My Way in 2007. In 2012 she had another guest role on an episode of the fifth season of the Underbelly franchise, Underbelly: Badness. The same year, she featured as Diana in the made for television crime film The Great Mint Swindle, alongside Grant Bowler and Todd Lasance.

In 2013, Earl started playing Anna Bligh in post-war drama series A Place to Call Home, a part she starred in from seasons 1 through 6. She was nominated for Most Popular New Talent at the 2014 Logie Awards for the role.

She has also featured in several short films, the most recent being Sweet Tooth in 2019, which was narrated by Cate Blanchett.

Filmography

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Television

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Name Year Character Notes
2007 Love My Way Chloe Season 3, episode 3: "Say What You Mean"
2012 Underbelly: Badness Karina Episode: "Thy Will Be Done"[6]
2013–2018 A Place to Call Home Miss Anna Bligh (Seasons 1–2)

Mrs Anna Poletti (Season 2 finale – Series finale)

Seasons 1–6, 67 episodes
Nominated for Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent in 2014

Film

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Name Year Character Notes
2010 Bella the Ballerina Cinderella Short film
2012 Carnations Waitress Short film[7]
2011 Bonsai Short film
2012 The Great Mint Swindle Diana TV movie
2017 Kill Off Emma Short film
2019 Sweet Tooth The Mother Short film

Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result
2014 A Place to Call Home Logie Award Most Popular New Talent Nominated
2014 A Place to Call Home Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated

Personal life

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Earl is mother to twins that she shares with the British writer and musician, Christopher Unwin.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Abby Earl". Facebook. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Foxtel-revived A Place to Call Home tipped to grab Logie nominations". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ^ Broulee always home for actress Abby Earl Bateman's Bay Post. 4 July 2014
  4. ^ A Place to Call Home actress Abby Earl reveals acne hell News Corp Australia. 1 July 2014
  5. ^ WAAPA grad returns a star The West Australian. 14 October 2013
  6. ^ Tilse, Tony (13 August 2012), Thy Will Be Done, retrieved 25 June 2016
  7. ^ Harvey, Lloyd; Harvey, Spencer (1 January 2000), Carnations, retrieved 25 June 2016
  8. ^ Abby Earl ‘MEET OUR MIRACLE BABIES!' New Idea. 27 April 2020
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