1. Frances Ann O'Connor was born on 12 June 1967 and is a British-Australian actress and director.
17 Facts About Frances O'Connor
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Frances O'Connor was born in Wantage, at the time part of Berkshire, England, to a pianist mother and nuclear physicist father; her family moved to Perth, Western Australia, when she was two years old.
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Frances O'Connor is the middle of five children, with one older brother, one older sister, and two younger sisters.
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Frances O'Connor was raised Roman Catholic, and attended the Mercedes College in Perth.
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Frances O'Connor then went on to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from Curtin University in Western Australia.
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Frances O'Connor made her film debut in Emma-Kate Croghan's critically acclaimed independent romantic comedy Love and Other Catastrophes.
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Frances O'Connor received her first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination for her performance in the film.
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In 1999, Frances O'Connor starred as Fanny Price in the British romantic comedy-drama Mansfield Park.
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In 2000, Frances O'Connor began her Hollywood career with a role in the remake with Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley of the 1967 British film Bedazzled.
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In 2003, Frances O'Connor starred opposite Paul Walker in the science fiction film Timeline, which bombed at the box office.
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In 2004, Frances O'Connor returned to independent films and starred in Book of Love opposite Simon Baker, and Iron Jawed Angels with Hilary Swank, Julia Ormond and Anjelica Huston.
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Frances O'Connor later appeared in Jayne Mansfield's Car, Little Red Wagon and The Truth About Emanuel; and received two more AACTA Award for Best Actress nominations for Three Dollars and The Hunter.
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In 2011, Frances O'Connor was cast in the ABC drama pilot Hallelujah, created by Marc Cherry, but the show was not picked up to series.
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In 2014, Frances O'Connor was cast as the lead in the British drama The Missing.
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Frances O'Connor then appeared as Belle's mother Colette in the fourth season of the American series Once Upon a Time.
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In 2016, Frances O'Connor co-starred in the horror film The Conjuring 2, alongside Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, and in Cleverman, opposite Iain Glen.
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In 2022, Frances O'Connor made her directorial debut with Emily, a biographical drama she wrote, about the life of English writer Emily Bronte.