Sigrid Thornton is a highly respected and recognizable Australian actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Despite her experience, she admits to still getting nervous. Thornton, who started her acting career at the age of 14, has made a lasting impact with her onscreen characters. She discusses her love for the theatre and the differences between film and stage acting.
Sigrid Thornton is one of the most respected and recognisable Australian actors in living memory. Whether as the spirited Jessica Harrison in George Miller's The Man from Snowy River, or urban lawyer turned small-town judge Laura Gibson in 90s drama series SeaChange, her onscreen characters have found a place in our collective consciousness — and hearts. Thornton brings a certain groundedness to her characters; a believability that perhaps only comes with 50 years' experience.
But when asked if she still gets nervous, the veteran actor replies with disarming candour: "Oh, God yes."Though not a formally trained actor, Thornton has been ensconced in film and television since landing her first role at age 14 in the 1973 series Homicide. She has hardly been out of work since."I came to the theatre relatively late, but I'm loving it," she says. " of creating a person is similar, but the projection of that person and the way in which one is able to do a deep-dive in rehearsal is very differen
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