Essie Davis was presenting Play School before she took a lead role in the Australian psychological horror that took Sundance by storm
With a fiery determination, Jennifer Kent gave up her roles in TV dramas such as The Murder Call and decided to make her own films. As a child, as soon as I could read and write, I wrote short stories and plays, the Brisbane-born writer-director says. I was about seven when I put on my first play: wrote, directed and acted in it. This was a natural desire for me, a compulsion. I did it until I auditioned for [Sydney drama school] Nida."
After an extended stint acting on television, she grew bored telling other peoples stories and, following a work-experience stint with Lars Von Trier on Dogville, remembered why shed always harboured a desire to tell fanciful yarns.
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With a fiery determination, Jennifer Kent gave up her roles in TV dramas such as The Murder Call and decided to make her own films. As a child, as soon as I could read and write, I wrote short stories and plays, the Brisbane-born writer-director says. I was about seven when I put on my first play: wrote, directed and acted in it. This was a natural desire for me, a compulsion. I did it until I auditioned for [Sydney drama school] Nida."
After an extended stint acting on television, she grew bored telling other peoples stories and, following a work-experience stint with Lars Von Trier on Dogville, remembered why shed always harboured a desire to tell fanciful yarns.
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- 5/20/2014
- by Ed Gibbs
- The Guardian - Film News
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