Anna Torv

Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox science-fiction series ''Fringe'' (2008–2013), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and received four Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television. She also starred as Wendy Carr in the Netflix crime thriller series '' Mindhunter'' (2017–2019).

Early life

Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans Arvid Torv. She grew up on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Her father was born to a Scottish mother in Stirling, Scotland; her paternal grandfather is of Estonian descent. Her mother is of Scottish descent. She is estranged from her father."Torv is her own mistress"
''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Retrieved 20 April 2015. She has a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996, having previously attended All Saints Anglican School.Anna Torv's story
, perthnow.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2015. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art with a degree in performing arts in 2001.

Career

In 2003, Torv played the role of Ophelia with the Bell Shakespeare Company in John Bell's production of ''Hamlet''. In 2004, she joined the cast of Australia's acclaimed television drama ''The Secret Life of Us'' playing Nikki Martel.

In 2005, Torv recorded a series of audio books for Scholastic Australia's Solo Collection, including titles ''Little Fingers'', ''Jack's Owl'', ''Spike'', and ''Maddy in the Middle'' and later voiced Nariko in the 2007 video game ''Heavenly Sword.''

She then appeared in the BBC series '' Mistresses'' in 2008. From 2008 to 2013, Torv played Agent Olivia Dunham in the American television series ''Fringe''. She received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award in 2009. She has been nominated five times for the Saturn Award for Best Television Actress from 2009 to 2013, winning a total of four. Torv appeared as Virginia Grey on HBO's mini-series ''The Pacific'' and later starred in a ''CollegeHumor Original'' video as a tyrannical traffic cop. In 2014, Torv reprised her role as Nariko in the film adaptation of ''Heavenly Sword''.

In March 2016, Torv was cast in the role of Wendy Carr, an FBI consultant, in the Netflix drama '' Mindhunter'' from David Fincher.

In July 2021, Torv was cast in the role of Tess in the HBO post-apocalyptic series '' The Last of Us''.

Torv played newsreader Helen Norville in the ABC series '' The Newsreader'', released in August 2021, for which she won the AACTA award Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series and also the 2022 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress.

In 2021, Torv also appeared in the television series '' Fires'' produced by the ABC Television network about the 2019–20 bushfire season mega-fires which devastated Australia.

Personal life

In December 2008, Torv married her ''Fringe'' co-star Mark Valley. In April 2010, it was reported that the couple had separated. In 2021, it was reported that the couple had divorced in 2009.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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1979 births
21st-century Australian actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Actresses from the Gold Coast, Queensland
Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
Australian film actresses
Australian Shakespearean actresses
Australian television actresses
Australian video game actresses
Australian voice actresses
Living people
Logie Award winners
National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
Murdoch family