Everlyn Lee Marie Sampi (born 6 October 1988) is an Australian actress. She is of
Bardi Australian Aboriginal and
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
descent.
Sampi starred in the 2002 film ''
Rabbit-Proof Fence
The State Barrier Fence of Western Australia, formerly known as the Rabbit-Proof Fence, the State Vermin Fence, and the Emu Fence, is a pest-exclusion fence constructed between 1901 and 1907 to keep rabbits, and other agricultural pests from ...
'', as child of the
stolen generation
The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church mis ...
Molly Craig.
The film is based on the true story depicted in the novel ''
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence'', written by Craig's daughter
Doris Pilkington Garimara
Doris Pilkington Garimara (born Nugi Garimara; c. 1 July 1937 – 10 April 2014), also known as Doris Pilkington, was an Aboriginal Australian author.
Garimara wrote '' Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence'' (1996), a story about the stolen generati ...
.
Sampi won the 4th Annual Lexus
Inside Film Awards
The IF Awards, formerly known as the Inside Film Awards, Lexus Inside Film Awards, Kodak IF Awards, and Jameson IF Awards, was an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry. Its name derives from its origins at ...
for Best Actress on 6 November 2002 for her role in the film.
Sampi appeared in the 2007 Australian television drama series ''
The Circuit'', as the character Leonie.
Sampi now lives in
Broome, Western Australia
Broome, also known as Rubibi by the Yawuru, Yawuru people, is a coastal Pearl hunting, pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The town recorded a population of 14,6 ...
.
References
External links
Official Site*
1988 births
Australian child actresses
Australian people of Scottish descent
Australian film actresses
Indigenous Australian actresses
Indigenous Australians from Western Australia
Living people
People from Derby, Western Australia
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