Felicity Price is an Australian actress and screenwriter. She co-wrote and starred in ''
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'' which saw her nominated for the 2012 AACTA Awards for
Best Actress in a Leading Role
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and won
Best Original Screenplay
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.
Early life
Price was born in
Sydney
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, Australia, and grew up in
Warrawee, a Northern Sydney suburb. Influenced by her maternal grandmother who was a dancer and actress, Price studied art and theatre in high school. She also sang as part of a comedy a capella pop trio called the Aphrodisiacs. She graduated with a BA in Dramatic Arts from the
Victorian College of the Arts
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.
Personal life
Price has been married to fellow Australian actor, writer and director
Kieran Darcy-Smith
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He is best known for starring in the films '' The Cave'', '' The Square'', '' Animal Kingdom'', and '' The Reef''. He made his feature film directing debut with 2012 f ...
since 7 January 2006. Actor
Joel Edgerton
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was best man at their wedding and is the godfather of one of their kids. Together, they have two children – a son, Levi born in 2008 and a daughter.
Price and Darcy-Smith moved to Los Angeles in 2012, shortly after their film, ''
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* ''Wish You Were Here'' (1987 film), a British comedy-drama film by David Leland
* ''Wish You Were Here'' (2012 film), an Australian drama/mystery film by Kieran Darcy-Smith ...
'' opened at the
Sundance Film Festival
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. Price holds both US and Australian citizenship.
Filmography
Television
Film
Theatre
Awards and nominations
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References
External links
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Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian film actresses
Australian television actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)