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Anna Charmichael Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013).Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Anna’s father is of Estonian descent, but was born in Stirling, Scotland. She is of Scottish descent on her mother’s side. Torv has been estranged from her father since the age of 8. She has a younger brother named Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996. She graduated from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.
In 2004, Torv joined the cast of Australia’s acclaimed television drama The Secret Life of Us playing Nikki Martel. Torv appeared in the BBC series Mistresses. She also played the voice and performed motion capture of the main character Nariko in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword.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. Torv appeared as Virginia Grey on HBO’s mini-series The Pacific. She has been nominated five times for the Saturn Award for Best Television Actress from 2009 to 2013, winning a total of four. Torv also starred in a CollegeHumor Original video as a tyrannical traffic cop.
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Anna Torv is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia’s most prestigious acting college. Since graduating, she has performed with the esteemed Sydney Theatre Company and had regular roles on several of Australia’s acclaimed television dramas, including “The Secret Life of Us” and “Young Lions.” She has also appeared in the highly popular “McLeod’s Daughters.”Torv’s feature film credits include “Traveling Light” directed by Kathryn Millard, and Ana Kokkinos’ “The Book of Revelation” starring opposite fellow Australian Greta Scacchi. Her most Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.She divides her time between Vancouver, British Columbia, and the Brisbane/Gold Coast area of Australia.
