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| Born | June 6, 1993 |
| Hometown | Dublin, Ireland |
| Height | 5'4" (1.63m) |
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | Best Lead Actress | The Nightingale (2018 film) | Winner |
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Aacta awards 2019 winners: The Nightingale and Total Control dominate Australian screen awards
Aacta awards 2019 winners: The Nightingale and Total Control dominate Australian screen awardsDeborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths recognised for ABC TV drama, while Jennifer Kent’s colonial horror film swept the film categories
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The Nightingale review: rape, revenge, and the horrors buried in Australia's past
Dir: Jennifer Kent. Cast: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Michael Sheasby. 18 cert, 136 mins
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
The Nightingale review – gut-churning colonial rape-revenge drama
The Nightingale review – gut-churning colonial rape-revenge drama. In Jennifer Kent’s follow-up to The Babadook, set in 19th-century Tasmania, an Irishwoman seeks payback after being brutally gang-raped by British troops
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The Nightingale review: Outback trauma – then sweet revenge
Already infamous thanks to its brutal rape and murder scenes (which have caused faintings and walk-outs at festivals), this anti-colonial period drama from Jennifer Kent tracks the progress of an Irish convict in Tasmania. Walking to the screening, I felt sick to my stomach. Thirty minutes in, I was rigid with distress.The most shocking thing about this shocking film? When it was over, I felt like I’d been released from a warm hug. Kent’s yummily disturbing debut The Babadook was a love story be
- EntertainmentThe Independent
The Nightingale review: A brutal, unflinching look at colonialism’s darkest impulses
Dir: Jennifer Kent. Cast: Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Claflin, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie. 18 cert, 136 mins.Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale is a film that bruises the soul. It allows colonialism’s darkest impulses to play out in full, as the camera watches – steady and unblinking. The violence will be too much for some. Indeed, the film’s already caused a stir, with reports of walk-outs and disruption at its festival screenings. But Kent treats this approach to h
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'The Nightingale' actor Aisling Franciosi defends the film from critics who called it 'gratuitous'
Aisling Franciosi says the violence in Jennifer Kent's new film 'The Nightingale' has 'hit a nerve' because it feels real.
