- Aimee Horne
Infobox actor
imagesize = 175px
caption = Horne with Benjamin Speed, April 2006
birthname = Aimee Rene Horne
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1985|5|11
birthplace = Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
yearsactive = 2003 - present
partner =Benjamin Speed (2005-)Aimée Rene Horne (born 11 May 1985), is an Australian
actress andsinger . She has worked in theatre and film as well as singing in bands and recording for film soundtracks. She currently lives inSydney and is studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).Early life
Born in
Broken Hill to Neil and Jan Horne (née Jan Mclaughlin), Aimee spent her formative years growing up as a daughter of a miner and a nurse. At the age of 8 she moved toAdelaide with her mother after her parents split. She attended high school at Mary Mackillop College from 1999 to 2003.Acting studies and career
In her final year at high school, Horne received the Giradi Drama Award for Excellence in Acting and was the Dux of Classical Studies and Drama. She also received perfect scores in both Music and Drama for her SACE certificate. She attended the
Flinders University [http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/drama_centre/ Drama Centre] in 2004 and 2005 and then moved to Sydney to continue her studies in acting at NIDA. While there she has performed asLady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth, as a German cabaret singer in Brecht's "Private Lives of the Master Race" (Directed byHelmut Bakaitis ), asEliza Lynch , the unofficial 'first lady' of Paraguay in Louis Nowra's "Visions" and asDeborah Harry in a performance of Blondie among others. In her final year at NIDA Aimee performed in [http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/Performance.asp?pID=242 Gallipoli] at theSydney Theatre Company under the direction of Nigel Jamieson.Film & Stageography
Personal life
Horne has been partner to composer and musician
Benjamin Speed from 2004. [ [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=558196282 Facebook] ]References
External links
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/happily-drafted-for-a-war-story/2008/07/10/1215658038117.html Sydney Morning Herald Article]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/07/30/2318832.htm Gallipoli Article in ABC News]
* [http://www.nida.edu.au NIDA]
* [http://www.myspace.com/northerntown A Northern Town - music]
* [http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news.asp?sc=&sId=172320&sType=proust Artshub Profile]
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