- Agnes Bruckner
Infobox actor
name = Agnes Bruckner
caption = Bruckner promoting "Blood and Chocolate" atFangoria's Weekend of Horrors , 2007
birthdate = birth date and age|1985|08|16
birthplace=nowrap|city-state|Hollywood|California, U.S.
notable role = "Blue Car" (2002)
"Blood & Chocolate" (2006)
occupation =Film ,television actress Agnes Bruckner (born
August 16 1985 ) is an American actress. She began acting ontelevision in the late 1990s and has since appeared in severalfilms , her most popular to date being 2006's "The Woods".Fact|date=June 2008Biography
Early life
Bruckner was born in Hollywood, California to a Hungarian father and a Russian mother who have since divorced; her paternal grandfather was German.cite news | last =Roberts| first =Sheila| coauthors=| title =Agnes Bruckner Interview, Blood & Chocolate| pages=| publisher =MoviesOnline| date =
2007-01-25 | url =http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11105.html| accessdate =2007-01-25 ] Her parents met inHungary and immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 through arefugee camp inItaly . She has two sisters and a brother.Bruckner speaks some Russian and is fluent in Hungarian, having grown up speaking the language. She has been involved in dance,
ballet , and tap since the age of five and initially wanted to pursue a career as a dancer. At the age of 8, Bruckner worked as a child model at the suggestion of her mother, and also appeared in a beauty pageant. Bruckner grew up inLos Feliz, Los Angeles, California and then lived inPortland, Oregon from age five to 10. She returned with her family toLos Angeles to pursue an acting career, moving toBurbank, California . [Lee, Michael J. (January 22 ,2007 ). " [http://movies.radiofree.com/interviews/bloodand_agnes_bruckner.shtml Agnes Bruckner on 'Blood And Chocolate'] " "Radio Free Entertainment" Retrieved onJune 21 ,2007 .]Career
Bruckner began her career at age 11. [Rogers, Troy. " [http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=16502 Blood and Chocolate: Agnes Bruckner Interview] ". Retrieved on
June 21 ,2007 .] She appeared in commercials, a few television pilots, and on the daytimesoap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful " in 1999. At the age of 15, Bruckner got her first lead role in theindependent film "Blue Car " (2002), in which she played a high school student involved in an affair with her teacher, played byDavid Strathairn . Film criticRoger Ebert wrote that Bruckner "negotiates this difficult script with complete conviction." cite web | title=RogerEbert.com | work=Blue Car review | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030516/REVIEWS/305160301/1023 | accessdate=March 16 | accessyear=2006] Bruckner received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for "Best Female Lead" for the role.In the 2000s, other minor roles in television and film followed, including roles in "The Glass House" (2001), and the thriller "
Murder by Numbers " (2002) starringSandra Bullock . Bruckner has appeared in episodes of the television series "24" and "Alias". She starred in the horror films "Venom" (2005) and "The Woods" (2006). Also in 2006, she appeared in the drama "Peaceful Warrior ", oppositeScott Mechlowicz and received a ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award, and played the lead role in "Dreamland".In 2007, Bruckner appeared in the horror/romance film, "Blood and Chocolate". Upcoming film roles include: "Say Hello to Stan Talmadge" (2008), "Kill Theory" (2008), and "
Vacancy 2 " (2009).Personal life
As of 2008, Bruckner is single. She enjoys
hip hop , R&B and rap music, as well as The Killers and The Fray. Bruckner has stated that she does not participate in "theHollywood part of Hollywood", and travels or lives at home with her family during her free time.Filmography
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*amg name|2:299606Persondata
NAME= Bruckner, Agnes
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= American actress
DATE OF BIRTH=1985-08-16
PLACE OF BIRTH=Hollywood, Los Angeles, California , U.S.
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