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Deborra-Lee Furness 
Portrait Shot of Furness in 2009.Born Deborra-Lee Furness
1955 (age 55–56)
AustraliaNationality Australian Occupation Actress, Director Spouse Hugh Jackman (1996-present) Deborra-Lee Furness (born 1955) is an Australian actress, director and producer.
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Biography
Furness attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne where she graduated in 1973. She subsequently graduated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1981.[1]
In 2005 she co-founded The Rafiki Society in Vancouver, which is operational in assisting orphanages in Africa.
Furness is the Founder and Patron of National Adoption Awareness Week in Australia.
Furness is Patron of the Lighthouse Foundation for displaced children in Melbourne Australia, Patron of the Bone Marrow Donor Institute for children with leukemia, and Patron of International Adoption Families for Queensland. She is also on the Advisory Committee for Film Aid International, working with refugees throughout the world.
As a World Vision ambassador Furness recently travelled to Cambodia and Ethiopia to assist with raising awareness and funds.
Furness is Executive Director for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation Australia and was recently honoured at the Worldwide Orphans Gala in New York City for all her work in advocacy for vulnerable children. She is an adoptive mother of two.
Furness appeared on Australian television on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation afternoon program "National Press Club Address" on Wednesday, 9 November, 2011. Her address to the press club was about adopting children. She also appeared Australian television on the Channel Ten evening program "The Project" on Thursday, 10 November, 2011, also with regard to adoption laws in Australia.
Personal life
She is married to fellow actor Hugh Jackman; the ceremony took place on 11 April 1996.[2] They met on the set of Australian TV show Correlli. After suffering two miscarriages,[3] she and Jackman adopted two children; son, Oscar Maximillian (born 15 May 2000)[4] and daughter, Ava Eliot (born 10 July 2005).[5]
Filmography
- 1979: Prisoner as Connie
- 1985: Neighbours as Linda
- 1985: The Flying Doctors as Fran
- 1988: Shame as Asta Cadell
- 1991: The Voyager as Ivy
- 1991: Waiting as Diane
- 1992: Newsies as Esther Jacobs
- 1993: Singapore Sling as Annie
- 1993: Stark as Chrissie
- 1994: Halifax f.p: The Feeding as Brigit Grant
- 1995: Fire as Dolores Kennedy
- 1995: Angel Baby as Loisee Golman
- 1995: Correlli as Louisa Correlli
- 1998: The Real Macaw as Beth Girdis
- 2000: SeaChange (Episode Hung Jury) as Vicki Drury
- 2006: Jindabyne as Jude
- 2008: Sleepwalking as Danni
- 2009: Beautiful as Mrs Thomson
- 2009: Blessed
- 2010: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (voice only) as Barran
- 2010: This is your Life as herself
References
- ^ Alumni - website American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- ^ "Enough Rope with Andrew Denton". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 March 2004. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1076056.htm. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Furness on enough rope-adoption". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 March 2004. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1076056.htm. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ Jenny Schafer (16 May 2010). "Hugh Jackman & His Birthday Boy". CelebrityBabyScoop.com. http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/2010/05/16/hugh-jackman-his-birthday-boy. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "Hugh Jackman & His Wife Adopt a Daughter". People. 27 July 2005. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1087514,00.html. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
External links
- National Adoption Awareness Week
- World Wide Orphans Foundation
- Deborra-Lee Furness at the Internet Movie Database
- Deborra-Lee Furness appreciation at Australian blog Stale Popcorn
Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- Australian television actors
- Australian film actors
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
- Australian television actor stubs
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