Abbie Cornish Her career began at the age of thirteen

Abbie Cornish Her career began at the age of thirteen, when she began taking jobs as a model after reaching the finals of a Dolly Magazine competition. By the time she was sixteen, Cornish was juggling television acting roles with studying for her Higher School Certificate, with the intention of pursuing a career as a veterinarian.[citation needed] In 1999, Cornish was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award for her role in the ABC's television show Wildside and was soon offered her first role in a feature film, The Monkey's Mask.

In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film Everything Goes with Hugo Weaving. She received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress at the FCCA and IF Awards and Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival for her role in 2004's Somersault, the film which raised her to international prominence. Cornish received widespread critical acclaim for her role in 2006's Candy, which she starred in opposite Heath Ledger. Abbie Cornish has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's latest movie, Stop-Loss. In April 2010, Cornish was cast in Limitless, the film adaptation of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Robert De Niro. The film was released in March 2011.

Cornish narrated Zack Snyder's film Sucker Punch, that stars her together with Emily Browning and others, at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Cornish will play the role of Wally in Madonna's film W.E. about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. The shooting began 5 July 2010 in England, and the film is going to premiere in Venice in 2011.