Occupation Actress Height 1.73 m Years active 2002–present Parents Susan Torv, Hans Torv | Name Anna Torv Siblings Dylan Torv Role Actress | |
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Movies and TV shows Similar People Joshua Jackson, Mark Valley, John Noble, Jasika Nicole, Blair Brown | ||
Anna torv fantasy horror award best actress
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008–2013).
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- Anna torv fantasy horror award best actress
- Anna Torv Ellen
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Notable awards and nominations
- Filmography
- References
Anna Torv - Ellen
Early life
Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans Torv, also grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland. Her father is of half Estonian descent, but was born to a Scottish mother in Stirling, Scotland. Her mother is of Scottish descent. She is estranged from her father. She has a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and her cousins are James, Lachlan and Elisabeth Murdoch.
Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.
Career
In 2003, Torv played the role of Ophelia with the Bell Shakespeare Company in John Bell's production of Hamlet. In 2004, she joined the cast of Australia's acclaimed television drama The Secret Life of Us playing Nikki Martel.
In 2005, Torv recorded a series of audio books for Scholastic Australia’s Solo Collection, including titles Little Fingers, Jack's Owl, Spike, and Maddy in The Middle and later voiced Nariko in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword.
She then appeared in the BBC series Mistresses in 2008. From 2008 to 2013, Torv played Agent Olivia Dunham in the American television series Fringe. She received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award in 2009. She has been nominated five times for the Saturn Award for Best Television Actress from 2009 to 2013, winning a total of four. Torv appeared as Virginia Grey on HBO's mini-series The Pacific and later starred in a CollegeHumor Original video as a tyrannical traffic cop. In 2014, Torv reprised her role as Nariko in the film adaptation of Heavenly Sword.
Torv has been listed as one of "TV's 100 Sexiest Women" by BuddyTV four times. She ranked #16 in 2009, #27 in 2010, #48 in 2011 and #68 in 2012
In March 2016, Torv was cast in the role of Wendy, an FBI Psychologist, in the Netflix drama Mindhunter from David Fincher and Charlize Theron.
Personal life
In December 2008, Torv married her Fringe co-star Mark Valley. They separated after one year of marriage.
Notable awards and nominations
Filmography
Actress
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So Long, Marianne (TV Series) (filming) as
Clift
2023
Scarygirl (post-production) as
The Keeper
2023
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (post-production) as
Alice
2023
The Last of Us (TV Series) as
Theresa 'Tess' Servopoulos
- Long, Long Time (2023) - Theresa 'Tess' Servopoulos
- Infected (2023) - Theresa 'Tess' Servopoulos
- When You're Lost in the Darkness (2023) - Theresa 'Tess' Servopoulos
2021
Fires (TV Mini Series) as
Lally Robinson
- Episode #1.6 (2021) - Lally Robinson
- Episode #1.3 (2021) - Lally Robinson
2021
The Newsreader (TV Series) as
Helen Norville
- Meltdown (2021) - Helen Norville
- No More Lies (2021) - Helen Norville
- A Step Closer to the Madness (2021) - Helen Norville
- The White Marquis Matinee Jacket (2021) - Helen Norville
- Once in a Lifetime (2021) - Helen Norville
- Three, Two, One- (2021) - Helen Norville
2017
Mindhunter (TV Series) as
Dr. Wendy Carr / Wendy Carr
2016
Secret City (TV Series) as
Harriet Dunkley
- Two Cheers for Democracy (2019) - Harriet Dunkley
- From Whom the Bell Tolls (2019) - Harriet Dunkley
- Broken Bird (2019) - Harriet Dunkley
- Pale Horse (2019) - Harriet Dunkley
- The War Zone (2019) - Harriet Dunkley
- Run Little Rabbit (2019) - Harriet Dunkley
- The Light on the Hill (2016) - Harriet Dunkley
- Ghosts in the Machine (2016) - Harriet Dunkley
- Falling Hard (2016) - Harriet Dunkley
- Beware the Jabberwock (2016) - Harriet Dunkley
- A Donation to the Struggle (2016) - Harriet Dunkley
- The Watchers (2016) - Harriet Dunkley
2017
Stephanie as
Woman / Mom
2015
The Daughter as
Anna
2015
Deadline Gallipoli (TV Mini Series) as
Gwendoline Churchill
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Gwendoline Churchill
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Gwendoline Churchill
2014
Open (TV Movie) as
Windsor
2014
Love Is Now as
Virginia
2014
Heavenly Sword as
Nariko (voice)
2008
Fringe (TV Series) as
Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham / William Bell
- An Enemy of Fate (2013) - Olivia Dunham
- Liberty (2013) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- The Boy Must Live (2013) - Olivia Dunham
- Anomaly XB-6783746 (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Black Blotter (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- The Human Kind (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Five-Twenty-Ten (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- An Origin Story (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- The Bullet That Saved the World (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- The Recordist (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- In Absentia (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11 (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Brave New World: Part 2 (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Brave New World: Part 1 (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Worlds Apart (2012) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Letters of Transit (2012) - Olivia Dunham (credit only)
- The Consultant (2012) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Everything in Its Right Place (2012) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Nothing As It Seems (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- A Short Story About Love (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- The End of All Things (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- A Better Human Being (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Welcome to Westfield (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Making Angels (2012) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Forced Perspective (2012) - Olivia Dunham
- Enemy of My Enemy (2012) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Back to Where You've Never Been (2012) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Wallflower (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- And Those We've Left Behind (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- Novation (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- Subject 9 (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- Alone in the World (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- One Night in October (2011) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Neither Here Nor There (2011) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- The Day We Died (2011) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- The Last Sam Weiss (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- 6:02 AM EST (2011) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (2011) - Olivia Dunham / William Bell
- Bloodline (2011) - Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Stowaway (2011) - Olivia Dunham / William Bell
- Os (2011) - Olivia Dunham / William Bell
- Subject 13 (2011) - Olivia Dunham (credit only)
- 6B (2011) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Immortality (2011) - Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Concentrate and Ask Again (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- Reciprocity (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- The Firefly (2011) - Olivia Dunham
- Marionette (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Entrada (2010) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- The Abducted (2010) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- 6955 kHz (2010) - Alternate Olivia Dunham / Olivia Dunham
- Amber 31422 (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep? (2010) - Alternate Olivia Dunham
- The Plateau (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- The Box (2010) - Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Olivia (2010) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Over There: Part 2 (2010) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Over There: Part 1 (2010) - Olivia Dunham / Alternate Olivia Dunham
- Northwest Passage (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Brown Betty (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- The Man from the Other Side (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- White Tulip (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Peter (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Jacksonville (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- The Bishop Revival (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- What Lies Below (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Johari Window (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Unearthed (2010) - Olivia Dunham
- Grey Matters (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Snakehead (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- August (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Of Human Action (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Earthling (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Dream Logic (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Momentum Deferred (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Fracture (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Night of Desirable Objects (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- A New Day in the Old Town (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- There's More Than One of Everything (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- The Road Not Taken (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Midnight (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Bad Dreams (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Unleashed (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Inner Child (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Ability (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- The Transformation (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- The No-Brainer (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Bound (2009) - Olivia Dunham
- Safe (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- The Dreamscape (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- The Equation (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- In Which We Meet Mr. Jones (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- The Cure (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- Power Hungry (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- The Arrival (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- The Ghost Network (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- The Same Old Story (2008) - Olivia Dunham
- Pilot (2008) - Olivia Dunham
2011
CollegeHumor Originals (TV Series) as
Officer Alia
- Can I Give You a Ticket? (2011) - Officer Alia
2010
The Pacific (TV Mini Series) as
Virginia Grey
- Peleliu Landing (2010) - Virginia Grey
2008
Mistresses (TV Series) as
Alex
- Episode #1.6 (2008) - Alex
- Episode #1.5 (2008) - Alex
- Episode #1.3 (2008) - Alex
- Episode #1.2 (2008) - Alex
- Men Behaving Badly (2008) - Alex
2007
Frankenstein (TV Movie) as
ITU Nurse
2007
Heavenly Sword (Video Game) as
Nariko (voice)
2006
The Book of Revelation as
Bridget / Gertrude
2004
The Secret Life of Us (TV Series) as
Nikki Martel
- Glimpses of Perfection (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Rare Birds (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Ill Communication (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Dead Man Walking (2005) - Nikki Martel
- The Character Question (2005) - Nikki Martel
- The Treadmill (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Spitting the Dummy (2005) - Nikki Martel
- The Big Leap (2005) - Nikki Martel
- The Heart of Friday Night (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Insecurity Blanket (2005) - Nikki Martel
- When the Bell Rings (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Facing It (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Gathering of Tribes (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Rocks and Chameleons (2005) - Nikki Martel
- The Crisis of Questions (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Kicking the Habit (2005) - Nikki Martel
- The Mysteries of Attraction (2005) - Nikki Martel
- Stretching the Friendship (2004) - Nikki Martel
- The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 2 (2004) - Nikki Martel
- The Truth About Cats and Dogs: Part 1 (2004) - Nikki Martel
2004
McLeod's Daughters (TV Series) as
Jasmine McLeod
- The Things We Do for Love (2004) - Jasmine McLeod
- A McLeod Daughter (2004) - Jasmine McLeod
2003
Travelling Light as
Debra Fowler
2002
Young Lions (TV Mini Series) as
Irena Nedov
- Serial Killer: Part 2 (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Serial Killer: Part 1 (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Bill's Death (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Lone Star Blues (2002) - Irena Nedov
- The Navy: Part 2 (2002) - Irena Nedov
- The Navy: Part 1 (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Kickboxer on Trial (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Nursing Home (2002) - Irena Nedov
- China Town (2002) - Irena Nedov
- The Priest (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Arson Case (2002) - Irena Nedov
- The City and the Taxi Driver (2002) - Irena Nedov
- Fruit Market Underworld (2002) - Irena Nedov
2002
White Collar Blue (TV Movie) as
Neighbour
Soundtrack
2010
Fringe (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Brown Betty (2010) - (performer: "For Once In My Life", "Blue Moon" - uncredited)
Thanks
2014
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show (Documentary) (thanks)
Self
2023
Making of 'The Last of Us' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2023
IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) as
Self
- The Last of Us (2023) - Self
2019
9th AACTA Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2017
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.37 (2017) - Self
2012
Conan (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- The Grinch Who Returned Christmas for Full-Store Credit (2012) - Self - Guest
2011
Scream Awards 2011 (TV Special) as
Self
2011
Live with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 11 October 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
2011
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2011
2011 Writers Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2010
Beyond the Pattern: The Mythology of Fringe (Video short) as
Self
2010
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #19.35 (2010) - Self
2010
Red Carpet Report (TV Series short) as
Self
- 36th Annual Saturn Awards Red Carpet (2010) - Self
- 36th Annual Saturn Awards (2010) - Self
2010
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #6.129 (2010) - Self - Guest
- Episode #6.124 (2010) - Self - Guest (credit only)
2010
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 1 April 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 31 March 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
2010
Rachael Ray (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #4.87 (2010) - Self - Guest
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 16 November 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
2009
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2009
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #7.8 (2009) - Self - Guest
- Episode #7.7 (2009) - Self - Guest
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #6.163 (2008) - Self - Guest
2008
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 September 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 31 July 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 17 June 2008 (2008) - Self
2008
Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #16.1 (2008) - Self - Guest
References
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