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Anna Torv
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Anna Torv is an Australian actress, stage actor, and film actor born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is a citizen of Australia and speaks English. Torv began her professional work period in 2002 and received her education at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Her notable role includes the character Olivia Dunham.
Torv is married to Mark Valley and is a relative of Anna Murdoch Mann. She stands at a height of 172. While specific birth dates vary between 1978-04-15 and 1979-06-07 in available records, she is identified as a female human.
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Film & TV
Acting · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Olivia Dunham on the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), Wendy Carr in the Netflix crime thriller series Mindhunter (2017–2019), and Tess in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023). Her performance in Fringe earned her four Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television and…
Known for
- Force of Nature: The Dry 2 — Alice2024
- So Long, Marianne — Charmian Clift2024
- Territory — Emily Lawson2024
- Nautilus — Revna2024
- Making of The Last of Us — Self2023
- Scarygirl — The Keeper (voice)2023
- The Last of Us — Tess2023
- The Newsreader — Helen Norville2021
- Fires — Lally Robinson2021
- Stephanie — Woman / Mom2017
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 97
- Total plays
- 1,098
Tags
Anna Charmichael Torv (born June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anna+Torv">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,586x
- Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
· 1988 · cited 29,282x
- Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay
· 1999 · cited 21,343x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,246x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1979-06-07 ) 7 June 1979 (age 46) , Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
- Education
- National Institute of Dramatic Art ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2001–present
- Spouse
- Mark Valley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 , separated )
- Relatives
- Anna dePeyster (aunt) Elisabeth Murdoch (cousin) Lachlan Murdoch (cousin) James Murdoch (cousin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Spouse
- Mark Valley
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Anna Torv by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Height
- 172
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- Commons category
- Anna Torv
- date of birth
- 1978-04-15
- name in native language
- Anna Torv
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- notable role
- Olivia Dunham
- relative
- Anna Murdoch Mann
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress. Her performance as Olivia Dunham in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013) earned her four consecutive Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television, a record for any performer. She portrayed psychologist Wendy Carr in the Netflix period crime drama Mindhunter (2017–2019) and Tess in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023). Her work on The Last of Us garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She is known in Australia for the ABC drama The Newsreader, for which she won two consecutive AACTA Awards. She stars in the Netflix drama series Territory, set in Australia's Northern Territory, which premiered in October 2024.
Early life
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