| After graduation from drama school, joined Melbourne Theatre Company |
| Born in Oxford, England but raised in Perth, Australia |
| Spent one year in Japan modeling and teaching English as a second language |
1995 | Appeared in the Australian TV series "Halifax f.p." |
1996 | Feature debut in "Love and Other Catastrophes", playing a lesbian university student as part of an ensemble that also included Matt Day; also sang in the film |
1997 | Played the idealized ex-girlfriend of the protagonist in "Thank God He Met Lizzie"; also nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award as Best Actress |
1997 | Starred opposite Day in "Kiss or Kill"; was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award as Best Actress |
1998 | Appeared in support of Geoffrey Rush in Patrick Duncan's "A Little Bit of Soul" |
1998 | Returned to the Melbourne Theater Company to star in "The Herbal Bed" |
1999 | Starred as Fanny Price in Patricia Rozema's adaptation of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" |
2000 | Had co-starring role in the Dublin set feature "About Adam", featuring Kate Hudson and Stuart Townsend (released in the USA in 2001) |
2000 | Played the title character in the BBC-1 presentation of the Flaubert classic "Madame Bovary" (aired in USA in February) |
2000 | Starred as the object of Brendan Fraser's affection in the remake of "Bedazzled" |
2001 | Cast as Monica, the adoptive mother of a robotic child, in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" |
2001 | Reteamed with Fraser on the London stage in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" |
2002 | Had supporting role in "Windtalkers", directed by John Woo |
2002 | Portrayed Gwendolyn in the remake of "The Importance of Being Earnest" |
2003 | Cast in female lead of the film version of Michael Crichton's novel "Timeline" |
