Her film debut was in the neo-noir science fiction feature Dark City (1998), and later was cast in supporting roles in the films The Limey (1999) and David Lynch's drama Mulholland Dr. (2001). Other film appearances include the remake of The Amityville Horror (2005), the thriller Turistas (2006), and the vampire horror 30 Days of Night (2007). She has earned critical acclaim recently for her starring role in the psychological horror Triangle (2009).
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early work (1992–1998)
o 2.2 Career breakthrough (1999–2007)
o 2.3 Career success (2008–present)
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
George was born in Perth, Western Australia, the daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker. The second of four children, George developed an interest in dancing and began studying jazz, tap, ballet, and modern dance at the age of seven. Her enthusiasm for dance eventually evolved into a passion for artistic roller skating. George was an Australian national roller skating champion and won bronze medals in the National Championships in 1989 and 1990. She also won a silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1991.
Career
Early work (1992–1998)
George started modeling in her early teens, and in 1992 she was named Western Australia's Teenage Model of the Year. At the age of sixteen she met casting agent Liz Mullinar and won the role of Angel Parrish on the popular Australian soap Home and Away. Her role earned her five consecutive Logie Award nominations, of which she won two. George left Perth and moved to Sydney to start her acting career. After three years on the show, she decided to leave to seek other roles. Shortly afterwards, she was featured nude in Australian Playboy and in celebrity photo magazine Black + White.
George made a health and fitness video, Mind, Body and Soul (1996), created a sleepwear line called "An Angel at My Bedside" and had a recurring role on the short-lived Fox Broadcasting Company television fantasy drama series Roar (1997), opposite Heath Ledger, before leaving Australia to move to Los Angeles to try her luck in Hollywood. She scored small role in the critically favored thriller film Dark City (1998). The film featured a scene in which George's character – May, a gorgeous prostitute being targeted by a killer – appeared naked. Dark City offered her the chance to work with actors such as Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Conelly, Ian Richardson, and Kiefer Sutherland.
Career breakthrough (1999–2007)
After a supporting role in Steven Soderbergh's 1999 neo-noir crime film The Limey, George was cast in a supporting role, Cleo Miller, in the 2001 black comedy Sugar & Spice and portrayed a major role in David Lynch's critically acclaimed Mulholland Drive, which opened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. She also starred in several unaired TV pilots, such as Lost in Oz. She had a brief success in 2001 with the ABC drama-comedy Thieves, co-starring John Stamos. She also starred in the sixth season premiere of the WB series Charmed, and appeared opposite Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the 2003 romantic comedy Down with Love. In the film, George was cast as a minor role.
George achieved a significant breakthrough in 2003 when she landed the role of Lauren Reed on the ABC television series Alias, in which Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan starred. Also that year, she became Molly, Rachel's nanny in the American sitcom Friends episodes "The One with Phoebe's Rats" and "The One Where Monica Sings".
Her first starring role in a feature film was Kathy Lutz in the 2005 remake of the 1979 horror film, The Amityville Horror. The film was not well received by critics, but was a major success at the worldwide box office, grossing over $108 million.Despite bad and unfavorable reviews, Film Threat praised George and her co-star Ryan Reynolds's performances, stating that they "make a striking couple. Both young and extremely attractive"[9] and that George "does an impeccable American accent, but otherwise she is unremarkable as Kathy Lutz. Her physical beauty is sometimes distracting, but not enough to keep the audience awed by her acting." That same year, she played Deanna Schine in the thriller Derailed, co-starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston.
In 2006, George filmed with Josh Duhamel and Olivia Wilde the horror-thriller Turistas. Her character was Pru Stagler, a bikini-clad Australian who speaks some rudimentary Portuguese and becomes the unofficial leader of the desperate band. George was announced as the spokesperson for cosmetics company Napoleon Perdis, and the Australian jewelry company Linneys. She has also been appointed as an official ambassador for the 2007 52nd World Artistic Roller Skating Championships.
In 2007, George landed the lead role, Christine, in the drama Music Within, opposite Ron Livingston. The film had a limited release. In an interview, George said that she "knew that Christine's a true character, and the woman responsible for Richard Pimentel's sort of success in a way. She was the driving force behind him and behind every good man is a good woman, and Christine was that woman. She also starred in the British horror thriller WΔZ, opposite Stellan Skarsgård and Selma Blair, and had her prominent role in the film adaptation of the graphic novel 30 Days of Night, directed by David Slade and co-starring Josh Hartnett. The film tells the story of a colony of vampires that tries to take over a small Alaskan town where the sun rarely shines. 30 Days of Night became a modest success with a over $75 million worldwide gross.
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