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My Take
It would be lazy to file Deborra-Lee Furness under 'Hugh Jackman's wife,' because she's an accomplished artist in her own right. An Australian from New South Wales, she won a Silver Shell for Best Actress and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2022, and she's worked across acting, directing, and producing. I especially admire her taste for quiet, weighty films like Jindabyne over easy crowd-pleasers. To me she reads as someone who has shaped projects both in front of and behind the camera, and who deserves to be discussed under her own name.
Overview
Deborra-Lee Furness, (born 30 November 1955) is an Australian actress and producer. Furness was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2022.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Deborra-Lee Furness
- Name (Japanese)
- デボラ＝リー・ファーネス
- Reading
- でぼら＝りー・ふぁーねす
- Born
- November 30, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film actor / actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Methodist Ladies' College
Awards & achievements
- Silver Shell for Best Actress
- 2022 Officer of the Order of Australia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | — | |
| Notable work | Force of Nature: The Dry 2 | — | |
| Notable work | Jindabyne | — |
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborra-Lee%20Furness
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.