• Name: Sigrid Thornton
  • Date of Birth: February 12, 1959
  • Place of Birth: Canberra, New S. Wales, Australia
Mini-bio: Sigrid Thornton first set foot on the Australian stage at age 9; four years later she made her first TV appearance. At 18, she made her big-screen bow as Maria in The Getting of Wisdom (1977). Audienc... read morees outside Australia are most familiar with Thornton for her portrayal of Jessica in 1982's The Man From Snowy River and its 1988 sequel Return to Snowy River. She also starred in the Australian mini-series All the Rivers Run (1984), which received American airplay on the HBO Cable Service. Additional Sigrid Thornton projects include the 1988 American TV series Paradise, the British TV weekly Guns of Promise, and 1990's Great Expectations: The Untold Story, for which she did double duty as star and associate producer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Replace this image with an actor photoSigrid Thornton mini-bio: Sigrid Thornton is an Australian actress. She is noted for her roles as "Jessica Harrison" in the films The Man from Snowy River (1982) and its sequel The Man from Snowy River II (US sequel title is "Return to Snowy River" — UK sequel title is "The Untamed") (1988). She is also known for her stage roles, including an early 2000s production of The Blue Room. Sigrid Thornton appeared in the Australian television sequel series of Father, Dear Father in Australia in 1978 (as Sue Glover).

She also appeared as Amelia Lawson, the Bank Manager, in the 1980s American television drama series Paradise. She also appeared in numerous Australian mini-series, including All the Rivers Run (in which she appeared as Philadelphia 'Delie' Gordon Edwards), during the 1980s and 1990s. Her leading role as "Laura Joy Gibson" in the Australian television series SeaChange (1998 - 2000) brought renewed stardom. Sigrid Thornton played a brilliant geneticist in a four-episode arc on MDA in 2005, and appeared in the 2005 telemovie Little Oberon, a role for which she shaved her head. Currently, Thornton is the host of the Nine Network's new health show, What's Good For You, a program which examines popular conceptions of how to ensure good health.

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