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- Australia Post Legends 2009 - Ever...http://shop.auspost.com.au/stamp-coin-collectables/stamp-issues
- Australia Post Legends 2009 - Every year since 1997 Australia Post has honoured the achievements of eminent Australians with a stamp release marking the Australia Post Australian Legends Award. The award itself comprises a gold replica stamp presented to each recipient at an Australia Day lunch. 2009's legends are Australian film actors who have been recognised worldwide. All have won Academy Awards for acting.
Nicole Kidman (b. 20 June 1967) is one of the highest-paid actresses in the motion picture industry. After making various appearances in Australian film and television, Kidman received her breakthrough role in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Her performances in several films have won her critical acclaim. In 2003, Kidman received an Academy Award for her performance in The Hours and her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Kidman is also a UNIFEM and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006. Her latest role is as Lady Sarah Ashley in Australia.
Russell Ira Crowe (b. 7 April 1964) began his acting career in the 1990s. Early roles were in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films including Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began to appear in US films -- such as L.A.Confidential (1997). Since 2000, he has been nominated for three Oscars and in 2001 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in the film Gladiator. Crowe received three consecutive Best Actor Oscar nominations for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. He re-teamed with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for A Good Year in 2006.
The first major stage role for Cate Blanchett (b. 14 May 1969) was in the 1993 David Mamet play Oleanna, for which she won the Sydney Theatre Critics' Best Newcomer Award. Blanchett made her international film debut with a supporting role in Paradise Road (1997), and in the same year, her first leading role in Gillian Armstrong's production of Oscar and Lucinda. Her first high- profile international role was in Elizabeth (1998), which earned
her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2005, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator playing Katherine Hepburn. Recent films have included Babel, Notes on a Scandal, I'm Not There, Elizabeth: the Golden Age and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Geoffrey Roy Rush (b. 6 July 1951) was the first Australian-born person to win an Academy Award for acting. He is also the only Australian to win it playing an Australian character. Rush's film debut was in the Australian film Hoodwink in 1981 which was quickly followed by Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck, the following year. In 1996, he starred in Shine, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Australian actor to win an Oscar since Peter Finch. In 1998, he appeared in three major films: Les Misérables, Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2000, he received his third Academy Award nomination, for Quills, in which he played the Marquis de Sade.
- Australia Post Legends 2009 - Ever...http://shop.auspost.com.au/stamp-coin-collectables/stamp-issues
- Australia Post Legends 2009 - Every year since 1997 Australia Post has honoured the achievements of eminent Australians with a stamp release marking the Australia Post Australian Legends Award. The award itself comprises a gold replica stamp presented to each recipient at an Australia Day lunch. 2009's legends are Australian film actors who have been recognised worldwide. All have won Academy Awards for acting.
Nicole Kidman (b. 20 June 1967) is one of the highest-paid actresses in the motion picture industry. After making various appearances in Australian film and television, Kidman received her breakthrough role in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Her performances in several films have won her critical acclaim. In 2003, Kidman received an Academy Award for her performance in The Hours and her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Kidman is also a UNIFEM and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006. Her latest role is as Lady Sarah Ashley in Australia.
Russell Ira Crowe (b. 7 April 1964) began his acting career in the 1990s. Early roles were in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films including Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began to appear in US films -- such as L.A.Confidential (1997). Since 2000, he has been nominated for three Oscars and in 2001 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in the film Gladiator. Crowe received three consecutive Best Actor Oscar nominations for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. He re-teamed with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for A Good Year in 2006.
The first major stage role for Cate Blanchett (b. 14 May 1969) was in the 1993 David Mamet play Oleanna, for which she won the Sydney Theatre Critics' Best Newcomer Award. Blanchett made her international film debut with a supporting role in Paradise Road (1997), and in the same year, her first leading role in Gillian Armstrong's production of Oscar and Lucinda. Her first high- profile international role was in Elizabeth (1998), which earned
her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2005, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator playing Katherine Hepburn. Recent films have included Babel, Notes on a Scandal, I'm Not There, Elizabeth: the Golden Age and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Geoffrey Roy Rush (b. 6 July 1951) was the first Australian-born person to win an Academy Award for acting. He is also the only Australian to win it playing an Australian character. Rush's film debut was in the Australian film Hoodwink in 1981 which was quickly followed by Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck, the following year. In 1996, he starred in Shine, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Australian actor to win an Oscar since Peter Finch. In 1998, he appeared in three major films: Les Misérables, Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2000, he received his third Academy Award nomination, for Quills, in which he played the Marquis de Sade.
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