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Aussies in Hollywood

Jenny Cooney is an Australian journalist who has lived in Hollywood for 30 years. She is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and votes for the Golden Globes. Jenny has watched the wave... Read more

Ranked #1

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Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson

Actor, film-producer, law-degree holder, film-memorabilia collector and former lolly-stand owner Rebel Wilson is so much... Read more

21 Mar 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #2

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Jenny first interviewed Nicole when Nicole was a fresh faced 17-year-old still living in Australia. Since then, actress ... Read more

17 Jan 2018

41mins

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Teresa Palmer

Teresa Palmer

Actor Teresa Palmer looks back on her first years in Hollywood coming from Adelaide at only 19 years of age. She's had a... Read more

10 Nov 2017

46mins

Ranked #4

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Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

Actress Jacki Weaver, is a national treasure in Australia, known for her decades of theatre, TV and Aussie movies. At th... Read more

6 Jun 2019

56mins

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Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Actor Toni Collette is synonymous with 2 movie lines “You’re terrible Muriel!” from Muriel’s Wedding and “I see dead peo... Read more

1 Aug 2018

41mins

Ranked #6

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Dacre Montgomery

Dacre Montgomery

Actor Dacre Montgomery landed the dream role of anyone growing up in the 90’s. He played the Red Power Ranger and now st... Read more

11 Jul 2019

52mins

Ranked #7

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Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson is one of the best known Aussies in Hollywood as both an actor and a film maker. From Mad Max to Apocalypto M... Read more

19 May 2018

59mins

Ranked #8

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Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn has been a leading man in the Australian film industry since he was a teenager but it wasn't until his 40... Read more

9 Jan 2018

36mins

Ranked #9

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Emilie de Ravin

Emilie de Ravin

Actor Emilie de Ravin is best known for her roles in the tv shows Roswell High, Lost and Once Upon a Time as well as the... Read more

11 Sep 2018

58mins

Ranked #10

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Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness

Actors and golden couple Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness sit down with their longtime friend Jenny Cooney to discu... Read more

27 Nov 2018

51mins

Ranked #11

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Brenton Thwaites

Brenton Thwaites

From 'Home and Away' to 'Pirates of the Caribbean', it's been a wild ride for Brenton Thwaites. The young Aussie from Ca... Read more

28 Dec 2017

48mins

Ranked #12

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Danielle Macdonald

Danielle Macdonald

Actor Danielle Macdonald, is the star of Patti Cake$ and upcoming film Dumplin’. Danielle chats with Jenny Cooney about ... Read more

11 Sep 2018

1hr 3mins

Ranked #13

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Tim Minchin

Tim Minchin

Musician, comedian, actor and writer Tim Minchin is an Australian national treasure. Tim made a successful transition to... Read more

5 Jan 2018

38mins

Ranked #14

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Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish’s journey from country life in Lochinvar, NSW to Hollywood has been very much on her own terms. Following ... Read more

3 Jul 2018

59mins

Ranked #15

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Paul Hogan (Hoges)

Paul Hogan (Hoges)

Crocodile Dundee actor and co-writer Paul Hogan was one of the original Aussies in Hollywood. From being a rigger on the... Read more

3 Jul 2018

44mins

Ranked #16

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Lee Smith

Lee Smith

Editor Lee Smith has been part of some of the biggest movies in Hollywood, from Suicide Squad to The Dark Knight and Int... Read more

1 Aug 2018

41mins

Ranked #17

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Eric Bana

Eric Bana

Actor Eric Bana managed to make it in Hollywood without ever having to relocate to the US. His success story is unusual,... Read more

24 Jan 2019

46mins

Ranked #18

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Luke Mitchell

Luke Mitchell

Actor and model Luke Mitchell shot to fame in Australia as Romeo Smith on Home and Away but nowadays he lives between Ne... Read more

27 Nov 2018

1hr 1min

Ranked #19

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George Lazenby

George Lazenby

Actor George Lazenby is the only Aussie to have played James Bond. His life off screen was similar to Bond, with plenty ... Read more

11 Sep 2018

53mins

Ranked #20

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Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Jenny Cooney was the journalist who outed actor LaPaglia as an Aussie from Adelaide, not the American he purported to be... Read more

15 Sep 2017

40mins

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