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1. Richard Roxburgh, 2008 (printed 2012). 2. Ben Mendelsohn, 2006 (printed 2012). All Jimmy Pozarik OAM.
Claudia Karvan OAM (b. 1973), actor, grew up in Sydney and made her first film appearances as a ten-year-old. Her major acting debut came in the Gillian Armstrong film High Tide (1987) alongside Judy Davis. After a number of appearances on television and in films including The Big Steal (1990) she starred opposite Alex Dimitriades in the film The Heartbreak Kid (1993), for which she won a Best Actress AFI award. Over the course of the 1990s she appeared in many Australian films including Flynn, Dating the Enemy, Paperback Hero and Passion; she won an audience favourite award at the Palm Springs Short Film Festival for her performance in Two Girls and a Baby in 1998. Between 2001 and 2003 she became a household name through her regular role in the hit television series The Secret Life of Us, for which she won a Logie for the outstanding actress in a drama series. She has since written, produced and acted in the series Love My Way (2005-2006) and several films including Aquamarine (2006) and Footy Legends (2006).
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
Jimmy Pozarik OAM (3 portraits)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
A photograph of Claudia Karvan that blends actor, character, photographer and captures the creative collaboration of the television series Love my way.
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