50 facts from life of Australian actress Emily Browning: appeared in the music video for Evermore's "Light Surrounding You"

Emily Browning 50 interesting things!

1. Emily Browning is an Australian film actress and singer.

2. Browning's middle name is Jane.

3. Emily Browning made her film debut in the Australian television film The Echo of Thunder, subsequently, she played recurring roles in Australian television shows Blue Heelers and Something in the Air.

4. However Emily Browning's breakthrough role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship, which introduced her to a wider audience.

5. In 2006, Browning appeared in the music video for Evermore's "Light Surrounding You". In the behind-the-scenes video for the clip, the band stated, "[We] suck as actors, so we decided to get Emily."

6. In 2005, Browning won the Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Violet Baudelaire in the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004).

7. Emily Browning is also known for her roles in the horror film The Uninvited (2009), the action film Sucker Punch (2011), and the independent film Sleeping Beauty (2011). Her role in Sleeping Beauty was highly praised.

8. Emily Browning attended the L'Oreal Fashion Festival as a festival ambassador on 1 February 2007

9. Emily Browning was named the Breakthrough performer of the year by Hamptons International Film Festival for the role in Sleeping Beauty in 20011.

10. Emily Browning was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Andrew and Shelley Browning.

11. Emily Browning attended Eltham High School.

12. Emily Browning is a sister of two siblings. She has two younger brothers, Nicholas and Matthew.

13. Browning's debut acting role was in the 1998 Hallmark Channel movie The Echo of Thunder.

14. Emily Browning appeared as the daughter of a character played by Billy Connolly in The Man Who Sued God.

15. Emily Browning made her American film debut in 2002's Ghost Ship, and won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actress, the same year.

16. Emily Browning turned down a request to audition for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight, citing exhaustion, despite an endorsement from series author Stephenie Meyer.

17. In 2009, she was cast as Babydoll in Zack Snyder's action film Sucker Punch, as a replacement for Amanda Seyfried, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Filming took place in Vancouver from September 2009 to January 2010, and the film was released on 25 March 2011. In an interview at Comic-Con, she confirmed that she would be singing in the film, while claiming that her audition tape brought tears to her casting agent's eyes and the song she selected ("Killing Me Softly") was one of Zack Snyder's wife Deborah's favourites, which Browning referred to as the "selling point" on her being cast in the role.

18. In the film Sleeping Beauty, Emily Browning actually replaced friend and fellow young Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who was committed to a film adaptation of Jane Eyre at the time.

19. Emily Browning admitted that even reading teh screenplay for Sleeping Beauty made her feel uncomfortable but she went for it anyway. "Even reading the screenplay, it made me feel uncomfortable. But that was something that attracted me to it. I would prefer to polarise an audience as opposed to making an entertaining film everybody feels ambivalent about."

20. Emily Browning replaced English actress Ophelia Lovibond to play as the female lead in the film Summer in February which is based on the book of the same title, by Jonathan Smith. The film was filmed in Cornwall alongside Dominic Cooper and Dan Stevens.

21. Emily Browning finally got a chance to show off her singing and musica talent when she was cast in God Help the Girl, a musical film by Belle and Sebastian front-man Stuart Murdoch. In the musical, Browning played Eve, and the role required live singing. Filming on the production began on 8 July 2012 and wrapped on 12 August 2012.

22. Emily Browning starred in the 2014 film Pompeii, opposite Kit Harington, best known for Game of Thrones. The project was filmed in Toronto and the actual city of Pompeii itself.

23. Emily Browning took a break from filming on Pompeii, and returned home to Australia to film a music video directed by Guy Franklin for the song "No Matter What You Say" by San Francisco-based band Imperial Teen. The video follows Browning as the lead character, conducting a 'live art-piece'.

24. Now let's take a look at Emily Browning's personal life. Browning took a break from acting in order to complete her education at Eltham High School, where she concluded her Victorian Certificate of Education exams in November 2006.

25. Actress Emily Browning is currently in a relationship with fellow Australian actor, Xavier Samuel whom she met on the set of their film Plush in 2012.

26. Emily Browning's trademarks are her rosy cheeks, full voluptuous lips and her porcelain skin.

27. Browning got her start in acting after being noticed in a school play.

28. Emily Browning won the role of Violet in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events after her agent gave her a pile of scripts for which to submit video auditions. She was called by the director Zack Snyder to come come to LA for audtionon where she was able to win the part.

29. Browning had to wear little weights so her dress wouldn't float up over her face while filming underwater scene in Ghost Ship.

30. Browning wanted to be a fashion designer when she was child. Thid didn't happen as she was discovered at age 8.

31. Browning was discovered at school play.

32. Browning laughed at Jim Carry so much while filming Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events that she was scared to be kicked out from filming.

33. As Australian, Browning naturally has Australian accent. She mentioned that she learned American accent while watching Sesame Street as child.

34. Browning has two pets. She has a cat named Jasper and a dog named Roxy.

35. Needed to wear heels for her costume in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events because Liam Aiken was much taller than she was.

36. You might not know this, but she has her nose and belly button pierced.

37. In 2002, Browning won an AFI Young Actor's Award and in 2004 she represented them.

38. Ranked #28 in "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World" for 2010.

39. Emily Browning watches what she eats! She is a pescetarian, which is a vegetarian who eats fish.

40. Even though she turned down the lead in Twilight she worked with the director and author of the film, later in her career. She worked with director on Catherine Hardwicke' on Plush and with Stephanie Meyer on The Host, the adaptation of the novel that Meyer produced.

41. She is a lucky one, or perhaps a talented one as she was cast for first eight productions she auditioned for.

42. Said that you know who your real friends are after Hollywood saying, "After Hollywood, you know if people are interested in you or in the fact that you've been in a movie. You know who your real friends are."

43. Her family is very supportive of her but they didn't push her being a child actor.

44. She wants to have a life besides her career. Expressed that actor's job is to be able to realistically portray a human being. "The whole point of our job is to be able to realistically portray a human being and if you don't experience life, if all you experience is acting and being on set, how on Earth are you going to be able to connect to real people and portray these characters? I realized if I want to do this, I have to have a life."

45. Described herself as a little bit nervous and not particularly brave in her everyday life.

46. Played Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" while in primary school. It was all in Italian!

47. She is not going to do a pop album anytime soon.

48. Described herself as a massive daydreamer.

49. Emily sings three songs on the film Sucker Punch.

50. She enjoys to transform into different persons on the films and never wants to look the same way.