Anna Torv
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002—
Spouse(s)	Mark Valley (2008—2010 )

Anna Torv (born April 15th 1978) is an Australian actress best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe.

Family

Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Anna's father Hans Torv is of Estonian descent, but he was born in Stirling Scotland.She has been estranged from her father since the age of 8 . She has one sibling, a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is the writer, Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch..

In December 2008 Anna Torv married her Fringe co-star Mark Valley. They split in early 2010.

Education

Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.

Career

Torv appeared in the BBC series Mistresses. She also played the voice of the main character Nariko in the video game Heavenly Sword where her face was also used for the character model.

Torv plays FBI Agent Olivia Dunham in the American television series Fringe. She was nominated for a 2009 and 2010 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her performance on Fringeand received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award. She filmed Season 2 of Fringe in Vancouver, British Columbia. Anna appeared as Virginia Grey on H.B.O.'s mini-series The Pacific.

Filmography

External links

• Fansite
• Anna Torv at the Internet Movie Database
• Australian Television - Anna Torv profile
• "Anna Torv Is Nothing Like the Character She Plays on Fringe" (interview)