Anna Torv

  Anna Torv, an Australian actress, was born on 7 June 1979. Her most well-known role is her role in the role of FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox science-fiction television series Fringe (2008-2013) which for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and won four Saturn Awards for Best Actress on TV. She also starred as Wendy Carr in the Netflix crime thriller series Mindhunter (2017-2019). Torv is the daughter of Susan Carmichael and Hans Arvid Torv, was born in Melbourne. Her birthplace was on Queensland's Gold Coast. Her father was born in Stirling, Scotland to a Scottish mother. Her paternal grandfather is Estonian. She is separated from her father because of her mother's Scottish family heritage. Her younger brother named Dylan. The paternal aunt of her Anna Murdoch Mann is a writer and was married for a 31 years to Rupert Murdoch. She has an older brother named Dylan. In 2001 she received her degree from the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She also earned an award for her work as a performance artist. In 2003, Torv played the role of Ophelia as part of the Bell Shakespeare Company in John Bell's production of Hamlet. In 2004 she was a part of the Australian cast of critically acclaimed television drama The Secret Life of Us in the role of Nikki Martel.In 2005, Torv recorded a series of audio books for Scholastic Australia's Solo Collection, including titles Little Fingers, Jack's Owl, Spike, and Maddy in the Middle and was later voiced as Nariko in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword.