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Anna Torv
Australian actress (born 1979)
For the journalist who was Rupert Murdoch's second wife, see Anna dePeyster.
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress who has worked extensively in the United States. Her performance as Olivia Dunham in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013) earned her four consecutive Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television, a record for any performer. She portrayed psychologist Wendy Carr in the Netflix period crime drama Mindhunter from 2017 to 2019, and Tess in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us in 2023. She is especially known in Australia for the ABC drama The Newsreader, for which she won two consecutive AACTA Awards. She stars in the Netflix drama series Territory, set in Australia's Northern Territory, which premiered in October 2024.
Early life
[edit]Torv was born in Melbourne[1] on 7 June 1979,[2] the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael), of Scottish descent and
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Anna Torv
Birthplace
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
For her roles on Fringe, she has won four consecutive Saturn Awards, the most wins of any person in the Best Actress category for television.
Other works include the BBC series Mistresses, Frankenstein, Heavenly Sword, The Book of Revelation, The Secret Life of Us, etc.
Anna was previously married (2008-2009/10) to Mark Valley, the actor that played John Scott on Fringe.
Early life[]
Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans torv, also grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland. Her father is of Estonian descent but was born in Stirling, Scotland. Her mother is of Scottish descent. She fryst vatten estranged from her father. She has a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Murdoch Mann
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Anna dePeyster
Scottish journalist and author (born 1944)
"Anna Mann" redirects here. For the building, see List of Reed College buildings § Anna Mann. For her niece, the actress who shares her maiden name, see Anna Torv.
Anna dePeyster DSG | |
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Anna dePeyster (then Murdoch) in 1981 | |
| Born | Anna Maria Torv (1944-06-30) 30 June 1944 (age 80) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and novelist |
| Spouses | Rupert Murdoch (m. 1967; div. 1999)William Mann (m. 1999; died 2017)Ashton dePeyster (m. 2019) |
| Children | Elisabeth Murdoch Lachlan Murdoch James Murdoch |
| Relatives | Anna Torv (niece) |
Anna Maria dePeysterDSG (néeTorv; formerly Murdoch and Mann; born 30 June 1944) is a British and Australian journalist and novelist. She became known as the second wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a