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Veronica Sywak is a Actor Australienne born on 11 august 1978 at Sydney (Australie)
Veronica Sywak is both an Australian IF Award and AFI nominated actress. She was born in Sydney, Australia, on 11 August 1984.
Sywak's film career began to gain momentum in 2007 when she landed the lead role in the Australian film The Jammed, for which she received an IF Award nomination (Best Actress) and an AFI Award nomination (Best Lead Actress). She also appeared opposite Eric Bana in Romulus My Father and in the Jonathan Hensleigh horror, Welcome to the Jungle.
In 2008, Sywak facilitated a screening of "The Jammed" at the United Nations in New York on behalf of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. It marked the first Australian film to be screened at the United Nations. Sywak appeared in panel discussion at the United Nations alongside Simone Monasebian Chief of the UNODC New York Office. Returning to Australia, she continued her activism speaking on behalf of Amnesty International and World Vision.
Sywak has a Bachelor of Media and Communications degree from the University of New South Wales. She is currently taking a break from her acting career to pursue a Master's degree from the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Veronica Sywak
Biography
Sywak's professional career began when she was cast in the 2002 Australian film, Blurred. In 2004, she travelled to the US to study Practical Aesthetics at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. After returning to Sydney, she worked on several Australian TV series including Love My Way (Fox8) and All Saints (Channel 7).Sywak's film career began to gain momentum in 2007 when she landed the lead role in the Australian film The Jammed, for which she received an IF Award nomination (Best Actress) and an AFI Award nomination (Best Lead Actress). She also appeared opposite Eric Bana in Romulus My Father and in the Jonathan Hensleigh horror, Welcome to the Jungle.
In 2008, Sywak facilitated a screening of "The Jammed" at the United Nations in New York on behalf of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. It marked the first Australian film to be screened at the United Nations. Sywak appeared in panel discussion at the United Nations alongside Simone Monasebian Chief of the UNODC New York Office. Returning to Australia, she continued her activism speaking on behalf of Amnesty International and World Vision.
Sywak has a Bachelor of Media and Communications degree from the University of New South Wales. She is currently taking a break from her acting career to pursue a Master's degree from the University of Technology, Sydney.
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10 Terrorists (2012)
, 1h28Directed by Dee McLachlan
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Cawthorne, Osamah Sami, Sachin Joab, Veronica Sywak, Louise Crawford, Masa Yamaguchi
Rating53%
Originally titled Who Wants To Be a Terrorist, the film follows 10 wannabe terrorists that compete in a series of challenges to win $1 million.
Romulus, My Father (2007)
, 1h44Directed by Richard Roxburgh
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about suicide, Transport films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Eric Bana, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas, Jacek Koman, Russell Dykstra
Roles Lidia Vukovic
Rating65%
It tells the story of Romulus Gaiţă, a Romanian immigrant to Australia after World War II and his struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up his son, Raimond. As close family members die around him Raimond has to deal with the deterioration of his father's mental health. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.
Welcome to the Jungle (2007)
, 1h19Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Veronica Sywak, Dwayne Johnson
Roles Bijou
Rating44%
The plot of Welcome to the Jungle concerns two young couples who go to Southwest New Guinea from Fiji in order to find Michael Rockefeller, the son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller who disappeared back in 1961, and sell an interview with him to the tabloids for $1,000,000. After a close encounter with armed criminals and psychopathic border guards, and after finding evidence that suggests that Michael Rockefeller may still be alive, the group finally makes it to the jungle where Rockefeller was last seen. The group ventures deep into the jungle where they find two Christian missionaries and a middle-aged Australian man who warns the group not to disturb the tribes in the area or else they will be killed. However tensions rise between the two couples which ultimately attracts the attention of local bloodthirsty cannibalistic tribes who then stalk one of the young couples while they are on a makeshift boat in the river and then attack them when they made their way to shore.
The Jammed (2007)
, 1h29Directed by Dee McLachlan
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister, Masa Yamaguchi, Sun Park, Andrew Gilbert
Roles Ashley
Rating65%
The film begins with an interrogation in an immigration office, revealing an illegal immigrant working as a prostitute on the verge of being deported. Throughout the film it becomes apparent that one of the interrogators (Damien Richardson) has in fact had sex with the girl at an illegal brothel, negating his encouragement to her to tell the truth.
Blurred (2002)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Matthew Newton, Craig Horner, Steven Rooke, Mark Priestley, Petra Yared, Jamie Croft
Roles Lynette
Rating48%