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Sigrid Thornton’s mum died less than a year ago. Now she’s in a play about motherhood

The star is embracing the ‘sometimes very painful’ process of performing in a powerful show about a mother who is a force of nature.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

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Mabel Li (left), Harry Greenwood (right) and Megan Wilding (middle) wearing keffiyeh at curtain call of opening night of STC’s The Seagull, on November 25.

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Sigrid Thornton’s golden rule for acting success

The award-winning actor on her long career – including a play that had 10 love-making scenes.

  • Benjamin Law
Director George Miller with Sigrid Thornton. The two worked on five projects together.

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Though he was destined always to be known as “the other George Miller”, he was one of this country’s most commercially successful filmmakers.

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Charlie Atkins asks for bids during the auction of 3 Highett Place, Fitzroy.

Fitzroy terrace makes $1.46 million as more auctions hit the market

The terrace home, a former bakery, sold after three bidders fought it out for the keys on Melbourne’s busiest spring Saturday so far.

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Sigrid Thornton is making her Sydney Theatre Company debut in The Lifespan of a Fact.

Small boobs and a secret lover? Sigrid Thornton tells the whole truth

For someone who has been in the public eye for 50-plus years, a favourite of women’s magazines and tabloids, Thornton has had some doozies printed about her.

  • Louise Rugendyke

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