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Frances O’Connor

Frances O’Connor's career connects Australian independent film, literary adaptations and television drama. She is also the director of Emily.

Source ref: Television Academy: Frances O'ConnorSource ref: Bleecker Street: Director to Director, Frances O'Connor
Queenstown connectionConfirmed castCharacter not named in reviewed announcementSource ref: Netflix: Queenstown cast announcement

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Frances O’Connor as Tanya in Three Dollars, photographed in 2004.
Photo: Robert Connolly. Three Dollars (2005 film) - Frances O'Connor, December 2004 (cropped). Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Photographed . Cropped by 1992 FARHAAD using CropTool on Wikimedia Commons, then resized by Wikimedia. Used without further edits.

Characters from the page

Literary adaptations form a recurring thread in O'Connor's acting career. She starred in Mansfield Park, took the title role in Madame Bovary, and played Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest. The Madame Bovary performance brought a Golden Globe nomination.

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Independent film and television

Her film debut was the Australian independent production Love and Other Catastrophes. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is another film credit.

Television work spans Cashmere Mafia, Rose Selfridge in Mr Selfridge, and The Missing, which brought a second Golden Globe nomination.

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Behind the camera

Bleecker Street's Director to Director interview features O'Connor discussing Emily as its director. The conversation places her alongside filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee.

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Comments about Queenstown

No verified comments about this series found in the sources reviewed.

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Selected credits

Love and Other CatastrophesFilm · 1996Source ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
Mansfield ParkFilm · 1999Source ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
Madame BovaryTelevision · 2000Character: Madame BovarySource ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceFilmSource ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
The Importance of Being EarnestFilm · 2002Character: GwendolenSource ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
Cashmere MafiaTelevision · 2008Source ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
Mr SelfridgeTelevisionCharacter: Rose SelfridgeSource ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
The MissingTelevision · 2014Source ref: Television Academy: Frances O'Connor
EmilyFilmContribution: DirectorSource ref: Bleecker Street: Director to Director, Frances O'Connor

Questions readers ask

What was Frances O'Connor's first film?

Love and Other Catastrophes, released in 1996.

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Did Frances O'Connor direct Emily?

Yes. Bleecker Street features her as Emily's director in its filmmaker interview series.

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Source references

These references support the profile. The editorial account above is the primary reading destination.

  1. Netflix: Queenstown cast announcement Published . Checked .
  2. Television Academy: Frances O'Connor Published Date not stated. Checked .
  3. Bleecker Street: Director to Director, Frances O'Connor Published Date not stated. Checked .