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Genevieve Camilleri was studying biotechnology when she realised a chemistry lab was not where she wanted to spend her working life.
Loving film, creativity and computers, she switched industries. And, as one of five Australians nominated for best visual effects at the Academy Awards this month, it is fair to say it has worked out OK.
Sitting pretty with an Oscar nomination: Genevieve Camilleri.
Credit:Rhett Wyman
Mad Max: Fury Road,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the coming
Top Gun: Maverick, was watching the Oscar nominations online at her Sydney apartment a month ago when she was stunned by a mention for the unheralded Hollywood sci-fi adventure movie
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Genevieve Camilleri was studying biotechnology when she realised a chemistry lab was not where she wanted to spend her working life.
Loving film, creativity and computers, she switched industries. And, as one of five Australians nominated for best visual effects at the Academy Awards this month, it is fair to say it has worked out OK.
Sitting pretty with an Oscar nomination: Genevieve Camilleri.
Credit:Rhett Wyman
Mad Max: Fury Road,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the coming
Top Gun: Maverick, was watching the Oscar nominations online at her Sydney apartment a month ago when she was stunned by a mention for the unheralded Hollywood sci-fi adventure movie
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Her previous nods were for 2019 Nominee Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role The Wife (2017) and the 2012 nominee Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Albert Nobbs (2011).
And in 1989 she was a nominee Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role Dangerous Liaisons (1988), in 1988 she landed a Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role Fatal Attraction (1987), and in 1985 she stood out in the Oscar Best Actress category Supporting Role for The Natural (1984).
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