Anna Torv Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Husband, Fringe, Mindhunter, The Last Of Us, Net Worth, Movies, and TV Shows

Anna Torv is an Australian actress chiefly known in Australia for starring in ABC’s The Newsreader as Helen Norville.

Anna Torv Biography

Anna Torv is an Australian actress chiefly known in Australia for starring in ABC’s The Newsreader, which won her two consecutive AACTA Awards. She received four successive Saturn Best Actress Awards on Television for her portrayal of Olivia Dunham in FOX’s Fringe from 2008 to 2013.

Anna Torv Age

Torv was born on June 7, 1979, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is 45 years old as of 2024. Torv celebrates her birthday on June 7th.

Anna Torv Height

Torv stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7¾ inches.

Anna Torv Family

Torv was born to Susan Carmichael and Hans Arvid Torv (Tõrv) in Melbourne. Her mother is of Scottish descent while her father is of Estonian descent. She grew up on the Gold Coast with her mother and younger brother after they moved there when she was 6 years old.

Torv has been estranged from her father for numerous years. He works as a property developer and radio presenter. Anna dePeyster, Torv’s paternal aunt, is a journalist and was the wife of Rupert Murdoch for 31 years. Torv is the cousin of Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James Murdoch.

Anna Torv Husband

Torv is divorced with a son. In 2024, they lived in northern New South Wales. She lived in Los Angeles for more than 10 years till the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020. While in LA, she gave birth to her son and purchased a house. She later sold her home and went back to Australia’s Gold Coast in early 2020. She has not been active on social media since 2021.

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Previously, she was married to Mark Valley, an American actor who co-starred with her in Fringe. They exchanged vows on December 22, 2008, and divorced in 2009. An April 2010 report revealed that they had split multiple months previously.

Anna Torv Net Worth

Torv has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an actress.

Anna Torv Fringe

Torv starred as Olivia Dunham in Fringe from 2008 to 2013, winning her four successive Saturn Best Actress Awards. Olivia is an FBI Special Agent and a member of the Fringe Division, a multi-agency task force of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She has degrees in criminology and psychology from Northwestern University. She was a special investigator in the United States Marine Corps before joining the FBI. When she was 9 years old, she shot her abusive stepfather while trying to defend her mother. As a member of Fringe, Olivia investigates inexplicable and frequent grim events that are linked to a parallel universe.

Torv’s performance in the series won her a 2009 Australians in Film Breakthrough award. She won five nominations for the Saturn Best Television Actress Award from 2009 to 2012, winning four of the nominations. Torv defeated over 300 other actresses from the US and 40 from Australia for the role of Olivia Dunham.

Anna Torv Mindhunter

Torv starred as Wendy Carr in Mindhunter from 2017 to 2019. Wendy is a closeted lesbian and a psychology professor aspiring to work at Boston University. She joins the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit during the late 1970s where she helps the team by developing psychological profiles for incarcerated serial killers.

Anna Torv The Last of Us

Torv starred as Theresa “Tess” Servopoulos in three episodes of The Last of Us in 2023. Tess is the smuggling partner of Joel in the Boston quarantine zone. She gets recruited to help Joel smuggle Ellie(Bella Ramsey) to the Fireflies, a group hoping to find a cure. Ellie is a 14-year-old orphan immune to a fungal infection that transforms people into zombie-like creatures.

Torv’s performance in the series won her CinEuphoria Merit – Honorary Award Shared with the Cast Award in 2024. She also nominations at the Online Film & Television Association, International Online Cinema Awards, Gold Derby Awards, TV Scholar Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and Primetime Emmy Awards.

Anna Torv Education

After studying at All Saints Anglican School, she attended Benowa State High School where she graduated in 1996. Following her graduation from school, she moved to Sydney, New South Wales where she joined the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the age of 17. She took a gap year and worked as a cafe and bar staff since she was too young to get an electricity account and frequent pubs. In 2001, she received a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts.

Anna Torv Career

Torv starred as Ophelia with the Bell Shakespeare Company in  John Bell’s production of Hamlet in 2003. The following year, she joined the cast of The Secret Life of Us as Nikki Martel. In 2005, she recorded audio books for Scholastic Australia’s Solo Collection including Little Fingers, Jack’s Owl, Spike, and Maddy in the Middle. She later provided a voiceover and performance capture for Nariko in  Heavenly Sword, a 2007 video game.

Torv then starred in BBC’s Mistresses in 2008. She starred as Agent Olivia Dunham in Fringe from 2008 to 2013. Her performance in the series won her a 2009 Australians in Film Breakthrough award. She won five nominations for the Saturn Best Television Actress Award from 2009 to 2012, winning four of the nominations. She portrayed Virginia Grey in HBO’s The Pacific and a tyrannical traffic cop in a CollegeHumor Original. In 2014, she recurred her role as Nariko in the film adaptation of Heavenly Sword.

Torv joined the cast of Netflix’s Mindhunter as Dr. Wendy Carr in March 2016. She joined the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us as Tess. She starred as Helen Norville in The Newsreader, winning her two AACTA Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards. In 2022, she received a Logie Most Outstanding Actress Award for the first season and a Logie nomination for the second season. In 2021, Torv starred in ABC’s Fires. She starred in Netflix’s Territory in October 2024.

Theatre

In 1986, Torv starred as Bess in The Night Before Christmas at Roman Scandals Theatre Restaurant. She also starred in Bodyline: Time’s Up, Richard III, and Basic Burlesque from 1998 to 2001. She played the role of Susan in Plenty and Alicia in Language of the Gods at NIDA Theatre. Further, she appeared as Capulat in Ring Round the Moon and Ann in Goodnight Children Everywhere at NIDA Studio. Moreover, she starred as Chorus Girl in Kiss Me, Kate at Parade Theatre. In 2002, she starred as Amelia in The Credeaux Canvas at SBW Stables Theatre. Torv starred as Ophelia with the Bell Shakespeare Company in John Bell’s production of Hamlet in 2003. She portrayed Anya in The Cherry Orchard at Sydney Theatre Company.

Anna Torv Movies and TV Shows

Torv has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as

  • Travelling Light
  • White Collar Blue
  • The Book of Revelation
  • Love Is Now
  • The Daughter
  • McLeod’s Daughters
  • Mistresses
  • Deadline Gallipoli
  • Secret City
  • Stephanie
  • Scarygirl
  • Nautilus
  • Force of Nature: The Dry 2
  • So Long, Marianne