Frances O'Connor

Acting

Frances O'Connor

Born 1967-06-12 · Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Frances Ann O'Connor (born 12 June 1967) is a British-Australian actress and director. She is known for her roles in the films Mansfield Park (1999), Bedazzled (2000), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and Timeline (2003). O'Connor has won an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Blessed (2009), and earned Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film nominations for her performances in Madame Bovary (2000) and The Missing (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Conjuring: Last Rites poster
6.9

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

2025

The Conjuring 2 poster
7.3

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

The Conjuring 2

2016

A.I. Artificial Intelligence poster
7.1

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

Bedazzled poster
6.1

Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.

Bedazzled

2000

Timeline poster
5.7

A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.

Timeline

2003

Windtalkers poster
6.4

Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.

Windtalkers

2002

The Hunter poster
6.7

Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.

The Hunter

2011

The Truth About Emanuel poster
6.0

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

The Truth About Emanuel

2013

A Little Bit of Soul poster
6.0

Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael Foundation, and are asked to spend the weekend discussing the proposals with the Head of the Foundation, who happens to be married to the Australian Treasurer. They have a very interesting weekend.

A Little Bit of Soul

1998

Mansfield Park poster
6.7

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.

Mansfield Park

1999

The Importance of Being Earnest poster
6.8

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002

Mercy poster
5.2

A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

Mercy

2014

Iron Jawed Angels poster
6.8

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Iron Jawed Angels

2004

Best Man Down poster
6.6

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.

Best Man Down

2012

Ice poster
5.5

It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacier are causing it to melt. Archer's warnings are ignored, so he heads to the Arctic to find indisputable evidence. Upon arrival, he realizes humankind is under immediate threat, and races home to save his family. The glacier collapses, with devastating consequences. Astonishing weather patterns emerge and plunge the world's temperatures into steep decline.

Ice

2011

Jayne Mansfield's Car poster
5.7

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences that will either tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions.

Jayne Mansfield's Car

2013

The Lazarus Child poster
5.6

A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

The Lazarus Child

2004

Go! poster
6.8

Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn to control his recklessness if he is to defeat the best drivers in Australia, including the ruthless champion Dean, and win the National title.

Go!

2020

Piccadilly Jim poster
6.6

Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.

Piccadilly Jim

2004

Kiss or Kill poster
4.5

Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.

Kiss or Kill

1997

About Adam poster
5.3

A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.

About Adam

2001

Little Red Wagon poster
6.4

With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.

Little Red Wagon

2012

Thank God He Met Lizzie poster
4.8

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.

Thank God He Met Lizzie

1997

Book of Love poster
4.6

Living among fusty academics, an unusual young man gets between a high school history teacher and his wife.

Book of Love

2004

Behind the camera

Emily poster
6.9

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Explore the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte and Anne; her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman and her care for her maverick brother whom she idolises.

Emily

2022

Emily poster
6.9

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Explore the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte and Anne; her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman and her care for her maverick brother whom she idolises.

Emily

2022

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NR

When Sister Maria, a spirited young nun with an unshakeable faith, arrives in Rome on a quest to save her beloved village, she clashes with a jaded tour guide who’s lost his way. What starts as a delightful battle between wide-eyed idealism and world-weary cynicism blossoms into an unexpected friendship that proves ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they believe in each other. Together, they discover that when good people fight for what’s right — hope triumphs, hearts change and miracles can happen.

Sister Maria Goes to Rome

No artwork available
NR

When Sister Maria, a spirited young nun with an unshakeable faith, arrives in Rome on a quest to save her beloved village, she clashes with a jaded tour guide who’s lost his way. What starts as a delightful battle between wide-eyed idealism and world-weary cynicism blossoms into an unexpected friendship that proves ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they believe in each other. Together, they discover that when good people fight for what’s right — hope triumphs, hearts change and miracles can happen.

Sister Maria Goes to Rome