Everlyn Sampi

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Everlyn Sampi
Everlyn Sampi Dec 2003 - Sydbey.jpg
Sampi in December 2003
Born (1988-10-06) 6 October 1988 (age 37)
Derby, Western Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Everlyn Lee Marie Sampi (born 6 October 1988) is an Australian actress. She is of Bardi Australian Aboriginal and Scottish descent. [1]

Sampi starred in the 2002 film Rabbit-Proof Fence , as child of the stolen generation Molly Craig. [2] The film is based on the true story depicted in the novel Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence , written by Craig's daughter Doris Pilkington Garimara. [1] Sampi won the 4th Annual Lexus Inside Film Awards for Best Actress on 6 November 2002 for her role in the film. [2] [3]

Sampi appeared in the 2007 Australian television drama series The Circuit , as the character Leonie.

Sampi now[ when? ] lives in Broome, Western Australia. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Actress finds her roots in Scotland Aborigine's grandfather stowed away from Glasgow". The Herald . 19 August 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2023. Although she was raised in an Aboriginal community in Western Australia, Everlyn's paternal grandfather is a native Glaswegian, Maurice McCarron.
  2. 1 2 3 Laughland, Oliver (18 June 2013). "Everlyn Sampi: pain, pride and the trail of the Rabbit-Proof Fence". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gulpilil honoured at rabbit-proof awards". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 November 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2023.


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