From Mindhunter to Newsreader: Anna Torv on how she chooses her next role
Posted on
Sep 24, 2021

From Mindhunter to Newsreader: Anna Torv on how she chooses her next role

Ahead of the ABC’s anthology Fires, Torv spoke to Guardian Australia about her nonlinear career – and the traumas compounding around us.

If every memorable actor has a signature, Australian actor Anna Torv’s would have to be her voice. To quote a friend after watching The Newsreader, “I really wish she would do a recording for one of those meditation apps.”

In the ABC series, which aired its first season finale on Sunday, Torv wields this voice with a theatre actor’s precision as Helen Norville: an 80s news anchor whose composure behind the desk has drawn comparisons to Jana Wendt.

“I did a couple of sessions with a beautiful person they’d brought in to teach the newsreading,” Torv says. “But what I learned is that the phrasing, and all that kind of stuff, comes purely through the autocue.
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Dec 1, 2020

AACTA ScreenFest

If you missed Wenlei Ma's conversation with Anna Torv at the AACTA ScreenFest on December 1st, you can still stream it until December 16th or download it from our video galleries HERE. [justified_image_grid ids="6730" Caption=off row_height=360] [gallery ids="6730"]