British-Australian actress
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
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Born
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1991-03-05
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5 March 1991
(age 33)
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Nationality
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 2006?present
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Spouse
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Omar Bustos
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m.
2019)
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Children
| 1
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Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
(born 5 March 1991)
[1]
is an English-Australian actress. She is known in Australia for her role as Holly in the drama series
Bed of Roses
(2008?2011), for which she received an
AFI Award
nomination in 2008 and a
Logie Award
nomination in 2009,
[2]
and internationally as Seppia in the
Starz
historical drama
Spartacus: Vengeance
(2012).
Early life
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Mangan-Lawrence was born in
London
to Maggie Mangan, an English teacher and playwright, and Ray Lawrence, a teacher, and grew up in
Sydney
.
[3]
She has a half-sister Roisin, two half-brothers Liam and Reuben, a stepsister Zoe and stepmother Paddy, also a teacher.
Mangan-Lawrence represented Australia overseas as a member of the elite gymnastics team. In 2005, she won "Acrobat of the Year ? International ? Senior" at the
Gymnastics Australia
National Awards.
[4]
In 2009, Mangan-Lawrence completed her high-school education at the
Newtown High School of the Performing Arts
[5]
through Pathways.
Career
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Mangan-Lawrence started her film career in 2005 with the short films
Simulation 1201
and
Galore
.
[6]
[7]
This was followed by a starring role in the short film
Sexy Thing
in 2006, which was accepted into the Cannes Film Festival.
[5]
[8]
Mangan-Lawrence was cast in the 2008 horror film
Acolytes
.
[9]
[10]
She subsequently featured in
The Square
.
[11]
She was nominated for a
Filmink
award for 'Best Australian Newcomer' for this performance.
In 2009, she appeared in the Australian period drama
Lucky Country
.
[6]
[12]
Mangan-Lawrence has featured in the Australian drama series
Bed of Roses
, which screened on the ABC television network. In 2008, she received an
AFI Award
nomination for "Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama" for her role in
Bed of Roses
She was also nominated for the '
Graham Kennedy
Award For Most Outstanding New Talent' at the
Logie Awards
in 2009.
[2]
[13]
In 2012, Mangan-Lawrence starred in the feature-film
Thirst
. She also became a recurring cast member on the
Starz
television series
Spartacus: Vengeance
.
In 2016, Mangan-Lawrence appeared in the limited series
Containment
.
Personal life
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Mangan-Lawrence married producer Omar Bustos in December 2018. They have a son, born 2019.
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