Abbey lee biography
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Abbey Lee Kershaw
Occupation
Actor
Model
Musician
Years Active
2007-Present
Abbey Lee Kershaw, also known as "Abbey Lee," (born June 12, 1987) portrayed The Dag in George Miller's 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Filmography[]
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Gods of Egypt (2016)
- The Neon Demon (2016)
- Office Christmas Party (2016)
- The Dark Tower (2017)
- Outlaws (2017)
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Abbey Lee
Australian model, actress and musician (born 1987)
For other people with similar names, see Abby Lee (disambiguation).
Abbey Lee | |
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Lee in 2015 | |
| Born | Abbey Lee Kershaw (1987-06-12) 12 June 1987 (age 37) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Parent | Kim Kershaw (father) |
Abbey Lee Kershaw (born 12 June 1987) is an Australian model, actress and musician. Following several years of success leading up to the 2011 fashion seasons, V magazine dubbed her a supermodel, and Models.com has listed her as an "Industry Icon". She dropped the use of her surname, Kershaw, in 2015.
Early life
Lee was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Kerry, a psychologist, and Kim Kershaw, who played in the Victorian Football League for Richmond and Hawthorn. She is their middle child. She has said that as a child, she was "always in the hospital." At age four, she suffered from meningitis and had to have two spinal taps. She also had a tumour on her knee, and several broken bones from climbing trees.
She grew up in Kensington, Victoria and attended St Michael's Catholic Primary School in North Melbourne. She has said that she "grew up with 42 nationalities", explaining that her primary school of 150 children was very multicultural. She then attended the Academy of Mary Immaculate in Fitzroy.
Lee has said that she "did not come from wealth" and had various jobs while a teenager, including working at a fun fair, as a grocery clerk, and at a McDonald's. She took jujitsu classes for seven years and was involved in other sports.
In 2004, she won the Australian Girlfriend Model Search. Her rebellious side got her expelled from high school at the start of her final year.
Abbey Lee is known for her work as a model and actress. In 2015 Abbey made her feature film debut alongside Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in George Miller's post-apocalyptic film "Mad Max: Fury Road". Abbey has since appeared in numerous feature films in both America and Australia. She has starred in the Australian film "Ruben Guthrie", directed by Brendan Cowell; the Lionsgate/Summit epic fantasy film "Gods Of Egypt" alongside Gerard Butler and Geoffrey Rush; "Office Christmas Party" directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck in which she starred opposite Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, and TJ Miller; "The Neon Demon" from writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn in which she starred opposite Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, and Bella Heathcote; and "The Dark Tower", based on the best-selling novels from Stephen King and starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba. She also recently starred in the award-winning Australian film "1%" opposite Eddie Baroo and Ryan Corr for which she was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the 2018 AACTA Awards. Most recently, Abbey appeared in Justin Kelly's "Welcome Stranger", opposite Riley Keough and Caleb Landry Jones, and "Elizabeth Harvest", opposite Ciaran Hinds and Carla Gugino.
Abbey made her theatre debut playing the role of Yeliena in the Hampstead Theatre's 2018 London production of "Uncle Vanya", directed by Terry Johnson.
Abbey will next be seen in the new Jordan Peele & J.J. Abrams produced HBO series "Lovecraft Country", which also stars Michael Kenneth Williams, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Courtney B Vance and Jonathan Majors, and is scheduled to be released later this year.
Prior to pursuing an acting career Abbey was well known as a highly successful international model, working with designers including Karl Lagerfeld, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Versace, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has been featured sev
Abby Lee Miller
American dance instructor (born 1965)
Abby Lee Miller | |
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Miller in October 2022 | |
| Born | Abigale Lee Miller (1965-09-21) September 21, 1965 (age 59) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Dance instructor, television personality, choreographer, studio owner, author |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Conviction(s) | |
| Criminal penalty | 1 year and 1 day in prison (paroled after 8+1⁄2 months) |
Date apprehended | October 13, 2015 |
Abigale Lee Miller (born September 21, 1965) is an American dance instructor, choreographer, studio owner, television personality, and author. She is the founder of the Abby Lee Dance Company, and owns studios in Pittsburgh and L.A. She appeared on the reality television show Dance Moms from 2011 to 2019.
Early life
Abby Lee Miller was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1965, to Maryen Lorrain Miller (née McKay; 1927–2014), a dance teacher and studio owner, and George L. "Salty" Miller (1927–2000).
Career
Dance and studios
Miller grew up around dance in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb, studying under her mother's direction at the Maryen Lorrain Dance Studio. In 1980, Miller formed the Abby Lee Dance Company, a dance team at her mother's studio. Miller eventually took over the studio in 1995 and renamed it Reign Dance Productions. Miller opened a Los Angeles location in 2015. It was closed and sold in 2017 in light of Miller's prison sentence. Miller has since relocated her LA studio to a much smaller space, including one dance room and a merchandise shop. In December 2022, it was announced that Miller's Pittsburgh studio had been permanently closed. It was subsequently sold and repurposed into a bus lot and daycare.
Miller became certified by Dance Masters of America and