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Agnes Bruckner (born Aug. 16, 1985 (25 years ago)) is an American actress. She began acting on television in the late 1990 (20 years ago) and has since appeared in several films, her most popular to date being 2006's The Woods.

Early years

Bruckner was born in Hollywood, California to a Hungarian father and a Russian mother who have since divorced; her paternal grandfather was German. Her parents met in Hungary and immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 (26 years ago) through a refugee camp in Italy. She has two sisters and a brother.

Bruckner speaks some Russian and is fluent in Hungarian, having grown up speaking the language. She has been involved in dance, ballet, and tap since the age of five and initially wanted to pursue a career as a dancer. At the age of 8, Bruckner worked as a child model at the suggestion of her mother, and also appeared in a beauty pageant. Bruckner grew up in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California and then lived in Portland, Oregon from age five to 10. She returned with her family to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, moving to Burbank, California.

Career

Bruckner began her career at age 11. She appeared in commercials, a few television pilots, and on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999 (11 years ago). At the age of 15, Bruckner got her first lead role in the independent movie Blue Car (2002, 8 years ago), in which she played a high school student involved in an affair with her teacher, played by David Strathairn. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote that Bruckner "negotiates this difficult script with complete conviction." Bruckner received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for "Best Female Lead" for the role.

In the 2000s, other minor roles in television and movie followed, including roles in The Glass House (2001, 9 years ago), and the thriller Murder by Numbers (2002, 8 years ago) starring Sandra Bullock. Bruckner has appeared in episodes of the television series 24 and Alias. She starred in the horror movies Venom (2005, 5 years ago) and The Woods (2006, 4 years ago). Also in 2006 (4 years ago), she appeared in the drama Peaceful Warrior, opposite Scott Mechlowicz and received a ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award, and played the lead role in Dreamland.

In 2007 (3 years ago), Bruckner appeared in the horror/romance film, Blood and Chocolate. Upcoming movie roles include: Say Hello to Stan Talmadge (2008, 2 years ago), Kill Theory (2008, 2 years ago), and Vacancy 2 (2009, 1 years ago).

Personal life

As of 2009 (last year), Bruckner is single. She enjoys hip hop, R&B and rap music, as well as The Killers and The Fray. Bruckner has stated that she does not participate in "the Hollywood part of Hollywood", and travels or lives at home with her family during her free time.

Filmography

• 2002 Home Room
• 2002 Murder By Numbers
• 2003 Blue Car
• 2003 Rick
• 2004 Stateside
• 2004 Haven
• 2005 Venom
• 2006 The Woods
• 2006 Peaceful Warrior
• 2006 Dreamland
• 2007 Blood and Chocolate
• 2008 Kill Theory
• 2008 Say Hello to Stan Talmadge
• 2009 Vacancy 2: The First Cut
• 2009 Private Practice

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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