Abbie Cornish grew up on her parents 170 acre farm in the Hunter Valley town of Lochinvar with her 3 brothers and younger sister.
Abbie Cornish started modeling at age 13 because Abbie Cornish was "bored". Abbie Cornish's first acting job was at age 15 on the Australian Broadcasting Commission series "Children's Hospital" (1997) playing a quadriplegic.