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Dannielle Hall is Brilliant. (So too are Damian Pitt, and Ivan Sen)


What a pity that her potential career never took off.

Article about her (Sun-Herald/SMH 10 April 2005)
"Three years ago Dannielle Hall's wistful face captured hearts - and the world's attention - in the Australian road movie Beneath Clouds. Her star rose overnight for her portrayal of Lena, an Aboriginal girl fleeing a small country town. She won the prestigious best new talent award at the Berlin Film Festival. But then, nothing. She has not acted since, and works four days a week as a bookkeeper in the tiny NSW town of Quirindi. "I miss acting," she said last week. "It was a lot of fun.""

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Film/Still-waiting-for-the-call-to-stardom-that-never-came/2005/04/09/1112997221562.html

So much sensitive talent that has not been utilized. I do wish that she could appear in other films.
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Very sadly is the news: Tragically at the age of 27 in 2009 Pitt was killed in a car accident west of Grafton, New South Wales. May he be remembered for his celebrated role as Vaughn but also as one of the few Indigenous Australian actors making an impact for both the Aboriginal and wider community.
http://www.acmi.net.au/somi/index.php?v=story&story=10897

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