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===Career=== She acted in TV series ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]'' in 1973 and ''[[Division 4]]'' in 1975. She also appeared on [[The Sullivans]], as Elizabeth "Buffy" Turnbull. In 1977, Thornton made her film debut as Wendy in ''[[The FJ Holden]]'' directed by [[Michael Thornhill]], and in the same year as Maria in the film adaptation of [[Henry Handel Richardson]]'s colonial Australian novel, ''[[The Getting of Wisdom]]'' (1977) directed by [[Bruce Beresford]]. In 1978, Thornton appeared in the Australian television sequel of the British comedy series ''[[Father, Dear Father|Father, Dear Father in Australia]]'' and ''[[Cop Shop]]'',. The same year she played Angela in the film ''[[Snapshot (film)|Snapshot]]'' (aka ''The Day After Halloween'') directed by [[Simon Wincer]], for which role she was nominated for Australian Film Awards Best Actress in a Feature Film in 1979. In 1980, she appeared as Roslyn Coulson in the Australian television drama ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' (known overseas as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'').<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/the-sigrid-weapon-20050918-ge0vp7.html|title=The Sigrid weapon|last=Griffin|first=Michelle|date=18 September 2005|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> Thornton starred in 1981 in ''[[Duet for Four]]''. In 1982, she took on the roles of ''Jessica Harrison'' in the films ''[[The Man from Snowy River (1982 film)|The Man from Snowy River]]'' and its sequel in 1988 ''[[The Man from Snowy River II]]''. In 1983, she marked an appearance in ''[[Street Hero]]''. She starred in 1983's miniseries ''[[All the Rivers Run]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125000685|title=Familiar damsel saved from ravagingly good shipwreck|last=Warden|first=Ian|date=2 April 1984|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=1 November 2018|pages=26}}</ref> 1986 saw her in ''[[The Lighthorsemen (film)|The Lighthorsemen]]'', the TV adaptation of [[Nevil Shute]]'s novel ''[[The Far Country (novel)|The Far Country]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122121866|title=An Australian miniseries for everyone|last=Wallace|first=Lisa|date=14 September 1987|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=1 November 2018|pages=6}}</ref> ''[[Great Expectations: The Untold Story]]'' and ''Slate, Wyn & Me''. From 1988 to 1991, she appeared as Amelia Lawson in the American television drama series ''[[Paradise (American TV series)|Paradise]]''. [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]] of ''All the Rivers Run'' and ''The Man from Snowy River'' and ''The Man from Snowy River II'' brought her to a wider international audience. In 1991, she starred in ''[[Over the Hill (1992 film)|Over the Hill]]'' directed by [[George T. Miller]] and in 1996, ''Love in Ambush'' directed by Carl Shultz. She starred as ''Laura Joy Gibson'' in the Australian television series ''[[SeaChange]]'' from 1998 to 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/nine-revives-abc-drama-seachange-with-sigrid-thornton-at-the-helm-20181016-p509xw.html|title=Nine revives ABC drama SeaChange β with Sigrid Thornton at the helm|last1=Idato|first1=Michael|last2=Lallo|first2=Michael|date=17 October 2018|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> winning the Most Outstanding Actress award in 1999 and 2000.
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