Everlyn Sampi

Everlyn Sampi
Sampi in December 2003
Born (1988-10-06) 6 October 1988 (age 36)
Derby, Western Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Everlyn Lee Marie Sampi (born 6 October 1988) is an Australian actress. She is of Bardi Australian Aboriginal and Scottish descent.[1]

Sampi starred in the 2002 film Rabbit-Proof Fence, as child of the stolen generation Molly Craig.[2] The film is based on the true story depicted in the novel Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, written by Craig's daughter Doris Pilkington Garimara.[1] Sampi won the 4th Annual Lexus Inside Film Awards for Best Actress on 6 November 2002 for her role in the film.[2][3]

Sampi appeared in the 2007 Australian television drama series The Circuit, as the character Leonie.

Sampi now lives in Broome, Western Australia.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Actress finds her roots in Scotland Aborigine's grandfather stowed away from Glasgow". The Herald. 19 August 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2023. Although she was raised in an Aboriginal community in Western Australia, Everlyn's paternal grandfather is a native Glaswegian, Maurice McCarron.
  2. ^ a b c Laughland, Oliver (18 June 2013). "Everlyn Sampi: pain, pride and the trail of the Rabbit-Proof Fence". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Gulpilil honoured at rabbit-proof awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2023.