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Hugh Jackman - Now best known for 'X-Men' and 'Les Miserables', Hugh Jackman (centre) was a TV actor in the 1990s. 

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'Paperback Hero' - Jackman's first film role was starring as Jack Willis in the 1999 movie, 'Paperback Hero'.

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Romance writer - Jackman plays a truck driver navigating Australia's outback, who just made it big as a paperback romance novellist.

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Nicole Kidman - The Hollywood star's career is now in its third decade. 

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'Bush Christmas' - Kidman's first film was 'Bush Christmas' in 1983. 

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Outback woes - The movie followed a family in the outback, attempting to save their farm from foreclosure. 

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Cate Blanchett - Cate Blanchett's first film appearance was as a blonde cheerleader on the 1990 movie 'Kaboria'.

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TV Roles - Blanchett was in a number of TV shows during the 1990s including 'Police Rescue', 'Heartland' and 'Bordertoown'. 

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Breakthrough - Blanchett starred in 'Parklands' (1996), 'Oscar and Lucinda' (1997) and 'Elizabeth' (1998), solidifying her as a Hollywood star. 

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Chris Hemsworth - Now a superhero star, Hemsworth got his start on the TV show, 'Neighbours' in 2002. 

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'Home and Away' - He appeared on a number of TV shows including three years as Kim Hyde on 'Home and Away'. 

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'Star Trek' - Chris got his big break on the 2009 'Star Trek' film as George Kirk, father of James Tiberius Kirk.

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Geoffrey Rush - Geoffrey Rush made his appearance on screen in a 1980, one-season TV show called 'Menotti'. 

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'Dad and Dave: On Our Selection' - Rush made a number of appearances in small roles in both film and television, before landing a major appearance in 'Dad and Dave: On Our Selection', about bushman running against corrupt politicians in an election. 

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'Children of the Revolution' -

Geoffrey Rush shone through a star-studded cast in this 1996 comedy about Stalin, Australia and a near-civil war. 

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'Mystery Men' - Rush broke through to American audiences with his 1998 performance as Philip Henslowe in 'Elizabeth' and his 1999 portrayal of Casanova Frankenstein in 'Mystery Men'. 

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Eric Bana -

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'All Saints' -

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'Chopper' - Bana made his major breakthrough starring in the title role of 'Chopper'.

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Liam Hemsworth - Before he starred in 'Hunger Games', Hemsworth appeared in 'Home and Away', as well as 'McLeod's Daughters' in 2007.

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Josh Taylor - Liam played Josh Taylor on 'Neighbours' from 2007 to 2008. 

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'Knowing' - His big break was in the paranoid Nicholas Cage movie, 'Knowing'. 

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Heath Ledger - The globally famous actor who left us too soon got his start on a family comedy called 'Ship to Shore' in 1993.

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Snowy Bowles - He then played the character Snowy Bowles on the Aussie TV show 'Sweat' in 1996.

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Scott Irwin - Ledger played Scott Irwin on 'Home and Away' as well as Conor on'Roar' in 1997. 

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'10 Thing I Hate About You' - The year 1999 was a breakthrough one for Ledger, when he starred in '10 Thing I Hate About You' and 'Two Hands'.

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Simon Baker - Simon Baker's first role was in the 1988 TV movie 'Shades of Love: Midnight Magic'.  

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James Hudson - Baker played James Hudson on 'Neighbours' in 1993. 

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'L.A. Confidential' - Baker got his break in the classic 1997 film, 'L.A. Confidential' as Matt Reynolds.

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Mel Gibson - The future Hollywood darling-turned-pariah got his start playing Ray Henderson in the TV show 'The Sullivans' in 1976. 

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'Summer City' - Gibson, (left) first starred in the 1977 movie, 'Summer City', about surfers caught up in a murder. 

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'Mad Max' - In 1979, Gibson burst into international fame when he starred in 'Mad Max'.

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