a patron, and one of the creators, of National Adoption Awareness Week. She has addressed the National Press Club of Australia on the subject of adoption laws in Australia. Furness is a patron of the Lighthouse Foundation for displaced children and International Adoption Families for Queensland. She is also a World Vision ambassador and serves on the Advisory Committee for Film Aid International, working with refugees throughout the world. Personal life Furness is married to actor Hugh Jackman. They met on the set of Australian TV show Correlli in 1995. The ceremony took place on 11 April 1996 at St. John's in Toorak, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. After going through two miscarriages, she adopted two children with Jackman: a son born in 2000 and a daughter born in 2005. A portrait of Furness and Jackman by Paul Newton was a finalist in the 2022 Archibald Prize. Honour In 2014, Deborra-Lee Furness was named as the New South Wales Australian of the Year for her work in adoption campaigning. Filmography Film Television Awards 1988 SIFF Award for the best actress in Seattle International Film Festival. 1988 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for the best actress. 1991 Silver Shell for the best actress in San Sebastián International Film Festival. References External links National Adoption Awareness Week World Wide Orphans Foundation 1955 births Living people Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Australian film producers American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Officers of the Order of Australia 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Australian film studio executives Australian expatriates in the United States