SUCCESS NO RELATION

SHE may be related to one of our most famous acting faces, but Samara Weaving’s uncle Hugo had little to do with her choice of career and she had no idea what a big star he was.

“We’re always aware of our family being creative, but it wasn’t like, ‘ My uncle is an amazing actor; I wanna be like that’,” Weaving ( pictured) told Women’s Health magazine, out today.

“I was living overseas and was a bit too young when The Matrix ( in which Hugo Weaving co- starred with Keanu Reeves) came out, so I didn’t realise what an iconic Australian actor he was. I just started doing little plays and theatre stuff. It’s a funny coincidence.”

But it’s not a coincidence to laugh at. Acclaimed film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, in which Weaving stars, is today expected to win the Best Picture Oscar, one of nine categories it’s nominated for.

The 26- year- old has racked up US film and TV credits in the past few years but returned home to star in the TV reboot of classic Australian film Picnic At Hanging Rock, to show on Foxtel from May 6.

Weaving would next like to play someone from real life.

“I like projects that kind of terrify me, because that means I’m going to learn something,” she said. “And I’d love to play someone based on a real character, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana.”