Sigrid Thornton
{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sigrid Thornton
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}}
| image = Sigrid Thornton (cropped).jpg
| caption = Thornton in 2012
| birth_name = Sigrid Madeline Thornton
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Canberra, Australia
| other_names =
| occupation = {{hlist|stage and screen actress}}
| years_active = 1973–present
| spouse = Tom Burstall (1981–present)
| children = 2
}}
Sigrid Madeline Thornton {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 12 February 1959) is an Australian film and television actress. Her television work includes Prisoner (1979–80), All the Rivers Run (1983), SeaChange (1998–2019) and Wentworth (2016–2018). She also starred in the American Western series Paradise (1988–1991). Her film appearances include Snapshot (1979), The Man from Snowy River (1982), Street Hero (1984) and Face to Face (2011). She won the AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for the 2015 miniseries Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door.
Biography
=Early years=
Thornton was born in Canberra, the daughter of Merle, an academic and writer, and Neil Thornton, an academic.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/9/Sigrid-Thornton.html Sigrid Thornton: biography and credits] She was raised in Brisbane, attending St. Peter's Lutheran College. For two years, she lived in London, where she was a member of the Unicorn Theatre.
Back in Brisbane she attended Twelfth Night Theatre Junior Workshop and in 1970, during the Captain Cook Bicentenary Celebrations, Thornton appeared before Queen Elizabeth II as Rosa Campbell-Praed in Looking Glass on Yesterday.{{sfn|Morris|1970|p={{page needed|date=May 2019}}}} Thornton was a student of noted theatre director, Joan Whalley.
=Career=
She acted in 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 in Australia and Cop Shop,. The same year she played Angela in the 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 (known overseas as Prisoner: Cell Block H).{{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}} 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 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.{{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}} 1986 saw her in The Lighthorsemen, the TV adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel The Far Country,{{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}} 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. 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 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,{{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 – 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}} winning the Most Outstanding Actress award in 1999 and 2000.
=Stage highlights=
Thornton's stage performances include a 2002/03 touring production of The Blue Room directed by Simon Phillips for the Melbourne Theatre Company opposite Marcus Graham.[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/15/1042520676162.html "Thornton, Graham red hot in the Blue Room"] by Helen Thomson, The Age, 16 January 2003 In 2009 she made her debut with Opera Australia in its production at Melbourne's Arts Centre as Desiree Armfeldt in Sondheim and Wheeler's A Little Night Music, directed by Stuart Maunder.[http://www.opera-australia.org.au/scripts/nc.dll?OPRA:PRODUCTION:0:pc=PC_90107 A Little Night Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303061205/http://www.opera-australia.org.au/scripts/nc.dll?OPRA:PRODUCTION:0:pc=PC_90107 |date=3 March 2012 }}, Opera Australia
In 2014, she won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire for the Black Swan State Theatre Company in Perth.[http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/sigrid-thornton-shines-as-blanche-dubois-in-a-streetcar-named-desire/story-fnhocr83-1226860573388 "Sigrid Thornton shines as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire"] by Jay Hanna, Perth Now, 20 March 2014
In 2015, she appeared in the premiere of Stephen Beckett's play Diary of a Nobody, inspired by the 1892 novel The Diary of a Nobody, at the Princess Theatre, Launceston, Tasmania.[https://allevents.in/launceston/sigrid-thornton-in-diary-of-a-nobody/1624503307788868# "Event Details: Sigrid Thornton in Diary of a Nobody"] The same year, Thornton played the part of Golde in Fiddler on the Roof at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/anthony-warlow-returns-to-australian-stage-for-fiddler-on-the-roof/news-story/8d1e3a826a1a00e2d35cb1e1b4b62e3f|title=Anthony Warlow returns to Australian stage for Fiddler on the Roof|work=Herald Sun|date=13 September 2015}}
As of September 2022 Sigrid made her stage debut for the Sydney Theatre Company in the premiere stage play The Lifespan of a Fact to rave reviews and in 2023 returns to the stage for Anton Chekhov's The Seagull for the Sydney Theatre Company.
On 11 September 2024, Thornton was named for the 2025 season for the Melbourne Theatre Co play Mother Play.{{Cite web |last=Woodhead |first=Cameron |date=2024-09-11 |title=An unflinching footy play is coming back. And so is a David Williamson classic |url=https://www.theage.com.au/culture/theatre/an-unflinching-footy-play-is-coming-back-and-so-is-a-david-williamson-classic-20240909-p5k95a.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The Age |language=en}}
=Recent film and television work=
In 2002, Thornton starred in Australian thriller The Pact, directed by Strathford Hamilton, written by Hugh O'Brien.
In 2003, Thornton appeared in Mittens directed by Emma Freeman. In 2004, she played a geneticist in a four-episode arc on MDA. She shaved her head for her role in the 2005 telemovie Little Oberon.
Thornton hosted the Nine Network's What's Good For You.
In 2010, she appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile as recurring character Geraldine "Gerry" Lloyd, an Australian Federal Police detective and investigator for the Wood Royal Commission.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/archive/z-resources/sigrid-thornton-plays-hard-cop-in-underbelly-the-golden-mile/news-story/fabeed5a65e8ad3a3a0a253bdc418cb4?nk=d9ab549df13d7ba0bbf43a30c3309e95-1541066730|title=Sigrid Thornton plays hard cop in Underbelly The Golden Mile|last=McWhirter|first=Erin|date=8 September 2009|work=Adelaide Now|access-date=1 November 2018}}
In 2011, Thornton starred in Face to Face, an independent Australian film directed by Michael Rymer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/face-to-face-20110907-1jy2s.html|title=Face to Face|date=10 September 2011|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=1 November 2018}}
In 2012, she participated in Who Do You Think You Are.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/whodoyouthinkyouare/episodes/page/season/2|access-date=7 January 2014|title=Season 2, episodes – Who Do You Think You Are|publisher=SBS}}
In 2016, Thornton appeared in the fourth season of SoHo drama series Wentworth for seven episodes as a special guest star. She portrayed the character of Sonia Stevens (initially played by Tina Bursill in Prisoner), a woman on remand for the suspected murder of her best friend.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/sigrid-thornton-joins-wentworth-as-part-of-foxtels-homegrown-roster-for-2016-20151105-gkrv80.html|title=Sigrid Thornton joins Wentworth as part of Foxtel's home-grown roster for 2016|first=Sarah|last=Thomas|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 November 2015|access-date=22 May 2019}}
Thornton returned for season 5 of Wentworth as a main cast member and served as the main antagonist in season 6, until her characters death in episode 7, "The Edge".
In 2018, she appeared in Anh's Brush with Fame.
In 2021 Thornton would film the feature film Slant and critics praised Thornton's role as 'career best'.{{Cite web |last=Gogos |first=Christopher |date=2022-12-08 |title=Nikou's Slant wins Best Australian Film at Monster Fest |url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/12/08/life/film/nikous-slant-wins-best-australian-film-at-monster-fest/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=NEOS KOSMOS |language=en}}
On 26 January 2025, it was announced that Thornton would be a contestant in the 2025 season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2025-01-26 |title=Sigrid Thornton confirmed for I'm a Celebrity jungle {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2025/01/sigrid-thornton-confirmed-for-im-a-celebrity-jungle.html |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}
The "Sigrid Factor"
In his book The Big Shift, about changing Australian demographics and culture, Bernard Salt coined the term the "Sigrid factor" pointing out that Australian towns in which movies had been made featuring Thornton had prospered since that time.{{sfn|Salt|2001|p={{page needed|date=May 2019}}}} More broadly he referred to changing Australian cultural values which were well reflected in the types of places in which Sigrid Thornton had acted: the Riverland during the 1980s All the Rivers Run and the coast in the 2000s SeaChange.
Personal life and advocacy
Thornton is married to actor Tom Burstall and has two children. She is known for her work with World Vision, the Royal Children's Hospital, Vision Australia, Reach Foundation and other charitable causes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/there-is-no-endgame-sigrid-thornton-on-a-life-embracing-change-20151206-glggx3.html|title='There is no endgame': Sigrid Thornton on a life embracing change|last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=5 December 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=1 November 2018}} She has lobbied successive governments to keep libraries open and to resource the Australian film and television industry. She has been appointed to several federal and state film bodies, including Film Victoria and is involved in helping to sustain and develop the industry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chass.org.au/speeches/SPE20060328ST.php|title=National Press Club Address: Expanding Horizons|first=Sigrid|last=Thornton|publisher=National Press Club, Council of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences|date=28 March 2006|access-date=23 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317115647/http://www.chass.org.au/speeches/SPE20060328ST.php|archive-date=17 March 2012}}
In 2023 Thornton received a star on the Randwick Walk of Fame.{{cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=Sigrid Thornton welcomed by Randwick City to the Film Walk of Fame | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data |url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/sigrid-thornton-welcomed-by-randwick-city-to-the-film-walk-of-fame-2619941/ |website=screen hub}}
In August 2024, Thornton's mother Merle Thornton died aged 93. Merle was a well known activist whom Sigrid looked up to. Sigrid said of her mother's passing that she was proud of her mother and everything she achieved.{{Cite news |last=O'Flaherty |first=Antonia |date=2024-08-21 |title=Merle Thornton, who fought for the right for women to drink at public bars in Queensland, dies aged 93 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-21/merle-thornton-dies-aged-93/104252220 |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}
In 2025, while appearing on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Thornton revealed that she had been diagnosed with ADHD, Thornton saying that it provided clarity.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Staff |date=26 January 2025 |title=Sigrid Thornton's ADHD diagnosis |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/sigrid-thorntons-adhd-bombshell-on-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/news-story/8d1a00245f5cc0f737e788c0540472ac |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=dailytelegraph.com.au}} On 11 February 2025, Thornton had been eliminated from the jungle alongside Tina Provis. Thornton held the record of 33 minutes in the Viper Room surrounded by 170 snakes.{{Cite web |last=Laidlaw |first=Kyle |date=2025-02-10 |title=Sigrid Thornton and Tina Provis depart in shock double exit on I'M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE! |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/02/11/sigrid-thornton-and-tina-provis-depart-in-shock-double-exit-on-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=TV Blackbox |language=en-AU}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1977 | The F.J. Holden | Wendy | Feature film |
| The Getting of Wisdom | Maria | Feature film | |
| 1978 | The King of the Two Day Wonder (aka The Wargame) | Christy | Feature film |
| 1979 | Snapshot (aka The Day After Halloween) | Angela | Feature film |
| rowspan="2" | 1982 | Duet for Four | Caroline Martin | Feature film |
| The Man From Snowy River | Jessica Harrison | Feature film | |
| 1984 | Street Hero | Gloria | Feature film |
| 1985 | Niel Lynne (aka Best Enemies) | Fennimore | Feature film |
| rowspan="2" | 1987 | Slate, Wyn & Me | Blanche McBride | Feature film |
| The Lighthorsemen | Anne | Feature film | |
| 1988 | The Man from Snowy River II | Jessica | Feature film |
| 1992 | Over the Hill | Elizabeth | Feature film |
| 1997 | Love In Ambush | Shelley Kincaird | Feature film |
| 2000 | Arctic Adventure | Lucy (voice) | Film animated short |
| rowspan="2" | 2002 | Living with Happiness | Mother (voice) | Film animated short |
| The Pact | Susan Tuttle | Feature film | |
| rowspan="2" | 2003 | Inspector Gadget 2 | Mayor Wilson | Feature film |
| Mittens | Mother | Film short | |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |
| rowspan="2" | 2011 | The Telegram Man | Barbara Lewis | Film short |
| Face to Face | Claire Baldoni | Feature film | |
| 2014 | BFFs | Jacqueline | Feature film |
| 2016 | Scare Campaign | Vicki | Feature film |
| 2023
|Vivianne Verity |Feature film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! width="50" scope="col" | Year ! width="150" scope="col" | Title ! width="150" scope="col" | Role ! width="350" scope="col" | Type !Ref |
| rowspan="2" | 1973
| Homicide | Guest role: Erica Johnston | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Certain Women
| Recurring role: | TV series | |
| 1975; 1976
| Guest roles: Cathy Simpson / Simone Foley | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 1975
| Guest role: Wendy Sherlock | TV series, 1 episode | |
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| Bluey | Guest role: Helen Laughton | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Bobby Dazzler
| Guest role: Anastasia | TV series, 1 episode | |
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| Recurring role: Buffy Turnbull | TV series, 24 episodes | |
| Young Ramsay
| Guest role: Annette Murray | TV series, 1 episode |
| Father, Dear Father In Australia
| Regular role: Sue Glover | TV series, 14 episodes | |
| 1978-1980
| Cop Shop | Guest roles: Tracy McBean / Karen / Helen Davis | TV series, 3 episodes | |
| rowspan="4" | 1978
| Guest role: Georgiana | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Case for the Defence
| Guest role: Mandy Lattimer | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Chopper Squad
| Guest role: Mandy Paramor | TV series, 1 episode |
| The Truckies
| Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979–1980
| Prisoner | Recurring role: Roslyn Coulson | TV series, 30 episodes | |
| rowspan="4" | 1980
| Skyways | Guest role: Olivia Baker | TV series, 1 episode | |
| The Last Outlaw
| Kate Kelly | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| Lawson's Mates
| Guest role: Hannah |TV series, 1 episode | |
| Players in the Gallery
| | TV film series, 1 episode | |
| rowspan="3" | 1981
| Recurring role: Mabel | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| Bellamy
| Guest role: Fiona | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Outbreak of Love
| Recurring role: Anthea Langton | TV miniseries | |
| 1982
| 1915 | Frances | TV miniseries, 7 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| Philadelphia Gordon | TV miniseries, 8 episodes | |
| The Boy in the Bush
| Monica Ellis | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 1984
| 26th Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Best Lead Actress in TV Mini Series All The Rivers Run Winner | TV special | |
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| Great Expectations: The Untold Story | Bridget Tankerton | TV movie | |
| The Far Country
| Jennifer Morton | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1988-1991
| Paradise | Amelia Lawson | TV series, 56 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| Ernie and Denise | Guest | TV series, 1 episode | |
| The Feds
| Christine McQuillan | TV movie pilot | |
| rowspan="2" |1994
| G.P. | Renee Jackson | TV series, 1 episode | |
| Trapped In Space (aka Breaking Strain)
| Issacs | TV movie | |
| 1996
| Cass Meridith | TV movie | |
| 1998
| Guest | TV series, 1 episodes | |
| 1998–2000
| Laura Gibson | TV series, lead role, 47 episodes | |
| 2000
| The New Adventures of Ocean Girl | Narrator | TV series, 10 episodes | |
| 2002
| Island Life | Narrator | TV series, 6 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| MDA | Dr. Robyn Masterton | TV series, 4 episodes | |
| Little Oberon
| Lola Green | TV movie | |
| 2006
| Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Mrs. Anges Sternwood | TV miniseries, episode 1 | |
| 2008
| Dream Life | Mrs Buchanan | TV movie | |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Underbelly: The Golden Mile {{cite web | url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2009/09/sigrid-cops-it-for-underbelly.html | title=Sigrid cops it for Underbelly | TV Tonight | date=9 September 2009 }} | Gerry Lloyd | TV series, 7 episodes | |
| Hey Hey It's Saturday
| Herself ("Red Faces" segment) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013
| #7 Days Later | Molly | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2014
| The Code | Lara Dixon | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2015
| Peter Allen: The Boy Next Door | Judy Garland | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2016–2018
| Sonia Stevens | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 2017
| David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Sando | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| Orange Is the New Brown
| Dr. Vulva, Nigella Lawson | TV series 2 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Rose Stanford | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| SeaChange
| Laura Gibson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 2020
| Narrator | TV special | |
| 2021
| Diane Cresswell | TV series: 8 episodes |
| 2025
|Miranda McNeil |TV series: 6 episodes | |
==Other appearances==
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1988
|Reading Australian Film | Presenter | Video |
| 1993
| Children at the Edge | Presenter | TV Documentary |
| rowspan="3" |1994
| Wildscreen - Sperm Wars | Narrator | TV Documentary |
| One Family
| Narrator | TV Documentary |
| Australian Fashion Awards
| Host | TV special |
| rowspan="2" |1998
| World Vision: A Friend In Need | Presenter | TV Documentary |
| Australian Story
| Subject | TV series, 1 episode |
| rowspan="2" |2003
|ABC Australian Movie Screenings | Host | TV series, 4 episodes |
| Welcher & Welcher
| Satirised version of herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006
|Ingenious Africa | Host | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 2007
| Host | TV series |
| 2012
| Subject | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018
|Anh's Brush with Fame {{cite web | url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/09/anhs-brush-with-fame-sept-12.html | title=Anh's Brush with Fame: Sept 12 | TV Tonight | date=11 September 2018 }} | Subject | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2020
| Narrator | Documentary |
| 2025
|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Contestant | TV series |
Theatre
{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/245146 | title=Sigrid Thornton |publisher=AusStage }}
Awards and nominations
References
Notes
{{reflist}}
Sources
- {{cite book
| last = Morris
| first = Jill
| title = A Looking Glass on Yesterday
| publisher = Captain Cook Bicentennary Committee
| date= April 1970
| location = Brisbane}}
- {{cite book
| last = Salt
| first = Bernard
| author-link = Bernard Salt
| title = The Big Shift
| publisher = Hardie Grant Publishing
| year= 2001
| isbn=978-1-876719-29-6}}
Further reading
- {{cite book
| title = Plum Role for 14-year-old
| publisher = Queensland Newspapers
| date= November 1974
| location = Brisbane}}{{Nonspecific|date=May 2019}}
- {{cite book
| last = Denton
| first = Andrew
| author-link = Andrew Denton
| title = Enough Rope: Sigrid Thornton
| publisher =Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| year= 2005
| location = Sydney}}
External links
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- {{official website}}
- {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0411b|Thornton, Sigrid (1959–)}}
- Sigrid Thornton on [https://www.instagram.com/sigrid_thornton_official/ Instagram]
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