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Aussie star looks completely unrecognisable in rare television appearance as she reveals why she walked away from Hollywood at the height of her career By Savanna Young For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:20, 22 October 2024 | Updated: 01:24, 22 October 2024 e-mail View comments An Australian actress who turned her back on stardom has made a rare television appearance to open up about her shock decision. Yael Stone , who is best known for her role as Lorna Morello on the Netflix hit comedy series Orange Is The New Black , gave up her Hollywood career in 2019 to return to Australia and 'work on climate action'. In response to the 2019-2020 bushfire season in Australia, the actress gave up her United States green card to return Down Under permanently in order to fight a 'climate war.
' On Monday's episode of Australian Story, the 39-year-old said the turning point occurred years after her partner Jack Manning Bancroft and realising the pair shared similar ambitions. 'I'm sure there are people who look at my decisions and think they're a little unhinged in terms of totally self-sabotaging my career,' she shared with the ABC. 'I think a lot of people be like, "This lady is cuckoo.
" But you have to make the choices you can live with.' In 2020, Stone said she came to the decision to give up her life in the United States 'after a long, considered process'. 'We've come to understand that it's unethical for us to set up a life in two countries, knowing what we know,' Stone said in a video posted to social media at the time, describing the travel as 'environmentally unjust'.
Yael Stone, 39, gave up her Hollywood career in 2019 to 'work on climate action' On Monday's episode of Australian Story, the ex-actress said the turning point occurred years after her partner Jack Manning Bancroft (right) and realising the pair shared similar ambitions Read More Granddaughter of one of the richest men in the world looks unrecognisable at premiere 'The carbon emissions alone from that flying – it's unethical. It's not right,' said Stone in her statement. 'So I will be going through the process of giving up my green card, and saying goodbye to a life in America.
I'm going to be here in Australia doing the the work I can to make a difference here. Because the time is now.' Having worked extensively in Australian theatre, Stone won two Sydney Theatre Awards before moving to New York in 2011.
At the 2008 Sydney Theatre Awards, she won the awards for Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Kid. Stone is best known for her role as Lorna Morello on the Netflix hit comedy series Orange Is The New Black Stone also starred in Australian dramas All Saints and Spirited. Stone is a vocal advocate for several causes, including women's rights and environmentalism.
The former actress and her partner Manning Bancroft have been together after reconnecting in 2016. They share daughters Pemau Stone Bancroft, six, and Marli, two. Manning Bancroft is the founder of Indigenous mentoring program AIME 'to alleviate inequity'.
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