Recent Film and Television Work
In 2003 Thornton appeared in Mittens directed by Emma Freeman. More recently she has played a brilliant geneticist in a four-episode arc on MDA and also in 2005, the telemovie Little Oberon, a role for which she shaved her head.
Thornton hosted the Nine Network's award-winning health show, What's Good For You, a program which examines popular conceptions of how to ensure good health.
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.
In 2011, Thornton starred in Face to Face, an independent Australian film directed by Michael Rymer.
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