Hollywood stars who have spent millions on lavish Australian properties

Hollywood stars like Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have bought and sold a number of Aussie properties.

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Hollywood superstars have fallen in love with Australia’s pristine coastlines and magnificent cities over the years. And some fell so much in love that they even decided to snap up their own homes here.

From High School Musical Star Zac Efron to Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, there are film and television legends who have called the Sunburnt country home, or believe it’s the perfect spot for a holiday home.

Here are some of the property moves some actors and actors have made in Australia.

Zac Efron

Zac Efron owns a large property in New South Wales. Source: Instagram.

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The ‘High School Musical’ star has fallen in love with Australia after snapping up an acreage here and even filming an entire season of his travel documentary “Down To Earth” about the country.

The 37-year old purchased a 128ha property in the Glenferrie area of the Tweed Valley — an hour’s drive from Byron Bay and about 30 minutes from the Gold Coast — for $2m in December 2020.

Views from Efron’s lush acreage.

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The property spans about 128ha.

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It’s understood it sat vacant until August 2024 when plans were lodged to Tweed Shire to build a zero waste, off-grid home with a $2.685m.

The two-storey house will have six bedrooms and will be designed by Main Studio business director and architect Frank Burridge.

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe had an apartment in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.

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The Harry Potter star purchased a Toorak apartment in the mid-2000s when he was in Australia filming.

CoreLogic records reveal he bought the home for $1.9m in 2004 and sold it to his parents, Marcia Gresham and Alan Radcliffe in 2022 for $2m.

The lavish open plan living area.

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The kitchen and another living zone.

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The English born actor, now 35, has starred in several other films including The Woman in Black, Kill Your Darlings, Victor Frankenstein, Swiss Army Man, Now You See Me 2 Imperium and the television series Miracle Workers.

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher sold her Sydney apartment she owned for 20 years.

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Isla Fisher, who has starred in Confessions of a Shopaholic and Wedding Crashers, owned an Art Deco apartment in Woollahra, Sydney.

She purchased the two-bedroom unit for $171,500 in 1995 while she was acting in Home and away.

There are two bedrooms in the unit.

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A perfect place for a cup of coffee in the morning.

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Fisher listed the apartment in 2024 which ended up selling for $930,000 that year, and had used it as a rental property she let for $400-$680 a week.

She was selling her home at the time she announced her separation from fellow Hollywood heavyweight Sacha Baron Cohen.

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg rented a Point Piper mansion.

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While he hasn’t purchased an Aussie abode, the Hollywood heavyweight Mark Wahlberg rented a mansion in the nation’s richest suburb, estimated to be worth as much as $100m.

The five-bedroom Point Piper house sitting on 1238sq m last sold in 2020 for $51m.

The Departed star was living in Sydney while he filmed Play Dirty alongside Tony Shalhoub, Rosa Salazar and Dermot Mulroney.

It last sold for $51m in 2020.

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Impeccable waterfront views.

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Overlooking the Harbour, the residence has a rooftop terrace, wet bar, private jerry, pool, fire pits and an alfresco entertaining area.

Wahlberg told The Daily Telegraph earlier that he wasn’t the homeowner, but it had been cool.

“The only difficult part is that I’m so far away from my family,” he said.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have spent about $25m on property across the globe in the last decade.

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Film legend Nicole Kidman and country music singer Keith Urban have spent about $25m on property around the world, including in Australia, in the last decade alone.

One of their real estate moves was in Milsons Point, Sydney where they snapped up around six apartments for $27.5m in 2024.

Their country escape, Bunya Hill Estate.

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In the same year, they also bought another property for $7.725m in Sydney’s north side.

The pair have a country escape in the Southern Highlands called Bunya Hill Estate as well, which cost them $6.5m in 2008.

Spanning 45ha, the black Angus cattle stud has a 1878 Georgian mansion and a separate guest cottage.

Teresa Palmer and Mark Webber

Actors Teresa Palmer and Mark Webber sold their Adelaide property at the end of last year.

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Actors Teresa Palmer and Mark Webber offloaded their Scott Creek property in Adelaide at the end of 2024.

The modern three-bedroom home sits on 4ha of land and has an infinity edge pool and spa.

The expansive main bedroom.

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The infinity pool and spa.

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It’s understood the couple and their kids relocated to Byron Bay for Webber to work on a television series, and planned to be there for about a year.

Webber has acted in films like snow Day, The Laramie Project and Scott Pilgrim. vs. the World, while Palmer has starred in movies like Hacksaw Ridge, Lights Out and The Fall Guy.

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