Geoffrey Rush trial: Eryn Jean Norvill to continue testimony

Actor Eryn Jean Norvill has arrived at court continue her testimony at Geoffrey Rush's defamation case against a Sydney newspaper publisher and journalist.

Rush is suing the Daily Telegraph's publisher, Nationwide News, and reporter Jonathon Moran over the allegation he behaved inappropriately toward a co-star - later revealed to Norvill - during a Sydney Theatre Company production of King Lear.

The Oscar-winner, 67, has vehemently denied the claims against him and argues articles printed by the paper portrayed him as a pervert and a sexual predator.

Nationwide News and Moran are pleading a defence of truth in the judge-alone Federal Court trial after Norvill - who didn't speak with the journalist before the stories were published - agreed in July to testify.

She began her evidence on Tuesday and her cross-examination is expected to continue on Wednesday.

Norvill told the court Rush made groping gestures toward her during rehearsals and stroked across the side of her right breast during a scene on stage.

"It couldn't have been an accident because it was slow and pressured," she said.

Under cross-examination by Rush's lawyer, Bruce McClintock SC, Norvill denied fabricating parts of her evidence.

She said she "100 per cent" disagreed her claim of sexual harassment by Rush was a "complete lie".