Her brother, Eric Roberts, achieved some success in Hollywood. Julia also decided to try acting. Her first break came in 1988 when she appeared in two youth-oriented movies Mystic Pizza (1988) and Satisfaction (1988). The movies introduced her to a new audience who instantly fell in love with this pretty woman.
Julia tasted biggest success in the signature movie Pretty Woman (1990), for which Julia got an Oscar nomination, and also won the People's Choice award for Favorite Actress.
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, producer, and businesswoman. She is the daughter of actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Aniston portrayed the role Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends (1994–2004). The role earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career. Her greatest box office hits include Bruce Almighty (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011) and We're the Millers (2013). The films have grossed over $200 million in the United States. One of her most critically acclaimed roles was in The Good Girl (2002), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Her other notable films are Along Came Polly (2004), He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and The Bounty Hunter (2010).
She is the co-founder of the production company Echo Films.
She appeared in the short-lived Fox television series "Skin" (2003),
She made her Hollywood debut in The Girl Next Door (2004) and then came to public notice in "The O.C." (2003), but it was as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in "House M.D." (2004) that she achieved international stardom. She has since starred or co-starred in the films TRON: Legacy (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), In Time (2011), People Like Us (2012) and The Words (2012).
Penelop Cruz made feature film debut in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. She acted in some more Spanish films and she acted in English films also. Her roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes(1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top(2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky and Blow.
She has built a successful career, appearing in films from a wide range of genres. The films include Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas movie Noel (2004), and the action adventure Sahara (2005). She has received critical acclaim for her roles in Volver (2006) and Nine (2009) receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for each. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Video included).
Newton-John's acted in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after meeting producer Allan Carr at a dinner party. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson, an Australian who holidays and then moves with her family to the United States.
Grease became the biggest box-office hit of 1978. The soundtrack album was at No. 1 in 12 non-consecutive weeks. Newton-John's performance earned her a People's Choice award for Favourite Film Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You" at the 1979 Academy Awards.
The film's popularity has endured through the years. It was re-released for its 20th anniversary in 1998 and ranked as the second highest grossing film behind Titanic in its opening weekend.
Lucy Liu first appeared on the big screen as an ex-girlfriend in Jerry Maguire (1996). Her breakthrough small screen was "Ally McBeal" (1997). She acted the growling, ill-tempered lawyer Ling Woo as a regular cast member.
The "Ally" win gave Liu's film career a much-needed boost--in 1999, she was cast as a dominatrix in the Mel Gibson action flick Payback (1999 0. The next year she played big roles in Jackie Chan's western Shanghai Noon (2000), and Charlie's Angels (2000).
Julianne Moore made her entrance into the big screen with 1990's Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990). Steven Spielberg cast her in the Jurassic Park sequel. Director Todd Haynes gave Julianne her first opportunity to take on a lead role in Safe (1995). Her portrayal of Carol White, an affluent L.A. housewife who develops an inexplicable allergic reaction to her environment, won critical praise. She acted as Hugh Grant's pregnant girlfriend in Nine Months (1995). Following films included Assassins (1995), where she played an electronics security expert targeted for death with Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas as costars and Surviving Picasso (1996), where she played Dora Maar, one of the numerous lovers of Picasso. Julianne appeared in the movie, Boogie Nights (1997) and played the role of Amber Waves, a loving porn star who acts as a mother figure to a ragtag crew. For this role, she received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. In 1999, Moore was very busy as an actress. She starred in a number of high-profile projects. For the outstanding performance in The End of the Affair (1999), she had another Oscar nomination. She ended 1999 with another great performance, that of a grieving mother in A Map of the World (1999), opposite Sigourney Weaver. She is active in films even now.
She received praise for her performances in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and Game Change (2012), where she portrayed Sarah Palin.
The New York Times Interview 2010
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Golden Globe - Best Actress - 2013
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American producer David O. Selznick gave a contract to Ingrid. Once signed, she came to California and starred in United Artists' 1939 film, Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939). The film was a hit and so was Ingrid. Her beauty was unlike anything the movie industry had seen before and her acting was superb. The public fell in love with her. In the US, her films got enthusiastic audience. She acted in the classic Casablanca opposite the great Humphrey Bogart in 1942.
Ingrid chose her roles well. In 1943 she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). Her role of Paula Alquist got her the Oscar for Best Actress. In 1945 Ingrid played in Spellbound (1945), Saratoga Trunk (1945) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). She had a fourth nomination for Joan of Arc (1948). Her title role in Anastasia (1956) won for her second Academy Award. Her final big-screen performance was in 1978's Autumn Sonata (1978). For this role, she had her final Academy Award nomination. She gave an outstanding performance in the mini-series A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV), a film about Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. For this she won an Emmy Award as Best Actress. Ingrid Bergman died from cancer on August 29, 1982, her 67th birthday, in London, England.
Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and, a year later in 1986, when she was the first runner-up in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant.
Her role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991) provided her big screen breakthrough. The following year, she was cast as Eddie Murphy's love interest in Boomerang (1992). In 1994, she acted in The Flintstones. She next had a highly publicized costarring role with Jessica Lange in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah (1995). In 1998, she received critical success when she starred as a street smart young woman who takes up with a struggling politician in Warren Beatty's Bulworth. In 2000, she received box office success in X-Men (2000) in which she played "Storm", a mutant who has the ability to control the weather.
She appeared as Leticia Musgrove, the troubled wife of an executed murderer in the 2001 feature film Monster's Ball. Her performance won the Oscar for best-actress. She became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Her first film role was in The World According to Garp (1982). She acted further in The Big Chill (1983), and The Natural (1984). All three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and Albert Nobbs (2011) also. Thus, Close is a six-time Academy Award nominee, tying the record for being the actress with the most nominations never to have won (along with Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter). Her work has earned her three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
A family friend noticed little Elizabeth and suggested that she be taken for a screen test. Her screen test impressed executives at Universal Pictures and she acted in There's One Born Every Minute (1942), when she was ten. The first production she made with MGM studio was Lassie Come Home (1943). She had minuscule parts in her next two films, The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) and Jane Eyre (1943) Then came the picture that made Elizabeth a star: MGM's National Velvet (1944). She played Velvet Brown opposite Mickey Rooney. The film was a smash hit. Elizabeth was given a long-term contract with MGM and was its top child star. In 1946, she acted in Courage of Lassie (1946). In 1947, when she was 15, she starred in Life with Father (1947) with such heavyweights as William Powell, Irene Dunne and Zasu Pitts.
Her busiest year was 1954, with roles in Rhapsody (1954), Beau Brummell (1954), The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and Elephant Walk (1954). She was 22 now, and even at that young age was considered one of the world's great beauties. In 1955 she appeared in the hit Giant (1956) with James Dean.
The next year saw Elizabeth star in Raintree County (1957), an overblown epic made, partially, in Kentucky. Elizabeth was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Southern belle Susanna Drake. . In 1958 Elizabeth starred as Maggie Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958).
The film received rave reviews from the critics and Elizabeth was nominated again for an Academy Award for best actres. She was still a hot commodity in the film world, though. In 1959 she appeared in another mega-hit and received yet another Oscar nomination for Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). Her Oscar drought ended in 1960 when she brought home the coveted statue for her flawless performance in Butterfield 8 (1960) as Gloria Wandrous, a call girl who is involved with a married man.
In 1963 she starred in Cleopatra (1963), which was one of the most expensive productions up to that time--as was her salary, a whopping $1,000,000.
Elizabeth has top performance as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Her performance as the loudmouthed, shrewish, unkempt Martha was easily her finest to date.
For this she would win her second Oscar and one that was more than well-deserved.
Elizabeth Taylor Remembered - ABC News 2011
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Elitzabeth Taylor Winning Oscar for "Butterfield 8" (1961)
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News of Death of Elizabeth Taylor 23 March 2011
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