FELICITY JONES

FELICITY PROFILE

Name : Felicity Jones
Birth Of Date :19 January 1984
Place Of Birth : Birmingham, UK
Occupation: Actress
Sign : Capricorn
Years active: 1996–present


FELICITY JONES BIOGRAPHY


Felicity Jones (born 19 January 1984) is an English actress from Birmingham. She is best known to television audiences for her role as the school bully Ethel Hallow in the first series of The Worst Witch (she was replaced by Katie Allen for series two and three) and its sequel Weirdsister College. Jones also co-starred in Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's feature Cemetery Junction.
Jones grew up in Bournville, near Birmingham. Her parents met while working at the Wolverhampton Express and Star. Her father was a journalist while her mother was in advertising. They divorced when she was three, and she was raised with her brother by her mother alone. Despite this, she says her family are "extremely close."

After Kings Norton Girls' School, Jones attended King Edward VI Handsworth School, to complete A Levels and went on to take a gap year (during which she appeared in the BBC series Servants). She then read English at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating with a 2:1 in 2006. Whilst studying English, she appeared in student plays, including Attis in which she played the title role, and, in 2005, Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors for the OUDS summer tour to Japan, starring alongside Harry Lloyd.

Jones was encouraged to take up acting by her father, and later, by her uncle, the actor Michael Hadley.Her mother was also passionate about film and theatre. She began acting at 11 at an after-school workshop funded by Central Television. Jones appeared in the first series of The Worst Witch, after which she was replaced by Katie Allen. She left the series because she missed home. When Weirdsister College began in 2001, Jones returned as Hallow. During the shooting of Weirdsister College she was just seventeen, lived in a flat in Richmond and had a private tutor to get her through her 'A' levels. Her longest and probably best known role overall was on the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, where she played Emma Carter (who is now played by Emerald O'Hanrahan).

She took the leading role in the 2007 ITV adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and made her stage debut in Polly Stenham's That Face at the Royal Court Theatre in April 2007.

In 2008, she appeared in the films Brideshead Revisited and Flashbacks of a Fool, the Doctor Who episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp" and a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London between 5 June and 2 August 2008.

In January 2009, the 5-part TV serial The Diary of Anne Frank, in which Jones played the role of Margot Frank alongside Tamsin Greig (as Edith Frank-Holländer) and Iain Glen (as Otto Frank), was broadcast on BBC One. Later that year in May, she performed in a rehearsed reading of Anthony Minghella's Hang Up at the High Tide Festival.

Jones plays the role of Julie in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Cemetery Junction (2010). She also appeared in Soulboy and in Julie Taymor's big screen adaptation of The Tempest as Miranda. She will star in the noir science-fiction thriller The Scribbler, directed by Jake West.

On 29 January 2011, Jones won a Special Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival for her performance as Anna in Drake Doremus's Like Crazy. She had to do her own hair and make-up in the film while the dialogue was entirely improvised. Her performance earned comparisons to Carey Mulligan's Academy Award-nominated role in An Education. She appeared in Chalet Girl, a romantic comedy released in March 2011, for which she had to undergo two months of snowboarding training and work undercover in a chalet at St Anton, scrubbing toilets and partying at the Krazy Kanguruh bar in preparation for the role. Jones said the role was "something of a relief" after a string of costume roles. She was also keen to take on a comic role.

Jones performed in Luise Miller, a new translation of Schiller's Kabale und Liebe by Mike Poulton at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London, in June and July 2011.[11] She turned down the title role in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White to appear in the play, to the amazement of director Michael Grandage. Grandage acknowledged: "Everything else has had to be moved to accommodate [the play]… at a time when her career has gone sky-high." Jones lived with a Catholic family and attended Mass to prepare for the role.
In 2011, Jones was announced as the new face of Burberry.

Jones currently lives in Bethnal Green, in London's East End, with her long-term boyfriend, Ed Fornieles, who is a sculptor and conceptual artist. She and Fornieles met at Oxford when he was at the Ruskin School of Art.

She met fellow actress Keira Knightley in The Treasure Seekers. They remain in touch, although Jones says she is closer to Carey Mulligan.

Jones said she is "not from a religious background, so I’ve never understood it."

FELICITY JONES FILMOGRAPHY

* The Treasure Seekers (1996), Alice Bastable
* The Worst Witch (1998–1999), Ethel Hallow - TV series (season one)
* Weirdsister College (2001), Ethel Hallow - TV series
* Servants (2003), Grace May - TV series
* Arena (2007), Herself - TV series, in the episode "The Archers"
* Northanger Abbey (2007), Catherine Morland - ITV drama
* Cape Wrath (2007), Zoe Brogan - TV series
* Flashbacks of a Fool (2008), Young Ruth
* Doctor Who (2008), Robina Redmond - TV series, in the episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
* Brideshead Revisited (2008), Lady Cordelia Flyte
* The Diary of Anne Frank (2009), Margot Frank - TV serial
* Cheri (2009), Edmee
* Souled Out (2009), Mandy
* The Tempest (2009), Miranda
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KATE BECKINSALE BIOGRAPHY

KATE BECKINSALE PROFILE

Full Name: Kathryn Bailey Beckinsale

Date Of Birth: 26 July 1973

Place Of Birth: Finsbury Park, North London, England, UK

Occupation: Actress

Years active : 1991–present

Spouse: Len Wiseman (m. 2004–present)
Michael Sheen, ex-boyfriend (1995 to 2003)

Parents: Richard Beckinsale - Judy Loe

Height: 5' 8''

Education: Godolphin and Latymer School in London, England
New College, Oxford University in Oxford, England (majored in French and Russian Literature; dropped out after third year)

Father: Richard Beckinsale (actor; born on July 6, 1947; married in 1977; died on March 19, 1979 of a heart attack)

Mother: Judy Loe (actress; born on March 6, 1947)

KATE BECKINSALE BIOGRAPHY

Beckinsale was born in London to Judy Loe, a stage and television actress, and Richard Beckinsale, a well-known television actor who died in 1979 at the age of 31. She has a paternal half-sister, Samantha, who is also an actress. Beckinsale's paternal great-grandfather was Burmese, and Beckinsale claims that she was "very oriental-looking" as a child.

Beckinsale attended the private Godolphin and Latymer School, and in her teens twice won the W. H. Smith Young Writers' competition - once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a rebellious adolescence, including a period of anorexia and starting a smoking habit, she followed in the footsteps of her parents and began her acting career. Her first role was in One Against the Wind, a television film about World War II that was first aired in 1991. Having gained three language A levels, Beckinsale studied French and Russian literature at New College, Oxford University, though she did not finish her degree. She thought that having an academic background studying foreign language and literature would broaden her range of acting roles.

During her first year at Oxford, Beckinsale was offered a part in Kenneth Branagh's big-screen film, Much Ado About Nothing, adapted from the Shakespeare play. She spent her last year of studies in Paris, after which she decided to quit the university and concentrate on her acting career. She subsequently appeared in a few low-profile films, including Shooting Fish and The Last Days of Disco (both in 1998). During this time, Beckinsale also appeared in television films and in stage roles, including the well-received Cold Comfort Farm, opposite British silver and small screen notables Rufus Sewell, Eileen Atkins, and Joanna Lumley.

Her first major American film, Brokedown Palace (1999), was not a commercial success. Soon after, Beckinsale was cast in the 2001 film, Pearl Harbor, which was one of the highest grossing films of its year. In the years following, she appeared in a series of American films that were high-profile, but were given a somewhat poor critical reception, including Serendipity (2001), Underworld (2003) and Van Helsing (2004). Notably, she appeared as Ava Gardner in The Aviator, a role for which she gained 20 pounds.

In 2006, Beckinsale was placed at #78 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World", after being #71 in 2005. She has also been placed at #16 in Maxim magazine's "HOT 100" (2003), #63 in Stuff Magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002), and was chosen by Hello magazine as "England’s #1 Beauty", also in 2002.

In January 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as a vampire in the movie Underworld: Evolution, a sequel to her 2003 film, Underworld, again directed by her husband, Len Wiseman. The film opened at the #1 spot at the box office, grossing over $26 million in its first weekend of release.[2] On January 24, 2006, Beckinsale was featured on the MTV series, Punk'd. The set-up for the segment took place at the Avalon Hotel in Los Angeles.

Beckinsale's most recent role was in the Adam Sandler starring comedy, Click, which opened on June 23, 2006. Her next film will be Snow Angels, which is currently in post-production and will be released in 2006. A September 2006 article in the Hollywood Reporter announced that Beckinsale has signed on to replace Sarah Jessica Parker in the film Vacancy.

Beckinsale dated Welsh actor Michael Sheen for a long period of time, and the two have a daughter, Lily Mo Sheen (born 31 January 1999). Sheen co-starred with Beckinsale in Underworld, and had a flashback appearance in its sequel.

In June 2003, a few months after she had separated from Sheen, Beckinsale became engaged to the director of Underworld, Len Wiseman, and the two were married on 9 May 2004 in Bel-Air, California. [source]

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GEMMA ARTERTON BIOGRAPHY

GEMMA ARTERTON BIOGRAPHY

Gemma Arterton born 12 January 1986 is an English actress. She played the eponymous protagonist in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and starred in the feature films St Trinian's, the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Tamara Drewe. It was later announced that she was nominated for a BAFTA, in the Rising Star category.

Arterton was born Gemma Christina Arterton in Gravesend, Kent, the elder daughter of Sally-Anne (née Heap), a cleaner, and Barry Arterton, a welder. Arterton was born with polydactyly, and was brought up, along with her sister, Hannah Jane (born 1989, Gravesend), by their single mother, on a council estate in Gravesend. Arterton's parents divorced when she was five, and her father remarried in 1996. Arterton worked as a makeup salesgirl. She attended Painters Ash Primary School in Northfleet, then attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls on Pelham Road in Gravesend, she took a performance arts course at The Miskin Theatre in Dartford (part of North West Kent College) and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant.

Arterton won her first professional role in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary, while she was still at drama school. Similarly, she made her stage debut as Rosaline in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre, London in July 2007 before graduating later that year.She made her film debut in the 2007 St Trinian's movie St Trinian's as Head Girl Kelly, a role she gained in competition with Sienna Miller.

In 2008, she appeared in the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. Chosen from around 1,500 candidates, Arterton plays Bond Girl Strawberry Fields, in what is described as a "nice-sized role".On her character, Arterton describes Strawberry Fields as "the thinking man's crumpet".In 2008, she played the eponymous protagonist in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Also in 2008, she played the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the ITV serial Lost in Austen, albeit a reduced role from the original Pride & Prejudice. Her most controversial role was in the 2009 film The Disappearance of Alice Creed in which Arterton's character is kidnapped and abused in several graphic nude scenes.

She is the face of Avon's Bond Girl 007 fragrance which launched in October 2008. Having already started in a series of low-key adverts for cosmetics company Avon, in May 2008, Arterton requested a role opposite model Kate Moss for Rimmel, but was blocked on contractual terms under her Avon contract.

In 2010, she made her West End debut in the UK premiere of The Little Dog Laughed. She was originally attached to star in a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw, however, she later left the project. She is set to star in Burden of Desire.

Arterton was seen in the 2010 films Clash of the Titans and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and played the lead in Tamara Drewe. In 2011, Arterton was nominated twice by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for her performances in Tamara Drewe and The Disappearance of Alice Creed.

Arterton has been cast to play Gretel a modern spin on the children's tale Hansel and Gretel. The character will be an older version of the classic character who works alongside her brother Hansel (Jeremy Renner) as they track down witches for money. The role was originally planned for Noomi Rapace.

Arterton lived with special effects technician Justin Moench until she broke up with him in 2008 after 18 months together.She had a six month relationship with Spanish equestrian Eduardo Munoz that ended in December 2008. On 5 June 2010, she married Stefano Catelli, a sales manager, at a secret ceremony in Zuheros, Andalucia, Spain.|wikipedia.org|

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AGYNESS DEYN PROFILE

AGYNESS DEYN BIOGRAPHY

Original Name: Laura Hollins
Date of birth:16 February 1983
Place of birth: Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England
Height: 5'8" (1.73 m)
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Blue
Measurements (US): 32-24-34 ; (EU) 81-61-86
Dress size (US): 4 ; (EU) 34

ABOUT AGYNESS DEYN

Agyness Deyn born as Laura Hollins was born on February 16, 1983, in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. She has taken lessons in martial arts, music and drama, maths and business.

At the age of 14, she worked in a restaurant in Lancashire. After being spotted by designer Henry Holland, Agyness began modelling for his label, House of Holland. Around two years later, she was crowned as the Face of '99 by Rossendale Free Press.

She moved to London in search of better modelling gigs. Soon enough, she was signed by a modelling agency, and she came in the limelight when she appeared on the cover of Italy's Vogue in November 2006. She reappeared on the magazine's cover in September 2007. In these two photo shoots, Agyness was photographed by Steven Meisel.

She also became on of The World's Next Top Models in May 2007 for Vogue America. In June 2007, Agyness Deyn was seen as the cover model of Vogue in UK. She also graced the cover of Observer Woman, a supplement magazine.
In 2007, Agyness Deyn was involved in a controversy regarding her actual year of birth. That year, British Fashion Awards titled her as the Model of the Year in November 27. A few months later, in 2008, Agyness was selected as the spokesmodel for Reebok.

Deyn provides vocals for the single "Who" by Five O'Clock Heroes as well as featuring in the video. The single was poorly received by NME, who gave it only a 2/10. The single charted at #109 in the UK. Until recently she was a member of the now defunct group Lucky Knitwear.

In the 2010 film Clash of the Titans, Deyn played Aphrodite, Greek goddess of beauty, love and sex.

In March 2011, Deyn appeared as an owl-bearing warrior in Woodkid's debut music video, "Iron".

Deyn has dated Josh Hubbard of The Paddingtons, Albert Hammond, Jr. of The Strokes, Miles Kane from The Last Shadow Puppets and former singer of The Rascals, and Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet. She has lived in Primrose Hill, London and New York City.

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EMMA WATSON PROFILE

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson born 15 April 1990 is an English actress and model who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2010, she starred in seven Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint; she will return for the final installment: the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.Watson's work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than £10 million. She made her modelling debut for Burberry's Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009.

In 2007, Watson announced her involvement in two non-Harry Potter productions: the television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on 26 December 2007 to an audience of 5.2 million, and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed over US $70 million in worldwide sales

Why do we like Emma Watson?

Emma Watson is also widely respected for her knowledge and interest in fashion, and for the support she has given the British Fashion Industry. She has twice been chosen by Christopher Bailey to feature as the face of Burberry in their Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009 and Spring/Summer campaign in 2010. As well as appearing on the cover of numerous magazines she has been photographed by the world's top fashion photographers including Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Testino, Nick Knight and Patrick Demarchelier.

Filmography:
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2008 The Tale of Despereaux

KELLY BROOK PROFILE

BIOGRAPHY

KELLY BROOK born Kelly Ann Parsons; 23 November 1979 is an English model, actress, occasional swimwear designer, television presenter and Playboy girl, having appeared nude in various online and offline publications.


Brook was born in Rochester, Kent, England. She is the daughter of Sandra, a cook, and Ken, a scaffolder; she has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister named Sasha.Ken Parsons died from cancer on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on Strictly Come Dancing.

Brook attended The Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester, Kent. She then studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London for three years before becoming a professional model.

Modelling career
Brook's modelling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, in which she was entered by her mother. She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including for Foster's Lager, Renault Megane, Walkers crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Her figure eventually caught the eye of the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid,which began featuring her as a Page Three girl.

Brook's picture soon began appearing in other lad mags such as GQ, Loaded and FHM. In April of the same year, a poll over 5,000 women for Grazia magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She also topped the 'FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World' list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in this list every year since 1998, she ranked #7 in 2010, #67 in 2009 and #34 in 2008. She was the cover star of FHM's World Cup 2010 special issue.

In 2006, she signed a contract, reported to be worth around £1m, to present Unilever's Lynx body spray, known as "Axe" in the US and in continental Europe. She has appeared on billboards, in newspapers, and on-line as part of their advertising campaign. She has also appeared in commercials for Sky + and T Mobile, and modelled for Reebok.

In 2010, she was chosen as the "new face and body" of lingerie maker Ultimo's advertising campaign. In September of 2010, Brook appeared in the American edition of Playboy magazine. In October 2010, Kelly Brook appeared live in a Clapham picture house to surprise cinemagoers as part of a promotion for Carlsberg and Sky 3D. In November 2010, Brook presented an award at MTV's EMA's in Madrid.

In February 2011, Brook posed nude for Exhibition magazine smeared in lipstick.

Personal life
Brook met American actor Billy Zane while filming thriller Survival Island in Greece in 2004.Brook and Zane were engaged to be married in the summer of 2008 and acquired a house in Kent, but Brook postponed the wedding upon the death of her father in November 2007. The couple split in April 2008 and briefly got back together before ending their relationship in August 2008.

Filmography
* Sorted (2000), Sarah
* Ripper (2001), Marisa Tavares
* Absolon (2003), Claire
* The Italian Job (2003), Lyle's Girlfriend
* School for Seduction (2004), Sophia Rosselini
* House of 9 (2005), Lea
* Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), Beautiful Woman in Painting
* Survival Island (also known as Three) (2005), Jennifer
* In the Mood (short film) (2006), Eva
* Fishtales (2007), Neried
* Piranha 3-D (2010), Danni
* Removal (2010), Kirby

Television movies
* The (Mis)Adventures of Fiona Plum (2001), Fiona Plum
* Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005), Linda Fashiobella
* Kelly Brook & Shahid (2009), Adrew Flint


TV appearances
* Smallville, Victoria Hardwick 4 episodes in season 1 (2002)
* Marple: Elsie Holland - in the episode "The Moving Finger" (2006)
* Hotel Babylon, Lady Catherine Stanwood - in season 2's episode 3 (2007)
* Moving Wallpaper (2009), "Kelly Brook", a fictional version of herself 5 episodes
o Renaissance (2009), a pilot within Moving Wallpaper, which will be screened on itv.com[26]
* Britain's Got Talent (2009), a judge on the judging panel 2 episodes
* Skins: Cameo as Fitness Instructor

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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY PROFILE

Keira Knightley was born on March 26, 1985 in Teddington, London, England, UK to actor father Will Knightley and actor/author mother Sharman MacDonald. Keira Knightley Height : 5'7"/170 cm.

Biography and Career :

Keira Knightley was introduced to acting when she was 11 years old; with a role in A Village Affair.

Keira Knightley has an older brother, Caleb (b. 1979).

Keira Knightley lived most of her life in Richmond upon Thames, attending Park Road Secondary School and Esher College.

She is a member of the Heathham House Youth Project, and was trained in dancing. In her spare time, Keira Knightley likes swimming, soccer, body boarding, playing the flute, and listening to Eminem and Nirvana. Keira Knightley currently lives in Londo

n with her parents and her cat, Finn.

Keira Knightley is dating her Pride and Prejudice co-star, Rupert Friend; the two have moved in together. Keira Knightley has previously dated Irish model Jamie Dornan as well as actor Del Synnott, who according to some reports, attempted suicide after their relationship ended, although Synnott and Knightley deny these claims.

Keira Knightley is also a fan of the East London football team West Ham United.

Keira Knightley began her acting career at the age of seven, making her television debut in Royal Celebration (1993) and also appearing on the television series, The Bill (1995).

Keira Knightley appeared in several more made-for-television films in the mid to late 1990s, before being cast as Sabe, Padme Amidala's decoy, in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

Keira Knightley was cast due to her close resemblance to Natalie Portman, who played Padme; the two actresses' mothers had difficulty telling their daughters apart when they were heavily made up.

Keira Knightley's first starring role followed in 2001, when she played the daughter of Robin Hood in a made-for-television Walt Disney Productions feature, Princess of Thieves.

During this time period, Keira Knightley also appeared in The Hole, a thriller that received a direct-to-video release in the United States, and in a mini-series remake of Doctor Zhivago that was first aired in 2002.

Keira Knightley's breakthrough role was in the English sports-themed film, Bend It Like Beckham, which was a major success in its August 2002 UK release, and did fairly at the box office upon its United States release in March 2003, grossing $32 million.

After Bend It Like Beckham's UK release raised her profile, she was cast in the big budget action film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and opened in July 2003 to positive reviews and a high box office gross, becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2003 and cementing Keira Knightley as a leading actress.

Keira Knightley had a role in the romantic comedy Love Actually, which opened in November 2003.

Her next film, King Arthur, opened in July 2004 and received mixed reviews, but was praised by critic Roger Ebert for "the considerable production qualities and the charisma of the actors, who bring more interest to the characters than they deserve", Keira Knightley being described as looking "simultaneously sexy and muddy".

In the same month, Keira Knightley was voted by readers of Hello! magazine as the movie industry's most promising teen star. Additionally, she was voted the sexiest movie star of all time by the readers of Empire magazine.

Time magazine noted in a 2004 feature that Keira Knightley seems dedicated to developing herself as a serious actress rather than a film star.

Keira Knightley starred in three 2005 films; The Jacket, a dark thriller that opened in March; director Tony Scott's film Domino, which opened in October, was an action film inspired by the life of bounty hunter Domino Harvey; and finally Pride and Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, in which Keira Knightley played regency Englishwoman Elizabeth Bennet.

The Jacket and Domino received mixed critical receptions and performed poorly at the box office, but Pride and Prejudice did well in the U.S. and opened at No. 1 in the UK box office, and is Keira Knightley's sixth film to do so.

She received a Best Actress - Comedy/Musical Golden Globes nomination and an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for the role, though she did not win either.

Her Valentino gown at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards won her much acclaim and even landed her the top spot on Steven Cojocaru's "Best Dressed List" on Entertainment Tonight, while the dress she wore to the 2006 Academy Awards was recently donated to the charity Oxfam, where it raised £4,300.

Knightley (right) poses on the February 2006 cover of Vanity Fair with Scarlett Johansson and Tom FordKnightley was the celebrity face for the luxury goods brand Asprey, as well as Lux haircare products in Japanese TV commercials.

In April of 2006, she was confirmed as the new celebrity face of Chanel's perfume "Coco Mademoiselle".

Knightley appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's March 2006 'Hollywood' issue, with Scarlett Johansson and was also voted the World's Sexiest Woman by FHM (UK) in their FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006 poll.

Knightley recently completed filming on a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, which is due for release in July of 2006. In 2007 she will star in Silk, an adaptation of the novel by Alessandro Baricco, for which she finished recording scenes in early May 2006.

In June she will be starting work on Atonement and Pirates Of The Caribbean 3, which due for release in May of 2007. Knightley was also recently confirmed for the role of Caitlin Thomas, wife of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in a movie entitled The Best Time Of Our Lives, from a screenplay by Keira's playwright mother Sharman Macdonald.









Filmography :

The Other Boleyn Girl (2007) .... Anne Boleyn
Atonement (2007) .... Cecilia
Silk (2007) .... Helene Joncour
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007) .... Elizabeth Swann
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Elizabeth Swann
Domino (2005) .... Domino Harvey
Pride & Prejudice (2005) .... Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bennet
The Jacket (2005) .... Jackie Price
Stories of Lost Souls (2005) .... Leah (segment New Year's Eve)
King Arthur (2004) .... Guinevere
... aka King Arthur: Director's Cut (USA: DVD title (director's cut))
Love Actually (2003) .... Juliet
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Narrator
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) .... Elizabeth Swann
Gaijin (2003) (V) (voice) .... Kate
The Seasons Alter (2002) .... Helena
"Doctor Zhivago" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Lara Antipova (nee Guishar)
New Year's Eve (2002) .... Leah
Pure (2002) .... Louise
Thunderpants (2002) (uncredited) .... Music School Student
... aka Donderbroek (Netherlands)
... aka Incroyable histoire de Patrick Smash, L' (France)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002) .... Juliette 'Jules' Paxton
... aka Kick It Like Beckham (Germany)
The Hole (2001) .... Frances 'Frankie' Almond Smith
... aka After the Hole (USA)
Princess of Thieves (2001) (TV) .... Gwyn
Deflation (2001) .... Jogger
"Oliver Twist" (1999) (mini) TV Series (as Kiera Knightley) .... Rose Fleming
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) .... Sabe (queen's decoy)
... aka Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (USA: video box title)
... aka The Phantom Menace (USA: short title)
Coming Home (1998) (TV) .... Young Judith
... aka Heimkehr (Germany)
... aka Rosamunde Pilcher - Heimkehr (Germany)
Treasure Seekers (1996) (TV) .... The Princess
Innocent Lies (1995) .... Young Celia
... aka Peches mortels, Les (France)
"The Bill"
- Swan Song (1995) TV Episode .... Sheena Rose
A Village Affair (1994) .... Natasha Jordan
Royal Celebration (1993) (TV) .... Little Girl

EMILY BLUNT PROFILE

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt born 23 February 1983 is an English actress. Blunt's first major film role came in the British drama My Summer of Love (2004). She then appeared in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She has since appeared in a number of American and British productions, including Charlie Wilson's War (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), and The Wolfman (2010).

In 2007, Blunt won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 2005 BBC television film, Gideon's Daughter.

Personal life
Blunt was born in Roehampton, London, England. She is the second of four children born to Joanna Mackie, an English teacher and former actress, and barrister Oliver Simon Peter Blunt, QC, one of the highest-profile barristers in the UK. Her paternal uncle is Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP for Reigate.

Blunt previously shared a home with her ex-boyfriend, Canadian singer Michael Bublé,whom she first met in Melbourne backstage at the Australian television Logie Awards in 2005. She later provided background vocals on his cover of "Me and Mrs. Jones" on his album Call Me Irresponsible. In November 2008, Blunt began dating actor John Krasinski, after the pair were set up by Blunt's The Devil Wears Prada co-star Anne Hathaway. On 28 August 2009, Blunt and Krasinski announced their engagement. The couple married on 10 July 2010 in Italy, and live in the United States.

Career
At the age of 16, Blunt moved to Hurtwood House, a sixth-form college known for its performing arts programme. There, she was discovered by an agent. Blunt made her professional debut in Bliss, a new musical written by Paul Sellar, at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe while she was still an A-level student. She went on to perform at the National Theatre and at Chichester Festival Theatre. In 2003, she made her screen debut in the British television drama Boudica, about the life of the ancient British warrior-queen who fought the Romans. She also won considerable praise for her performance as the 16th-century queen Catherine Howard in the two-part British television drama Henry VIII.

Blunt's breakout role was as Tamsin in the dark British movie, My Summer of Love in 2004, which depicted a story of deception and lesbian love in the English countryside. She shared an Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer with co-star Natalie Press.

In 2005, she co-starred with Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson in the British TV drama Gideon's Daughter, an original screenplay written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, in which she played the troubled only child of New Labour spin doctor Gideon Warner, played by Nighy. Blunt won a Golden Globe for her performance.

In 2006, she appeared opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in the box-office success The Devil Wears Prada. Streep and Hathaway received most of the critical attention initially, but Blunt proved to be equally memorable with Entertainment Weekly naming her the Best Female Scene-Stealer in their end-of-summer special issue. She appeared at the 79th Academy Awards where she co-presented the award for best costume design with her Prada co-star Hathaway. Blunt and Hathaway lost weight for their roles in the film. In an interview with Us Weekly, Hathaway said “I basically stuck with fruit, vegetables and fish (to slim down for the movie). I wouldn't recommend that. Emily Blunt and I would clutch at each other and cry because we were so hungry." Blunt also spoke about the weight loss, claiming she had to go "painfully thin".

Blunt co-starred with Susan Sarandon in the independent drama Irresistible. When Sarandon became attached to starring in another movie, The Girl In The Park, she strongly suggested that director David Auburn should cast Blunt. In 2007, she appeared in the film Charlie Wilson's War.

In 2009, she played Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Julian Fellowes. The movie co-starred Miranda Richardson and Rupert Friend as the queen's husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She also starred in the Toby Spanton-directed short film Curiosity. She was director Jon Favreau's first choice to play the Black Widow in Iron Man 2 but scheduling conflicts with Gulliver's Travels forced her to cede the role to Scarlett Johansson. In 2010, Blunt co-starred with Academy Award winners Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins in the big-budget movie The Wolfman, which was released on 12 February. She also is set to star in Gulliver's Travels and in The Adjustment Bureau alongside Matt Damon as a ballet dancer "being mysteriously kept apart" from Damon's character. Blunt was offered the female lead in the forthcoming Captain America movie but turned it down.Her next film project is Lasse Hallström's Salmon Fishing in the Yemen alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Ewan McGregor

FILMOGRAPHY

2012 - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 - Looper

2011 - The Adjustment Bureau

2011 - Gnomeo and Juliet

2010 - The Wolfman

2010 - Wild Target

2010 - Gulliver's Travels

2009 - 2The Great Buck Howard V

2009 - The Young Victoria

2009 - Curiosity

2008 - Sunshine Cleaning (Film - Currently filming) Norah Lorkowski

2007 - Dan in Real Life (Film, currently in post-production) Ruthie Draper

2007 - The Jane Austen Book Club (Currently in post-production) Prudie

2007 - Charlie Wilson's War (Currently in post-production) Jane Liddle

2007 - The Great Buck Howard (Film, currently in post-production) TBC

2007 - Wind Chill (Film, completed) TBA

2006 - The Devil Wears Prada (Film) Emily

2006 - Irresistible (Film) Mara

2005 - Gideon's Daughter (TV) Natasha

2005 - The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (TV) Jean Leckie

2005 - Empire (TV mini series) Camane

2004 - My Summer of Love (Film) Tamsin

2004 - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (TV) Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle

2003 - Foyle's War - War Games (TV, 1 episode) Lucy Markham

2003 - Henry VIII (TV) Catherine Howard

2003 - Boudica (TV) Isolda

DIANE KRUGER

Diane Kruger (real name Diane Heidkrueger) was born on July 15, 1976 in Hildesheim, Germany. Diane Kruger Height : 5'7''/173 cm.

Biography and Career :

She started her career as a dancer in London when she was still young.

Diane Kruger moved to London at 11 years-old to study with the Royal Ballet, but a devastating knee injury at age 13 forced her to retire young. In 1992, Kruger won a national modeling competition and a contract with Elite, a top modeling agency.

Diane Kruger soon became a top fashion model in Germany, working for such industry heavies as Armani and Christian Dior. Then director Luc Besson convinced the young Kruger to move to Paris to pursue acting, which she did.
Debut :

Diane Kruger made her film debut in "The Piano Player" (2002), st
arring Christopher Lambert and Dennis Hopper, and directed by Jean-Pierre Roux. The movie never saw a theatrical release, but did manage to find itself on video store shelves.
Diane Kruger then starred in "Mon Idole" (2002), helmed by her husband, French director Guillaume Canet ("The Beach"). In the black comedy about a Jerry Springer-like talk show host, Kruger played Clara, the wife of the show's producer who gets romantically involved with the host. Kruger then appeared in "Ni Pour Ni Contra" ("Not For or Against", 2003), directed by NYU grad Cedric Klapisch. Next Kruger had a starring role in "Michel Vaillant" (2003), a live-action take on a popular French comic strip from the 1950's.

Diane Kruger played Frani§oise in 2003's Michel Vaillant and Lisa in Wicker Park (2004), alongside Josh Hartnett. Her most notable role to date is her portrayal of Helen in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy.

In 2004, she starred with Nicholas Cage in the popular film National Treasure, going on to appear in movies such as Joyeux Noel (2005) and Copying Beethoven (2006). Kruger married French actor Guillaume Canet on September 1, 2001. They have since filed for divorce.

Quotes :

- "I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty."
- "It was something strange for me, to kiss Orlando. I was so embarassed! It is not as fun as people think to shoot love scenes. You feel vulnerable, and there are about 100 people looking at you."
- "I'm a little bit worried about this sudden success. I am quite independent and I'm afraid that this privilege could escape from me."
- "Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way." - on Helen of Troy.
Trivia :

- Measurements: 33 1/2-23-34 1/2
- Had to gain 15 lbs for Troy (2004) because director Wolfgang Petersen wanted her to appear rounder. She has since lost the weight.
- Shares a birthday with philosopher Jacques Derrida, male model Travis Fimmel, and actors Brigitte Nielsen, Irene Jacob, Brian Austin Green and Scott Foley.
- Trained at the Ecole Florent and won the Classe Libre award for best actor in her year.
- People magazine included Diane in its annual 50 Most Beautiful People in the World issue, in 2004.
- Diane Kruger has a younger brother, Stefan.
- Modeled under her birth name, Diane Heidkrueger, in the mid to late-1990s.
- Originally a ballet dancer, but quit dancing due to an injury.
- Lives in Paris with her husband.
- German citizen.
- She speaks French.