Penelope Cruz

BIOGRAPHY FOR PENELOPE CRUZ

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born Apr. 28, 1974 (37 years ago)), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for movies such as Jamón, Jamón, La Niña de tus ojos, and Belle époque. She has also starred in several American movies such as Blow, Vanilla Sky, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is perhaps best known for her work with acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, in Volver and Todo sobre mi madre. Cruz has been awarded three Goyas, two European movie Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes movie Festival. In 2009 (2 years ago), she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Goya, and a BAFTA for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is Spain's first female Oscar winner and also becomes the sixth Hispanic person to win an Oscar after José Ferrer, Rita Moreno and Benicio Del Toro (Puerto Rico), Anthony Quinn (Mexico), plus fellow Spaniard Javier Bardem.

EARLY YEARS

Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement. Initially, Cruz decided to focus on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. She received three years of Spanish Ballet training with Ángela Garrido. She also had jazz dance training with Raúl Caballero and studied at Cristina Rota (mother of Juan Diego Botto) school in Madrid. At 15, however, she followed another calling after beating more than 300 other girls at a talent agency audition.



CAREER

Cruz first achieved fame when she appeared in the video for "La fuerza del destino" for the Spanish synthpop group Mecano. She later started a relationship with Nacho Cano, a member of the group. A TV presenter for the teen-oriented program La Quinta Marcha, she also had early exposure in Série Rose, an erotic French TV serial. In one episode she played the role of a blind prostitute and in another played a young noblewoman pretending to be a young nobleman in a comedy of errors. She also directed Nacho Cano's video of "El waltz de los locos", in 1994 (17 years ago).



Cruz's first major movies were Jamón, jamón and Belle Époque, a movie which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 1997 (14 years ago), she starred as Sofía Pangia, alongside Eduardo Noriega, in Abre los ojos, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, while in 1999 (12 years ago) she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), which also won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 2000 (11 years ago) she appeared with Matt Damon (4 walls) in All the Pretty Horses.



For Cruz, the early 2000 (11 years ago) were a period of mediocre reviews and mixed commercial success. In late 2001 (10 years ago), she appeared in the movie Vanilla Sky, the Hollywood remake of Abre los ojos. Returning to Europe, in 2004 (7 years ago), Cruz learned Italian (she already spoke Spanish, French, and English) to star in the movie Don't Move. She earned critical praise for her role and earned the coveted David di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.



In 2006 (5 years ago), she co-starred with her best friend, Salma Hayek (21 walls), in the movie Bandidas. That same year, Cruz received highly favourable reviews for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. She shared a Best Actress award at the Cannes movie Festival with five of her co-stars, and was nominated for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role. The latter of these nominations made her the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.



In May 2007 (4 years ago), it was announced that Penélope and her sister Mónica would be designing a 25-piece collection for the Barcelona-based fashion chain Mango. On Jul. 7, 2007 (4 years ago), Cruz presented at Live Earth. In late 2007 (4 years ago), she starred in the Jaume de Laiguana-directed video for her brother's first single, named "Cosas que contar", along with her friend Mía Maestro and her sister Mónica. Cruz had previously shown a keen interest in fashion and is a model for L'Oréal and its "Telescopic" mascara.



In 2008 (3 years ago), Cruz appeared with Sir Ben Kingsley in fellow Spaniard Isabel Coixet's movie Elegy, earning her critical praise for an English-speaking role. The movie was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal. She was nominated for a Golden Satellite award for her performance.



In 2008 (3 years ago), she starred in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena, Javier Bardem's mentally unstable ex-wife. Her performance received wide critical praise. For the role, Cruz received her second Academy Award Nomination, and later won for Best Supporting Actress, making her only the second Spanish actor to win an Academy Award, a year after her boyfriend, Javier Bardem, won for No Country for Old Men. She became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, and one of the only actors besides Robert De Niro (6 walls) and Ingrid Bergman to win the Oscar for a role speaking two different languages. Besides the Oscar, Cruz won the BAFTA, the Independent Spirit Award, the National Board of Review Award, and the New York movie Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She also earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her role.



Cruz again collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar in his movie Los Abrazos Rotos, which is slated to be released in the U.S. in Nov. 2009 (2 years ago). She will also be featured in the movie version of the musical Nine along with other Oscar winners Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman (24 walls) and Marion Cotillard.



PERSONAL LIFE

Cruz has a younger brother, Eduardo, a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica.



Cruz claims to be a vegetarian since 2000 (11 years ago). She speaks four languages: Spanish, Italian, French and English. Cruz has also donated a considerable amount of money and time to charity; in 1997 (14 years ago) she volunteered in Uganda for two months.



Cruz was raised as a Roman Catholic, but the religion she feels closest to is Buddhism. After appearing in Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise (12 walls), they had a three-year relationship which ended in Jan. 2004 (7 years ago). During that time, she and Cruise were seen visiting several Church of Scientology locations in Hollywood, and there was published speculation that Cruise had convinced Cruz to join the church.



After filming Sahara in Feb. 2005 (6 years ago), she began dating actor Matthew McConaughey. In May 2006 (5 years ago), they released a joint statement to People, saying that they "have decided to take time off as a couple." Later that year they announced that they were "no longer intimate and separating was the best thing to do at this time". She has been dating actor Javier Bardem since 2007; the two appeared together in Jamón, Jamón, Live Flesh and 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.



In Apr. 2007 (4 years ago) Cruz, who was single at the time, stated that she would like to have children one day and she feels the need to adopt. "Of course I want to have kids," Cruz, told the Spanish edition of Marie Claire in its Apr. issue. "I want to have my own kids, but also adopt. For a while I've had the feeling that my life won't be complete if I don't adopt".



FILMOGRAPHY

Jamón, jamón

Belle Époque

For Love, Only for Love

The Greek Labyrinth

The Rebel

Alegre ma non troppo

Todo es mentira

Entre rojas

El Efecto mariposa

La Celestina

Brujas

Más que amor, frenesí

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Open Your Eyes

Live Flesh

Hjørne af paradis, Et

The Girl of Your Dreams

"The Hi-Lo Country"

Don Juan

All About My Mother

All the Pretty Horses

Woman on Top

Blow

Don't Tempt Me

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Vanilla Sky

Waking up in Reno

Fanfan la tulipe

Gothika

Head in the Clouds

Don't Move

Noel

Sahara

Chromophobia

Bandidas

Volver

The Good Night

Manolete

Elegy

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

G-Force

Broken Embraces

Nine



AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Imagen Foundation Awards

MTV Movie Awards

NAACP image (wallpaper) Awards

Ondas Awards

Peñíscola Comedy movie Festival





Source: en.wikipedia.org

Natalie Portman

FACTS ABOUT NATALIE PORTMAN

Date of Birth:	09 June 1981
Birthplace:	Jerusalem, Israel.
Age:	29
First Name:	Natalie
Last Name:	Portman
Build:	Slim
Height:	5' 3" (160 cm)
Eye Color:	Brown - Light
Hair Color:	Brown - Dark
Star Sign:	Gemini
Claim to Fame:	Queen Amidala on Star Wars
Occupation:	Actress
Religion:	Other
Occupation Category:	Actress
Nationality:	American
Alternative Names:	Nat

BIOGRAPHY FOR NATALIE PORTMAN

Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן‎; born Natalie Hershlag Jun. 9, 1981 (30 years ago)) is an Israeli American actress. Her first role came in the 1994 (17 years ago) independent movie Léon (known in the United States as The Professional). She achieved wider fame after playing Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Portman, who has said "I'd rather be smart than a movie star," completed a bachelor's degree in psychology at Harvard College while she was working on the Star Wars films. 

In 2001 (10 years ago), Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Chekhov's The Seagull (5 walls), alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2005 (6 years ago), Portman received a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress in the drama Closer. In May 2008 (3 years ago), she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes movie Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International movie Festival's shorts competition in 2008 (3 years ago). 

EARLY YEARS

Portman was born Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג‎) in Jerusalem, Israel. Her father, Avner Hershlag, is an Israeli doctor specializing in fertility and reproduction (reproductive endocrinology). Her mother, Shelley Stevens, is an American homemaker who now works as her agent. Portman's maternal ancestors were Jews from Austria and Russia and her paternal ancestors were Jews who immigrated to Israel from Poland and Romania. Her paternal grandfather's parents died in Auschwitz and her Romanian-born great-grandmother was a spy for the British during World War II. 

Portman's parents met at a Jewish student center at Ohio State University where her mother was selling tickets. Her father returned to Israel, and the two corresponded and were married when her mother visited Israel a few years later. In 1984 (27 years ago), when Portman was three years old, the family moved to the United States, where her father received his medical training. The family first lived in Washington, D.C., where Portman attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, but relocated to Connecticut in 1988 (23 years ago), and then settled permanently in Long Island, New York, in 1990 (21 years ago). Portman has said that although she "really loves the States... my heart's in Jerusalem. That's where I feel at home." She is an only child and very close to her parents, who are often seen with her at her movie premieres. 

CAREER

Early work 

Portman started dancing lessons at age 4 and she performed in local troupes. At the age of 10, a Revlon agent asked her to become a child model, but she turned down the offer, to focus on acting. In a magazine interview, Portman said that she was "...different from the other kids. I was more ambitious, I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked very hard. I was a very serious kid." Portman spent her school holidays attending theater camps. When she was ten, she auditioned for Ruthless!, a play about a girl who is prepared to commit murder to get the lead in a school play, and she was chosen as the understudy for Laura Bell Bundy. In 1994 (17 years ago), she auditioned for the role of a child who befriends a middle-aged hitman in Luc Besson's movie Léon (aka The Professional). Soon after getting the part, she took her grandmother's maiden name "Portman" as her stage name, in the interest of privacy; in the director's cut of the movie on DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) she is credited as Natalie Hershlag. Léon opened on Nov. 18, 1994 (17 years ago), marking her feature movie debut at age 13. That same year she appeared in the short movie Developing, which aired on TV. 

1995–1999 

During the mid-1990s, Portman had roles in the movies Heat, Everyone Says I Love You, and Mars Attacks!, as well as a major role in Beautiful Girls. She was also the first choice to play Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, but producers felt her age wasn't suitable. In 1997 (14 years ago), Portman played the role of Anne Frank in a Broadway adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank. She initially turned down the lead role in the movie Anywhere but Here, after learning it would involve a sex scene, but director Wayne Wang and actress Susan Sarandon demanded a rewrite of the script; Portman was shown a new draft, and she joined the project. The movie opened in late 1999 (12 years ago), and she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ann August. Critic Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon called Portman "astonishing" and said that "[u]nlike any number of actresses her age, she's neither too maudlin nor too plucky." In the late 1990s, Portman was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The first part, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, opened in early 1999 (12 years ago). She then signed on to play the lead role of a persevering teenaged mother in Where the Heart Is. 

2000–2005 

After filming Where the Heart Is, Portman moved into the dorms of Harvard University to pursue her bachelor's degree in psychology. She said in a 1999 (12 years ago) interview that, with the exception of the Star Wars prequels, she would not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying. During the summer break, from Jun. to sep. 2000 (11 years ago), Portman filmed Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones in Sydney, including additional production in London. In Jul. 2001 (10 years ago), Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Chekhov's The Seagull (5 walls), directed by Mike Nichols, playing the role of Nina alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The play opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. That same year, she was one of many celebrities who made cameo appearances in the comedy Zoolander. In 2002 (9 years ago), the movie opened around the world. Portman was cast in a small role in the movie Cold Mountain alongside Jude Law (4 walls) and Nicole Kidman. 

In 2004 (7 years ago), Portman appeared in the independent movies Garden State and Closer. Garden State was an official selection of the Sundance movie Festival, and won Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. Her performance as Alice in Closer saw Portman win a Supporting Actress Golden Globe as well as a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. 

The final Star Wars prequel, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released on May 19, 2005 (6 years ago). The movie was the highest grossing movie of the year, and was voted Favorite Motion picture (wallpaper) at the People's Choice Awards. Also in 2005 (6 years ago), Portman filmed Free Zone and director Miloš Forman's Goya's Ghosts. Forman had not seen any of her work, but thought she looked like a Goya painting so he requested a meeting. 

2006–present 

Portman appeared on Saturday Night Live on Mar. 4, 2006 (5 years ago), hosting the show with musical guest Fall Out Boy and special guest star Dennis Haysbert. In a SNL Digital Short, she portrays herself as an angry gangsta rapper (with Andy Samberg as her Flavor Flav-esque partner in Viking garb) during a faux-interview with Chris Parnell, saying she cheated at Harvard University while high on pot and cocaine. The song, titled "Natalie's Rap", was released - alongside other sketches from the show - in 2009 (2 years ago) on Incredibad, an album by the Lonely Island. In another sketch, she portrays a student named Rebecca Hershlag (her actual surname) attending a Bar Mitzvah, and in an installment of the recurring sketch The Needlers (also known as Sally and Dan, The Couple That Should Be Divorced), plays a fertility specialist (her father's profession). 

V for Vendetta opened in early 2006 (5 years ago). Portman portrayed Evey Hammond, a young woman who is saved from the secret police by the main character, V. Portman worked with a voice coach for the role, learning to speak with an English accent, and had her head shaved. 

Portman has commented on V for Vendetta's political relevance, and mentioned that her character, who joins an underground anti-government group, is "often bad and does things that you don't like" and that "Being from Israel was a reason I wanted to do this because terrorism and violence are such a daily part of my conversations since I was little." She said the movie "doesn't make clear good or bad statements. It respects the audience enough to take away their own opinion". Both Goya's Ghosts and Free Zone received limited releases in 2006 (5 years ago). Portman starred in the children's movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which began filming in Apr. 2006 (5 years ago) and was released in Nov. 2007; she has said that she was "excited to do a kids' movie." In late 2006 (5 years ago), Portman filmed The Other Boleyn Girl (4 walls), a historical drama in which she plays Anne Boleyn; Eric Bana and Scarlett Johansson (60 walls) co-starred in the film. She was also named one of the hottest women of movie and TV by Blender Magazine. 

In 2006 (5 years ago), she filmed Wong Kar-wai's road movie My Blueberry Nights. She won acclaim for her role as gambler Leslie, because "for once she's not playing a waif or a child princess but a mature, full-bodied woman,...but she's not coasting on her looks;...She uses her appeal to simultaneously flirt with and taunt the gambler across the table". Portman voiced Bart Simpson's girlfriend Darcy in the episode "Little Big Girl" of The Simpsons' 18th season. She also appears in Paul McCartney's music video "Dance Tonight" from his 2007 (4 years ago) album Memory Almost Full, directed by Michel Gondry. Portman co-starred in the Wes Anderson short movie Hotel Chevalier, opposite Jason Schwartzman, in which she performed her first nude scene. She is scheduled to star opposite Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal (6 walls) in the drama movie Brothers, a remake of the 2004 (7 years ago) Danish movie of the same name. In May 2008 (3 years ago), Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes movie Festival jury. 

Portman has been cast in the role of Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Thor film. 

EDUCATION

Although she says her family was not religious, Portman attended a Jewish elementary school, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Glen Cove, New York. She graduated from a public high school, Syosset High School. Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I so she could study for her high school final exams. 

In Jun. 2003 (8 years ago), Portman graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in psychology. At Harvard, Portman was Alan Dershowitz's research assistant (he thanks her in The Case for Israel) in a psychology lab. While attending Harvard, she was a resident of Lowell House and wrote a letter to the Harvard Crimson in response to an anti-Israeli essay. 

Portman took graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the spring of 2004 (7 years ago). In Mar. 2006 (5 years ago), she appeared as a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism, where she spoke about her movie V for Vendetta. 

In addition to being bilingual in Hebrew and English, Portman has studied French, Japanese, German, and Arabic. 

As a student, Portman co-authored two research papers that were published in professional scientific journals. Her 1998 (13 years ago) high school paper "A Simple Method To Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar" was entered in the Intel Science Talent Search. In 2002 (9 years ago), she contributed to a study on memory called "Frontal Lobe Activation During Object Permanence" during her psychology studies at Harvard. 

PERSONAL LIFE

Portman has been a vegetarian since childhood and is an advocate for animal rights. She does not eat animal products or wear fur, feathers, or leather. "All of my shoes are from Target and Stella McCartney," she has said. It has been reported that she will appear alongside actress Elissa Sursara in a PETA PSA to support the group's anti-fur campaign at some point throughout 2009 (2 years ago). In 2007 (4 years ago), Natalie Portman traveled to Rwanda with Jack Hanna, to movie a documentary titled Gorillas on the Brink. Later, at a naming ceremony, Portman named a baby gorilla Gukina, which means "to play." In 2007 (4 years ago), she launched her own brand of vegan footwear. Portman has been an advocate of environmental causes since childhood, when she joined an environmental song and dance troupe known as World Patrol Kids. She is also a member of the One Voice movement. 

Portman was involved with the 2004 (7 years ago) presidential campaign of Democratic candidate John Kerry and has supported antipoverty activities. In 2004 (7 years ago) and 2005 (6 years ago), she traveled to Uganda, Guatemala, and Ecuador as the Ambassador of Hope for FINCA International, an organization that promotes micro-lending to help finance women-owned businesses in poor countries. In an interview conducted backstage at the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia and appearing on the PBS program Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, she discussed microfinance. Host Fareed Zakaria said that he was "generally wary of celebrities with fashionable causes", but included the segment with Portman because "she really knew her stuff." In the "Voices" segment of the Apr. 29, 2007 (4 years ago), episode of the ABC Sunday Morning Program This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Portman discussed her work with FINCA and how it can benefit women and children in Third World countries. In fall 2007 (4 years ago), Portman visited several university campuses, including Harvard, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, New York University, and Columbia, to inspire students with the power of microfinance and to encourage them to join the Village Banking Campaign to help families and communities lift themselves out of poverty. 

On the concept of the afterlife, she comments: "I don't believe in that. I believe this is it, and I believe it's the best way to live." She has said that she feels more Jewish in Israel and that she would like to raise her children in the Jewish religion: "A priority for me is definitely that I'd like to raise my kids Jewish, but the ultimate thing is to have someone who is a good person and who is a partner... I get much more Jewish in Israel." During the 2008 (3 years ago) Democratic primaries, Portman supported Senator Hillary Clinton for president, but said that she "likes Obama as well. I even like John McCain." She later campaigned for Obama during the general election. 

In the May 2002 (9 years ago) issue of Vogue, Portman called actor/musician Lukas Haas and musician Moby her close friends. After starring in the video for his song "Carmensita," she began a relationship with Venezuelan folk singer Devendra Banhart. which ended in sep. 2008 (3 years ago). 

FILMOGRAPHY

Léon

Developing

Heat

Beautiful Girls

Everyone Says I Love You

Mars Attacks!

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Anywhere but Here

Where the Heart Is

Zoolander

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Cold Mountain

Garden State

Closer

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Free Zone

V for Vendetta

Paris, je t'aime

Goya's Ghosts

My Blueberry Nights

The Darjeeling Limited

Hotel Chevalier

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

The Other Boleyn Girl (4 walls)

New York, I Love You

Brothers

17 Photos of Isabel

Thor

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Kirsten Dunst

FACTS ABOUT KIRSTEN DUNST

Date of Birth:	30 April 1982
Birthplace:	Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Age:	28
First Name:	Kirsten
Middle Name:	Caroline
Last Name:	Dunst
Maiden Name:	Dunst
Build:	Slim
Height:	5' 5?" (166 cm)
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Blonde
Star Sign:	Taurus
Claim to Fame:	Mary-Jane on Spider-Man
Occupation:	Actress
Religion:	Lutheran
Occupation Category:	Actress
Nationality:	American
Alternative Names:	Kiki, Kristen Dunst

BIOGRAPHY FOR KIRSTEN DUNST

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born Apr. 30, 1982 (29 years ago)) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her movie debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short movie directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories (1989, 22 years ago). At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994, 17 years ago). She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance. That same year she appeared in Little Women, to further acclaim. 

Dunst achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy. Since then her movies have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004, 7 years ago), the science fiction drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 7 years ago) and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005, 6 years ago). She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006, 5 years ago), and she starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008, 3 years ago). 

In 2001 (10 years ago), Dunst made her singing debut in the movie Get Over It, in which she performed two songs. She also sang the jazz song "After You've Gone" for the end credits of the movie The Cat's Meow (2001, 10 years ago). In early 2008 (3 years ago) Dunst confirmed she was suffering from depression, checking into a treatment center before discharging herself in Mar. and resuming her career. 

EARLY YEARS

Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey to Klaus and Inez Dunst. She has a younger brother, Christian (born 1987 (24 years ago)). Her father worked as a medical services executive, and her mother was an artist and one-time gallery owner. Dunst is of German descent on her father's side, and Swedish on her mother's. 

Until the age of six Dunst lived in New Jersey, where she attended Ranney School before moving with her mother and younger brother to Los Angeles, California in 1991 (20 years ago). In 1995 (16 years ago), her mother filed for divorce. The following year Dunst began attending Notre Dame, a private Catholic high school in Los Angeles. After graduating from Notre Dame she continued the acting career that she had begun at the age of eight. As a teenager, Dunst found it difficult to deal with her rising fame, and for a period blamed her mother for pushing her into acting as a child. However, she later expressed that her mother "...always had the best intentions". When asked if she had any regrets about the way she spent her childhood, Dunst said: "Well, it's not a natural way to grow up, but it's the way I grew up and I wouldn't change it. I have my stuff to work out...I don't think anybody can sit around and say: 'My life is more screwed up than yours.' Everybody has their issues." 

CAREER

Early work

Dunst began her career when she was three years old as a child fashion model in TV commercials. She was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management. At the age of eight she made her movie debut in a minor role in Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks, a short movie that was released as one-third of the anthology New York Stories (1989, 22 years ago). Soon after, she landed a small part in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990, 21 years ago), as Tom Hanks's daughter. In 1993 (18 years ago), Dunst played Hedril in "Dark Page", the seventh episode of the seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 

Critical success

The breakthrough role in Dunst's career came in Interview with the Vampire, a 1994 (17 years ago) movie based on Anne Rice's novel, in which she played the child vampire Claudia, a surrogate daughter to Tom Cruise (12 walls) and Brad Pitt's characters in the film. The movie received generally unfavorable reviews, but many movie critics complimented Dunst's performance. Roger Ebert commented that Dunst's creation of the child vampire Claudia was one of the "creepier" aspects of the film, and mentioned her ability to convey the impression of great age inside apparent youth. Todd McCarthy in Variety noted that Dunst was "just right" for the family. The movie featured a scene in which Dunst received her first kiss from Brad pitt (15 walls), who was 18 years her senior. In an interview with Interview magazine, she revealed, while questioned about her kissing scene with Pitt, that kissing him had made her feel uncomfortable: "I thought it was gross, that Brad had cooties. I mean, I was 10." Her performance earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress, and her first Golden Globe Award nomination. 

Dunst during the 2005 (6 years ago) Toronto movie FestivalShe then appeared in the adaptation of the drama Little Women (1994, 17 years ago), Dunst portrayed Amy March, opposite Winona Ryder (4 walls) and Claire Danes. The movie received favorable reviews; critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the movie was the greatest adaptation of the novel and remarked on Dunst's performance: "The perfect contrast to take-charge Jo comes from Kirsten Dunst's scene-stealing Amy, whose vanity and twinkling mischief make so much more sense coming from an 11-year-old vixen than they did from grown-up Joan Bennett in 1933 (78 years ago). Ms Dunst, also scarily effective as the baby bloodsucker of Interview With the Vampire, is a little vamp with a big future." 

In 1995 (16 years ago), she appeared in the fantasy movie Jumanji, loosely based on Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 (30 years ago) book of the same name. The story is about a supernatural and ominous board game which makes animals and other jungle hazards appear upon each roll of the dice. She was part of an ensemble cast that included Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and David Alan Grier. The movie grossed $100 million worldwide. That same year, and again in 2002 (9 years ago), she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1996 (15 years ago), Dunst had a recurring role in the season three of NBC's medical drama ER. She portrayed a child prostitute, Charlie Chiemingo, taken under the guidance of Dr. Doug Ross, played by George Clooney. In 1997 (14 years ago), she was the voice of Young Anastasia in the animated musical movie Anastasia. Also in 1997 (14 years ago), Dunst appeared in the political satire Wag the Dog, opposite Robert De Niro (6 walls) and Dustin Hoffman. The following year she was the voice of the title character, Kiki, a 13-year-old apprentice witch who leaves her home village to spend a year on her own, in the anime movie Kiki's Delivery Service (1998, 13 years ago). 

Dunst was offered the role of Angela in the 1999 (12 years ago) drama movie American Beauty, but turned it down because she did not want to appear in the film's suggestive sexual scenes or kiss co-star Kevin Spacey. She later explained: "When I read it, I was 15 and I don't think I was mature enough to understand the script's material." That same year, she appeared in the comedy Dick, alongside Michelle Williams. The movie is a parody retelling the events of the Watergate scandal which lead to the resignation of U.S. president Richard Nixon. 

In Sofia Coppola's independent movie The Virgin Suicides (1999, 12 years ago), Dunst played the role of troubled adolescent Lux Lisbon. The movie was screened as a special presentation at the 43rd San Francisco International movie Festival in 2000 (11 years ago). The movie received generally favorable reviews, and San Francisco Chronicle critic Peter Stack noted in his review that Dunst "beautifully balances innocence and wantonness". 

In 2000 (11 years ago), she played Torrance Shipman, the captain of a cheerleading squad in Bring It On. The movie generated mostly critical reviews, with Charles Taylor of Salon.com writing that the movie had failed to provide Dunst with as good a role as she had either in Dick or in The Virgin Suicides. However, Jessica Winter of The Village Voice complimented Dunst, stating that her performance was "as sprightly and knowingly daft as her turn in Dick. She provides the only major element of Bring It On that plays as tweaking parody rather than slick, strident, body-slam churlishness." The movie grossed $68 million worldwide. 

The following year, Dunst had the lead in the teen comedy Get Over It (2001, 10 years ago). She later explained that one of the reason for accepting the role was that it gave her the opportunity to sing. Also in 2001 (10 years ago), Dunst depicted the late American actress Marion Davies in The Cat's Meow (2001, 10 years ago). The film, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, was described by Derek Elley of Variety as "playful and sporty", saying of Dunst that this was her best performance to date. "Believable as both a spoiled ingenue and a lover to two very different men, Dunst endows a potentially lightweight character with considerable depth and sympathy." In the Esquire review, Tom Carson called her performance "terrific". For her work, she won the Best Actress Silver Ombú category award at the 2002 (9 years ago) Mar del Plata movie Festival. 

Spider-Man and after

In the 2002 (9 years ago) superhero movie Spider-Man, the most successful movie of her career to date, Dunst played Mary Jane Watson, the best friend and love interest of the title character, played by Tobey Maguire. The movie was directed by Sam Raimi. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly remarked on Dunst's ability to "lend even the smallest line a tickle of flirtatious music." In the Los Angeles Times review, critic Kenneth Turan noted that Dunst and Maguire made a real connection on screen, concluding that their relationship involved audiences to an extent rarely seen in films. Spider-Man was a commercial and critical success. The movie grossed $114 million during its opening weekend in North America and went on to earn $822 million worldwide. 

Following the success of Spider-Man, Dunst appeared in the independent drama Levity (2003, 8 years ago), where she had a supporting role. In this same year she starred in Mona Lisa Smile (2003, 8 years ago), part of an ensemble cast that included Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles. The movie generated mostly negative reviews, with Manohla Dargis of the Los Angeles Times describing it as "smug and reductive". She next appeared in the supporting role of Mary Svevo in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 7 years ago), alongside Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet (8 walls), and Tom Wilkinson. The latter movie received very positive reviews, with Entertainment Weekly describing Dunst's subplot as "nifty and clever". The movie grossed $72 million worldwide. 

The success of the first Spider-Man movie led Dunst to reprise the role in the 2004 (7 years ago) sequel, Spider-Man 2. The movie was well received by critics, and it proved to be a big financial success, setting a new opening weekend box office record for North America. With revenue of $783 million worldwide, it became the second highest grossing movie in 2004 (7 years ago). Also in 2004 (7 years ago), she appeared in the romantic comedy Wimbledon, a movie in which she portrays a rising tennis player in the Wimbledon Championships opposite Paul Bettany, who plays a fading former tennis star. Reception for the movie was mixed, but many critics enjoyed Dunst's performance; Claudia Puig of USA Today reported that the chemistry between Dunst and Bettany was potent, with Dunst doing a fine job as a sassy and self-assured player. 

In 2005 (6 years ago), she appeared as flight attendant Claire Colburn alongside Orlando Bloom (7 walls), in Elizabethtown, a movie written and directed by Cameron Crowe. The movie premiered at the 2005 (6 years ago) Toronto movie Festival. Dunst revealed that working with Crowe was enjoyable, but more demanding than she had expected. The movie garnered mixed reviews, with the Chicago Tribune rating it one out of four stars and describing Dunst's portrayal of a flight attendant as "cloying". It was a box office disappointment. 

Dunst at the premiere of Spider-Man 3 (7 walls) in Stockholm, Sweden in Apr. 2007Dunst's next movie role was the title character in the 2006 (5 years ago) biographical movie Marie Antoinette. Adapted from Antonia Fraser's book Marie Antoinette: The Journey, the movie was Dunst's second with director Sofia Coppola. The movie was screened at a special presentation at the 2006 (5 years ago) Cannes movie Festival, and was reviewed favourably. International revenues were $45 million out of $60 million overall. 

In 2007 (4 years ago) she again played Mary Jane Watson, in Spider-Man 3. In contrast to the previous two films' positive reviews, Spider-Man 3 (7 walls) was met with a mixed reception by critics. Nonetheless, with a total worldwide gross of $891 million, it stands as the most successful movie in the series, and Dunst's highest grossing movie to the end of 2008 (3 years ago). Having initially signed on for three Spider-Man films, she revealed that she would do a fourth, but only if Raimi and Maguire also returned. 

In the 2008 (3 years ago) movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Dunst appeared alongside Simon Pegg. The movie is an adaptation of the memoir of the same name by former Vanity Fair contributing editor Toby Young. Dunst signed on to the film, later revealing that she had joined the project because Pegg was scheduled to appear in it. 

She agreed to appear in All Good Things, scheduled for release in 2009 (2 years ago), in a leading role opposite Ryan Gosling, portraying a woman from a run-down neighborhood who goes missing. She also signed to appear in Sweet Relief, also to be released in 2009 (2 years ago), as peace activist Marla Ruzicka, a US relief worker killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad. She has expressed interest in playing the role of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in Michel Gondry's upcoming biographical movie about the band. Dunst will appear in a fourth Spider-Man film, set for a release in 2011 (this year). In addition, she has agreed to star opposite Emile Hirsch in Upside Down. 

Music

Dunst made her singing debut in the 2001 (10 years ago) movie Get Over It, performing two songs written by Marc Shaiman. She also lent her voice to the end credits of The Cat's Meow, singing Henry Creamer and Turner Layton's jazz standard "After You've Gone". In Spider-Man 3 (7 walls), she sings two songs as part of her role as Mary Jane Watson, one during a Broadway performance, and one as a singing waitress in a jazz club. Dunst revealed that she recorded the songs earlier and later lip-synced to it when filming began. She also appeared in the music video for Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You", and she sang two tracks, "This Old Machine" and "Summer Day", on Jason Schwartzman's 2007 (4 years ago) solo album Nighttiming. In an interview with The Advertiser, Dunst explained that she has no plans to follow the steps of actors such as Russell Crowe or Toni Collette's in releasing an album, saying: "Definitely not. No way. It worked when Barbra Streisand was doing it, but now it's a little cheesy, I think. It works better when singers are in movies." 

PERSONAL LIFE

As of 2009 (2 years ago) Dunst remains unmarried, and has not been identified with a long-term partner. She has reportedly been involved in short-term relationships with playwright Jeff Smeenge, actor Jake Gyllenhaal (6 walls), and musician Johnny Borrell of Razorlight. 

Dunst supported Democratic candidate John Kerry in the 2004 (7 years ago) US presidential election. Four years later, she supported Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 (3 years ago) presidential election. Dunst revealed that she supported Obama "from the beginning" of the presidential campaign. In support of this, she directed and narrated a documentary entitled Why Tuesday, explaining the United States tradition of voting on Tuesdays. Dunst explained that Tuesday is "not a holiday, and [the United States is] one of the lowest democratic countries in voter turnout". She felt it important to "influence people in a positive way" to vote on Nov. 4. 

Her charity work includes participation with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, in which she helped design and promote a necklace, for which all proceeds from sales went to the Glaser foundation. She also has helped with breast cancer awareness; in sep. 2008 (3 years ago) she participated in the Stand Up to Cancer telethon, to help raise funds to accelerate cancer research. 

Dunst has confirmed that she was treated for depression in early 2008 (3 years ago). She sought treatment at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah. Dunst explained that she had been feeling low in the six months prior to her going to rehab. In late Mar. she checked out from the treatment center and began filming All Good Things. In May she went public with this information, she said, to highlight the struggle faced by so many other successful women and to dispel false rumors that had been very painful for her friends and family. 

FILMOGRAPHY

New York Stories

The Bonfire of the Vanities

High Strung

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Greedy

Interview with the Vampire

Little Women

Jumanji

Mother Night

ER

The Outer Limits

Tower of Terror

Anastasia

Gun

Wag the Dog

Fifteen and Pregnant

Kiki's Delivery Service

Small Soldiers

The Hairy Bird

The Devil's Arithmetic

The Virgin Suicides

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Dick

The Crow: Salvation

Luckytown

Bring It On

Deeply

Get Over It

Crazy/Beautiful

The Cat's Meow

Spider-Man

Levity

Kaena: The Prophecy

Mona Lisa Smile

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Spider-Man 2

Wimbledon

Elizabethtown

Marie Antoinette

Spider-Man 3 (7 walls)

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

All Good Things

A Jealous Ghost

Sweet Relief

Upside Down

Spider-Man 4

Spider-Man 5

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Emma Watson

FACTS ABOUT EMMA WATSON

Date of Birth:	15 April 1990
Birthplace:	Paris, France
Age:	20
First Name:	Emma
Middle Name:	Charlotte Duerre
Last Name:	Watson
Build:	Slim
Height:	5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Color:	Brown - Dark
Hair Color:	Blonde
Star Sign:	Aries
Claim to Fame:	Hermione on Harry Potter
Occupation:	Actress
Religion:	Christian
Occupation Category:	Actress
Nationality:	English
Alternative Names:	Em

BIOGRAPHY FOR SOPHIA BUSH

Sophia Anna Bush (born Jul. 8, 1982 (29 years ago)) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Brooke Davis in the CW series One Tree Hill and for her movie portrayals in the 2007 (4 years ago) remake The Hitcher and John Tucker Must Die. 

EARLY YEARS

Bush, an only child, was born and raised in Pasadena, California to Charles William Bush, an advertising and celebrity photographer, and Maureen, a photography studio manager. Bush has Italian ancestry, and attended Westridge School for Girls (Pasadena), as well as the University of Southern California. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, where she served as Social Chair. 

In 2000 (11 years ago), she was the Tournament of Roses Parade Queen. Bush attended USC for three years before landing the role of Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill (2003, 8 years ago). 

CAREER

Bush made her first big screen appearance in the comedy Van Wilder. Following, she made appearances in several TV shows, including Nip/Tuck, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and Punk'd. She was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, but was replaced by Claire Danes because the director thought she was too young. In 2003 (8 years ago), she won the role of Brooke Davis in the TV series One Tree Hill. The series rose Bush to fame. 

In between seasons of One Tree Hill, Bush has been cast in several films, such as Supercross, Stay Alive, John Tucker Must Die, and The Hitcher (the 2007 (4 years ago) remake). 

Bush received a "Rising Star" award at the Vail movie Festival for her work in The Hitcher. She has also won three Teen Choice Awards for her work in John Tucker Must Die and The Hitcher. 

BIOGRAPHY FOR EMMA WATSON

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 Apr. 1990 (21 years ago)) is a British actress who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter movie series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously only acted in school plays. From 2001 (10 years ago) to 2009 (2 years ago), she starred in six Harry Potter movies alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint; she will return for the final two installments: the two parts 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. 

In 2007 (4 years ago), Watson announced her involvement in two non-Harry Potter productions: the made-for-TV adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on 26 dec. 2007 (4 years ago) to an audience of 5.2 million, and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 (3 years ago) and grossed over US $70 million dollars in worldwide sales. 

EARLY YEARS

Emma Watson was born in Paris, the daughter of British lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Watson has one French grandmother, and lived in Paris until the age of five. She moved with her mother and younger brother, Alex, to Oxfordshire, following her parents' divorce. 

From the age of six, Watson wanted to become an actress, and for a number of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting. By age 10, she had performed in various Stagecoach productions and school plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince, but she had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series. "I had no idea of the scale of the movie series", she said in a 2007 (4 years ago) interview with Parade; "if I had I would have been completely overwhelmed". 

CAREER

Harry Potter 

In 1999 (12 years ago), casting began for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the movie adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's bestselling novel. Of importance to the casting directors were the lead role of Harry Potter and the supporting roles of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, Harry's best friends. Casting agents found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher, and producers were impressed by her confidence. After eight auditions, producer David Heyman told Watson and fellow applicants Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint that they had been cast for the roles of Hermione, Harry and Ron, respectively. Rowling supported Watson from her first screen test. 

The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 (10 years ago) was Watson's debut screen performance. The movie broke records for opening-day sales and opening weekend takings and was the highest-grossing movie of 2001 (10 years ago). Critics praised the performances of the three leads, often singling out Watson for particular acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called her performance "admirable", and IGN said she "stole the show". Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in Philosopher's Stone, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress. 

A year later, Watson again starred as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second installment of the series. Although the movie received mixed reviews, reviewers were positive about the lead actors' performances. The Los Angeles Times said Watson and her peers had matured between films, while The Times criticised director Chris Columbus for "under-employing" Watson's hugely popular character. Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo for her performance. 

In 2004 (7 years ago), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (4 walls) was released. Watson was appreciative of the more assertive role Hermione played, calling her character "charismatic" and "a fantastic role to play". Although critics panned Radcliffe's performance, labelling him 'wooden', they praised Watson; The New York Times lauded her performance, saying "Luckily Mr. Radcliffe's blandness is offset by Ms. Watson's spiky impatience. Harry may show off his expanding wizardly skills ... but Hermione ... earns the loudest applause with a decidedly unmagical punch to Draco Malfoy's deserving nose". Although Prisoner of Azkaban remains the lowest-grossing Harry Potter movie as of Apr. 2009 (2 years ago), Watson's personal performance won her two Otto Awards and the Child Performance of the Year award from Total Film. 

With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (6 walls) (2005, 6 years ago), both Watson and the Harry Potter movie series reached new milestones. The movie set records for a Harry Potter opening weekend, a non-May opening weekend in the US, and an opening weekend in the UK. Critics praised the increasing maturity of Watson and her teenage co-stars; the New York Times called her performance "touchingly earnest". For Watson, much of the humour of the movie sprang from the tension among the three lead characters as they matured. She said, "I loved all the arguing ... I think it's much more realistic that they would argue and that there would be problems." Nominated for three awards for Goblet of Fire, Watson won a bronze Otto Award. Later that year, Watson became the youngest person to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue. In 2006 (5 years ago), Watson played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag, a special mini-episode of Harry Potter in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday. 

The fifth movie in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (8 walls) was released in 2007 (4 years ago). A huge financial success, the movie set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of $332.7 million. Watson won the inaugural National Movie Award for Best Female Performance. As the fame of the actress and the series continued, Watson and fellow Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on 9 Jul. 2007 (4 years ago). 

Despite the success of Order of the Phoenix, the future of the Harry Potter franchise became surrounded in doubt, as all three lead actors were hesitant to sign on to continue their roles for the final two episodes. Radcliffe eventually signed for the final movies on 2 Mar. 2007 (4 years ago), but Watson was considerably more hesitant. She explained that the decision was significant, as the movies represented a further four-year commitment to the role, but eventually conceded that she "could never let [the role of] Hermione go", signing for the role on 23 Mar. 2007 (4 years ago). In return for committing to the final films, Watson's pay was doubled to £2 million per film; she concluded that "in the end, the pluses outweighed the minuses". Principal photography for the sixth movie began in late 2007 (4 years ago), with Watson's part being filmed from 18 dec. to 17 May 2008 (3 years ago). 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7 walls) premiered on 15 Jul. 2009 (2 years ago), having been controversially delayed from Nov. 2008 (3 years ago). With the lead actors now in their late teens, critics were increasingly willing to review them on the same level as the rest of the film's all-star cast, which the Los Angeles Times described as "a comprehensive guide to contemporary UK acting". The Washington Post felt Watson to have given "[her] most charming performance to date",, while The Daily Telegraph described the lead actors as "newly-liberated and energized, eager to give all they have to what’s left of the series". 

Watson's filming for the final installment of the Harry Potter movie series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, began on 18 Feb. 2009 (2 years ago). The film, divided into two parts filmed back-to-back for financial and scripting reasons, is scheduled for release in Nov. 2010 (last year) and Jul. 2011 (this year). 

Other work 

Watson's first non-Harry Potter role was in the 2007 (4 years ago) TV movie Ballet Shoes. She said of the project, "I was all set to go back to school after finishing Harry Potter [and the Order of the Phoenix] but couldn't resist Ballet Shoes. I really loved it." A BBC adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's novel of the same name, the movie stars Watson as aspiring actress Pauline Fossil, the eldest of three sisters around whom the story revolves. Director Sandra Goldbacher commented, "Emma was perfect for Pauline ... She has a piercing, delicate aura that makes you want to gaze and gaze at her." Ballet Shoes was broadcast on Boxing Day in the United Kingdom, to an estimated audience of 5.2 million (22% of the viewing total). The movie received generally poor critical reviews, with The Times describing it as "progressing with little emotional investment, or magic, or dramatic momentum". However, the performances of its cast were generally praised; The Daily Telegraph wrote that the movie "was certainly well done, not least because it confirmed how good child actors are these days". 

Watson also took a role in the animated movie The Tale of Despereaux, a children's comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Tracey Ullman which was released in dec. 2008 (3 years ago). She voiced the character of Princess Pea in the film. 

Watson's other media work has been limited, taking second place to the completion of higher education. Despite a storm of rumour in Apr. 2008 (3 years ago), linking her to the role of Betsy Balcombe in an anticipated movie Napoleon and Betsy, the production never materialised. Equally, suggestions that she was to replace Keira Knightley (93 walls) as the face of the fashion house Chanel were flatly denied by both parties, despite being presented as a fait accompli by a major British newspaper. In Apr. 2009 (2 years ago), rumours emerged of a similar deal with Burberry; the contract was eventually confirmed on 9 Jun. 2009; Watson modelling Burberry's Autumn/Winter 2009 (2 years ago) collection for an estimated six-figure fee. As she has grown older, Watson has become something of a budding fashion devotee, saying that she sees fashion as very similar to art, which she studied in school. In sep. 2008 (3 years ago), she told a blogger, "I've been focusing on art a lot, and fashion's a great extension of that." 

PERSONAL LIFE

Watson's extended family has grown as her divorced parents have both had children by new partners. Her father has identical twin girls, Nina and Lucy, and a four-year-old son, Toby. Her mother's partner has two sons (Watson's stepbrothers), who "regularly stay with her". Watson's full brother, Alexander, has appeared as an extra in two Harry Potter films, and her half-sisters were cast as the young Pauline Fossil in the BBC's Ballet Shoes adaptation. 

After moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, Watson attended The Dragon School, an independent preparatory school, until Jun. 2003 (8 years ago) and then moved to Headington School, an independent school for girls, also in Oxford. While on movie sets, Watson and her peers were tutored for up to five hours a day; despite the focus on filming she maintained high academic standards. In Jun. 2006 (5 years ago), Watson took GCSE examinations in 10 subjects, achieving eight A* and two A grades; she was a target of friendly ridicule on the Harry Potter set because of her straight-A exam results. She received A grades in her 2008 (3 years ago) A level examinations in English Literature, Geography and Art, and in her 2007 (4 years ago) AS (advanced subsidiary) level in History of Art. 

Before beginning her university studies, Watson took a gap year to movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows beginning in Feb. 2009 (2 years ago), but said she "definitely wants to go to university". Despite numerous contradictory news stories, some from highly-reputable sources, claiming that she is 'definitely' attending Trinity College, Cambridge, Columbia University, Brown University or Yale, Watson was reluctant to publicly commit to any one institution, saying that she would announce her decision first on her official website. In interviews with Jonathan Ross and David Letterman in Jul. 2009 (2 years ago), she confirmed that she was planning to study liberal arts in the United States, saying that – having missed so much school as a child for filming – the "broad curriculum" of American higher education appealed to her more than British universities, "where you have to just choose one thing to study for three years". In Jul. 2009 (2 years ago), after a second storm of rumour, The Providence Journal reported that Watson had "grudgingly admitted" that she had chosen Brown University, Rhode Island. Watson defended her attempts to avoid announcing her choice of university – accidentally slipped by Daniel Radcliffe and producer David Heyman, in interviews publicising the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7 walls) – saying that she "want[ed] to be normal. I really want anonymity. I want to do it properly, like everyone else. As long as I don’t walk in and see Harry Potter posters everywhere, I’ll be fine". 

Watson's work in the Harry Potter series has earned her more than £10 million, and she has acknowledged she will never have to work for money – in Mar. 2009 (2 years ago) she was ranked 6th on the Forbes list of "Most Valuable Young Stars". However, she has declined to leave school to become a full-time actress, saying "People can’t understand why I don’t want to ... but school life keeps me in touch with my friends. It keeps me in touch with reality". She has been positive about working as a child actress, saying her parents and colleagues helped make her experience a positive one. Watson enjoys a close friendship with her fellow Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, describing them as a "unique support system" for the stresses of movie work, and saying that after working with them for the ten years of the movie series, "they really are like my siblings". 

Watson lists her interests as dancing, singing, field hockey, tennis, art, and fly fishing, and she donates to WTT (Wild Trout Trust). She describes herself as "a bit of a feminist", and admires fellow actors Johnny Depp (8 walls) and Julia Roberts. 

FILMOGRAPHY

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (4 walls)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (6 walls)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (8 walls)

Ballet Shoes

The Tale of Despereaux

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7 walls)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Young Artist Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

Empire

American Moviegoer Awards

Young Artist Awards

Otto Awards

Otto Awards

Total Film

Broadcast movie Critics Association

Otto Awards

Broadcast movie Critics Association

Otto Awards

MTV Movie Awards

ITV National movie Awards

UK Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

UK Sony Ericsson Empire Awards

Constellation Award

Otto Awards

SyFy Genre Awards

Glamour Awards

Source: en.wikipedia.org