Rachel Weisz, the Oscar-winner and thinking man's knockout, returns to her career with abandon. The white-hot flame has built a career not on her beauty but on intelligent, earthy, and sublimely natural performances, most notably her Oscar-winning turn in The Constant Gardener.
Try to imagine a woman being considered too pretty for the movies. That's what many Hollywood casting agents thought of Diane Kruger. But the German-born, London-trained, Paris-living beauty has made the model-to-actress turn.
Michelle Monaghan has mastered surfing, marriage, and, with two marquee roles this fall, the Hollywood road map. Two things become clear after only a few minutes of the all-American Monaghan. First, the viewing public no longer leaves the 31-year-old in peace. The second: Her charm is as genuine as those bombshell looks.
The Outback's latest export, Abbie Cornish, can milk a cow, rock a mic, and steal a scene. Cornish's self-sufficiency makes her a pure product of the arid tracts of Oz, and it can't have hurt her on-screen chemistry with country men Russell Crowe (A Good Year, her Hollywood debut) and Heath Ledger (Candy, a tale of married junkies that wails like an Edward Albee drama).
With three movies set for release, Amber Valletta is about to have her biggest year yet. But the supermodel, wife, and mother has a desire to get even more physical.
Suspended in a cage on the set of Casino Royale, Eva Green began to wonder how a nice French girl got into such a bind. Meet the mademoiselle who whipped 007.
Jennifer Connelly puts her body in harm's way and risks her sanity playing dark roles. But the one thing the Blood Diamond star won't do is make a scene.