alt	A caucasian male with dark slick hair, wearing a two-piece grey suit, with a white shirt and black tie.
birth name	Ethan Green Hawke
birth date	November 06, 1970
birth place	Austin, Texas, United States
years active	1984–present
occupation	Actor, director, screenwriter and novelist
spouse	Uma Thurman (1998–2004)Ryan Hawke (2008–present) }}

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie ''Explorers'', before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama ''Dead Poets Society'' which is considered his breakthrough role. He then appeared in such films as ''White Fang'' (1991), ''A Midnight Clear'' (1992), and ''Alive'' (1993) before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama ''Reality Bites'', for which he gained critical acclaim. In 1995, he starred in the romantic drama ''Before Sunrise'', and later in its sequel ''Before Sunset'' (2004).

In 2001, Hawke was cast as a rookie police officer in ''Training Day'', for which he received a Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. Other films have included the science fiction feature ''Gattaca'' (1997), the title role in Michael Almereyda's ''Hamlet'' (2000), the action thriller ''Assault on Precinct 13'' (2005), and the crime drama ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2007).

Hawke has appeared in many theater productions including ''The Seagull'', ''Henry IV'', ''Hurlyburly'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', ''The Winter's Tale'' and ''The Coast of Utopia'', for which he earned a Tony Award nomination. He made his directorial debut with the 2002 independent feature ''Chelsea Walls''. In November 2007 Hawke directed his first play, Jonathan Marc Sherman's ''Things We Want''. Aside from acting, he has written two novels, ''The Hottest State'' (1996) and ''Ash Wednesday'' (2002). Between 1998 and 2004, Hawke was married to actress Uma Thurman.

Early life

Hawke was born in Austin, Texas, to Leslie Carole (née Green), a charity worker, and James Steven "Jim" Hawke, an insurance actuary. His maternal grandfather, Howard Lemuel Green, had served five terms in the Texas Legislature and was a minor league baseball commissioner. Hawke's parents were students at the University of Texas at the time of his birth, and separated in 1974.

After the separation, Hawke was raised by his mother. The two relocated several times before settling in New York, where Hawke attended the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights. Hawke's mother remarried when he was 10 and the family moved to West Windsor Township, New Jersey, where Hawke attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. He later transferred to the Hun School of Princeton, a secondary boarding school, from which he graduated in 1988.

In high school, Hawke aspired to be a writer, but developed an interest in acting. He made his stage debut at age 13, in a school production of George Bernard Shaw’s ''Saint Joan'', and appearances in West Windsor-Plainsboro High School productions of ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' and ''You Can't Take It with You'' followed. At Hun School he took acting classes at the McCarter Theatre on the Princeton campus, and after high school graduation he studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, eventually dropping out after he was cast in ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989). He twice enrolled in New York University's English program, but dropped out both times to pursue acting roles.

Career

Early work

Hawke obtained his mother's permission to attend his first casting call at age 14. He secured his first film role in 1985's ''Explorers'', in which he played alongside River Phoenix as an alien-obsessed schoolboy who builds a spacecraft with his friends. The film received favorable reviews but made poor box office revenues, a failure which Hawke has admitted caused him to quit acting for a brief period after the film's release. Hawke later described the disappointment as difficult to bear at such a young age, adding "I would never recommend that a kid act." His next film appearance was not until 1989's comedy drama ''Dad'', where he played the son of Ted Danson's character.

In 1989, Hawke made his breakthrough appearance, playing shy student Todd Anderson opposite Robin Williams's inspirational English teacher in ''Dead Poets Society''. The film was critically well-received; the ''Variety'' reviewer wrote "Hawke ... gives a haunting performance." With revenue of $235 million worldwide, the film remains Hawke's most commercially successful picture to date. Hawke later described the opportunities he was offered as a result of the film's success as critical to his decision to continue acting: "I didn't want to be an actor and I went back to college. But then the [film's] success was so monumental that I was getting offers to be in such interesting movies and be in such interesting places, and it seemed silly to pursue anything else."

Hawke's next film, 1991's ''White Fang'', brought his first leading role. The film, an adaptation of Jack London's novel of the same name, featured Hawke as Jack Conroy, a Yukon gold hunter who befriends a wolfdog. According to ''The Oregonian'', "Hawke does a good job as young Jack, being both physically robust but still boyishly naive. He makes Jack's passion for White Fang real and keeps it from being ridiculous or overly sentimental." Hawke then appeared in the war film ''A Midnight Clear'' (1992) and 1993's ''Alive'', an adaptation of Piers Paul Read's 1974 book, ''Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors''.

Critical success

Hawke's next part, in the Generation X drama ''Reality Bites'' (1994) as Troy, a slacker who mocks the ambitions of his love interest (played by Winona Ryder), received critical acclaim. Film critic Roger Ebert called Hawke's performance convincing and noteworthy: "Hawke captures all the right notes as the boorish Troy." ''The New York Times'' noted, "Mr. Hawke's subtle and strong performance makes it clear that Troy feels things too deeply to risk failure and admit he's feeling anything at all." Nonetheless, the film was a surprise box office disappointment.

The following year Hawke again received critical praise, this time for his performance in Richard Linklater's 1995 drama ''Before Sunrise''. The film follows a young American (Hawke) and a young French woman (Julie Delpy), who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, spending the night exploring the city and getting to know one another. The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' praised Hawke and Delpy's performances: "[they] interact so gently and simply that you feel certain that they helped write the dialogue. Each of them seems to have something personal at stake in their performances."

Away from acting, Hawke directed the music video for the 1994 song "Stay (I Missed You)" by singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb. He also published his first novel in 1996, ''The Hottest State'', about a love affair between a young actor and a singer. Hawke said of the novel, "Writing the book had to do with dropping out of college, and with being an actor. I didn't want my whole life to go by and not do anything but recite lines. I wanted to try making something else. It was definitely the scariest thing I ever did. And it was just one of the best things I ever did." The book met with a mixed reception. ''Entertainment Weekly'' said that Hawke "opens himself to rough literary scrutiny in ''The Hottest State''. If Hawke is serious ... he'd do well to work awhile in less exposed venues, perhaps focusing on shorter stories and submitting them to little magazines." ''The New York Times'' thought Hawke did "a fine job of showing what it's like to be young and full of confusion", concluding that ''The Hottest State'' was ultimately "a sweet love story".

In Andrew Niccol's science fiction film ''Gattaca'' (1997), "one of the more interesting scripts" Hawke said he had read in "a number of years", Hawke played the role of a man who infiltrates a society of genetically perfect humans by assuming another man's identity in order to realize his dream of space travel. Although ''Gattaca'' was not a success at the box office it drew generally favorable reviews from critics, and Hawke's performance was critically well-received. The ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' reviewer wrote that "Hawke, building on the sympathetic-but-edgy presence that has served him well since his kid-actor days, is most impressive". 1998 saw Hawke appearing in ''Great Expectations'', the contemporary film adaptation of the Charles Dickens's novel, and collaborating for a second time with director Richard Linklater in ''The Newton Boys'', based on the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank robbers from Uvalde, Texas.

His only movie in 1999 was ''Snow Falling on Cedars'', in which he played a reporter named Ishmael Chambers, who, after being wounded in World War II, comes home to take over his family newspaper after his father's death. The film, based on David Guterson's novel of the same title, received ambivalent reviews and ''Entertainment Weekly'' concluded, "Hawke scrunches himself into such a dark knot that we have no idea who Ishmael is or why he acts as he does."

Hawke's next film role was in Michael Almereyda's 2000 film ''Hamlet'', in which he played the title character. The film transposed the famous William Shakespeare play to contemporary New York City, a technique Hawke felt made the play more "accessible and vital". ''Salon'' reviewer wrote: "Hawke certainly isn't the greatest Hamlet of living memory ... but his performance reinforces Hamlet's place as Shakespeare's greatest character. And in that sense, he more than holds his own in the long line of actors who've played the part." In 2001, Hawke appeared in two more Linklater movies: the animated ''Waking Life'', in which he shared a single scene with former co-star Julie Delpy contemplating the afterlife, and the psychological drama ''Tape'', in which he played a small-time drug dealer. Hawke regarded ''Tape'' as his "first adult performance", a performance noted by Roger Ebert for its "physical and verbal acting mastery".

''Training Day'' and after

Hawke's next role, and one for which he received substantial critical acclaim, came in ''Training Day'' (2001). Hawke played rookie cop Jake Hoyt, alongside Denzel Washington, as one of a pair of narcotics detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department spending 24 hours in the gang neighborhoods of South Los Angeles. The film was a box office hit, taking $104 million worldwide, and garnered generally favorable reviews. ''Variety'' wrote that Hawke's part "shows signs of coming to new life as a screen actor after somnolent turns in the likes of ''Snow Falling on Cedars''. Hawke adds feisty and cunning flourishes to his part that allow him to respectably hold his own under formidable circumstances." Paul Clinton of CNN reported that Hawke's performance was "totally believable as a doe-eyed rookie going toe-to-toe with a legend [Washington]". Hawke himself described ''Training Day'' as his "best experience in Hollywood". His performance earned him Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

Hawke pursued a number of projects away from acting throughout the early 2000s. He made his directorial feature debut with ''Chelsea Walls'' (2002), an independent drama about five struggling artists living in the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City. Upon its release, the feature received mixed reviews; The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that Hawke's directorial debut "has brought Nicolette Burdette's play to the screen with fluid grace and a perfect blend of dreaminess and grit", while ''The Boston Globe'' stated that his direction is not apparent in ''Chelsea Walls''. The film was critically and financially unsuccessful. A second novel, 2002's ''Ash Wednesday'', was better received and made the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for hardcover fiction. The tale of an AWOL soldier and his pregnant girlfriend, between whose perspectives the narrative alternates, the novel attracted critical praise: ''The Guardian'' called it "sharply and poignantly written ... makes for an intense one-sitting read". ''The New York Times'' noted that in the book Hawke displayed "a novelist's innate gifts ... a sharp eye, a fluid storytelling voice and the imagination to create complicated individuals", but was "weaker at narrative tricks that can be taught". In 2003 Hawke made a television appearance, guest starring in the second season of the television series ''Alias'', where he portrayed a mysterious Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent.

In 2004 Hawke returned to film, starring in two features, ''Taking Lives'' and ''Before Sunset''. In ''Taking Lives'', a thriller based on Michael Pye's novel of the same name, he portrays a man who can identify a serial killer who has been assuming the identity of his victims. Director D. J. Caruso's decision to cast Hawke was based on the "vulnerability" he displayed in ''Training Day'' and believed he could do the same with his character. Upon release, ''Taking Lives'' received broadly negative reviews. Despite the film's reception, Hawke's performance was favored by critics; the ''Star Tribune'' noted that Hawke "plays a complex character persuasively". ''Before Sunset'', the Linklater-directed sequel to ''Before Sunrise'' which Hawke co-wrote with Linklater and Delpy, was more successful, with a contributor of ''The Hartford Courant'' reporting that the three collaborators keep Hawke and Delpy's characters "iridescent and fresh", concluding that they are the most delightful and moving of all romantic movie couples. Hawke called it one of his favorite movies, a "romance for realists". ''Before Sunset'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Hawke's first screenwriting Oscar nomination.

2005 saw Hawke star in the action thriller ''Assault on Precinct 13'', a loose remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film of the same title, with an updated plot. Hawke played Sergeant Jake Roenick, a Detroit policeman working desk duty in a rundown police station. ''Assault on Precinct 13'' received reasonable reviews; some critics praised the dark swift feel of the film, while others compared it unfavorably to John Carpenter's original. Hawke also starred that year in the political crime thriller ''Lord of War'', playing an Interpol agent chasing an arms dealer played by Nicolas Cage.

In 2006 Hawke was cast in a supporting role in the film ''Fast Food Nation'', an adaptation by Linklater and Eric Schlosser of Schlosser's best-selling 2001 non-fiction book ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal''. Hawke directed his second feature, ''The Hottest State'', based on his eponymous 1996 novel. The movie was screened at a special presentation at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival and was released in theaters to a tepid reception in 2007.

Hawke then appeared alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney in Sidney Lumet's crime drama ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2007). Hawke played an ex-husband in desperate need of child support who decides to rob his parent's jewelry store with his brother (Hoffman), with disastrous consequences. Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' praised Hawke's performance, noting that he "digs deep to create a haunting portrayal of loss". ''USA Today'' called the movie "highly entertaining", describing Hawke and Hoffman's performances as excellent.

In 2008 Hawke starred alongside Mark Ruffalo in the crime drama ''What Doesn't Kill You''. Despite the favorable reception, the film was not given a proper theatrical release due to the bankruptcy of its distributor. 2009 saw Hawke appear in two features: ''New York, I Love You'', a romance movie comprising 12 short films, and ''Staten Island'', a crime drama interweaving three storylines. The following year he starred as a vampire researcher trying to save humanity from extinction in the horror-thriller ''Daybreakers'' (2010). The feature received reasonable reviews, and earned $51 million worldwide. His next role was in ''Brooklyn's Finest'', released in March 2010, as a narcotics officer who uses his position to steal drug money and vigilante justice. The film opened to a mediocre reception, yet his performance was well-received, with the ''New York Daily News'' concluding, "Hawke – continuing an evolution toward stronger, more intense acting than anyone might've predicted from him 20 years ago – drives the movie."

It was announced that Hawke had signed on to star opposite Kristin Scott Thomas in ''The Woman in the Fifth'', to play a cameo role in ''Total Recall'', and to star in an untitled horror-thriller from director Scott Derrickson. Aside from film, Hawke appeared as Starbuck, the first officer of the ''Pequod'' whaleship, in a television adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick''. The two-part miniseries aired on Encore in August 2011.

Stage career

Hawke has described theater as his "first love", a place where he is "free to be more creative". Hawke made his Broadway debut in 1992, portraying the playwright Konstantin Treplev in Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' at the Lyceum Theater in Manhattan. The following year Hawke was a co-founder and the artistic director of Malaparte, a Manhattan theater company, which survived until 2000. Outside of the New York stage, Hawke made an appearance in a 1995 production of Sam Shepard's ''Buried Child'', directed by Gary Sinise at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago. In 1999, he starred as Kilroy in the Tennessee Williams play ''Camino Real'' at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts.

Hawke returned to Broadway in a November 2003 production of ''Henry IV'', playing Henry Percy, also called Harry Hotspur. ''New York'' magazine wrote: "Ethan Hawke’s Hotspur ... is a compelling, ardent creation." Ben Brantley of the ''New York Times'' reported that Hawke's interpretation of Hotspur was "too contemporary for some tastes. It's hard to credit him as the embodiment of an older order of chivalry", but allowed "[He's] great fun to watch as he fumes and fulminates." In April 2005 Hawke starred in the Off-Broadway revival of David Rabe's dark comedy ''Hurlyburly''. ''New York Times'' critic Ben Brantley praised Hawke's performance as the central character Eddie, reporting that "he captures with merciless precision the sense of a sharp mind turning flaccid". The performance earned Hawke a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor.

In November 2006, Hawke starred as Mikhail Bakunin in Tom Stoppard's ''The Coast of Utopia'', a nine-hour long production, at the Lincoln Center in New York. Reviewing the production the ''Los Angeles Times'' complimented Hawke's take on Bakunin, writing: "Ethan Hawke buzzes in and out as Bakunin, a strangely appealing enthusiast on his way to becoming a famous anarchist." The performance earned Hawke his first Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In November 2007 he directed ''Things We Want'', a two-act play by Jonathan Marc Sherman, for the artist-driven Off-Broadway company The New Group. The play concerns four characters, three of whom are alcoholics. The production starred Paul Dano, Peter Dinklage, Josh Hamilton, and Zoe Kazan. The ''Variety'' reviewer wrote: "While Ethan Hawke uses the space confidently, he allows his talented cast to push mannered material further into self-consciousness." ''New York'' magazine praised Hawke's "understated direction", particularly his ability to "steer a gifted cast away from the histrionics".

The following year Hawke received the Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Theater. In his acceptance speech Hawke said "I don't know why they're honoring me. I think the real reason they are honoring me is to help raise money for the theater company. Whenever the economy gets hit hard, one of the first thing to go is people's giving, and last on that list of things people give to is the arts because they feel it's not essential. I guess I'm here to remind people that the arts are essential to our mental health as a country."

In 2009 Hawke appeared in two plays under British director Sam Mendes: as Trofimov in Chekhov's ''The Cherry Orchard'', and as Autolycus in Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale''. The two productions, launched in New York as part of the Bridge Project, went on a transatlantic tour in six countries from January to August. ''The Cherry Orchard'' won a mixed review from the ''New York Daily News'', which wrote "Ethan Hawke ... fits the image of the 'mangy' student Trofimov, but one wishes he didn't speak with a perennial frog in his throat." Hawke's performance in ''The Winter's Tale'' earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.

In January 2010 Hawke directed his second play, ''A Lie of the Mind'', by Sam Shepard on the New York stage. It was the first major Off-Broadway revival of the play since its 1985 premiere. Hawke said that he was drawn to the play's take on "the nature of reality", and its "weird juxtaposition of humor and mysticism". In his review for the ''New York Times'', Ben Brantley praised the production's "scary, splendid clarity", and applauded Hawke for providing his cast "with a mood-stirring mise-en-scène" and, moreover, for eliciting a performance that "connoisseurs of precision acting will be savoring for years to come". ''Entertainment Weekly'' commented that although ''A Lie of the Mind'' "wobbles a bit in its late stages", Hawke's "hearty" revival managed to "resurrect the spellbinding uneasiness of the original". The production garnered five Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Revival, and earned Hawke a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director of a Play.

Hawke next starred in the Off-Broadway production of a new play, Tommy Nohilly's ''Blood from a Stone'', from December 2010 to February 2011. The play, about the collapse of a blue-collar family, was not a critical success, but Hawke's portrayal of the central character Travis earned positive feedback; ''The New York Times'' said he was "remarkably good at communicating the buried sensitivity beneath Travis's veneer of wary resignation." A contributor from the ''New York Post'' noted it was Hawke's "best performance in years". Hawke won an Obie Award for his role in ''Blood from a Stone''.

Personal life

On May 1, 1998, Hawke married actress Uma Thurman, whom he met on the set of ''Gattaca''. Their relationship resulted in two children: daughter Maya and son Levon. The couple separated in 2003, amid allegations of Hawke's infidelity, and filed for divorce the following year. Hawke married for a second time in June 2008, wedding Ryan Hawke (née Shawhughes), who had briefly worked as a nanny to his and Thurman's children before graduating from Columbia University. They have two daughters, Clementine Jane and Indiana.

Hawke is a long-time supporter of the Doe Fund which helps homeless people obtain housing and employment. He has served as a co-chair of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Committee, one of New York's major philanthropic boards. In 2001 Hawke co-founded the Young Lions Fiction Award, an annual prize for achievements in fiction writing by authors under age 35. In November 2010, he was honored as a Library Lion by the New York Public Library.

Hawke lives in Chelsea, a Manhattan neighborhood in New York City, and owns a small island in Nova Scotia. Hawke is a relative of Tennessee Williams on his father's side: Cornelius Williams, father of Tennessee Williams, was Hawke's great-great-uncle. He supports the United States Democratic Party, and supported Bill Bradley, John Kerry and Barack Obama for President of the United States in 2000, 2004 and 2008, respectively.

Filmography

''Lion's Den (film) ''Dead Poets Society'' ''Dad (film) ''White Fang (1991 film) ''Mystery Date'' ''Waterland (film) ''A Midnight Clear'' ''Rich in Love'' ''Alive (1993 film) ''Reality Bites'' ''Quiz Show'' ''Floundering'' ''Before Sunrise'' ''Search and Destroy (film) ''Gattaca'' ''Great Expectations (1998 film) ''The Newton Boys'' ''The Velocity of Gary'' ''Joe the King'' ''Snow Falling on Cedars (film) ''Hamlet (2000 film) ''Waking Life'' ''Tape (film) ''Training Day'' ''Chelsea Walls'' ''The Jimmy Show'' ''Alias (TV series) ''Taking Lives (film) ''Before Sunset'' ''Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film) ''Lord of War'' ''One Last Thing...'' ''The Hottest State'' ''Fast Food Nation (film) ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' ''What Doesn't Kill You'' ''New York, I Love You'' ''Staten Island (film) ''Corso: The Last Beat'' ''Daybreakers'' ''Brooklyn's Finest'' ''Moby Dick (miniseries) ''Total Recall (2012 film) ''Boyhood (film)

Year	! Film	! Role	Notes
1985	Explorers (film)>Explorers''	Ben Crandall
1988	Lion's Den'' ||	Unnamed
1989	|	Todd Anderson
1989	Dad'' ||	Billy Tremont
1991	White Fang'' ||	Jack Conroy
1991	|	Tom McHugh
1992	Waterland'' ||	Mathew Price
1992	|	Will Knott
1993	|	Wayne Frobiness
1993	Alive'' ||	Nando Parrado
1994	|	Troy Dyer	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
1994	|	Don Quixote Student
1994	|	Jimmy
1995	|	Jesse Wallace	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
1995	Search and Destroy'' ||	Roger
1997	|	Vincent Anton Freeman / Jerome Morrow
1998	Great Expectations'' ||	Finnegan 'Finn' Bell
1998	|	Jess Newton
1999	|	Nat
1999	|	Len Coles
1999	Snow Falling on Cedars'' ||	Ishmael Chambers
2000	Hamlet'' ||	Prince Hamlet>Hamlet
2001	|	Jesse Wallace
2001	Tape'' ||	Vince
2001	|	Jake Hoyt
2002	|	Sam (voice)
2002	|	Ray
2003	Alias'' ||	CIA Agent James L. Lennox	Alias (season 2)>Double Agent"
2004	Taking Lives'' ||	James Costa / Martin Asher
2004	|	Jesse Wallace	}}
2005	Assault on Precinct 13'' ||	Sergeant Jake Roenick
2005	|	Agent Jack Valentine
2006	|	Earl Jameison
2006	|	Vince
2006	Fast Food Nation'' ||	Pete
2007	|	Hank Hanson	Gotham Awards>Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2008	|	Paulie McDougan
2009	|	Writer
2009	Staten Island'' ||	Sully Halverson
2009	|	Narrator / Himself	Documentary
2010	|	Edward Dalton
2010	|	Detective Salvatore "Sal" Procida
2011	Moby Dick'' ||	Starbuck	TV miniseries
2012	Total Recall'' ||
2013	Boyhood'' ||	Dad	''filming''

Writings

References

External links

Ethan Hawke Interview on ''Texas Monthly Talks'' (November 2007)

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name	Anna Kendrick
birth date	August 09, 1985
birth place	Portland, Maine, United States
yearsactive	1998–present
occupation	Actress }}

Anna Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American film and stage actress best known for the role of Natalie Keener in the 2009 film ''Up in the Air''. Her other work includes the films ''Camp'' (2003), ''Rocket Science'' (2007) and ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010) and the Broadway musical ''High Society'' (1998) and also plays the role of Jessica Stanley in '' The Twilight Saga''.

Career

Kendrick "caught the [acting] bug" at the age of 10, when her parents would let her and her brother catch a bus from Portland, Maine, to New York City so that she could attend auditions. Kendrick's first acting role was as Dinah in the Broadway musical ''High Society'' in August 1998 when she was twelve years old, a performance for which she earned Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations, making her the third-youngest Tony Award nominee.

Kendrick went on to appear in a number of other theater productions, including the musical ''A Little Night Music'', before making her film debut in the 2003 musical comedy ''Camp'', for which she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2004 Chlotrudis Awards and Best Debut Performance Independent Spirit Award for her portrayal of the character Fritzi Wagner.

In 2007, she appeared in her next film, ''Rocket Science'', in which she portrayed Ginny Ryerson, a fast-talking high school debater. Although she says she found the role intimidating and challenging after watching an actual national collegiate championship debate, her performance was praised by critics and she was nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress.

In late 2007, she auditioned for the role of Jessica Stanley in ''Twilight'', a 2008 film adapted from the first book of the novel series by Stephenie Meyer. She had intended to do a mix-and-match audition with various actors, but was too ill and had to leave; she was, however, brought in for a later session where she was given the role. Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg said that the characters Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory from the book were combined to create the role. Kendrick reprised her role as Jessica in the ''Twilight'' sequel, ''New Moon''.

Kendrick's theater singing experience gave her the opportunity to star in her next project, 2009's ''The Marc Pease Experience'', where she appears opposite Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller as a high school senior involved in musical theater.

She appeared in the 2009 films ''Elsewhere'', in which she plays her first lead character, a girl whose best friend (played by Tania Raymonde) goes missing, and in director Jason Reitman's ''Up in the Air'', based on Walter Kirn's 2001 novel of the same name, alongside George Clooney and Vera Farmiga. For her role in ''Up in the Air'', the National Board of Review named her Best Supporting Actress and she has also picked up nominations from numerous critics awards and The Golden Globes and The Screen Actors Guild and the Academy Awards.

She reprised her role as Jessica Stanley in ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg devised a graduation speech for her character that was not part of the novel. She appeared in Edgar Wright's adaptation of the graphic novel ''Scott Pilgrim'', titled ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' and starring Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Kendrick played Stacey Pilgrim, the sister of the lead character. She also stars in the romantic comedy ''50/50'', alongside Joseph Gordon Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Seth Rogen. In 2011, she will reprise her role as Jessica Stanley in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn''.

It has been reported that in 2012 she will star opposite John Francis Daley in ''Rapturepalooza'', that she has been cast in ''The Archivist'', to be directed by Robin Wright, and that she will voice a character in the stop-motion animated feature, ''ParaNorman''.

In 2010, Kendrick appeared in LCD Soundsystem's music video "Pow Pow" as a "shape-shifter" who collects "the souls of wicked men". In October 2010, she attended the 2010 Top Glamour Awards in Mexico where she won for "Best International Actress".

Personal life

Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Janice, an accountant, and William Kendrick, a history teacher. Kendrick and her older brother, actor Michael Cooke Kendrick, who appeared in the 2000 film ''Looking for an Echo'', both attended Longfellow Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School and Deering High School in Portland. as well as USM summer camp. She now attends Bates College in Maine. She lists Parker Posey, Molly Shannon and Amy Poehler as her inspirations.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2003		Fritzi Wagner
2007		Ginny Ryerson	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008		Jessica Stanley
2009	''Elsewhere''	Sarah
2009	''''	Meg Brickman
2009	''''	Jessica Stanley	Teen Choice Award for Most Fanatic Fans (Shared with the Twilight Cast)Nominated—Empire Award for Best Newcomer (also for ''Up in the Air'')Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Best Scene Stealer Female (also for ''Up in the Air'')
2009		Natalie Keener	Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressGlamour Woman of the Year Awards: Editors Special AwardHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressMTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough PerformanceNational Board of Review Award for Best Supporting ActressPalm Springs Film Festival Rising Star AwardNorth Texas Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Denver Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Denver Film Critics Award for Best Acting EnsembleNominated—Detroit Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Detroit Film Critics Award for Best Breakthrough PerformanceNominated—Empire Award for Best Newcomer (also for ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'')Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureNominated—Irish Film and Television Academy Award for Best International ActressNominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated—Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Teen Choice Award for Best Scene Stealer Female (also for ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'')Nominated—Utah Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting RoleNominated—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough PerformanceNominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2010	''''	Jessica Stanley
2010	''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World''
2011		Katie	''Post-production''
2011	''	Jessica Stanley	''Post-production''
2012		Jessica Stanley	''Post-production''
2012	''ParaNorman''	Courtney	''Post-production''
2012		Rosie	''Filming''

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2003	''''	Sadie Winterhalter	TV Movie
2007	''Viva Laughlin''	Holly	Episode: "What a Whale Wants"
2009		Shelby	Episode: "The Spirit Box"

+ Broadway Stage
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1998		Dinah Lord
2003	''A Little Night Music''	Frederika	New York City Opera

+ Music-Video
! Year	! Title	! Artist
2010		LCD Soundsystem

References

External links

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birth date	August 09, 1968
birth place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
birth name	Gillian Leigh Anderson
occupation	Actress
years active	1986–present
spouse	Clyde Klotz (1994–1997)Julian Ozanne (2004–2006)
partner	Mark Griffiths (2006–present)
children	3 }}

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress.

After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series ''The X-Files''. During the show's nine seasons, Anderson won an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. Her film work includes ''The House of Mirth'' (2000), ''The Mighty Celt'' (2005), ''The Last King of Scotland'' (2006), and two ''X-Files'' films, ''The X-Files'' (1998) and ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe'' (2008). She was nominated for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her role as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation ''Bleak House'' (2005).

Early life

Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Edward Anderson, who owned a film post-production company. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months; she then lived for five years in Roseberry Gardens, London N4, and finally for 15 months in Albany Road, London N4, so that her father could attend the London Film School. When Anderson was 11 years old, her family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan. She attended Fountain Elementary and then City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities; she graduated in 1986.

With her English accent and background, Anderson was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwest accent. To this day, her accent depends on her location — for instance, in an interview with Jay Leno she spoke in an American accent, but dropped it for an interview with Michael Parkinson. She had her nose pierced in the early 1980s and dyed her hair various colors. Her high school classmates voted her as "Most Bizarre," "Class Clown", "Most Likely to go Bald" and "Most Likely to be Arrested." Fulfilling the last of these predictions, she was caught trying to jam the high school doors by filling their locks with glue on the eve of her graduation, for which she was arrested.

Anderson was interested in marine biology, but began acting her freshman year in high school productions, and later in community theater, and served as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts. She attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990. She also participated in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University.

Career

Anderson moved to New York when she was 20 years old. To support herself when she started her career, Anderson worked as a waitress. She began her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play, ''Absent Friends'' at the Manhattan Theatre Club alongside Brenda Blethyn; she won the 1990–91 Theatre World "Newcomer" Award for her role. Her next theatrical role was in Christopher Hampton's ''The Philanthropist'' at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.

Anderson moved to Los Angeles in 1992, spending a year auditioning. Although she had once vowed she would never do TV, being out of work for a year changed her mind. Anderson did ''Home Fires Burning'' for a cable station, as well as the audio book version of ''Exit to Eden''. She broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, ''Class of '96'', on the fledgling Fox Network.

As a result of her guest appearance in ''Class of 96'', Anderson was sent the script for ''The X Files'' at the age of 24. She decided to audition because "for the first time in a long time, the script involved a strong, independent, intelligent woman as a lead character." Producer Chris Carter wanted to employ her, but Fox wanted someone with previous TV exposure and greater sex appeal. Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was eventually cast as Special Agent Dana Scully. Anderson got the part assuming it would run for 13 episodes, the standard minimum order for American TV networks. Filmed in Vancouver and then in Los Angeles, the series would run for nine seasons, and included two films, released in 1998 and 2008. During her time on ''The X Files'', Anderson won several awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully, including an Emmy Award, Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for "Best Actress in a Drama Series." While filming, Anderson met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom she would eventually marry.

Anderson had roles in a handful of films during the run of ''The X-Files'' and starred in ''The House of Mirth'', an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name.

In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's ''Princess Mononoke'', where she voiced the character of Moro. Anderson is a fan of Miyazaki's work. She also took part in Eve Ensler's ''The Vagina Monologues''. When ''The X-Files'' ended, Anderson performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. She has participated in narrative work for documentaries on scientific topics. In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel ''Bleak House'', had a starring role in the Irish film ''The Mighty Celt'' (for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress) and performed in ''A Cock and Bull Story'', a film version of the novel ''Tristram Shandy''.

In 2006, Anderson was nominated for a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress and won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Bleak House''. Anderson also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her performance as Lady Dedlock. She was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award and Golden Globe for her performance in ''Bleak House'' and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her performance as Lady Dedlock (Billie Piper came in first and Anna Maxwell Martin came in third).

During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: ''The Last King of Scotland'' (2006) and ''Straightheads'' (2007).

Anderson hosted PBS' ''Masterpiece Theatre'' during the Jane Austen series.

From December 10, 2007 to March 11, 2008, Anderson filmed ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe''. The film was released on July 25, 2008, and the DVD released on December 2, 2008.

Anderson portrayed Nora in Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009 until July 18, 2009.

Anderson had a nomination for Best Actress in the Lawrence Olivier Awards 2010, for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora. In April 2011 she starred in the BBC adaptation ''The Crimson Petal and the White'' as Mrs. Castaway.

Anderson will be appearing as MI7 Secret Agent Pamela Head in ''Johnny English Reborn''. The film is currently under production.

Personal life

Anderson has a sister, Zoe, who appeared uncredited as 14-year-old Dana Scully on ''The X-Files'' episode "Christmas Carol". She also has a brother, Aaron.

Anderson has been married twice. She married her first husband, Clyde Klotz, ''The X-Files'' series assistant art director, on New Years Day, 1994, on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii in a Buddhist ceremony. They divorced in 1997. In December 2004, Anderson married Julian Ozanne, a documentary filmmaker, in the village of Shella on Lamu, an island off the coast of Kenya. Anderson and Ozanne announced their separation on April 21, 2006, after 16 months of marriage. After separating from Ozanne in 2006, Anderson became involved with her current partner, Mark Griffiths.

Anderson has three children. She has a daughter with ex-husband Klotz, Piper Maru (for whom ''The X-Files'' episode, "Piper Maru", was named), born on September 25, 1994, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During Anderson's pregnancy, ''The X-Files'' creator, Chris Carter, created an alien abduction storyline that kept Anderson off-camera long enough for labor, delivery and a 10-day maternity leave. Carter was named Piper's godfather. In 2000, Piper had a small (and uncredited) appearance in her mother's movie'' The House of Mirth''. Anderson also has two sons, Oscar (born November 1, 2006) and Felix (born October 15, 2008).

In 1996, Anderson was voted the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's ''100 Sexiest Women'' poll. In 2008, she also placed 21st in FHM's ''All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame''.

Anderson provides philanthropic and charitable assistance in the support of finding a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF). She serves as NF, Inc.'s Honorary Spokesperson and is a Patron of the Neurofibromatosis Association (based in the UK). Her support stems from her brother being diagnosed with NF-1. She is also a member of the board of directors for Artists for a New South Africa and a campaigner for ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa. Furthermore, Anderson is an active member of PETA, and supports animal rights. She also supports tribal rights charity Survival International leading to her performance in a London stage fundraiser in early 2010. In late 2010, Anderson and other celebrities joined a campaign to boycott Botswana diamonds over the government's treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen. On February 2011, Anderson narrated a short film about recent footage of an uncontacted tribe. The Amazon Indians were spotted from the air on the Brazil-Peru border. Their survival is threatened by illegal loggers. Anderson has said, "What comes across powerfully from this amazing footage is how healthy and confident these people appear. I hope they can be left alone – but that will only happen if the loggers are stopped." In June 2011, Anderson became an ambassador for Survival, joining Quentin Blake, Julie Christie, Kurt Jackson, Pippa Small, and Mark Rylance.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1986	''Three at Once''	Woman 1	B&W; student production
1988	''''		B&W; student production
1992	''''	April Cavanaugh
1993-2002	''''	Dana Scully	Series RegularPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series, 1997Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 1997Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, 1997Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, 1996Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, 1997Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series, 1996, 1998, 1999Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 1996, 1998, 1999Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, 1997, 1998, 1999Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
1998	''Chicago Cab'', aka ''Hellcab''	Southside Girl or Brenda
1998	''''	Loretta Lee
1998	''Playing by Heart''	Meredith
1999	''Princess Mononoke''	Moro	Voice
2000	''''	Lily Bart	British Independent Film Awards
2005	''''	Kate
2005	''''	Gillian Anderson/Widow Wadman
2005		Lady Dedlock
2006	''''	Sarah Merrit
2007	''[[Straightheads'', aka ''Closure''	Alice Comfort
2008	''''	Dana Scully
2008		Eleanor Johnson
2009		Jean Maclestone
2010		Duchess of Windsor
2011	''Johnny English Reborn''	Pamela Head
2011		Mrs. Castaway	TV Series
2011		Elizabeth	TV miniseries

; Other TV appearances

''ReBoot'' as Agent Data Nully – "Trust No One" January 1996

''Future Fantastic'' as herself – July/August 1996

''The Simpsons'' as Agent Scully – "The Springfield Files" January 1997

''Concert for Diana'' as herself – July 1, 2007

''Robbie the Reindeer (Close Encounters of the Herd Kind)'' as Vorkana, Queen of the Nargathrons – December 25, 2007

''Masterpiece Theater'' as herself (host) – January 2008

; Stage appearances

''Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1983) – City High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, two performances, as "Officer Brophy"

''A Flea in Her Ear'' (1990) – The Theatre School, Depaul University

''Absent Friends'' (1991) – Manhattan Theatre Club. Won a Theatre World Award for Best Performance

''The Philanthropist'' (1992) – Long Wharf Theatre

''The Vagina Monologues'' (1999, London)/(2000, LA)

''What The Night Is For'' (November 7, 2002 to February 9, 2003). A new play which ran at the Comedy Theatre in London, and was Anderson's West End debut.

''The Sweetest Swing in Baseball'' (2004). World premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

'' A Doll's House'' (2009) at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

'' We Are One: A celebration of tribal peoples'' (2010) at the Apollo Theatre in London.

; Other works

Wrote and directed the ''X-Files'' episode ''all things.''

Provided the voice for the ship's computer in the 1996 video game Hellbender by Terminal Reality and Microsoft.

Compiled a collection of electronica music inspired by Future Fantastic, entitled ''Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground''. Contributed vocals to one track "Extremis", with music by HAL. The song was distributed by EMI Records in 1997. It was a minor hit in both the UK and Australia.

Appeared in two X-Files games, ''The X-Files Game'' and provided her voice and likeness for ''The X-Files: Resist or Serve''.

Provided the voice for Jenny in the sitcom Frasier, Jenny calls Frasier's show for advice about her boyfriend.

Provided the voice for Moro in the English dub of the Japanese anime ''Princess Mononoke''.

Read books ''Exit to Eden'' and ''The X-Files: Ground Zero''.

Narrated movie about the release of footage of uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border, as part of Survival International’s campaign to protect some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.

References

External links

Gillian Anderson's Official site

BBC Drama Faces – Gillian Anderson

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birth date	May 24, 1960
birth place	Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
birth name	Kristin A. Scott Thomas
nationality	British, French
years active	1984–present
occupation	Actress
spouse	François Olivennes (1987–2005) }}

Kristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress who has also acquired French nationality. She gained international recognition in the 1990s for her roles in ''Bitter Moon'', ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' and ''The English Patient''.

Since the 1980s, she has also worked in French cinema in films such as the thriller ''Tell No One'' and Philippe Claudel's ''I've Loved You So Long''. She has lived in France since she was nineteen, has brought up her three children in Paris, and says she considers herself more French than British. She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 2005.

Early life

Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother, Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and studied drama before marrying Scott Thomas's father. Her father, Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas, was a pilot for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm who died in a flying accident in 1964. She is the elder sister of actress Serena Scott Thomas, the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (who was a Black Rod in the House of Lords), and a more distant great-great-niece of Captain Scott, the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole.

Scott Thomas was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Her childhood home was in Trent, Dorset, England. Her mother remarried, to another Royal Navy pilot, who also died in a flying accident, six years after the death of her father. Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and St. Antony's Leweston School for Girls in Sherborne, Dorset, both independent schools. On leaving school she moved to Hampstead, London, and worked in a department store. She then began training to be a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama. On being told she would never be a good enough actress, she left at the age of 19 to work as an au pair in Paris. Speaking French fluently, she studied acting at the ''École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre'' (ENSATT) in Paris, and at age 25 on graduation, was cast opposite pop star Prince as Mary Sharon, a French heiress, in the 1986 film ''Under The Cherry Moon.'' On his 2009 3-CD set ''LOtUSFLOW3R'', the album ''MPLSoUND'' has a song titled "Better With Time", which Prince has said is an ode to Kristin.

Career

Scott Thomas played the central role of an unfaithful wife in the 1996 film ''The English Patient''. During the 1990s, she appeared opposite Hugh Grant in ''Bitter Moon'' and ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' and in 2001 she played the role of Lady Sylvia McCordle in ''Gosford Park''. She has also appeared in the theatre and on TV in the 2003 ''Book Clubbin''' episode of ''Absolutely Fabulous'', where she played a character called Plum Berkeley.

She was awarded an OBE in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours list, and was also made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 2005.

Scott Thomas is a frequent subject on the British motoring programme ''Top Gear''. She was used as a standard of reference for "good taste," such as during the "Cool Wall" segment of the programme. Presenter Jeremy Clarkson would rate a car's coolness based mostly on what he thought Scott Thomas's level of distaste for it would be. She appeared as the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on the episode broadcast on 25 February 2007 (Series 9, Episode 5) and, proceeded to rubbish most of the decisions Clarkson had made over the past years of the Cool Wall. She also ridiculed the car that he had just ordered, a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. She completed her lap in a time of 1min 54secs, placing her just above Philip Glenister, although still near the bottom of the leaderboard.

In early 2007, she played Arkadina in a London West End production of Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull'', for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress on 9 March 2008. She reprised the role in New York in September 2008.

In 2006, she played the role of Hélène, in French, in ''Ne le dis à personne'' (''Tell No One''), by French director Guillaume Canet. In 2008, Scott Thomas received many accolades for her performance in another French film, ''Il y a longtemps que je t'aime'' (''I've Loved You So Long''), including BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.

In 2008, Scott Thomas took the role of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond, mother of Henry VIII's second wife Anne, in ''The Other Boleyn Girl''.

In 2009, she played the role of a fashion magazine creator and editor in the film ''Confessions of a Shopaholic''.

She stars in the film adaption of Douglas Kennedy's novel ''The Woman in the Fifth'', which is planned with an release in late 2010.

In ''Sarah's Key'' (2011), Scott Thomas starred as an American journalist living in Paris who discovers that the apartment her husband is renovating for them was once the home of a Jewish family who were taken away in the Vel d'Hiv Roundup; she becomes obsessed with learning what happened to the family's daughter, Sarah. Also in 2011, Scott Thomas will star in the upcoming film ''Bel Ami'' as another love interest of George Duroy (played by Robert Pattinson). Scott Thomas is currently starring as Emma in Harold Pinter's ''Betrayal'' at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End.

Personal life

Scott Thomas is divorced from French gynaecologist François Olivennes, with whom she has three children: Hannah (born in 1988), Joseph (1991) and George (2000). They had been together for 18 years.

The separation was reportedly precipitated by her romantic involvement with English actor Tobias Menzies, whom she met while appearing in Chekhov's play ''Three Sisters'' in London's West End around 2003. Menzies was also her costar in a London production of Pirandello's ''As You Desire Me'' in 2006.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1985	''Charly''
1986	''Under the Cherry Moon''	Mary Sharon	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
1987	''Djamal et Juliette''
1987	''Agent trouble''	Julie
1988		Marie
1988	''''	Brenda Last
1988	''''	Thérèse
1989	''Bille en tête''	Clara	also released as ''Headstrong''
1989	''Force majeure''	Katia
1990	''''	Marie Forestier
1991	''Aux yeux du monde''
1991	''Valentino! I Love You''
1991	''Mio caro dottor Gräsler''	Sabine
1992	''Bitter Moon''	Fiona
1994	''''	Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy
1994	''Four Weddings and a Funeral''	Fiona
1994	''''	Alfred Hitchcock's assistant
1995	''Plaisir d'offrir''
1995	''En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît''	Martine
1995	''''	Mary–Jane Cooper
1995		Lady Anne
1995	''Angels & Insects''	Matty Crompton
1996		Narrator
1996	Gulliver's Travels (mini-series)	Immortal Gatekeeper
1996	''''	Katharine Clifton
1996		Sarah Davies
1996	''Somebody to Love''
1996	''''	Caroline
1997	''Amour et confusions''	Sarah
1998	''Souvenir''	Ann
1998		Imogen Staxton-Billing
1998	''''	Annie MacLean
1999		Kay Chandler
2000	''Up at the Villa''	Mary Panton
2000		First Woman
2001	''Life as a House''	Robin Monroe
2001	''Gosford Park''	Sylvia McCordle
2003	''Small Cuts''	Béatrice	''Petites coupures''
2004		Joséphine, comtesse de Cagliostro
2005		Elena Van Den Ende
2005	''Chromophobia''	Iona Aylesbury
2005	''Keeping Mum''	Gloria Goodfellow	Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year
2006	''''	Christine Levasseur
2007	''Mauvaise pente''
2007	''Tell No One''	Hélène Perkins
2007	''''	Lynn Lockner
2007	''''	Stelmaria
2008	''I've Loved You So Long''	Juliette
2008	''''	Elizabeth Boleyn
2008	''Seuls two''	L'antiquaire
2008		Mrs. Whittaker
2008		Ann Fergusson
2009		Alette Naylor
2009		Suzanne	Nominated – Cesar Award for Best Actress
2010	''Nowhere Boy''	Mimi Smith
2010	''Contre Toi''	Anna
2010	Crime d'amour	Christine
2010	''Sarah's Key''	Julia Armond	Nominated – Cesar Award for Best Actress
2011			Filming

Theatre

''La Lune déclinante sur 4 ou 5 personnes qui dansent'' (1983, Festival de Semur en Auxois)

''Terre étrangère'' (1984, Théâtre des Amandiers de Nanterre)

''Naïves Hirondelles'' (1984, Festival d'Avignon)

''Yes, peut-être'' (1985, in a field in Burgundy)

''Bérénice'' (2001, Festival de Perpignan and Festival d'Avignon + national tour)

''Three Sisters'' (2003, Playhouse Theatre, London) ... Masha

''As You Desire Me'' (2005–06, Playhouse Theatre, London) ... Elma

''The Seagull'' (2007, Royal Court Theatre, London) ... Arkadina

:*Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress – ''The Seagull''

''A Little Night Music'' (Planned February 2010, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)... Désirée

Harold Pinter's ''Betrayal'' (2011, Comedy Theatre, London) ... Emma

Quotes

''I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?'' – (Graham Fuller, ''The Cover Interview: Kristin Scott Thomas'', originally published in ''Interview Magazine'', November 1996)

References

External links

Ryan Gilbey, "The three stages of Kristin", interview, ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2007

Mark Anstead, "Kristin Scott Thomas: The Ice Maiden thaws", interview, ''Daily Mail'', 8 June 2007

Louise France, "I'm 47. Unlike most actresses I don't lie about my age" Interview, ''The Guardian'', 3 February 2008

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birth name	Winona Laura Horowitz
birth date	October 29, 1971
birth place	Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States
occupation	Actress, producer
years active	1986–present }}

Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1986 film ''Lucas''. Ryder's first significant role came in Tim Burton's ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) as a goth teenager, which won her critical and commercial recognition. After making various appearances in film and television, Ryder continued her career with the cult film ''Heathers'' (1989), a controversial satire of teenage suicide and high school life, which drew Ryder further critical and commercial attention.

Having played diverse roles in many well-received films, Ryder won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination in the same category for her role in ''The Age of Innocence'' in 1993, as well as another Academy Award nomination for ''Little Women'' the following year for Best Actress. In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.

Ryder's personal life has been widely reported by the media. Her relationship with actor Johnny Depp in the early 1990s was highly publicized and received much scrutiny by the media and tabloid press. A much talked about 2001 shoplifting incident led to a four-year hiatus from acting. She has also revealed her personal struggle with anxiety and depression, briefly checking into a clinic. In 2006, Ryder returned to the screen, and some media outlets called her performance "a remarkable comeback" to acting, having appeared in high-profile films such as ''Star Trek''. In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as the lead actress of ''When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story'', and as part of the cast of ''Black Swan''.

Early life and education

Born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, she was named after the nearby city of Winona. She was given her middle name, Laura, because of her parents' friendship with Aldous Huxley's wife, Laura Huxley. Her mother, Cynthia Palmer (née Istas), is an author, as well as a video producer and editor. Her father, Michael Horowitz, is an author, editor, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller. Ryder is Jewish on her father's side, and has described herself as Jewish. Her paternal grandparents were immigrants from Russia and Romania; her father's family was originally named "Tomchin", but was wrongly assigned the surname "Horowitz" by U.S. immigration officials at Ellis Island. Ryder's mother is a Buddhist and her father is an atheist. Ryder has one full sibling, a younger brother, Uri (named in honor of the first Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin), an older half-brother, Jubal, and an older half-sister, Sunyata. Ryder's family friends included her godfather, LSD guru Timothy Leary, as well as the beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick.

In 1978, when Ryder was seven years old, she and her family relocated to Rainbow, a commune near Elk, Mendocino County, California, where they lived with seven other families on a plot of land. As the remote property had no electricity or television sets, Ryder began to devote her time to reading, and became an avid fan of J. D. Salinger's ''The Catcher in the Rye''. She developed an interest in acting after her mother showed her a few movies on a screen in the family barn. At age 10, Ryder and her family moved on again, this time to Petaluma, California. During her first week at the Kenilworth Junior High, she was bullied by a group of her peers who mistook her for an effeminate, scrawny boy. As a result, she ended up being homeschooled that year. In 1983, when Ryder was 12, she enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater in nearby San Francisco, where she took her first acting lessons. Ryder graduated from Petaluma High School with a 4.0 GPA in 1989. She suffers from aquaphobia because of a traumatic near-drowning at age 12. This caused problems with the underwater scenes in ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), some of which had to be reshot numerous times.

Career

Early works, 1985–1990

In 1985, Ryder sent a videotaped audition, where she recited a monologue from the novel ''Franny and Zooey'' by J. D. Salinger, to appear in the film ''Desert Bloom''. Although the part went to Annabeth Gish, writer/director David Seltzer noticed her talent and cast her in his 1986 film ''Lucas'', about a boy called Lucas (Corey Haim) and his life at high school. The film co-starred Charlie Sheen and Kerri Green with Winona playing Rina, one of Lucas’s friends at school. When asked how she wanted her name to appear in the credits, she suggested "Ryder" as her surname because a Mitch Ryder album that belonged to her father was playing in the background.

Her next movie was ''Square Dance'' (1987), where her teenage character creates a bridge between two different worlds — a traditional farm in the middle of nowhere and a large city. Ryder won acclaim for her role, and ''The Los Angeles Times'' called her performance in ''Square Dance'' "a remarkable debut." Both films, however, failed to gain Ryder any notice, and were only marginally successful commercially. Director Tim Burton decided to cast Ryder in his film ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), after being impressed with her performance in ''Lucas''. In the film, she plays goth teenager Lydia Deetz. Lydia's family moves to a haunted house populated by ghosts played by Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Michael Keaton. Lydia quickly finds herself the only human with a strong empathy toward the ghosts and their situation. The film was a success at the box office, and Ryder's performance and the overall film received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Ryder landed the role of Veronica Sawyer in the 1989 independent film ''Heathers''. The film, a satirical take on teenage life, revolves around Veronica, who is ultimately forced to choose between the will of society and her own heart after her boyfriend, played by Christian Slater, begins killing off popular high school students. Ryder's agent initially begged her to turn the role down, saying the film would "ruin her career." Reaction to the film was mostly lukewarm, but Ryder's performance was critically embraced, with ''The Washington Post'' stating Ryder is "Hollywood's most impressive inge'nue [sic] ... Ryder ... makes us love her teen-age murderess, a bright, funny girl with a little Bonnie Parker in her. She is the most likable, best-drawn young adult protagonist since the sexual innocent of ''Gregory's Girl''." The film was a box office flop, yet achieved status as a predominant cult film. Later that year, she starred in ''Great Balls of Fire!'', playing the 13-year-old bride (and cousin) of Jerry Lee Lewis. The film was a box office failure and received divided reviews from critics. In April 1989, she played the title role in the music video for Mojo Nixon's "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child".

In 1990, Ryder was selected for four film roles. She played the leading female role alongside her then-boyfriend Johnny Depp in the fantasy film ''Edward Scissorhands''. The film reunited Tim Burton and Ryder, who had previously worked together on ''Beetlejuice'' in 1988. ''Edward Scissorhands'' was a significant box office success, grossing US$56 million at the United States box office and receiving much critical devotion. Later that year, she withdrew from the role of Mary Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's ''The Godfather Part III'' (after traveling to Rome for filming) due to exhaustion. Eventually, Coppola's daughter Sofia Coppola was cast in the role. Ryder's third role was in the family comedy-drama ''Mermaids'' (1990), which co-starred Cher and Christina Ricci. ''Mermaids'' was a moderate box office success and was embraced critically. Ryder's performance was acclaimed; critic Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' wrote: "Winona Ryder, in another of her alienated outsider roles, generates real charisma." For her performance, Ryder received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Ryder then performed alongside Cher and Christina Ricci in the video for "The Shoop Shoop Song", the theme from ''Mermaids''.

Following ''Mermaids'' she had the lead role in ''Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael'', a film about an adopted child Dinky Bossetti played by Ryder. The film co-starred Jeff Daniels and was deemed a flop due to its poor showing at the box office.

1991–1995

In 1991, Ryder played a young taxicab driver who dreams of becoming a mechanic in Jim Jarmusch's ''Night on Earth''. The film was only given a limited release at the box office, but received critical praise. Ryder then starred in the dual roles of Count Dracula's reincarnated love interest Mina Murray and Dracula's past lover Princess Elisabeta, in ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1992), a project she brought to director Francis Ford Coppola's attention. In 1993, she starred in the melodrama ''The House of the Spirits'', based on Isabel Allende's novel. Ryder played the love interest of Antonio Banderas' character. Principal filming was done in Denmark and Portugal. The film was poorly reviewed and a box office flop, grossing just $6 million on its $40 million budget.

Ryder starred in ''The Age of Innocence'' with Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis, a film based on a novel by Edith Wharton and helmed by director Martin Scorsese, whom Ryder considers "the best director in the world." In the film, Ryder plays May Welland the fiancée of Newland Archer (Day-Lewis). The film, based in the 1870s, was principally filmed in New York and Paris. Her role in this movie won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination in the same category. Although not a commercial success, it received critical praise. Vincent Canby in the New York Times wrote; ‘Ms Ryder is wonderful as this sweet young thing who's hard as nails, as much out of ignorance as of self-interest.’

Ryder's next role was in the Generation X drama ''Reality Bites'' (1994), directed by Ben Stiller, playing a young woman searching for direction in her life. Her performance received acclaim and the studio hoped the film would gross a substantial amount of money, yet it flopped. Bruce Feldman, Universal Pictures' Vice-President of Marketing said: "The media labeled it as a Generation X picture, while we thought it was a comedy with broad appeal." The studio placed TV ads during programs chosen for their appeal to 12 to 34-year-olds and in interviews Stiller was careful not to mention the phrase "Generation X."

In 1994, Ryder was handpicked to play the lead role of Josephine March in ''Little Women'', an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel. The film received widespread praise; critic Janet Maslin of ''The New York Times'' wrote that the film was the greatest adaptation of the novel, and remarked on Ryder's performance: "Ms. Ryder, whose banner year also includes a fine comic performance in 'Reality Bites,' plays Jo with spark and confidence. Her spirited presence gives the film an appealing linchpin, and she plays the self-proclaimed 'man of the family' with just the right staunchness." She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination the following year.

She made a guest appearance in ''The Simpsons'' episode "Lisa's Rival" as Allison Taylor, whose intelligence and over-achieving personality makes her a rival of Lisa's. Her next starring role was in ''How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995), an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Whitney Otto, co-starring Anne Bancroft. Ryder plays a college graduate who spends her summer hiatus at her grandmother's property to ponder on her boyfriend's recent marriage proposal. The film was not a commercial success, nor was it popular with critics.

1996–2000

Ryder made several film appearances in 1996, the first in ''Boys''. The film failed to become a box office success and attracted mostly negative critical reaction. Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' stated that "''Boys'' is a low-rent, dumbed-down version of ''Before Sunrise'', with a rent-a-plot substituting for clever dialogue." Her next role was in ''Looking for Richard'', Al Pacino's documentary on a production of Shakespeare's ''Richard III'', which grossed only $1 million at the box office, but drew moderate critical acclaim. She starred in ''The Crucible'' with Daniel Day-Lewis and Joan Allen. The film, an adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, centered on the Salem witch trials. The film was expected to be a success, considering its budget, but became a large failure. Despite this, it received acclaim critically, and Ryder's performance was lauded, with Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' saying, "Ryder offers a transfixing portrait of warped innocence."

In December 1996, Ryder accepted a role as an android in ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), alongside Sigourney Weaver, who had appeared in the entire ''Alien'' trilogy. Ryder's brother, Yuri, was a major fan of the film series, and when asked, she took the role. The film became one of the least successful entries in the ''Alien'' film series, but was considered a success as it grossed $161 million worldwide. Weaver's and Ryder's performances drew mostly positive reviews, and Ryder won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Actress. Ryder then starred in Woody Allen's ''Celebrity'' (1998), after Drew Barrymore turned down Ryder's role, in an ensemble cast. The film satirizes the lives of several celebrities.

In 1999, she performed in and served as an executive producer for ''Girl, Interrupted'', based on the 1993 autobiography of Susanna Kaysen. The film had been in project and post-production since late 1996, but it took time to surface. Ryder was deeply attached to the film, considering it her "child of the heart." Ryder starred as Kaysen, who has borderline personality disorder and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for recovery. Ryder starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Angelina Jolie. While Ryder was expected to make her comeback with her leading role, the film instead became the "welcome-to-Hollywood coronation" for Jolie, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Jolie thanked Ryder in her acceptance speech. The same year, Ryder was parodied in ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut''.

The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy ''Autumn in New York'', alongside Richard Gere. The film revolves around a relationship between an older man (Gere) and a younger woman (Ryder). ''Autumn in New York'' received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success, grossing $90 million at the worldwide box office. Ryder then played a nun of a secret society loosely connected to the Roman Catholic Church and determined to prevent Armageddon in ''Lost Souls'' (2000), which was a commercial failure. Ryder refused to do commercial promotion for the film. Later in 2000, she was one of several celebrities who made a small cameo appearance in ''Zoolander''. On October 6, 2000, Ryder received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located directly in front of the Johnny Grant building next to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. She was the 2,165th recipient of this honor.

Hiatus, 2001–2005

Ryder had a hiatus after her shoplifting incident in 2001 (see below). The book ''Conversations with Woody Allen'' reports that in 2003 film director Woody Allen wanted to cast Robert Downey, Jr. and Ryder in his film ''Melinda and Melinda'', but was unable to do so because "I couldn't get insurance on them ... We couldn't get bonded. The completion bonding companies would not bond the picture unless we could insure them. [...] We were heartbroken because I had worked with Winona before [on ''Celebrity''] and thought she was perfect for this and wanted to work with her again."

In 2002, Ryder appeared in two movies, filmed before her arrest. The first was a romantic comedy titled ''Mr. Deeds'' with Adam Sandler. This was her most commercially successful movie to date, earning over $126 million in the United States alone. The film was not a critical success, however, film critic Philip French regards it a terrible film, saying that "remakes are often bad, but this one was particularly bad." The second film was the science fiction drama ''S1m0ne'' in which she portrayed a glamorous star who is replaced by a computer simulated actress due to the clandestine machinations of a director, portrayed by her ''Looking for Richard'' costar Al Pacino. In July 2003, she was number 183 on VH1's and People Magazine's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" countdown list.

2006–present

In 2006, following her hiatus, Ryder appeared in Richard Linklater's ''A Scanner Darkly'', a film based on Philip K. Dick's well-received science fiction novel of the same name. Ryder starred alongside Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey, Jr., and Woody Harrelson. Live action scenes were transformed with rotoscope software and the film was entirely animated. ''A Scanner Darkly'' was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival. Critics disagreed over the film's merits; Carina Chocano of the ''Los Angeles Times'' found the film "engrossing" and wrote that "the brilliance of [the film] is how it suggests, without bombast or fanfare, the ways in which the real world has come to resemble the dark world of comic books." Matthew Turner of View London, believing the film to be "engaging" and "beautifully animated," praised the film for its "superb performances" and original, thought-provoking screenplay." Ryder appeared in the comedy ''The Darwin Awards'' with Joseph Fiennes. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2006.

Ryder reunited with ''Heathers'' screenwriter Daniel Waters for the surreal black comedy ''Sex and Death 101'' (2007). The story follows the sexual odysseys of successful businessman Roderick Blank, played by Simon Baker, who receives a mysterious e-mail on the eve of his wedding, listing all of his past and future sex partners. "We will be doing a sequel to ''Heathers'' next." Ryder stated. "There's ''Heathers'' in the real world! We have to keep going!" In a more recent interview Ryder was quoted as saying on the speculation of a ''Heathers'' sequel: "I don't know how much of the movie is official; it's a ways away. But it takes place in Washington and Christian Slater agreed to come back and make an Obi-Wan-type appearance. It's very funny."

Ryder appeared in David Wain's comedy ''The Ten''. The film centers around ten stories, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 10, 2007, with a theatrical release on August 3, 2007. Ryder played the female lead opposite Wes Bentley and Ray Romano in Geoffrey Haley's 2008 offbeat romantic drama ''The Last Word''. In 2009, she starred as a newscaster in the movie version of ''The Informers''.

Ryder appeared in a cameo role for director J. J. Abrams's ''Star Trek'', as Spock's human mother Amanda Grayson, a role originally played by Jane Wyatt. Several media outlets have noted her return to the box office and upcoming roles as a remarkable comeback. She starred alongside Robin Wright and Julianne Moore in Rebecca Miller's ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'', released on February 9, 2009 at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, with a limited US release scheduled for November 2009. On June 2, 2009, ''Entertainment Weekly'' reported that in an interview with Ryder in ''Empire'' magazine, she revealed that she and Christian Slater will reprise their roles in a sequel to ''Heathers''. In 2010, Ryder plays Beth McIntyre, an aging ballet star in Darren Aronofsky's ''Black Swan''. She also was cast in an independent film, ''Stay Cool'', alongside Hilary Duff, Mark Polish and Chevy Chase. The same year, she also starred as Lois Wilson in the TV movie, ''When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story'' for which she has received leading female Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award nominations.

Ryder appeared in a leading role in the Ron Howard-directed film, ''The Dilemma'', previously called ''Cheaters'' and ''What You Don't Know''. The film, which also starred Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, began filming in Chicago in May 2010 and was released in January 2011. It was recently announced that she will be reunited with Tim Burton for a role in his upcoming animated 3D feature film ''Frankenweenie''. It is scheduled for a March 9, 2012 release date.

Personal life

Relationships

Ryder was engaged to actor Johnny Depp for three years beginning in July 1990. She met Depp at the ''Great Balls of Fire!'' premiere in June 1989; two months later they began dating. During their relationship, Depp had a tattoo placed on his arm reading "Winona Forever", which he had altered to "Wino Forever" after their separation. She has also dated Soul Asylum lead singer Dave Pirner, Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst, and actor Matt Damon.

Polly Klaas

In 1993, Ryder offered a reward in the hopes that it would lead to the return of kidnapped child Polly Klaas. Klaas lived in Petaluma, the same town where Ryder grew up. Ryder offered a $200,000 reward for the 12-year-old kidnap victim's safe return. After the girl's death, Ryder starred in the 1994 film adaptation of ''Little Women'' by Louisa May Alcott and dedicated it to her memory. ''Little Women'' was one of Klaas's favorite novels. During a sentencing hearing related to the 2001 shoplifting incident (see below), Ryder's attorney, Mark Geragos, referred to her work with the Polly Klaas Foundation and other charitable causes. In response, Deputy District Attorney Ann Rundle said: "What's offensive to me is to trot out the body of a dead child." Ryder was visibly upset at the accusation and Rundle was admonished by the judge. Outside the courthouse, Polly's father Marc Klaas defended Ryder and expressed outrage at the prosecutor's comments.

2001 arrest

On December 12, 2001, Ryder was arrested on shoplifting charges in Beverly Hills, California. She was accused of stealing $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories at a Saks Fifth Avenue department store. Los Angeles District Attorney Stephen Cooley produced a team of eight prosecutors. Cooley filed four felony charges against her in what was described by British newspaper ''The Guardian'' as a "show-trial." Ryder hired noted celebrity defense attorney Mark Geragos. Negotiations for a plea bargain failed at the end of summer 2002. As noted by Joel Mowbray from ''National Review'', the prosecution was not ready to offer the actress what was given to 5,000 other defendants in similar cases, an open door to a no-contest plea on misdemeanor charges. Ryder agreed under signature to pay two Civil Demands, as permitted under California's Statute for Civil Recovery for Shoplifting, from Saks Fifth Avenue that completely reimbursed Saks Fifth Avenue for the stolen and surrendered merchandise while detained in the Security Offices of the Saks Fifth Avenue store, and before she was read her Miranda rights and arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department.

During the trial, she was accused of using drugs without valid prescriptions. Ryder was convicted of grand theft, shoplifting and vandalism, but was acquitted on the third felony charge, burglary. In December 2002, she was sentenced to three years' probation, 480 hours of community service, $3,700 in fines, $6,355 in restitution to the Saks Fifth Avenue store, and ordered to attend psychological and drug counseling. After reviewing Ryder's probation report, Superior Court Judge Elden Fox noted that Ryder served 480 hours of community service and on June 18, 2004, the felonies were reduced to misdemeanors. Ryder remained on probation until December 2005.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1986		Rina
1987		Gemma Dillard
1988	''Beetlejuice''	Lydia Deetz
1988		Beth Karr
1989	''Heathers''	Veronica Sawyer
1989
1990	''Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael''	Dinky Bossetti
1990	''Edward Scissorhands''	Kim Boggs
1990		Charlotte Flax
1991		Corky
1992
1993		May Welland
1993		Blanca Trueba
1994	''Reality Bites''	Lelaina Pierce
1994		Josephine "Jo" March
1995	''How to Make an American Quilt''	Finn Dodd
1996		Patty Vare
1996	''Looking for Richard''		Documentary film
1996		Abigail Williams
1997	''Alien Resurrection''	Annalee Call
1998		Nola
1999		Susanna Kaysen	Also executive producer
2000		Charlotte Fielding
2000		Maya Larkin
2001	''Zoolander''	Herself	Uncredited cameo
2002	''Mr. Deeds''	Babe Bennett/Pam Dawson
2002	''S1m0ne''	Nicola Anders
2003	''The Day My God Died''	Narrator	Voice acting
2004	''[[The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things''	Psychologist	Uncredited
2006		Siri
2006		Donna Hawthorne
2007	''The Ten''	Kelly LaFonda
2007	''Sex and Death 101''	Gillian De Raisx/Death Nell
2007	''Welcome''	Cynthia	Short film
2008		Charlotte Morris
2009	''Water Pills''	Carrie	Short film
2009		Cheryl Laine
2009	''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee''	Sandra
2009	''Stay Cool''	Scarlet Smith
2009		Amanda Grayson
2010	''When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story''		TV film
2010		Beth MacIntyre
2011		Geneva Backman
2012		Elsa Van Helsing	Voice Role
2012	''The Stare''	Martine	''Post-production''

Television series

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1994	''The Simpsons''	Allison Taylor	Episode: "Lisa's Rival"
1996	''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist''	Hayley Christie	Episode: "Monte Carlo"
1998	''The Larry Sanders Show''	Herself	Episode: "Another List"
2000	''Strangers with Candy''	Fran	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank"
2001	''Friends''	Melissa Warburton	Episode: "The One with Rachel's Big Kiss"

Awards and nominations

Independent Spirit Award Best Supporting Actress Female Star of Tomorrow Best Young Artist Starring in a Motion Picture Golden GlobeSaturn AwardSaturn Award rowspan="2" Best Supporting Actress Academy Award Best Kiss Best Supporting Actress Academy Award rowspan="3" Screen Actors Guild Award ShoWest Award Saturn Award Favorite Actress - Drama - Motion Picture Razzie AwardTeen Choice AwardRazzie AwardScream AwardSatellite Award

		!Award	!Category	!Film	!Result
rowspan="5">1990	|	Best Female Lead	''Heathers''	<
Chicago Film Critics Association Award	Best Actress
NBR Award	|	Mermaids (film)>Mermaids''
ShoWest Award	|	-
Young Artist Award	| ''Great Balls of Fire!''
1991	|	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Mermaids (film)>Mermaids''
rowspan="2">1992	|	Best Actress	''Edward Scissorhands''	<
Sant Jordi Award	Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
rowspan="3">1993	|	Best Actress	Dracula (1992 film)	Bram Stoker's Dracula'' |><
MTV Movie Award	Best Kiss
NBR Award	|	''The Age of Innocence''
rowspan="5">1994	|		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	<
BAFTA Film Award
Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
MTV Movie Award	|	''Reality Bites''
SEFCA Award	|	''The Age of Innocence''
rowspan="3">1995	|	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Little Women (1994 film)	Little Women'' |><
Chlotrudis Award	Best Actress
KCFCC Award
rowspan="2">1996	|	Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast	''How to Make an American Quilt''	<
MTV Movie Award	Best Kiss
1997	|	Female Star of the Year	-
rowspan="2">1998	|	Best Supporting Actress	''Alien Resurrection''	<
rowspan=2	Blockbuster Entertainment Award	Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi
rowspan="3">2000	|	Girl, Interrupted (film)>Girl, Interrupted''	<
Peter J. Owens Award	|	-
Star on the Walk of Fame	|	-
2001	|	Worst Screen Couple	Autumn in New York (film)>Autumn in New York'' (with Richard Gere)
2002	|	Film - Choice Actress, Comedy	''Mr. Deeds''
2003	|	Worst Actress
2009	|	Best Cameo	Star Trek (film)>Star Trek''
rowspan="3">2010	|	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Movie	''When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story''	<
rowspan="2">Screen Actors Guild Award
Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast	Black Swan (film)>Black Swan''

References

External links

Category:1971 births Category:Actors from California Category:Actors from Minnesota Category:American child actors Category:American film actors Category:American Jews Category:American people convicted of theft Category:American people of Romanian descent Category:American people of Russian descent Category:Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe (film) winners Category:Jewish actors Category:Living people Category:People from Olmsted County, Minnesota Category:People from Sonoma County, California Category:American voice actors Category:American television actors

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