name	Doug Liman
birthname	Douglas Eric Liman
birth date	July 24, 1965
birth place	New York City, New York, USA
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Douglas Eric "Doug" Liman (born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer best known for ''Swingers'' (1996), ''The Bourne Identity'' (2002), ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), ''Jumper'' (2008), and ''Fair Game'' (2010).

Early life

Liman was born in New York City, the son of Ellen (née Fogelson), a painter and writer, and Arthur L. Liman, a New York lawyer well known for his public service, which included serving as chief counsel for the Senate Iran-Contra hearings.

Liman began making short films while still in junior high school and studied at International Center of Photography in New York City. While attending Brown University, he helped to co-found the student-run cable television station BTV and served as its first station manager. With the help of a major grant through his father's connections from the now-defunct CBS Foundation, he also co-founded the National Association of College Broadcasters (NACB), the first trade association geared to student-staffed radio and television stations, in 1988. Liman attended the graduate program at University of Southern California, where he was tapped to helm his first project in 1993, the comedy thriller ''Getting In/Student Body''.

Movie career

Liman became attached to direct ''Swingers'' when its screenwriter Jon Favreau turned down offers from studios who wanted to cast established actors. The director agreed to cast Favreau and his friends (Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, and Patrick Van Horn) in this comedy about struggling actors amid the L.A. club milieu. The result was a $250,000 dialogue-propelled film that became a sleeper hit and critical success. In addition to establishing a cult following, it jump-started the careers of the featured actors.

Liman's next effort, ''Go'' (1999), tracked the events of one night through three different points of view as plot lines diverged and reconverged; Liman was also the film's cinematographer. The film made a profit at the box office grossing $28.4 million worldwide against a $6.5 million budget.

In 1999, Liman shot a commercial for Nike in which Tiger Woods, without letting the ball touch the ground, repeatedly bounced a ball on his club and then drove it into the distance. Liman enjoyed further commercial success when he directed the action thriller ''The Bourne Identity'' (2002), an adaptation of author Robert Ludlum's novel. The film that Liman delivered lacked sufficient action sequences to satisfy test groups of young males, so Universal Studios required him to shoot almost twenty minutes of replacement scenes. Liman remained with the Bourne franchise through its next two installments (2004's ''The Bourne Supremacy'' and 2007's ''The Bourne Ultimatum''), but served instead as an executive producer while Paul Greengrass took over directing duties on both films. Building on his success, Liman executive produced and directed the pilot episode (''Premiere'') as well as the second episode (''The Model Home'') of the successful Fox prime time drama ''The O.C.'' (2003–2007). Liman produced and directed a series of comedy shorts for the Chrysler Film Project and Cannes Film Festival entitled ''Indie Is Great''.

Liman also directed ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), a comedic thriller about an increasingly distant married couple, both secretly assassins, who are hired to kill each other. The film, his most commercially-successful to date, is also well known for the off-screen romance between stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who developed a high-profile relationship after making the film. In 2005, Liman signed on to direct the pilot episode of NBC's television series ''Heist'', which is about a season-long attempt to rob three jewelry stores on Beverly Hills' swanky Rodeo Drive.

His film adaptation of Steven Gould's science fiction novel ''Jumper'' was released in 2008.

In 2009, he co-founded the website ''30ninjas.com'' which is geared towards fans of action movies and television, gaming, extreme sports and viral videos. He also maintains a blog on the site.

He directed 2010's ''Fair Game'', about the Plame affair, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He is set to direct the film adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka novel All You Need Is Kill.

Currently he produces ''Covert Affairs'', an original series on USA Network.

Most of his career has been associated with the production company, Hypnotic, he has co-owned and operated with Dave Bartis, whom he met as an undergraduate at Brown University where they co-founded BTV and NACB.

Liman serves on the board of the Legal Action Center and is actively involved in the Arthur Liman undergraduate fellowship program.

Filmography

Directing Credits {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="3" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#BOC4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#BOC4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#BOC4DE;" | Notes |- | 1994 | ''Getting In'' | |- | 1996 | ''Swingers'' | MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker |- | 1999 | ''Go'' | Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Director |- | 2002 | ''The Bourne Identity'' | Also Producer |- | 2005 | ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' | |- | 2008 | ''Jumper'' | |- | 2010 | ''Fair Game'' | Also ProducerNominated - Palme d'Or |}

Producing Credits Only

''Mail Order Wife'' (2004, Producer)

''The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004, Executive Producer)

''The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007, Executive Producer)

''Covert Affairs'' (2010–Present, Executive Producer)

References

External links

"The Liman Identity" -- New York Magazine biography

-- www.30ninjas.com -- Doug Liman's Action Website

Category:1965 births Category:Film directors from New York City Category:Brown University alumni Category:Ethical Culture Fieldston School alumni Category:Living people Category:University of Southern California alumni Category:American people of Jewish descent

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Name	Charlie Rose
Birthname	Charles Peete Rose, Jr.
Birth date	January 05, 1942
Birth place	Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.
education	Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968)
occupation	Talk show hostJournalist
years active	1972–present
credits	''Charlie Rose'', ''60 Minutes II'', ''60 Minutes'', ''CBS News Nightwatch'', ''CBS This Morning''
url	http://www.charlierose.com/ }}

Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted ''Charlie Rose'', an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' since January 2012. Charlie, along with Lara Logan, has revamped the CBS classic ''Person to Person'', a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted by the legendary Edward R. Murrow.

Early life

Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store. As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven. Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble. A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968. He met his wife, Mary (''née'' King), while attending Duke.

Career

After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series ''Bill Moyers' International Report''. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of ''Bill Moyers Journal''. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series ''U.S.A.: People and Politics'', won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the ''Charlie Rose'' show.

Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of ''CBS News Nightwatch'', the network's first late-night news broadcast. The ''Nightwatch'' broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987. In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of ''Personalities'', a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. ''Charlie Rose'' premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.

Rose was a correspondent for ''60 Minutes II'' from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on ''60 Minutes''.

Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009. In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor ''CBS This Morning'', replacing ''The Early Show'', commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.

Cameo appearances

Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film ''Primary Colors'', in a 2000 episode of ''The Simpsons'' and in the 2008 movie ''Elegy''. He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, ''The Ides of March''.

Accusations of conflict of interest

While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time." Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of ''The Charlie Rose Show'', paying "six or possibly seven figures." Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side. Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the ''Washington Post'' reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on ''60 Minutes II'' about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."

Quiet influence

''The New York Times'' reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.

Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008; Spain in 2010; and Switzerland in 2011. These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against ''The Charlie Rose show'' claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.

Personal life

Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and chairman of the New York City Planning Commission and director of the city department of planning Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.

On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure. Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.

In a 2009 ''Fresh Dialogues'' interview, Rose described his life as "great and glorious." He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."

Rose owns a farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C. and an apartment in Paris, France.

References

External links

Charlie Rose Official website of his eponymous show

Charlie Rose official channel on ''YouTube''

Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at the ''Los Angeles Times''

Charlie Rose shows on Hulu

celebritynetworth.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Charlie Rose

Why Business Loves Charlie Rose David A. Kaplan, ''Fortune'', September 28, 2009

Category:American journalists Category:American television talk show hosts Category:New York television reporters Category:CBS News Category:60 Minutes correspondents Category:Duke University alumni Category:New York University alumni Category:People from Henderson, North Carolina Category:1942 births Category:Living people

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birth name	Naomi Ellen Watts
birth date	September 28, 1968
birth place	Shoreham, Kent, England
occupation	Actress
years active	1986–present
partner	Liev Schreiber(2005–present; 2 children) }}

Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is an English actress who began her career in Australian television, where she appeared in series such as ''Hey Dad..!'' (1990), ''Brides of Christ'' (1991), ''E Street'' (1991) and ''Home and Away'' (1991). Her film debut was the 1986 drama ''For Love Alone''. Her following portrayals included roles in B-class movies, such as the 1996 horror film ''Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering'', as well as roles in television and independent films.

Watts gained critical acclaim following her work in David Lynch's 2001 psychological thriller ''Mulholland Drive'', starring alongside Justin Theroux and Laura Harring. The next year, she received public recognition for her participation in the box office hit horror film ''The Ring''. In 2004, she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress as well as for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Cristina Peck in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 2003 drama ''21 Grams'', alongside Sean Penn. Other film roles include the 2005 remake of ''King Kong'', the 2006 remake of ''The Painted Veil'', the 2007 thriller ''Eastern Promises'', and the 2009 thriller ''The International''. In 2010, Watts portrayed Valerie Plame Wilson, opposite Sean Penn as Joe Wilson, in ''Fair Game''.

In 2002, she was included in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 2006, Watts became a goodwill ambassador for Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, which helps to raise awareness of AIDS-related issues. She has participated in several fundraisers for the cause, and she is presented as an inaugural member of AIDS Red Ribbon Awards.

Early life and education

Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England. She is the daughter of Myfanwy Edwards (née Roberts), a Welsh antiques dealer and costume and set designer, and Peter Watts, an English road manager and sound engineer who worked with Pink Floyd. Her parents divorced when she was four years old. After the divorce, Watts and her brother, Ben, were raised by their grandparents and two aunts, as well as her mother. Watts' mother relocated the family several times around Wales and England, in most cases to be near a new boyfriend. Peter Watts left Pink Floyd in 1974, and he and Myfanwy were later reconciled. Two years later, in August 1976, he was found dead in his flat of Notting Hill of an apparent heroin overdose.

Following his death, Watts' mother moved the family to Llanfawr Farm, on Anglesey in North Wales, where they lived with Watts's maternal grandparents, Nikki and Hugh Edwards Roberts. During this time, she attended a Welsh language school, Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni, where she carried out her studies for several years. Watts described her mother (also an actress) as a hippie "with passive-aggressive tendencies" and no money, who used to threaten to send her and her brother to foster care in order to get her parents to provide for them.

Watts has stated that she wanted to become an actress since she watched the 1980 film ''Fame''. Watts moved to Australia with her mother and brother when she was 14, during the early 1980s (her maternal grandmother was Australian). Her mother worked as a stylist for television commercials, then turning to costume designing, ultimately working for the soap opera ''Return To Eden''. Watts was enrolled in acting lessons by her mother. She also auditioned for television advertising.

She attended Mosman High School and North Sydney Girls' High School, where she was a classmate of actress Nicole Kidman. Watts failed to graduate from school, after working as a papergirl, a negative cutter, and managing a Delicacies store in Sydney's north shore. She decided to become a model when she was 18. She signed with a models agency that sent her to Japan, but after several failed auditions she returned to Sydney. There, she was hired to work in advertising for a department store, that exposed her to the attention of ''Follow Me'', a magazine which hired her as an assistant fashion editor. A casual invitation to participate in a drama workshop returned Watts to acting, and prompted her to quit her job and to seek to succeed as an actress.

Regarding her nationality, Watts has stated: "I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and Wales and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot." She also has expressed her nationalism for Australia, declaring: "I consider myself very Australian and very connected to Australia, in fact when people say where is home, I say Australia, because those are my most powerful memories."

Career

Early work, 1986–2000

Watts's career began in Australian television, where she made brief appearances in commercials. The 1986 drama ''For Love Alone'', set in the 1930s and based on Christina Stead's 1945 best-seller novel of the same name, marked her debut in film. The director John Duigan invited her to take a supporting role in his 1991 indie film, ''Flirting'', during the 1989 premiere of ''Dead Calm'', after a five years absence in film. She was starred opposite future Hollywood up-and-comers Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton. The movie received critical acclaim and was featured on Roger Ebert's list of the 10 best movies of 1992. The same year, she took the part of Frances Heffernan, a girl who struggles to find friends behind the walls of a Sydney Catholic school, in the award winning mini-series ''Brides of Christ'', and appeared in four episodes of ''Home and Away''. In 1993 she appeared in another of Duigan's pictures, ''Wide Sargasso Sea''.

The difficulty at finding agents, producers and directors during the transition from Australia to Los Angeles frustrated her initial efforts. Her financial situation led her to take a job out of the film industry, when experiencing problems like being unable to pay the rent of her apartment and losing her medical insurance. After a small role in the 1993 comedy picture ''Matinee'', which featured John Goodman in the leading role, she landed the supporting role of "Jet Girl" in the futuristic 1995 film ''Tank Girl''.

Throughout the rest of the decade, she took supporting roles on television, including the series ''Sleepwalkers'', and numerous B-list productions, such ''Children of the Corn IV'', in which children in a small town become possessed under the command of a wrongfully murdered child preacher and ''Bermuda Triangle'', where she played a former documentary filmmaker who disappears in the Bermuda Triangle,. Much of her early career is filled with near misses in casting, as she was up for significant roles in films such as the 1997 ''The Postman'' and ''Meet the Parents'', which eventually went to other actresses. In ''Dangerous Beauty'', she played Giulia De Lezze. In 1999, she played Alice in the romantic comedy ''Strange Planet'' and the Texan student Holly Maddux in ''The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer''.

2001–2004

Director David Lynch interviewed Watts, without having seen any of her previous work, for his psychological thriller ''Mulholland Drive''. The film, which also starred Justin Theroux and Laura Harring, was highly acclaimed by critics and would become Watts's breakthrough. Lynch stated about his selection of Watts, "I saw someone that I felt had a tremendous talent, and I saw someone who had a beautiful soul, an intelligence—possibilities for a lot of different roles, so it was a beautiful full package." The film premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and received a large number of awards and nominations, including the Best Actress distinction for Watts from the National Society of Film Critics and the American Film Institute. The surrealist film following the story of the aspiring actress Betty Elms (Watts) attracted controversy with its strong lesbian theme. She was praised by the critics, including Peter Bradshaw from ''The Guardian'', who wrote, "Watts's face metamorphoses miraculously from fresh-faced beauty to a frenzied, teary scowl of ugliness. She must surely be a favourite for the best actress Academy award.", and Emanuel Levy, who wrote, "[...]Naomi Watts, in a brilliant performance, a young, wide-eyed and grotesquely cheerful blonde, full of high hopes to make it big in Hollywood."

In 2002, she starred in one of the biggest box office hits of that year, the English language remake of the Japanese horror film ''The Ring'', directed by Gore Verbinski. The film, which also starred Martin Henderson and Brian Cox, grossed around US$129 million domestically (equivalent to US$}} million in ). The film received favourable reviews; Watts portrayed Rachel Keller, a journalist investigating the strange deaths of her niece and other teenagers after watching a mysterious videotape, and receiving a phone call announcing their deaths in seven days. Her performance was praised by critics, including Paul Clinton of ''CNN.com'', who stated that she "is excellent in this leading role, which proves that her stellar performance in ''Mulholland Drive'' was not a fluke. She strikes a perfect balance between scepticism and the slow realisation of the truth in regard to the deadly power of the videotape."

The following year, she took the part of Julia Cook in Gregor Jordan's Australian film ''Ned Kelly'' opposite Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, and Geoffrey Rush, as well as the Merchant-Ivory film ''Le Divorce'' portraying Roxeanne de Persand, a poet who is abandoned by her husband Charles-Henri de Persand at the time she is pregnant. Roxeanne and her sister Isabel (Kate Hudson) dispute the ownership of a painting by Georges de la Tour with the family of Henri's lover. ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the film a "C" rating and lamented Watts's performance: "I'm disappointed to report that Hudson and Watts have no chemistry as sisters, perhaps because Watts never seems like the expatriate artiste she's supposed to be playing".

Her performance opposite Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's 2003 drama ''21 Grams'' earned Watts her first Academy Award nomination as Best Actress later that year. In the story, told in a non-lineal manner, she portrayed Cristina Peck, a grief-stricken woman living a suburban life after the killing of her husband and two children by Jack Jordan (Benicio del Toro), who started a relationship with the critically ill academic mathematician Paul Rivers (Sean Penn). She said of the nomination, "It's far beyond what I ever dreamed for – that would have been too far fetched". She also was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, as well as many other nominations and acclaim. ''The New York Times'' praised her: "Because Ms. Watts reinvents herself with each performance, it's easy to forget how brilliant she is. She has a boldness that comes from a lack of overemphasis, something actresses sometimes do to keep up with Mr. Penn". ''The San Francisco Chronicle'' wrote: "Watts is riveting, but she's much better in scenes of extreme emotion than in those requiring subtlety."

She produced and starred alongside Mark Ruffalo in the well-received 2004 independent film ''We Don't Live Here Anymore'', directed by John Curran. Watts played Edith Evans. The film is a drama which was based on the short stories ''We Don't Live Here Anymore and Adultery'' by Andre Dubus, and depicts the crisis of two married couples. She reunited with Sean Penn in ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon'', which was set in 1974. She played Marie Andersen Bicke, the wife of the would-be presidential assassin Samuel J. Bicke (Penn). The same year, she also teamed up with Jude Law and Dustin Hoffman in David O. Russell's ensemble comedy ''I Heart Huckabees''.

2005–2008

In 2005, Watts starred and co-produced with director/screenwriter Scott Coffey her next film, the semi-autobiographical drama ''Ellie Parker'', which depicted the struggle of an Australian actress in Hollywood. Movie critic Roger Ebert praised Watts' performance: "The character is played by Watts with courage, fearless observation, and a gift for timing that is so uncanny it can make points all by itself."

Watts returned in the lead role in the sequel to ''the Ring'', ''The Ring Two''. The film received several negative reviews, but was a major success at the box office, with a over US$161 million worldwide gross (equivalent to US$}} million in ) and was once again praised for her performance. She starred in the 2005 remake of ''King Kong'' as Ann Darrow. The role, portrayed by Fay Wray in the original film, proved to be Watts' most commercially successful film yet. Helmed by ''The Lord of the Rings'' director Peter Jackson, the film won high praise and grossed US$550 million worldwide (equivalent to US$}} million in ). The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' praised her performance: "The third act becomes a star-crossed, "Beauty and the Beast" parable far more operatic and tragic than anything the original filmmakers could have imagined exquisitely pantomimed by Watts with a poignancy and passion that rates Oscar consideration."

About the evolution of her portrayals, Watts stated: "You'd better know why you're here as an actor ... I'm here to work out my shit, what my problems are and know who I am, so by cracking open these characters perhaps that shines a light on it a little bit better ... I know myself. I mean, of course I know myself better but the journey and search continue because hopefully we're evolving and growing all the time.

Watts starred in the 2006 remake of the 1934 film ''The Painted Veil'' with Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber. Watts played in the film Kitty Garstin, the daughter of a prominent scientist, that marries Walter Fane (Norton) for his reputation as a physician and bacteriologist. The movie centers in the relationship of the couple at the time they move to China, were Fane is stationed to study infectious diseases. Comparing her portrayal with Greta Garbo's in the original movie, The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' wrote "Watts makes the role work on her own terms — her Kitty is more desperate, more foolish, more miserable and more driven ... and her spiritual journey is greater.

Also that year, she provided the voice of a small role, Suzie Rabbit, in the psychological thriller film ''Inland Empire''. The following year, she appeared in David Cronenberg's crime thriller ''Eastern Promises'' with Viggo Mortensen. The film was released to critical acclaim for the film itself and for her performance. A moderate box office success, it grossed US$56 million worldwide (equivalent to US$}} million in ). Critic Matthew Turner of ''View London'' wrote that Watts "strikes an intriguing balance between strength and emotional vulnerability."

In 2008, she appeared in ''Funny Games'', a 2008 remake of the 1997 Austrian film by director Michael Haneke, alongside Tim Roth. In the film, she portrayed Ann Farber, who with her husband and son are held hostage by a pair of sociopathic teenagers. The film opened on 20 October 2007 at the London Film Festival.

2009–present

In 2009, Watts starred alongside Clive Owen the political thriller ''The International''. She played a Manhattan assistant district attorney who partners with the titular agent to take down a bank. During an interview, Watts commented on her role: "She was operating in this fast-moving world and was a great bouncing board for her colleague, Salinger, but also trying to balance that with motherhood as well, and I think I definitely relate to that now and hopefully other career mothers will too." ''The International'' was well received by critics, and grossed over US$60 million (equivalent to $}} million in ). worldwide.

She next appeared in the American drama ''Mother and Child'', which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. She portrayed the role of Elizabeth, a lawyer who never knew her biological mother. Watts co-starred the movie along with Annette Bening, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. ''Mother and Child'' received several favourable reviews, and Watts' performance was praised by Tom Long of ''Detroit News'', who stated that she "has the ability to make such a ragged transition somehow work." She was nominated for the "Best Actress" award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. Watts was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Supporting Female.

Her next movie, the Woody Allen comedy ''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', opened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2010. She portrayed Sally, a woman who has a troubled marriage with author Roy (played by Josh Brolin). Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch and Anthony Hopkins also co-starred in the film, which received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over US$26 (equivalent to $}} million in ).

She starred in the film ''Fair Game'', which opened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, and was later released in the United States on 5 November 2010. Based on Valerie Plame's memoir, ''Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House'', also marks the third pairing of Watts with Sean Penn after ''21 Grams'' and ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon''. Watts was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Fair Game''. ''Boxoffice magazine'' wrote: "Watts doesn't get the big emotional scenes that have characterized much of her past work, instead she plays Valerie as a woman suddenly in a corner when her identity goes public. It's brilliantly understated and admirable work."

In January 2010, she was cast in the thriller film ''Dream House'', which was released in September 2011. Directed by Jim Sheridan, Watts starred in the film along with Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz. In October 2010, it was announced that Watts had landed the role of Marilyn Monroe in the film ''Blonde'', which was set to start shooting in January 2011, but has been delayed. In early 2011, Watts was cast in Clint Eastwood's ''J. Edgar'', alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the starring role. Watts will play Edgar's secretary Helen Gandy. Watts is also scheduled to star in the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Birds'' (1963). Due to her frequent portrayals in film revivals, the press has labelled her the "queen of remakes". Watts has stated that there have only been "discussions" about the remake.

Personal life

Her father's manic laugh can be heard in Pink Floyd's "Speak to Me" and "Brain Damage" from ''The Dark Side of the Moon''. Watts is pictured in her mother's arms with her father, brother, the band, and other crew members, in the hardback/softcover edition of drummer Nick Mason's autobiography of the band ''Inside Out''.

Watts was in a relationship with director Stephen Hopkins in the 1990s and actor Heath Ledger from August 2002 to May 2004. Since the spring of 2005, Watts' has been in a relationship with the actor Liev Schreiber. She confirmed in an interview in late January 2009 that Schreiber had in fact given her a ring (which she was not wearing at the time) but that neither of them wanted to rush into marriage. Schreiber, known to play tricks on the media, had once before called her his wife in 2007, but later revealed that it was a joke. The couple's first son, Alexander "Sasha" Pete, was born on 25 July 2007 in Los Angeles, and their second son, Samuel "Sammy" Kai, on 13 December 2008 in New York City. After a temporary hiatus from acting, she returned to work with ''The International'', her first project since becoming a mother. Watts stated in April 2010 that she would have a third child if she could guarantee a baby girl.

She considered converting to Buddhism after having gained interest for that religion during the shooting of ''The Painted Veil''. She said of her religious beliefs, "I have some belief but I am not a strict Buddhist or anything yet". She practices the Transcendental Meditation technique. In 2002, she was featured in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Charity work

In 2006, Watts became a goodwill ambassador for Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, it helps to raise awareness of AIDS issues. She has used her high profile and celebrity to call attention to the needs of people living with this disease. Watts participated in events and activities, including the 21st Annual AIDS Walk. She is presented as an inaugural member of AIDS Red Ribbon Awards. She has participated in campaigns for fundraising. On 1 December 2009, Watts was meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and joined the AIDS response at a dramatic public event commemorating World AIDS Day 2009. During the event, she said: "It has been both unfortunate and unfair for HIV infection to be considered a shameful disease, for people living with HIV to be judged as blameworthy, and for AIDS to be equated with certain death. I have personally seen that dignity and hope have been strongest among those whose lives were changed by HIV."

In 2011, she attended to a charity polo match in New York City along with Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher, which was intended to raise money to help victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Filmography

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1986	''For Love Alone''	Leo's Girlfriend	film debut
1990	''Hey Dad..!''	Belinda Lawrence	Television series (2 episodes)
		Janet Odgers
''Home and Away''	Julie Gibson	Television series (4 episodes)
''Brides of Christ''	Frances Heffernan	Television series (3 episodes)
		Fanny Grey
	Shopping Cart Starlet
''Gross Misconduct''	Jennifer Carter
''The Custodian''	Louise
1995		Jet Girl
	''Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering''	Grace Rhodes
''Persons Unknown''	Molly
''Bermuda Triangle ''	Amanda	Television movie
''Timepiece''	Mary Chandler	Television movie
1997	''Under the Lighthouse Dancing''	Louise
	''A House Divided''	Amanda	Short film
''Dangerous Beauty''	Guila De Lezze
	Kate Russell	Television series (9 episodes)
''Babe: Pig in the City''
	Renee	Television movie
		Holly Maddux	TV movie
''Strange Planet''	Alice
2000		Alice Fairfield	TV movie
	''Never Date an Actress''	The shallow girlfriend	Short film
''Ellie Parker''	Ellie Parker	Short film
	Jennifer Evans	''The Shaft'' in the U.S.
	Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressChlotrudis Award for Best Actress Outfest – Screen Idol Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleLas Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNational Board of Review for Best Breakthrough Performance by an ActressNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActressOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough PerformanceOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressVillage Voice Film Poll – Best Lead PerformanceNominated – American Film Institute Award for Best ActressNominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress
		Suzie
	Rachel Keller	Saturn Award for Best Actress
''Undertaking Betty''	Meredith	Also released as ''Plots with a View''
	Rebecca Yoder	Television movie
		Julia Cook
	Roxeanne de Persand	Venice Film Festival – Wella Prize also for ''21 Grams''
''21 Grams''	Cristina Peck
	''We Don't Live Here Anymore''	Edith Evans
''I Heart Huckabees''	Dawn Campbell
	Marie Andersen Bicke
	''The Ring Two''	Rachel Keller
	Lila Culpepper
''Ellie Parker''	Ellie Parker
	Ann Darrow
		Suzie Rabbit	(Voice)
	Kitty Fane
2007	''Eastern Promises''	Anna Khitrova	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress
2008		Ann Farber
2009		Eleanor Whitman
		Elizabeth Joyce	Nominated – Australian Film Institute International Award for Best ActressNominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger''	Sally
	Valerie Plame
		Ann Patterson
''J. Edgar''	Helen Gandy
	''Movie 43''		(post production)
	Dr. Maria Belon	(filming)
	''Caught in Flight''	Diana, Princess of Wales	(filming)

References

External links

Naomi Watts at UNAIDS.org

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