There are many Hollywood actresses who won numerous awards including the prestigious Oscar Award for their outstanding performance. However, few actresses successfully stole the heart of audience and continued to remain alive in their hearts even after the entry of numerous other actresses. Here is an overview of 10 Hollywood actresses renowned for their beauty, outstanding performance and glamour.
1. Jodie Foster: This American actress, producer and film director was born in 1962 to Evelyn Ella and Lucius Fisher Foster. She received prestigious awards such as Academy awards for best actress, BAFTA awards, Boston film critics awards, Detroit Film critics society award for best ensemble etc. Few of her best films include The accused, Bugsy Malone, Freaky Friday, Five corners, The silence of Lambs, Contact, The Brave one etc. Foster also acted in many TV series like My three sons, Adam 12 etc. She has two sons but never revealed who their father is. Jodie never revealed details of her personal life or sexual orientation to anyone.
2. Gillian Anderson: She is an American actress born in 1968 in Chicago, Illinois to Rosemary Anderson and Edward Anderson, owner of film post Production Company. She acted in films and television series. The TV series The X-files helped her win international recognition and fame. Some of her best works include The mighty Celt, The House of Mirth, The Last King of Scotland etc. She won Golden globe award, British Independent Film Award for best actress, Emmy award for outstanding lead actress and was nominated for many other popular awards such as the BAFTA award and Satellite Award for Best Actress.
3. Angelina Jolie: Born in 1975 to Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She acted in many films for which she won three Golden globe awards, two screen Actors Guild Awards and Academy awards. She joined the list of highest paid Hollywood actress in 2009. She is also renowned for her humanitarian work and also worked as a Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. It was in 1982 Angelina started acting along with her father. However, a consistent film career began a decade later in 1993. Not only in films such as the Girl, she also acted to her best in the dramas A Mighty Heart, In the land of blood and Honey etc. Angelina is now living with the actor Brad Pitt and is a proud mother of three biological children and three adopted children.
4. Katharine Hepburn: Born May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut, she was the daughter of a doctor and a suffragette, both of whom always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. While attending the all-women’s Bryn Mawr College outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Katharine Hepburn fell in love with acting. After graduating from school in 1928 with a degree in history, she spent the next several years acting for the stage in and around New York, appearing in productions both on and off Broadway. Though she made a series of popular comedies in the late 1930s (the most notable being Bringing Up Baby in 1937 opposite Cary Grant), she also appeared in a handful of flops and producers began to label her “box-office poison.� Sensing trouble, Hepburn ended her contract at RKO and returned to the stage. Her last Hollywood film credit came in 1994 more than 60 years after she made her memorable debut in A Bill of Divorcement. Katherine Hepburn died on June 29, 2003 at the age of 96.
5. Meryl Streep: Born in 1949 to Harry William Streep and Mary Wolf. She worked in dramas, TV films and Films. Her best performance made her win three academy awards, eight golden globe awards, two Emmy awards, two screen actors Guild awards, one Cannes film festival award, two BAFTA awards and also the prestigious life time achievement award in 2004. She worked in famous movies such as Kramer Vs Kramer, The deer hunter, Still of the night etc.6. Sandra Bullock: Sandra Bullock is a American producer and actress born in 1964 in Arlington, Virginia and known for her glamour and excellent performance. Films that helped her earn fame include The Net, A Time to kill, Speed, Demolition Man, While you were sleeping etc. She bagged Golden globe award for best actress, Screen Actors guild award for outstanding performance, Academy award and was recently listed in Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest paid Hollywood Actress receiving about $56 million.
7. Nicole Kidman: She is an Australian actress born in 1967. She is also a producer, singer and humanitarian. Films such as Days of Thunder, Far and Away, Moulin Rougel helped her acquire international fame. Nicole won Golden globe award, Academy award for best actress, Australian Film Institute Award, Seattle International Film Festival award for best actress, Empire award for best actress and many more. Being a roman catholic she avoided taking anti-catholic roles. Kidman is a mother of two biological children she had with second husband urban and two adopted children whom she adopted when she was with first husband Tom Cruise.
8. Gloria Swanson: She is an American actress, producer and singer born in 1983 to Adelaide and Joseph Theodore Swanson. Films produced by Swanson include Sadie Thompson and The Love of Sunya. Swanson married six times before her death in 1976. She has won Academy award for best actress, Golden globe award, Jussi Award, Saturn award and Career achievement award. She also won best actress award from Italian National Syndicate of Film journalists for her foreign film Migliore Attrice Straniera.
9. Sigourney Weaver: This American actress was born in 1949 and has won worldwide reputation for her role in the four Aliens film. Her excellent performance won her two Emmy awards, Two Golden globe awards, one BAFTA award and was also awarded as the Hasty pudding woman of the year award. Sigourney has also given her voice in few films and also a guest role in few TV episodes. She got married in 1984 and is a proud mother of a daughter.
10. Kim Basinger: Born in 1953 to Donald Wade Basinger and Ann who is an actress, model and swimmer. Like her mother, Kim also showed her talent as a model before becoming an actress. She is also a singer. Her outstanding performance helped her win Golden globe award, academy award and Screen actors guild award for best supporting actress. Few of her best films that made her popular include Never Say Never Again, Blind date, The man who loved woman etc.All these actresses have cast a magical spell in Hollywood that viewers are unable to forget their action and beauty
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