6 Modern Actresses We Admire For Their Graceful Glow Up Into Womanhood On Screen and Behind The Scenes
Welcome back feminist and art aficionados. For this week's homage to women in art, we're here to celebrate our loved and revered actresses who made their stardom skyrocket from girlhood to mature and serious actress. As they're in such high regards for their contribution to film, sometimes we forget where they made their debuts. Seeing their inspiring progression is like a weight on our hearts and a reminder of how far they've come.
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Emma Stone | Easy A | 2010
From playing a wise yet slandered teenager in a coming-of-age film based on the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, to playing a liberated and eccentric woman in a sci-fi realm by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos. Stone has proven her ability to transform herself from relatable to nearly inhuman. Her roles continue to bring to life her talent and ambition for art.
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Emma Stone | Poor Things | 2023
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Anne Hathaway | Princess Diaries | 2001
Making her debut as the awkward outcast turned real life princess, she transcends to take on various roles in every sort of drama. In the adaptation of the French novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables is a challenge to the human condition and the perplexities of life in 19th century France. Her commitment to the artist's experience is seen vividly in all of her roles.
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Anne Hathaway | Les Misérables | 2012
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Scarlett Johansson | Ghost World | 2001
In the peak of her teenage mischievousness, ScarJo plays a high school girl who's favorite past time is hanging out with her best girlfriend and mocking the embarrassing men who pass by. In one of her more recent films, Marriage Story, she plays a everything-but-scorned woman in the middle of a divorce. A powerful film highlighting heartache and headstrong femininity.
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Scarlett Johansson | Marriage Story | 2019
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Natalie Portman | Leon: The Professional | 1994
Portman starred in the cult classic Leon: The Professional when she was barely 12 years old. A child born into unfortunate circumstances and serendipitously taken up by one of the good guys, who just happens to be a hitman. From her inexperience so redolently exposed on screen, to a mature and dignified adult actress always making bold choices for her roles, we have adored watching her beauty blossom into the high regarded actress she is today.
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Natalie Portman | Black Swan | 2010
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Emma Watson | Harry Potter | 2001
Who could forget little Emma Watson playing the astute Hermione Granger in the ever-so-popular Harry Potter series? Resembling her character in her profound intellect and maturity, she's grown up into a woman choosing to star in emotionally and artistically difficult roles and period pieces.
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Emma Watson | Little Women | 2019
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Rachel McAdams | Mean Girls | 2004
Surprisingly produced the same year, McAdams stars as the stark contrast of each character. In one, a selfish, superficial teenager whose soul's purpose is to be popular, to a hopeless romantic dying for an eternal and monogamous love.
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Rachel McAdams | The Notebook | 2004
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