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1. "Of Love and Shadows" follows the story of a photographer (Antonio Banderas) who works for an American magazine editor, during the turbulent times of the Pinochet administration. Who plays the magazine editor?

Answer: Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly essays the role of Irene, a magazine editor in Chile, who becomes involved with a photographer (Banderas). Her love affair with the photographer opens her eyes to the ruthlessness of the Pinochet dictatorship.

As an actress, Connelly won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of a suffering wife in "A Beautiful Mind". Among her films are "Blood Diamond", "Dark Water" and "Requiem for a Dream".

2. Michael Burrows (Joseph Fiennes) is an out-of-job homicide detective who, along with a female insurance investigator, is searching for clues to find the similarities among the Darwin Awards winner. Who portrays the insurance investigator in this film, aptly titled "The Darwin Awards"?

Answer: Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder takes on the role of Siri Taylor, the top claims investigator of an insurance company. When a jobless profiler (Fiennes) is backed up by the company to investigate similarities among the winners of the Darwin Awards, she is paired with him and in the process, both experience a riotous misadventure.

Ryder is an Academy Award nominee. Her performance in "Little Women" merited her a Best Actress nomination, while the film "The Age of Innocence" gave her a Supporting Actress nod. Her films includes "Reality Bites", "Mr. Deeds", "Girl Interrupted", and "Dracula".

3. Actor-director Richard E. Grant's "Wah-Wah" is a sweeping autobiographical film that studies the dissolution of a family. Nicholas Hoult plays Ralph Compton, a young boy who is based in the exotic country of Swaziland with his parents, whose marriage crumbles before his eyes. Gabriel Byrne plays his father, a Minister of Education, who becomes an alcoholic. Who plays Hoult's mother?

Answer: Miranda Richardson

Academy Award nominee Miranda Richardson lights up the screen as Lauren Compton, the mother of the precocious Ralph Compton and the wife of Harry Compton. Her seemingly solid family disintegrates when she takes on a lover - her husband's best friend.
"Wah-Wah" is a film based on some aspects of the life of actor-director Richard E. Grant.

Richardson is an accomplished British actress, whose performances in "Hilary and Jackie" and "Breaking the Waves" merited Oscar Best Actress nominations. Some of her films are "Gosford Park", "The Boxer", and "Angela's Ashes".

4. In "The Good Night", Gary (Martin Freeman) is a commercial jingle writer who was once a popular pop star. With a lot of things missing in his life, in spite of a beautiful girlfriend, Gary finds love in Anna (Penelope Cruz). Unfortunately he can only see her in his dreams. Who plays the role of the girlfriend?

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow

In this feature film by Jake Paltrow, Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow portrays Dora, the girlfriend of Gary, a struggling musician who has become quite unhappy. Due to her boyfriend's quest for the woman (Cruz) in his dreams, Dora is left to cope with the situation.

For her performance in "Shakespeare in Love", Paltrow won an Oscar Best Actress. Her other films include "The Pallbearer", "The Royal Tenenbaums", and "Running with Scissors".

5. In "Shadowboxer", Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is cast as Mikey, a doting stepson who, aside from being a willing lover to his stepmom, is a partner with her in the field of professional killing. Who plays his stepmother?

Answer: Helen Mirren

The multi-talented Helen Mirren takes on the role of Rose, a hired killer who is diagnosed with a terminal illness. In her latest assignment, she is hired to kill the wife of a gangster. Her ruthless nature is put to a test when she discovers that the wife is pregnant.

Helen Mirren is an accomplished British actress who has wowed audience all over the world. In the 2007 Academy Awards, Mirren finally bagged a Best Actress award for her brilliant performance in "The Queen".

6. The film is "Levity". Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) is given a new lease in life when he is pardoned for murder. He returns to his city to find redemption and he finds it in three unlikely people: a young drug junkie (Kirsten Dunst), a preacher (Morgan Freeman), and his victim's sister. Who plays the role of the victim's sister?

Answer: Holly Hunter

As Adele Easley, Holly Hunter is at her usual best. The sister of a murdered victim, Adele is lonely, she can be quite needy, and she has a rebellious son.
An encounter with Manual Jordan leads to a tentative relationship. What she doesn't know is that Manual is her brother's killer.

A multi-talented actress whose acting credits include "Thirteen", "The Firm", and "Broadcast News", Holly Hunter won an Oscar Best Actress for "The Piano".

7. In "Bonneville", Carol (Joan Allen) and Margene (Kathy Bates) accompany their friend Arvilla on a road trip. Arvilla has just lost her husband and his grown up daughter (Christine Baranski) from a first marriage is planning a funeral. Who takes on the role of Arvilla?

Answer: Jessica Lange

Losing her author of a husband is not the only thing that concerns Arvilla (Lange). She actually has to compete with his husband's adult daughter (Baranski) from a previous marriage. The daughter wants her father's ashes or else Arvilla loses her home. Joined by two of her closest friends, Arvilla goes on a road trip that will forever change her.

An acting force to reckon with, Jessica Lange is one of the best actresses of all time. She won two Oscars - Best Actress ("Blue Sky") and Best Supporting Actress ("Tootsie"). Her stellar career boasts of Oscar nominated performances for the films "Frances", "Sweet Dreams", "Country" and "Music Box".

8. In "Identity", ten strangers are mysteriously trapped in a motel as a storm rages on. Among them are the retired dominatrix (Amanda Peet), a US Marshall (Ray Liotta) and his prisoner (Jake Busey), and a young couple (Clea Duval and William Lee Scott). Then there is the limo driver (John Cusack) who has for his passenger a washed out 80's actress. Who steps into the role of the actress?

Answer: Rebecca de Mornay

Director James Mangold's "Identity" assembles a fine cast in this taut thriller that will make everyone think and watch again. An established star in the 80s, Rebecca de Mornay ironically plays the role of Caroline Suzanne, an 80's actress whose career is in bits and pieces. Driven by a limo driver/former cop (Cusack), Caroline is stranded in a motel along with nine other people. One by one these strangers drop dead.

Rebecca de Mornay hit the silver screen in the 80s. Her most memorable role is perhaps in the film "Risky Business" with Tom Cruise.

9. 2006's "Bobby" is a hodgepodge of big stars. Lindsay Lohan is a young bride, while Demi Moore is an alcoholic chanteuse. Sharon Stone is a cosmetologist married to a philandering hotel manager (William H. Macy). Who plays the manager's mistress?

Answer: Heather Graham

Emilio Estevez's "Bobby" casts Heather Graham as Angela, a switchboard operator who is keeping an affair with a hotel manager (Macy). Although chastised by a co-worker (Bryant), Angela is hooked with him, even if he is married to another hotel employee (Stone).

Graham has to her credits roles in films like "Say It Isn't So", "Killing Me Softly", and "Cake".

10. The film "Mini's First Time" centers on a young woman (Nikki Reed) whose hatred for her mother leads her to seduce her stepfather (Alec Baldwin). The affair leads the unlikely couple to plot against the one woman in between them. Who plays the role of the mother?

Answer: Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss plays Diane, a self-absorbed mother who spends more time drinking and taking drugs than fulfilling her obligation as a mother to a teenager (Reed). She also cheats on her husband (Baldwin). As an act of retaliation, her daughter and her husband scheme to have her declared insane. The unstable Diane is soon sucked into one disaster after another.

Carrie-Anne Moss is best known for her role opposite Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fisburne in "The Matrix" trilogy.

Source: Author jalobi

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Actresses and Their Roles Trivia Quiz

This is the second installment to my previous quiz on actors and their films. This time my focus is on actresses. In this quiz, you will be asked to name the actress who played the role that is described in the question. Have fun!

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