She's Movie-Star Famous! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Emma Stone

Forming this Hollywood-based production company during COVID, Emma Stone (and husband and former "SNL" writer Dave McCary) established Fruit Tree and kicked off their work with a first-look deal with A24, known then for auteur film backing in an era of big-budget superhero films and sequels. It's her work spearheading this that allowed her to support frequent collaborator Yorgos Lanthimos; they paired up with Fruit Tree investment to film both "Poor Things" (2023) and "Bugonia" (2025), both of which netted the pair of them Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture nominations (and one win for Stone on the former).

Stone herself started working in the industry in the mid-2000s, getting her debut in "Superbad" (2007) and coming up through a series of comedic roles before being recognized for her nuanced, leading dramatic roles. Her first Oscar win, in 2016, was for "La La Land".

Answer: Meryl Streep

It almost goes without saying that Streep is in a class of her own. Known for being a master of the craft, she's been in attendance at more than four decades of Academy Awards ceremonies, being nominated in nearly half of those for either Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress. She's won several times ("Kramer vs. Kramer" in 1979, "Sophie's Choice" in 1982, and "The Iron Lady" in 2011), rising to the status as the most nominated performer in the history of the Academy Awards.

Beyond the screen, Streep graduated first from Vassar and then from Yale in the early 1970s, turning her attention to stage acting but hitting the silver screen big after only a few years, getting highly celebrated roles in "The Deer Hunter" and "Manhattan". Before long she was in high demand and starting a family in amongst numerous big films. With her second husband, Don Gummer, she would have four children and all of them would end up in front of the camera in some way.

Answer: Jennifer Lopez

Although she is, perhaps, more famous for her pop-dance music catalogue, Jennifer Lopez started her career in the entertainment industry as a dancer before claiming leading roles in film in the 1990s, appearing in "Selena", (1997), "Anaconda" (1997), and "Out of Sight" (1998). She would become one of the top-earning rom-com leads of the 2000s.

At the same time, Jennifer Lopez would build a brand for herself, releasing numerous Grammy-winning albums that leaned into dance music or the Latin category while establishing fragrances, cosmetics, lingerie, and more. And amidst all of this, she would be in and out of the tabloids, usually for her on-and-off again relationships and marriages. Famously, she's been married to singer Marc Anthony and actor Ben Affleck (amongst others).

Answer: Kate Winslet

Winslet's breakthrough role as the lead actress in "Titanic" catapulted her into stardom shortly thereafter, and since the mid-1990s she's been a consistent face for top-tier acting in both TV and film. This said, she's also been accomplished behind the camera and out of the industry. It was due to her work on the 2010 documentary "A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism" that she helped found the Golden Hat Foundation, supporting autism awareness initiatives on an international scale. Her influence here was also leveraged for collaborative brand campaigns for the same cause (specifically with international luxury products).

Winslet would win an Oscar in 2008 for "The Reader". She's also taken home Emmy Awards for "Mare of Easttown" and a Grammy for "Listen to the Storyteller", a spoken word album for children.

Answer: Natalie Portman

Portman didn't come from an acting family. Instead, after her parents emigrated from Israel in the 1980s, Portman was spotted by a talent scout in New York, eventually striking gold with an acting manager and getting booked into a pivotal role in Luc Besson's "Léon: The Professional". She would continue to get high-profile roles from then on, appearing in the "Star Wars" franchise and the "Thor" series in the MCU, and earning her Best Actress Oscar for "Black Swan" (2010).

Portman would found MountainA in 2020 (partway through COVID) and start funding not only her own ventures, but other interesting acquisitions like the animated film "Arco" (2025). Through this she would also sell her miniseries, "Lady in the Lake", to Apple TV, releasing to critical acclaim in 2025.

Answer: Charlize Theron

Here, the acronym stands for The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, and the namesake of the initiative spearheaded the foundation specifically to drive awareness and raise money for the cause against HIV/AIDS. Theron, born in South Africa, was subsequently honoured by the United Nations for her philanthropic work.

And it may never have come to pass if she hadn't spent years cultivating her career in the film industry, starting with lesser feature film roles in the 1990s and becoming a leading lady shortly after. She would go on to win the Oscar for her role in "Monster" (2003), playing the role of Aileen Wuornos.

Answer: Zendaya

Debuting in the industry on the Disney Channel, Zendaya started receiving high-profile roles throughout the late 2010s, quickly rising to stardom after first appearing in the MCU and then taking a lead role on the HBO TV show "Euphoria". It wouldn't be long, at that point, before she became sought after by directors like Denis Villeneuve, Luca Guadagnino, and Christopher Nolan.

Offscreen, Zendaya came from humble beginnings, pursuing acting during her younger years growing up in SoCal, the daughter of two teachers. In the early 2020s she would gain the attention of the tabloids for her much-publicized relationship with actor Tom Holland, her "Spider Man" co-star.

Answer: Angelina Jolie

The daughter of Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie rose to fame in the 1990s with a series of well-received dramatic turns, especially for "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) for which she won her own Academy Award. After taking the lead as Lara Croft in the early "Tomb Raider" adaptations, she became a marketable action star as well.

But off screen, Jolie would become a powerhouse philanthropic figure, becoming an ambassador for the UNHCR and being celebrated for her work in human rights, child welfare, and refugee welfare. With her second and third husbands, she would adopt three children and bear three more, biologically.

Answer: Nicole Kidman

Australian-born Nicole Kidman has had a significant Hollywood career spanning decades of film and TV roles, and her influence on the industry (and colossal output and production influence) has resulted in consistently popular content. In addition to award-winning roles in films like "Moulin Rouge!", "The Hours", and "Cold Mountain", she helped spearhead Netflix's "Big Little Lies", "Nine Perfect Strangers", and "The Perfect Couple" (amongst others).

Kidman was also an early partner of Tom Cruise; the pair were married in the 1990s and starred in several films together. After their divorce, she also wed country music star Keith Urban in 2006. Their marriage would last twenty years.

Her AMC Theatre ad, which released midway through the COVID-19 pandemic, came at a time when waning ticket sales were prevalent, not just for the sake of the unforeseen circumstances of international lock down, but for rising costs. It may have been a noble effort, but naturally, the ad was memed online for its dramatics and slight tone-deaf quality.

Answer: Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore has actually had several books published, and it started with an autobiography, "Little Girl Lost", which released when she was only fifteen years old. "Wildflower" released when she was thirty-five, shortly before she found a lead role on Netflix's "Santa Clarita Diet" and took a time slot as a daytime talk show host for "The Drew Barrymore Show" in 2020.

A member of the Barrymore family, who found themselves rooted in Hollywood acting well before she was born, Drew has seemingly done it all, appearing as a major actress in Hollywood blockbusters in her youth, dating and marrying in the industry (much to the paparazzis' delight), and having her teenage years under public scrutiny. She's acted, directed, produced, owned a winery, released a cookbook-- she's even been one of Charlie's Angels.