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In Reply to: The Ladies of film posted by Buckeye on April 05, 2004 at 18:56:11:

First, no one in film has the quality that Lena Olin has. I agree completely about Emanuelle Beart as well.
But others that are eye catching in their own ways would include:
Julia Ormond (Smilla's sense of snow)
Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Catherine Zeta Jones (Entrapment)
Kelly Hu
Gong Li (earlier films such as Ju Dou, Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern)
Barbara Bach (from James Bond fame)
Thandie Newton (Mission Impossible 2)
Dianne Lane (Unfaithful)
This is to say nothing of their acting ability, but merely reflects beauty, which, too, is in the eye of the beholder--and opinions will certainly differ. Whether they have that other quality you're looking for, I can't say

Cetaele (aka Bob)

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Re: BTW... - Buckeye 22:55:04 04/05/04 (1)
...agree on your assessment; there is only ONE Lena Olin...she first got to me years ago in Romeo is Bleeding, Havana, and more recently in The Ninth Gate. I watched the (imo) dumb film Polish Wedding strictly to see her and my favorite actor, Gabe Byrne. What a waste of great talent.
I've never seen Alias (or her other work), but you may have a point about Jen. Garner...doesn't Lena play her mother or something on the show? Quite a (fictional) gene pool, eh?
Thanks,
Gary
- Re: BTW... - Cetaele 23:15:49 04/05/04 (0)
  Yes, Lena Olin played the mother in Alias, a show which I like a great deal, and I was particularly happy when Lena Olin decided to be on the show last year.
  Cetaele (aka Bob)
Re: mostly agree - Buckeye 22:46:33 04/05/04 (1)
Cet,
I can't comment on all the ladies you mentioned, but certainly agree on Julia Ormond (English), and C.Z. Jones (Welsh...I know she won Oscar, but can she act?). I'm just getting ready for my first "taste of Thandie" in The Truth About Charlie, which I just checked out of the library.
Diane Lane is an American actress I hadn't thought of...great and certainly sexy in Unfaithful, but she let me down in that Under the Tuscan follow up she made. Good pick, but I guess the jury is still out for me...her "body" of work is very erratic...not bad in Lonesome Dove.
I can only think of two films with Babs Bach...the Bond film, and that goofy cave man thing...is she an actress?
What's the general consensus on Uma Thurman? I thought the "X" factor we're looking for oozed out of her in Pulp Fiction, then not so much in anything since (haven't seen Kill Bill).
Thanks,
Gary
- Re: mostly agree - Cetaele 23:03:52 04/05/04 (0)
  My understanding is that "The truth about Charlie" is pretty poor, but don't know about Thandie's performance.
  Is Barbara Bach an actress? :) Good point!
  Don't know what the concensus is on Uma, but she certainly doesn't do much for me.
  Of all those I listed, the only American would be Diane Lane, and, for me, she certainly has that "X" factor.
  Oh, another possible one would be Ashley Judd in "Ruby in Paradise"--though she's become rather mundane in her more recent roles.
  Cetaele (aka Bob)
opps - Cetaele 22:18:18 04/05/04 (0)
It's "Diane" Lane.
Also, I think Jennifer Connelly has the quality you were referring to as well.
Cetaele (aka Bob)

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