Shooting a film for many actors is already a great success. Some are lucky enough to immediately enter the film that makes them stars, others have to wait a long time for their main role, working their way through episodic and secondary roles. We offer a list of 10 actresses in whose life star roles occurred, who became their “visiting cards”. At what age did they play them?
1. Vivien Leigh – 25 years old
The British star has only two dozen films to her name, and before the role of her life, she has acted a lot. A slew of Hollywood charmers claimed the lead role in Gone with the Wind (1939), but she topped them all. At the time of filming, Vivien Leigh as Scarlet O’Hara was 25 and her costar Clark Gable was 37.
2. Audrey Hepburn – 23 years old
One can argue for a long time which film is a milestone in Hepburn’s career – “Roman Holiday” (1953) or “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961). In the latter, the role of Holly Golightly is brighter and more unexpected for Audrey, but “Roman Holiday” won her an Oscar and put her on a pedestal, becoming the actress’s first major role. In the role of Princess Anne, Audrey is 23 years old and Gregory Peck in the role of a journalist is 36 years old.
3. Catherine Deneuve – 20 years old
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) made the French actress famous, where the director had to wait for her to recover from childbirth. Deneuve gave birth to their son Christian in June 1963, promptly returning to work. In October of the same year, she turned 20, and in February 1964 the film was released.
4. Kim Basinger – 32 years old
Kim was one of the most popular American models of the 70s. After finishing her career, she started acting in soap operas and she came to big cinema at the age when her youth was over. In 9 1/2 Weeks (1985), which raised his fee to $1 million, Basinger starred at age 32 and Mickey Rourke was a year older.
5. Sharon Stone – 33 years old
Another blonde, model and symbol of her generation, but already in the 90s. Stone also had a long road to fame, which happened to her after Basic Instinct (1992). In it, the actress starred at the age of 33, and Michael Douglas was already 47 years old.
6. Julia Roberts – 22 years old
Starting acting in the late 80s, Roberts didn’t wait long for his finest hour. In Pretty Woman (1990), the actress is only 22 years old, while Richard Gere was already 40 then! Although to many, Julia looks much more mature in this film, as does the gray-haired Gere, who looks older.
7. Renée Zellweger – 31 years old
Rene was immediately the same age as his funny and ridiculous Bridget Jones, which brought him worldwide fame. In the first film in 2001, Bridget is 32 and Renee, who played her, is 31.
8. Uma Thurman – 23 years old
Thurman started acting at the age of 16 and has filmed extensively. The first turn of glory awaited the actress after “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988), where she was not even 18 years old. The real audience success and worldwide recognition came to the actress after Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), where the actress starred at the age of 23.
9. Kate Winslet – 21 years old
The talented Kate started acting as a child, and at the age of 20 she garnered statuettes for her supporting role in the film Sense and Sensibility (1995). But there’s no arguing that Titanic (1997) made him a star. Filming began in the fall of 1996, when Winslet was 21 and Leonardo DiCaprio was 22.
10. Monica Bellucci – 35 years old
The Italian diva has been a model for a long time, but her film career could not ignore such beauty. She made her debut in 1990 and for a long time was filmed only for Italian television. World fame came to the actress in 2000 after the film “Malena” by Giuseppe Tornatore, in which Monica starred at the age of 35.
