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When you think of two female lovers, I am not sure these are the two who would first pop into your mind. But, for several years this foreign born Academy Award winning actress had a love affair with this A list model turned C list actress. In a very interesting coincidence they are also tied together by one very interesting film role.
Hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of foreign-born Oscar winners:
Penelope Cruz
Kate Winslet
Marion Cotillard
Charlize Theron
Nicole Kidman
Cate Blanchett
Tilda Swinton
Catherine Zeta Jones
Rachel Weisz
You wouldn'nt think Charlize for this so maybe her?
ReplyDeleteNicole?
Penelope is too obvious I think, don't gossip sights think she's gay anyway?
I got nothin' on the actress/model. I can't think of any just yet!
Model is Shalom Harlow or what's her name in the Resident Evil movies? She's been in a lot I think, for a model.
ReplyDeleteTilda is just too damn easy...I want to see some guesses on this one. The key is the model.
ReplyDelete"Tied together" makes me think of Bound. Gina Gershon and....???
ReplyDelete@ Jordan are you talking about Milla Jojovich? I looked at her, but she has not been in a movie with the award winners that I can find.
ReplyDeleteActually, bluebonnetmom, Tilda lives with 2 men. As in, in a relationship with 2 men. The information was clearly out there when she was nominated for her first Oscar.
ReplyDeleteAs for the blind, way too vague. If you look at Dana's list of foreign winners (Merci Dana!), you have to look back on all their past movies, and find which model turned C actress was in it as well.
The only one who popped in my mind is Elizabeth Hurley (definitely C actress, and yes, used to be a very A-list model right around the time Hugh was caught with a prostitute in his car).
Possible models:
ReplyDeleteMilla Jovovich
Molly Sims
Elizabeth Hurley
Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn was a top model and probably C-List as an actress now...
ReplyDeleteIt does not say the actress in model were in a movie together.
ReplyDelete"tied together by one very interesting film role."
Very interesting film role? To me this implies the actress played an interesting role, and the model has a connection of sorts to the role.
If they were in the movie together, in my mind it would say "movie" - not "role"
I was thinking Estella Warren and Helena Bonham Carter but Helena never won the Oscar.
ReplyDeleteI think it's Charlize.....I've always thought she is gay.
ReplyDeleteI thought of Estella, too, but she's Canadian, so I think that would have been mentioned in the blind?
ReplyDeleteFor the model, I'm thinking Cindy Crawford for two reasons - 1. the fact that she is the top suspect for Ted's "cookie muncher" blind and 2. that horrible horrible Fair Game movie she was in. Maybe others?
Isabella Rosselini? Did she win an Oscar?
ReplyDeleteThey both played the same role in two different movies. So look for an iconic fictional character like The Evil Queen in Snow White, or a bio-pic portrayal of a real person like Britt Ekland in The Life And Death of Peter Sellers, Aileen from Monster , or Josey Aimes in North Country.
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Fair Game-Naomi Watts
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Got it! Salma Hayek and Cindy Crawford were both in that awful Fair Game movie according to IMDB! Yay me!
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ReplyDeleteNeither Salma nor Naomi won Oscars, though.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Riley Keough for the model?
ReplyDeleteShe is Elvis' granddaughter and a model turned actress, but the question is...did any A list actress in that reasonable age range play in an film about Elvis? (The Academy Award could be for something else)
Okay, how's this:
ReplyDeleteCate Blanchett played Maid Marion in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood movie.
Kate Moss played Maid Marion in whatever this is: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212579/
Penelope Cruz and Shalom Harlow were both in Vanilla Sky, PC won an Oscar and is foreign born. SH was a supermodel in her heydey
ReplyDeleteAlthough I wouldn't call Kate Moss even a C-list actress.
ReplyDeleteBack to the drawing board.
@ Rita, she just looks so butch...but you are right. I remember reading that somewhere. That girl must have some skill set in the bedroom! lol....
ReplyDeleteRebecca Romijn for the c-list actress and Halle Berry? They were in the X-men movies. I doubt this is right...just thought I'd throw it out there.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they were in a movie together. I think they played the same person/character in two different movies. Like for instance, Cate Blanchett and Dame Judy Dench have both played Queen Elizabeth I. I am not guessing them for the blind, just using them for an example.
ReplyDeleteOn a Cate Blanchett related note, she played Bob Dylan in that movie where several different actors played Bob Dylan. Was there a big deal made at the time about Cate making out with another actress for the movie? Was there an A-list model-turned C-list actress in that movie? Maybe that's the very interesting film role that put them together.
Hmmm Tilda Swinton was in that movie as well so she too could be the Academy award winning actress.
ReplyDeleteOops...missed the foreign born. Forget mine.
ReplyDeleteOops...missed the foreign born. Forget mine.
ReplyDeleteDammit, you're right, Dana - I could have sworn Salma won for Frida. Although she did produce it and the film won two Oscars....am I reaching?
ReplyDeleteGisele Whateverhernameis. A-List model, been in a few shitty movies.
ReplyDeleteNo clue on the actress.
@RJ - exactly my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteOr the model has a real-life connection to a character the actress played
@Rita, that's a lie. She lives with her boyfriend but has a good relationship with her ex. She talks about it here:
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This one is better, it contains exactly the part I'm talking about.
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Amber Valletta could be the model, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Emma Thompson? Most of her roles have been interesting.
ReplyDeleteAnna Paquin & Famke Janssen from X-Men?
ReplyDeleteOkay - don't bite, but Helen Mirren (won an Oscar) was in Raising Helen with Amber Valetta. Just sayin.
ReplyDeleteCate Blanchett and Kate Moss both play Maid Marion.
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Huh, I didn't realize that Anna Paquin wasn't American, but she's Canadian.
ReplyDeleteIt could be her, but didn't she recently come out as bisexual? So this wouldn't be too surprising.
@RJ - or perhaps they played the same person in one film, but at different ages?
ReplyDeleteOops - that's what Dana said. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI thought Amber Valletta for the model/actress but I'm sure it's not :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat about Kelly LeBrock (ex Mrs. Steven Segal) for the model turned actress?
ReplyDeleteShe was in Weird Science, which is an interesting role. - also we know she likes women via Janice Dickinson outing her with their affair.
I can't think of who the Award winning actress would be though
@RocketQueen, maybe I'm not SO off after all!
ReplyDeleteI'm agreeing with Cate Blanchett (A-lister born in Australia) and Kate Moss (A-list model turned actress). They both have played Maid Marion; Cate in "Robin Hood" and Kate in "Blackadder Back & Forth" in 1999.
ReplyDeleteWas going to say that Anna never won an Oscar, but not true, she won for The Pianist when she was 9 or 11 I believe.
ReplyDeleteAs for the model, it could also be Rebecca Romjin, always the X-Men connection.
It's pretty well known Kate Moss gets into women, but would we call her a "turned-c-list-actress" ?
ReplyDeleteTo me if it were her she would be described as simply an A list model.
I thought Anna Paquin was from New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteI'm throwing out Tyra Bank's name as the model, because she was in some movies.
I really can't see Kate Moss "turning to C list actress". The wording implies the person is now an actress, and Kate is still primarily a model. Hell, I didn't even know she'd acted at all.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, we've got some great guesses here. We've got to be close.
Nicole Kidman is not foreign born, she is foreign raised. She was actually born in Hawaii. (Same with Gibson, born in the US, raised in Australia).
ReplyDeleteAnna was born in Canada, raised in New Zealand and won her Oscar for The Piano not The Pianist (Adrian won his for that role).
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ReplyDeleteIt's probably Anna Paquin and one of the model/actresses from X-men. The "surprising" thing about it might have been Anna's age at the time of supposed affair??? That's all I got.
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ReplyDeleteI've got one but I don't see Bellucci being a C list actress though...
ReplyDeleteCharlize Theron is playing the Evil Queen in the new SW film. While Monica Bellucci portrayed the character in Brothers' Grimm.
The other is Rachel Weisz since she's in talks to play the Evil Queen and was in The Whistleblower with Bellucci.
It's Nicole. That's all I've got.
ReplyDeleteWas Bellucci a model? That might work.
ReplyDeleteHow about Isabella Rossellini? She was a former model. Not sure about the Oscar winner, though.
Yep Bellucci was a model before going into acting.
ReplyDeleteNicole Kidman and Elle MacPherson who were both in Batman movies?
ReplyDeleteHow about Famke Janssen and Halle Berry? Both were Bond girls (and both in XMen)
ReplyDeleteInteresting but Halle Berry isn't foreign born.
ReplyDeleteDammit! Mixed up my foreign borns. For some reason, this one is driving me crazy. I feel like the answer will be SO obvious when we get it.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Natalie Portman -Foreign born + academy award- and Rene Ruso- model actress. Movie Thor????
ReplyDeletePortman was born in Israel, also.
ReplyDeleteMolly Sims eats pussy
ReplyDeleteAnna Paquin and Milla Jovovich both played Joan of Arc in different movies.
ReplyDeleteCameron Diaz was also a model, but I'm sure she's at least a B+.
Oh, I like that guess, Momster!
ReplyDeleteI think Momster got this one!!!! Yes indeed they both played Joan of Arc, though Anna is only credited as "voice". Plus, Anna has already come out as Bi so maybe she was referring to this relationship.
ReplyDeleteDamn. My very first search was for Jovovich & Joan of Arc. Missed Paquin playing the role. I think you got it!
ReplyDeletesounds like they may have played the same character like in a superhero type series.
ReplyDeleteHas Cat Woman ever been played by a foreigner/ award winner?
For example Charlize theron played Aeon Flux and Cindy Crawford also portrayed the character in a 1996 Pepsi ad.
Diane Weist and Andie Macdowell have both played the character Vi Moore in Footloose (1981 & 2011) but Diane Weist is not foreign born.
I think Charlize and Cindy are a good fit. I'm sure there are more examples of actresses playing the same characters in different films with one being an oscar winner and the other a former model, but I got tired of looking.
Momster - that sounds like it could be it! good job!
ReplyDeleteOK, not to rain on the parade here but is Milla Jovovich a C List actress? Her name is above the titles in a lot of movies and she headlines the Resident Evil franchise.
ReplyDeleteOK off topic, but just watching the latest episode of "The Killing".
ReplyDeleteBEST new show peeps. Check it out if you have the means. :)
I like the Cate and Kate Maid Marion guesses, and the Cindy and Charlize Aeon Flux guesses.
ReplyDeleteIt can't be Dame Mirren. No sexegenarian can be THAT sexy, dammit!! Men's heads would explode.
Salma and Veronica Webb
ReplyDeleteCindy Crawford is an interesting guess as the rumors were rampant when she was married to Richard Gere and then did the Vanity Fair cover with KD Lang. Elizabeth Hurley was never an A-list anything. She was spokesperson for Estee Lauder but she was famous already and when Hugh Grant was arrested, she wasn't a model, super or otherwise. Worked in fashion in NY and knew all the girls and if she were A-list, I would've worked with her.
ReplyDeleteNicole Kidman and Elle McPherson. Not sure the movie connection though.
ReplyDeleteWait a minute! Tilda lives with 2 men?!?!??!? How did I miss this! Gala was always my hero, but now Tilda too!! I really need to step up my game!
ReplyDeleteTilda doesn't live with two men.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with Anna Paquin and Milla Jovovich. Both played the same character, Joan of Arc. Anna is foreign born, Milla was an A list model, turned C list actress. The only other A list model turned C list actress as a guess that I like, would be Elle McPherson...but don't know where the connection would be to an A list foreign born.
ReplyDeleteHimmmm, you rock.
ReplyDeleteThat's all. ;-)
hey
ReplyDeleteMilla J was born in Ukraine...
ReplyDeleteCharlize Theron and Cindy Crawford. Charlize played Aeon Flux in a movie, and Cindy played Aeon Flux in that old Pepsi commercial
ReplyDeleteOK I have a guess to throw out there...
ReplyDeleteI think the model might be Madonna, who although is more famous for being a singer, also has modeled quite a bit over the years for her Sex book and ad campaigns, and according to IMDB, Tilda Swinton played Madonna in a movie called The Garden in 1990. What do you think?
Well that was a pretty good guess but I don't think Madonna would have ever been considered an A-List model..
ReplyDeleteI'm sticking with Charlize/Cindy.
Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek for the win!
ReplyDeleteAgreed Chri.stina85. And when someone is an Alist model, that implies that was their bread and butter career. Madonna modeled, but that doesn't make it your career.
ReplyDeleteThis is too good a pairing to ignore...Romjin was in that eastwick TV series, playing Cher's role from the movie. And of course Cher has an oscar. I know she's not foreign born, but what a story that would be!
ReplyDeletethat's famke janssen. i dont know who the cartoon is referring to.
ReplyDeleteHalle Berry and Rebecca Romjin--Movie Xmen
ReplyDeleteHm, although I guess maybe Cleveland doesn't count as foreign, back to the drawing board.
ReplyDeletebuffycv, thanks for posting about Tilda Swinton. The British tabloids spun a story about her family b/c her ex-husband lived nearby (not with) their family still. They were not a threesome and all have said so.
ReplyDeleteFamke Janssen - she was absolutely an A-list model before becoming a(relatively less successful) actress: she walked runways for many major designers, had campaigns for Yves St. Laurent and Chanel, was a Victoria Secret model, covers of Elle and Vogue.
ReplyDeleteFamke was reportedly offered the role of Aeon Flux but turned it down before it went to Charlize Theron (though that wouldn't help the claim that she's a C-list actress). Or they also both appeared in Woody Allen's Celebrity.
Julie Christie and Lauren Hutton FTW!
ReplyDeletefilm: American Gigolo
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