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An Education is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir by British journalist Lynn Barber.The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby.It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming conman who seduces her.
An Education earned over $26 million in its combined total gross at the box office. [6] The film garnered various awards and nominations, ranging from recognition of the film itself to Hornby's screenplay and the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Carey Mulligan and Alfred Molina.
[134] The film received a very limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles; it was released simultaneously on DVD. [135] Also in 2008, Beckinsale starred in Nothing but the Truth, as a journalist who refuses to reveal her source. The film, co‑starring Vera Farmiga and Matt Dillon, was inspired by the case of Judith Miller.
During the audition, Connelly, who had no ballet training, tried to imitate a ballerina. Her performance, and the similarity of her nose to Elizabeth McGovern's, who played the character as an adult, convinced the director to cast her. [2] [27] Connelly described the film as "an incredibly idyllic introduction to movie-making". [28]
In 2011, Pike played the character Kate Sumner in the Bond spoof film Johnny English Reborn, playing a psychologist and English's love interest. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film Johnny English and was a box office success, taking over $160 million. In 2012, she played the role of Queen Andromeda in the fantasy epic Wrath of the Titans.
McKellar was born in La Jolla, California. [5] [6] [7] She moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was eight.Her mother, Mahaila McKellar (née Tello), was a homemaker; her father, Christopher McKellar, is a real estate developer; her younger sister, Crystal (b. 1976), is a lawyer. [8]
Watson joined the cast of the satirical crime film The Bling Ring on 29 February 2012, [87] The Sofia Coppola-directed film is based on the real-life Bling Ring robberies, with Watson playing a fictionalised version of Alexis Neiers, a television personality who was one of seven teenagers involved in the robberies. The film was released in 2013.
Nicole Mary Kidman was born on 20 June 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii, [5] [6] while her Australian parents were temporarily in the United States on student visas. [7] Her mother, Janelle Ann (Glenny), [8] [9] a nursing instructor and member of the Women's Electoral Lobby, edited her husband's books; her father, Antony Kidman, was a biochemist, clinical psychologist, and author. [10]