November 12, 200816 yr Author Category 31-35, TALENT ROUND 2: Hilary Swank vs. Penelope Cruz Hilary by me The Next Karate Kid is a 1994 film starring Hilary Swank. It is the fourth and final movie in The Karate Kid series. In September 1997, Swank was cast as single mother Carly Reynolds on Beverly Hills, 90210. She was initially promised it would be a two-year role, but saw her character written out after 16 episodes in January 1998. As it turned out, the firing was a lucky break for Swank, freeing her to audition for the role of Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry. Swank reduced her body fat to seven percent in preparation for the role. Many critics hailed hers as the best female performance of 1999. Swank's work ultimately won her the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actress. She subsequently won the Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe again for playing a boxer in 2004 Oscar-winning film Million Dollar Baby, a role for which she underwent training in the ring and gained 19 pounds of muscle. In 2007, Swank starred in and executive produced Freedom Writers. Many reviews of Swank's performance were positive, with one critic noting that she "brings credibility" to the role and another stating that her performance reaches a "singular lack of artifice, stripping herself back to the bare essentials". Swank starred in The Reaping, a horror film released on April 5, 2007. Swank also appeared in the romantic comedy PS, I Love You alongside Gerard Butler, an actor for whom she has much praise. It was released at the end of 2007. Variety (magazine) online reported in February 2008, that Swank would be portraying Amelia Earhart, and be co-executive producer for a biopic titled Amelia. Filming occurred in the summer of 2008 in a number of international locations. Swank is also attached to star in the Hollywood remake version of Intimate Strangers. 2008 Birds of Amercia 2009 Amelia , Fangland (wikipedia) Penelope by Dajana Cruz's first major films were Jamón, jamón and Belle Époque, a film which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 1997, she starred as Sofía Pangia, alongside Eduardo Noriega in Abre los ojos, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, while in 1999 she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 2000 she appeared with Matt Damon in All the Pretty Horses. In late 2001, she appeared in the film Vanilla Sky, the Hollywood remake of Abre los ojos. Cruz co-starred with her best friend, Salma Hayek in the 2006 film, Bandidas. In 2006, Cruz received highly favourable reviews for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. She won a Best Actress ensemble award at the Cannes Film Festival and has been nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award. She is the first Spanish Actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. 2008 Elegy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2009 G-Force (voice), Nine, Broken Hugs (Los abrazos rotos) (wikipedia) WHICH ONE IS MORE TALENTED?
November 12, 200816 yr Author Hilary!Penelope is great actress but Hilary is sooooooo talened and good actress! Her performance in Boy's don't cry is more than great!
November 12, 200816 yr Penelope Every spanish movie Penelope made was perfect, I will never forget the emotions that I felt when I watched her in Volver!
November 12, 200816 yr very difficult this round.....very!!but i've seen penelope in italian excellent movies (not to mention volver etc) and she can act very well speaking italian, too..i vote for penelope
November 12, 200816 yr very difficult this round.....very!!but i've seen penelope in italian excellent movies (not to mention volver etc) and she can act very well speaking italian, too..i vote for penelope
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