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More Feature Stories Kate Bosworth: The Simple Life Natalia Vodianova: Peerless Kate Hudson: Sunny Side Up! George Condo and Daria Werbory: Masterpiece Theater ... Marion Jones This is Australia, where the actors come from. The great ones who can make you believe anything. The ones who don't take any shit. The men are carousers, from Errol Flynn through Peter Finch to Mel Gibson to Russell Crowe, and the women have astonishing range, from Dame Judith Anderson through Zoe Caldwell to Judy Davis, Rachel Griffiths, Nicole Kidman, and most recently and most stunningly, Cate Blanchett, the human chameleon, so adept at modifying her face, her body, and her energy that even people who have worked with her can fail to recognize her on-screen. She's described as a character actress in a leading woman's body, but the kind of beauty that she can project is beyond the usual norms. Her characters all share a kind of radiant transparency, which along with her white skin and penchant for minimal makeup has earned her the adjective "luminous," repeated so often that Anthony Minghella (who directed her in The Talented Mr. Ripley | |
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