Best of 2020: Top 25 Most Attractive Actresses in the World

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Best of 2020: Top 25 Most Attractive Actresses in the World.

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27. Emily Blunt

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), among many others.

Blunt was born on February 23, 1983, in Roehampton, South West London, England, the second of four children in the family of Joanna Mackie, a former actress and teacher, and Oliver Simon Peter Blunt, a barrister. Her grandfather was Major General Peter Blunt, and her uncle is MP Crispin Blunt. Emily received a rigorous education at Ibstock Place School, a co-ed private school at Roehampton. However, young Emily Blunt had a stammer, since she was a kid of 8. Her mother took her to relaxation classes, which did not do anything. She reached a turning point at 12, when a teacher cleverly asked her to play a character with a different voice and said, "I really believe in you". Blunt ended up using a northern accent, and it did the trick, her stammer disappeared.

From 1999 - 2001, Blunt went to Hurtwood House, the top co-ed boarding school where she would excel at sport, cello and singing. She also had two years of drama studies at Hurtwood's theatre course. In August 2000, she was chosen to perform at the Edinburgh Festival. She was signed up by an agent, Kenneth Mcreddie, who led her to the West End and the BBC, scoring her roles in several period dramas on stage as well as on TV productions, such as Foyle's War (2002), Henry VIII (2003) and Empire (2005). In 2001, she appeared as "Gwen Cavendish" opposite Dame Judi Dench in Sir Peter Hall's production of "The Royal Family" at Haymarket Theatre. For that role, she won the Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer. In 2002, she played "Juliet" in "Romeo and Juliet" at the prestigious Chichester Festival.

Blunt's career ascended to international fame after she starred as "Isolda" opposite Alex Kingston in Warrior Queen (2003). A year later, she won critical acclaim for her breakout performance as "Tamsin", a well-educated, cynical and deceptive 16-year-old beauty in My Summer of Love (2004), a story of two lonely girls from the opposite ends of the social heap. Emily Blunt and her co-star, Natalie Press, shared an Evening Standard British Film award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2005, she spent a few months in Australia filming Irresistible (2006) with Susan Sarandon and Sam Neill. Blunt gave an impressive performance as "Mara", a cunning young destroyer who acts crazy and surreptitiously provokes paranoia in others. She also continued her work on British television, starring as "Natasha" in Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter (2005), opposite Bill Nighy, a role that won her a 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

She continued the line of playing manipulative characters as "Emily", a caustic put-upon assistant to Meryl Streep's lead in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Blunt's performance with a neurotic twist added a dimension of sarcasm to the comedy, and gained her much attention as well as new jobs: in two dramas opposite Tom Hanks, then in the title role in the period drama, The Young Victoria (2009). Her most recent works include appearances as antiques dealer "Gwen Conliffe" in The Wolfman (2010) and as the ballerina in The Adjustment Bureau (2011).

Emily is a highly versatile actress and a multifaceted person. Her talents include singing and playing cello; she is also s****ed at horseback riding.

On August 28, 2009, Blunt and Krasinski announced their engagement. The couple married on July 10, 2010, at the estate of their friend, George Clooney, on Lake Como in Italy. Blunt and Krasinski live in the Los Angeles area, California, and have two children.

Unknown Facts, Interesting Facts, Controversies:

• Bought a $2.2 million new house in Vancouver where she lived with her boyfriend at the time, pop singer Michael Bublé.
• Named Best Female Scene-Stealer for her performance in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) by Entertainment Weekly.
• She was told to lose weight for her role as Emily in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). She revealed this in a 2006 interview with Craig Ferguson. Co-star Anne Hathaway tells a similar story, and reports that she and Emily were always hungry on-set due to being kept on strict diets to maintain the rail-thin "super-model" look.
• For her breakout performance in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Emily convinced David Frankel that her character should be British rather than American. Emily also improvised many of her lines and told interviewers that she based the character on people she's met, but would never want to associate with.
• In 2004, Emily shared the prestigious Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer with Natalie Press.
• Acting and adopting new accents helped her to overcome a debilitating speech impediment at age 12.
• Admits she and her The Devil Wears Prada (2006) co-star Stanley Tucci competed to see who could be more over-the-top in their scenes. Tucci admits his young co-star won "hands down".
• At the 2002 Chichester Festival, Emily earned rave reviews playing Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
• Favourite actresses are: Cate Blanchett, Emma Thompson, Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
• Made her theatrical debut alongside Dame Judi Dench in The Royal Family. She had only six months of formal acting training before gaining the role of Gwen for which she was paid £350 per week.
• Susan Sarandon asked her to audition for the role of Mara in Irresistible (2006) after seeing My Summer of Love (2004).
• Upon filming their first scene together for The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Meryl Streep laughed that Blunt should be given the film carbon copy, rather than steal the movie.
• She is not related to singer James Blunt.
• She is the great-niece of actor and retired Major-General Thomas Anthony 'Tony' Richardson.
• Grew up in Roehampton, London.
• The new face of Max Mara ad campaign (2007).
• Her ex-boyfriend Michael Bublé wrote the hit single "Everything" for her. She is also on his album "Call Me Irresponsible", where she sings briefly at the end of the song "Me and Mrs. Jones".
• Was named as one of Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow" alongside James McAvoy, Noel Clarke, Michelle Ryan and Rupert Friend.
• Attended the 2008 Park City - Kari Feinstein Sundance Style Lounge.
• Broke up with longtime boyfriend Michael Bublé in July 2008. They had been together since 2005.
• Best friends with actress Anne Hathaway. Emily refers to Anne as "her rock".
• Is a strong alto singer.
• Is a grade 8 cellist.
• At 16, was offered a record deal after a producer spotted her in the musical 'Bliss' at the Edinburgh Festival.
• Had a hamster named Tigger.
• Was in consideration to replace Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight (2008), but Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast instead.
• Was in consideration for the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady after Keira Knightley dropped out of the project, but Carey Mulligan was cast instead.
• Was in consideration for the role of Madolyn in The Departed (2006), but Vera Farmiga was cast instead.
• Was originally cast as Natasha Rushman/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010), but dropped out due to a scheduling clash with Gulliver's Travels (2010). As a result Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.
• Was in consideration for the role of Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), but Hayley Atwell was cast instead. Her husband John Krasinski was considered for the part of Steve Rogers/Captain America in the same movie, but Chris Evans was eventually chosen.
• Niece of Crispin Blunt who is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the British Conservative Party and also holds the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Justice.
• Used to be neighbors with Jimmy Kimmel.
• Her grandfather was Major General Peter Blunt CB., MBE., GM., FCIT. Emily read a piece, beautifully, at his funeral in 2003. MG Blunt won the George Medal for rescuing a soldier from a truck soaked in petrol after an accident in Germany.
• Enjoys horseback riding.
• Ranked #8 in the 'Women We'd Love To Love' by a poll of 4,000 gay women.
• Ranked #73 in the 2009 FHM list of "100 ***iest Women in the World".
• Ranked #53 in the 2010 Ask Men list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women.
• Ranked #58 in the 2009 Ask Men list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women.
• Ranked as having one of the most "Beautiful Famous Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World." She was ranked #19 in 2010 and #34 in 2009.
• Has three siblings: Felicity Blunt, Sebastian Blunt and Susannah Blunt.
• Sister-in-law of Stanley Tucci, her co-star in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). He is married to her sister Felicity Blunt.
• Best friends with actress Amy Adams. The two became very close while shooting Sunshine Cleaning (2008) in 2008.
• Counts Jaws (1975) as her all-time favorite movie which she first saw at age 10.
• Stuttered severely as a young girl and ultimately overcame her problem by finding a different 'voice' (acting). Cites friend Colin Firth's stammering King George VI in the The King's Speech (2010) as an accurate depiction of how she actually spoke as a youth.
• Father Oliver Blunt is a top UK criminal defense barrister/lawyer.
• She and her husband, John Krasinski, have a red fox Labrador named Finn.
• In various locations across Europe filming The Wolfman (2010) with Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. [July 2008]
• Filming Wild Target (2010) with Bill Nighy and Rupert Grint. [September 2008]
• Filming The Great Buck Howard (2008) with John Malkovich and Tom Hanks. [October 2006]
• (July 10, 2010) Married her boyfriend of 20 months John Krasinski following an 11-month-long engagement.
• Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a daughter named Hazel Krasinski on February 16, 2014. Child's father is her husband, John Krasinski.
• Was 6 months pregnant with her daughter Hazel when she completed filming Into the Woods (2014).
• Daughter-in-law of Ron Krasinski and Mary Ann Krasinski.
• Appears in Wild Target (2010) with Martin Freeman. Freeman appeared in the original British series, The Office (2001). Her husband, John Krasinski, played the equivalent role in the American remake, The Office (2005).
• Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Hazel to begin filming Sicario (2015).
• Found out about her Golden Globe nomination for Into the Woods (2014) while she was having a massage in Dubai, UAE. She served as a jury member of the Dubai Film Festival at the time.
• When she was a guest on Lip Sync Battle (2015), LL Cool J called her and Anne Hathaway two of the most powerful stars of the big screen; he called it a "Devil Wears Prada reunion battle"; he said Blunt "had some swagger, was incomparable and breathtaking".
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014) was Blunt's first action movie; Tom Cruise thought she was screwed because she was thrown in at the deep end. Blunt had never done a film of this magnitude before but felt it lived up to all of the buzz.
• During filming Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Blunt took Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman out for karaoke one night; she terrified Liman by getting to see her in that different light; she later competed against her Devil Wears Prada co-star Anne Hathaway in an episode of Lip Sync Battle (2015).
• Blunt thought it was fun to work with Tom Cruise on Edge of Tomorrow (2014) because it was a challenging shoot and the exo-suits were arduous to wear everyday.
• It was Tom Cruise's idea to do three film premieres for Edge of Tomorrow (2014) all in one day; Blunt said it was harder on her because she needed a new dress, makeup and hairdo for each one, while her co-star just needed a new suit, but still said they were a lot more fun. One of the premieres was at 5am and it was wet; director Doug Liman said it was a testament to Cruise's star power.
• Has been in three film about characters trying to change the future, The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper (2012) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014).
• Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 33, a daughter named Violet Krasinski in mid-June 2016. Child's father is her husband, John Krasinski.
• Was 4 months pregnant with her daughter Violet when she completed filming The Girl on the Train (2016).
• Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her daughter Violet to begin filming Sherlock Gnomes (2018).
• Best friends with James Corden.
• During both of her first two pregnancies, Blunt was in the midst of shooting films in which she played women struggling with infertility: the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods (2014) and Rachel in The Girl on the Train (2016).
• Became a U.S. Citizen in 2015. However she likes to be identified as British. She was sworn in on the same day as friend Matthew McConaughey's wife Camila Alves McConaughey.
• Began filming Mary Poppins Returns (2018), just 6 months after giving birth. The production of the movie was postponed to accommodate Blunt's pregnancy.
• Emily's secret party trick is her ability to replicate a pigeon's trill-she demonstrated the unusual talent in an interview with ELLE Canada in 2011.
• Best Friend Anne Hathaway set up Emily with John Krasinski in 2008 who went on to be her future husband.
• She was offered the role of Sister James in Doubt (2008). She suggested Amy Adams for the role as she felt the role suited Amy more. Amy went on to not only getting the role but also was nominated for an Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards.
• She was offered a role in Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017) which she had to decline due to her pregnancy. They had worked together before in Sicario (2015).
• Lives in New York with husband John Krasinski and their two daughters Hazel and Violet since 2016.
• She has a fear of wearing Gloves. She says, "I don't know why but I find them repulsive. I'd scream if my mother tried to make me wear them as a child - it must be a phobia.".
• She has a phobia of heights. She says, "I'm not amazing with heights and it was one of those things where they kind of [get] you up there and there's the moment before they bring you down for the shot, and it seems like that moment extends for a forever time frame."
• She explained: "You're so high that if you look out you're higher than the trees and you look down. But it was an incredible moment, you know. Very disarming.".
• Had originally planned to go to university and study languages, hoping to become a U.N. translator.
• Has stated her dislike for "method acting", calling it actors "trying to justify their paychecks".
• Does not participate in social media.
• Decompresses through daily sessions of transcendental meditation.
• Is allergic to cats.
• Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category for her role as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns (2018), but lost to Olivia Colman for The Favourite (2018).

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A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed natural blonde, Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. Returning to California at the age of 21, she was working as a model when she auditioned for a big part in The Mask (1994). To her amazement and despite having no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead in the film opposite Jim Carrey. Over the next 3 years, she honed her acting s****s in such low budget independent films as The Last Supper (1995); Feeling Minnesota (1996); and Head Above Water (1996). She returned to main stream films in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), in which she held her own against veteran actress Julia Roberts. She earned full fledged star status in 1998 for her performance in the box office smash There's Something About Mary (1998). With her name near the top on virtually every list of Hollyood's ***iest actresses, and firmly established as one of filmdom's hottest properties and most sought after actresses, Cameron Diaz appears to possess everything necessary to become one of the super stars of the new century.


Unknown Facts, Interesting Facts, Controversies:

• Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 ***iest Stars" in film history (#13). [1995]
• Chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" people in the world. [1998]
• Was set to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat (1995) but broke her wrist while taking karate lessons to prepare for the role and was replaced by Bridgette Wilson-Sampras.
• Got alcohol poisoning in Australia at age 18.
• Cameron's father Emilio Diaz appeared in her movie There's Something About Mary (1998) as a "Jailbird.".
• She graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic (Poly) High School (Class of 1990) in Long Beach, California. As a member of that school's "Polyettes" dance-drill team, Cameron performed during half-time at football games.
• Police caught an airline security guard at Los Angeles International Airport stealing items from Diaz. Diaz reported her passport and a large sum of cash missing. [December 1999]
• Cameron's parents allowed the then-16-year old to spend five years traveling the world to pursue her modeling career beginning in Japan, where she was accompanied only by a 15-year-old fellow model.
• Was discovered by a photographer at a Hollywood party who, within a week, helped her land a contract with the Elite Modeling Agency.
• Lived with video producer Carlos De La Torre for 4 years.
• Her father was from a Cuban immigrant family (of Spanish origin). Her mother has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry.
• Became only the second actress to join the coveted $20 Million Club (after Julia Roberts), when she signed for that amount to do Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) in January 2002.
• Named by People Magazine as one of the the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [2002]
• Has an older sister, Chimene.
• Voted the 11th "***iest Female Movie Star" in the Australian Empire Magazine. [September 2002]
• 30 August 2003 - Broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii on her birthday.
• Photographer John Rutter was ordered to stand trial for attempted extortion, attempted grand theft, perjury, and forgery after trying to blackmail her with topless shots he had of her from a 1992 shoot. [November 2003]
• Voted as #8 on the "Top 100 ***iest Women" in FHM [DK]. [2004]
• Ranked #3 in Stuff magazine's "102 ***iest Women in the World." [2002]
• During her interview on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), said that she doesn't read scripts and wishes movies were filmed from start to finish because sometimes she doesn't understand them.
• Her name is mentioned in the lyric of Brian Wilson's 1998 song "South America".
• Has been friends with Drew Barrymore since Charlie's Angels (2000). Both Drew and Cameron are huge fans of the rock group, Ratt.
• Named #11 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
• Named #13 in FHM's "100 ***iest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
• Ranked #1 in the "Worst Hollywood Signers 2006" list by "Autograph Collector" magazine (May 2006).
• Christophe Gans originally wanted her to play the part of Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill (2006).
• Went to the same high school at the same time as Snoop Dogg.
• Named #23 in FHM magazine's "100 ***iest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
• After having her nose broken 4 times, she decided to undergo corrective surgery. [November 2006]
• Said that her role in Gangs of New York (2002) marked the pinnacle of her career.
• Broke up with Justin Timberlake. They had been together since 2003. [January 2007]
• Was considered for the role of Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire (1996).
• Ranked #19 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
• Was set to play Jane in Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), but bowed out shortly before production due to scheduling conflicts.
• Robbie Williams mentions her in his song "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen".
• According to Forbes, for each dollar she got paid, Cameron Diaz's movies averaged $9 of gross income. [December 2007]
• Named #47 on Empire Magazine's 100 ***iest Movie Stars. [2007]
• As a child, her friends nicknamed her "Skeletor," because she was tall and had an infectious smile.
• Ranked #26 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
• Received the 2,386th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 22, 2009.
• Born at 2:53 AM (EST).
• Friend of Gwyneth Paltrow Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Alba, Kate Upton, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Demi Moore, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, and Stella McCartney.
• She has hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) three times and appeared uncredited several times as the character "Kiki Deamore".
• Voted #4 on the 2011 Maxim list of Hot 100 Women.
• Served as maid of honor at her best friend Drew Barrymore's wedding to Will Kopelman on June 2, 2012.
• Along with Tom Cruise, she attended the Knight and Day (2010) premiere at Roppongi Hills on Tuesday (September 28) in Tokyo, Japan. [September 2010]
• On July 6th, along with co-star Tom Cruise, she visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil briefly - less then 24hrs - to promote their latest film, Knight and Day (2010). The following day, on July 7th, she attended another premiere for the film in Mexico City at the Cinemex Santa Fe. [July 2010]
• Released a book, "The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body" in 2013.
• Doesn't wear antiperspirant/deodorant.
• Engaged to Benji Madden. [December 2014]
• Aunt of Harlow and Sparrow Madden.
• Sister-in-law of Joel Madden who is married to Nicole Richie.
• (January 5, 2015) Married her boyfriend of 8 months Benji Madden at their home in Los Angeles following a 2-week-long engagement. Over the weekend, the couple hosted an ******** rehearsal dinner at their Beverly Hills pad for family and friends, including Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Reese Witherspoon, Joel Madden and Nicole Richie. The wedding was held in front of 90-plus guests - including bridesmaid, Barrymore, as well as ring bearer and nephew, Sparrow - and took place inside the home, while the reception was held under a tent.
• Was introduced to husband Benji Madden by Nicole Richie. Richie is married to Madden's brother, Joel Madden.
• Her bridesmaids at her wedding to Benji Madden were her sister Chimene, Nicole Richie, best friend Drew Barrymore, and assistant Jesse Lutz.
• Despite playing her younger sister in In Her Shoes (2005), Diaz is actually 9 weeks older than Toni Collette in real life.
• Will ONLY wash her face in Evian spring water!.
• Has starred in several films where her character is a terrible singer: Shrek, My Best Friend's Wedding, and The Holiday, just to name a few.
• Attended Long Beach Polytechnic (Poly) High School with Snoop Dog.
• Attended Jordan High School in North Long Beach, California.
• Ranked highest grossing actress of all time with her previous films grossing $3.3 billion.
• She keeps pairs of shoes from most of her movies.
• Announced her retirement from acting in 2017.
• Mother, with husband Benji Madden, of daughter Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden (b. December 30, 2019).
• She has opened a Champagne Bottle with a knife in the movies Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and What Happens in Vegas.

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Ashley Michele Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida to parents Michele (Tatum), an insurance broker, and Joseph Lacy Greene, US Marine who runs a concrete business. A self-confessed tomboy and "daredevil", Ashley loved to try to keep up with her older brother Joe, taking on activities such as taekwondo and winning several awards. Ashley says she was not allowed to spar the girls in taekwondo class because she "beat the girls up". She even accidentally once gave a boy she liked a bloody nose and lip while sparring. Ashley admits she is a "competitive little sucker".

During her early teen years, Ashley found herself hanging out with older girls, which impacted her self-esteem when she found them to be more mature and, in her mind, prettier than she was. Ashley describes herself as a "hot mess" as a teenager. Ashley's mother put her into modeling classes to improve her confidence, and Ashley began to consider becoming a model as a career. After being told she was too short to be a model, Ashley considered becoming a lawyer and getting a degree in psychology. She actually convinced her parents to let her leave her private school to attend a public one which had a law and psychology program. However, after taking a commercial class, which led to acting class, Ashley knew what she wanted to do - acting.

Luckily for Ashley, her parents were supportive and allowed her to move to LA at seventeen years of age. Due to her excellent grades and extra credits, she was able to graduate high school early to follow her acting dream.

For three years, Ashley struggled to find acting roles. She picked up small roles here and there in TV shows such as Punk'd (2003) and Crossing Jordan (2001), and some very small film roles in Shrink (2009) and King of California (2007).

Ashley's big break came when she got to audition for the film, Twilight (2008), based on Stephenie Meyer's popular book series. She originally auditioned for "Bella", but, as she says herself, "I was no Bella". She was called back to audition for the role of "Alice Cullen". After a long auditioning process, Ashley was finally told she got the part.

Ashley had previously worked in restaurants but, like the rest of her fellow "Twilight" cast-mates, Ashley found herself suddenly thrust into the limelight. Though she says she doesn't get the same kind of insanity as the boys - especially Robert Pattinson. She says most fans relate to her on a "best friend" level rather than screaming at her hysterically.

Ashley has already begun filming other roles and has high hopes for her career outside of the "Twilight" franchise. She has said she wants to be a superhero, a Bond girl and possibly Wonder Woman in future projects.


Unknown Facts, Interesting Facts, Controversies:

• Has one sibling named Joe who lives in Hollywood, California, and is pursuing acting. Her parents Joey and Michele still live in Jacksonville, Florida, and are happily married.
• She graduated high school early and moved from Jacksonville Florida to Hollywood at age 17.
• She adores Audrey Hepburn and, as a result, one of her all-time favorite movies is Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).
• Is the face of StopStaring.com, a website that sells retro-style dresses.
• Attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida.
• Studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
• Close friends with Twilight (2008) co-stars Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed and Rachelle Lefevre.
• Ashley had to learn to pitch like a professional for the baseball scene in Twilight (2008).
• Ashley wanted to be a model but got told that she was too short and was advised to take up acting.
• Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
• She went out with Joe Jonas July 2010 - March 2011.
• Ranked #17 in FHM's "100 ***iest Women in the World" of 2011.
• Ashley Greene is the face of mark. cosmetics.
• Shares the same first name and middle name as Ashley Tisdale, Ashley Michelle.
• Was in a relationship with Broadway actor/musician Reeve Carney. The two mutually split in October of 2012.
• Born on the same date as Ellen Page.
• (July 6, 2018) Married her boyfriend of 5 years Paul Khoury in San Jose, California. Greene and Khoury wed in front of guests and famous friends including Liam Hemsworth, Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson, Brittany Snow, Lauren Parsekian, Aaron Paul, Evan Ross and Ashlee Simpson. The bride wore a custom back-bearing dress by Katie May for the ceremony, and later changed into a statement reception gown by Windi Williams-Stern, owner of Studio Unbiased. The couple exchanged vows they'd written themselves during the nuptials. In December 2016, Khoury proposed at the bottom of Bridal Veil Falls during a vacation to Australia and New Zealand. To announce the engagement, Greene shared footage of the exact moment Khoury got down on bended knee on her Instagram.

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#24

Leonor Varela was born on December 29, 1972 in Santiago de Chile, Chile, the daughter of Leonor Palma, a massage therapist, and Francisco Varela (Francisco Javier Varela Garcia), a biologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher. Her family fled to Costa Rica, leaving behind the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. They subsequently resided in Germany, USA, and France, where Varela studied.

In the '90s she appears in the Chilean soap Tic Tac (1997), and in other French and Europeans productions like Pony Trek (1995), Sous le soleil (1996), Shooting Stars (1997), 13th Rider (1997), Le juste (1996), or Bouge! (1997). Her career in Holywood began in 1998, when she joined the cast of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) when she starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, and she appeared in Jeremiah (1998) opposite Patrick Dempsey. The following year (1999), she played the title character in the ABC TV movie "Cleopatra" (1999) (TV) opposite her future fiancé Billy Zane and Timothy Dalton

She appeared in The Tailor of Panama (2001) as Marta and in Texas Rangers (2001) as Perdita opposite Ashton Kutcher. In 2002 she appeared as the fanged vampire princess Nyssa in the action film Blade II (2002) opposite Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson and directed by Guillermo del Toro. After that came Paraíso B (2002) as Gloria and in No Big Deal (2003) as Angela.

Varela also had a short recurring role in the Fox Television show Arrested Development (2003) as the original Marta. She was nominated for the Ariel Award in 2005 in the category of Best Actress for Innocent Voices (2004). She also had a non-recurring role in Stargate: Atlantis (2004).

In 2005 she appeared playing Adela in Americano (2005), and her following projects included Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) as the journalist Jordana Garcia, Where God Left His Shoes (2007) with John Leguizamo and the TV series produced by Jennifer Lopez Como ama una mujer (2007).

In the 2008 Sundance Film Festival she screened Sleep Dealer (2008) and the Larry Bishop's Hell Ride (2008), opposite Michael Madsen and Eric Balfour and produced by Quentin Tarantino.

TOP 10 Interesting Facts, Unknown Facts, Controversies:

• She is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
• Formerly engaged to Billy Zane, her co-star from the miniseries Cleopatra (1999).
• Beat out 35 other actresses to play the title role in Cleopatra (1999).
• Appeared on the cover of thirteen separate editions of the Maxim magazine, each naming a different North American city as the greatest on Earth.
• Daughter of Leonor Palma, a massage therapist, and Francisco Varela (1946-2001), a famous biologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher.
• After graduating from the Ecole du Passage and the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris, she was ready for the big screen.
• Her family fled to Costa Rica, leaving behind the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
• As a child, she got to see her homeland another time when her family returned to Chile.
• Her stay in Chile was brief, and she soon found herself in Germany, then back in Chile, and finally in France in her late teens.
• She is of Chilean (including Galician Spanish) ancestry. She is also said to have some French, Hungarian, Syrian, and German roots.
• She lived in Paris from the age of 14.
• Has 3 siblings, Alejandra, Javier and Gabriel.
• Was featured as #11 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
• Has actively participated in various ecological causes like "Save the Whales Again!".
• Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett.
• Has a French bulldog called Monroe, or simply Mo.
• Ranked #69 in FHM's "100 ***iest Women in the World 2006" special supplement (2006).
• Friend of the Mexican director Guillermo del Toro.
• Her favorite place in California is Carbon Beach, Malibu.
• Member of NGOs for the conservation of the environment like WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), Global Green USA, Oceana (Osean Conservation Group) and Centro Ballena Azúl (Chile).
• Support the candidate's campaign of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.
• One of her favorite writers is Milan Kundera.
• Her maternal grandfather Daniel Palma Robledo (born in the north of Chile in October 1915), a former Communist Party member until 1951, was kidnapped by DINA, Pinochet's political police, on August 4, 1976, and to this day is a missing person.
• Led huge Anti-whaling Rally on the Eve of the 2008 Meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile. [June 2008]
• Filming a documentary about Aysén and its natural beauty in Chile. [January 2009]
• (April 15, 2013) Married her boyfriend of 2 years Lucas Akoskin. They have 2-year-old son Matteo together.
• Mother, with husband Lucas Akoskin, of son Matteo Varela Akoskin (November 20, 2012-November 16, 2018) and daughter Luna Mae Akoskin (b. February 25, 2015).
• Her son Matteo, was diagnosed with leukodystrophy shortly after his birth and died on November 16, 2018 at the age of 5.
• Her maternal grandmother, Rosalía Keller Keller, was born in 1919 in Tasnad, Romania, to Pablo Keller and Fanny.

Personal Quotes

• In this business, if you don't have the capacity to step back and have some sort of relativity about things, you're screwed.
• I don't need jewels and cars. It's about the delicacy of the way I'm handled.
• I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own. It hurts sometimes, but it's good. I'm little extreme in that sense-the middle ground is not my forte.
• I don't believe in nudity for nudity's sake, but it's really beautiful when it's done well, when it's within a story. I'm very comfortable with my body. I grew up mostly in France, where nudity is not taboo. It's not this hypocritical thing where we go, "No!" and then it's "Oh, yes!" When we strip away the clothes, the jewelry, that's who we really are. I walk around naked in my house.

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#23 Anne Hathaway



Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate McCauley Hathaway, an actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both originally from Philadelphia. She is of mostly Irish descent, along with English, German, and French. Her first major role came in the short-lived television series Get Real (1999). She gained widespread recognition for her roles in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its 2004 sequel as a young girl who discovers she is a member of royalty, opposite Julie Andrews and Heather Matarazzo.

She also had a notable role in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) opposite Charlie Hunnam and Jamie Bell, and a starring role in Ella Enchanted (2004). A former top-ranking soprano in New York, Hathaway was reportedly a front-runner for the role of "Christine" in the 2004 The Phantom of the Opera (2004). However, due to scheduling conflicts with The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), she couldn't take the role, which was later given to newcomer Emmy Rossum.

Hathaway soon started to move away from family-friendly films. Following The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), she appeared topless in the films Havoc (2005) opposite Josh Peck and Brokeback Mountain (2005) opposite Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Her desire to break out of her "Princess Diaries" image parallels that of her one-time co-star, Julie Andrews, who went topless in the film S.O.B. (1981) in order to break away from the image she created from her 1960s musicals. In interviews, Hathaway said that doing family-friendly films didn't mean she was similar to their characters or mean she objected to appearing nude in other films.

Interesting Facts Unknown Facts, Controversies:

• First and only teenager admitted to the acting program at the award-winning The Barrow Group in New York. Three days before being cast in Get Real (1999), she performed in two concerts at Carnegie Hall as member of All- Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus.
• Appeared at both 1999 Teen Choice Awards and 1999 Billboard Awards, introducing musical acts.
• In his column "Just for Variety" published on October 25, 2000 in Daily Variety, columnist Army Archerd quotes Garry Marshall, the director of The Princess Diaries (2001): "The multi-talented Hathaway is a combination Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland."
• Goes by the name Annie with all of her friends.
• She graduated from Millburn High School in New Jersey in June 2000 with the highest honors.
• Daughter of stage actress Kate McCauley Hathaway. Anne's maternal grandfather, Joe McCauley, was a prominent Philadelphia radio personality.
• Has the same name as William Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway. She was named after her (her name was almost going to be Catherine Hathaway).
• Named one of People Magazine's 'Breakthrough Stars of 2001'.
• Named one of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in its June 2002 issue.
• Won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance as "Lili" in the City Center Encores! production of "Carnival" (2002).
• Her father, Gerald T. Hathaway, is an attorney and her mother, Kate McCauley Hathaway, is a singer and actress.
• She grew up in New Jersey, but loves being a Manhattanite for most of last seven years now, as demonstrated by her 2013 Oscar-night comments. On the red carpet she boasted wearing a Tiffany necklace as "a New York girl" should. And in her acceptance speech she thanked "my friends, especially the ones who are cheering from Crosby Street tonight," which is right near her very downtown Lower East Side apartment in the converted Avalon Bowery building.
• Was majoring in English & minoring in Women's Studies at Vassar. Transferred to New York University in 2005.
• Was nominated for the Paper Mill's "Rising Star Award" for the best high school performance by an actress in New Jersey
• She was nominated for the 2002 Teens Choice Award in the Best Actress/ Comedy (The Princess Diaries (2001)) series category.
• In 1998, was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the Paper Mill Playhouse "Rising Star Awards", an award given to high schools across New Jersey. Ironically, she was nominated for playing the Princess in "Once Upon A Mattress". To further the irony, she lost to a girl who was played the exact same role. The nomination ballot listed her as Annie Hathaway.
• Parents, Gerald T. Hathaway and Kate McCauley Hathaway, attended La Salle University in Philadelphia during the 1970s, graduating one year apart.
• Everyone knows that The Princess Diaries (2001) was her breakthrough role, but it is a little known fact that she auditioned for that part on her way to New Zealand to co-star in another film with Christopher Gorham. She reported to others on the set that she felt really good about the audition. Film-makers knew that she would be a big star, so the film in question, The Other Side of Heaven (2001), was delayed in post production and released after The Princess Diaries (2001) in order to capitalize on her stardom.
• Was not available for role of Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) due to contractual obligation to Disney for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).. The two movies had overlapping filming schedules.
• Attended Wyoming School in Millburn, New Jersey.
• Has stated that she would only appear nude/topless in a film if she felt it would add significance to it. She appeared topless for the first time in Havoc (2005) and then in the same year in Brokeback Mountain (2005).
• Has a dog (chocolate Labrador) named Esmerelda, born July 2004.
• Named one of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in its June 2006 issue for the second time. She was also on the list in 2002.
• Was ranked #85 on FHM's ***iest women in the world list 2006.
• In July 2006 she spent a week in Nicaragua helping vaccinate kids there against Hepatitis A. She called the experience "..an eye opener" for her.
• Beat out Sienna Miller for the role of "Lureen Twist" in the movie Brokeback Mountain (2005).
• Was very reluctant to take on the role of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane (2007) as she didn't think she would be suited for the role but Ang Lee, who was directing Anne in Brokeback Mountain (2005) (and who also directed Sense and Sensibility (1995)) persuaded her to take on the role.
• Plans on finishing her degree from NYU someday.
• Learning how to play the piano and working with a dialect coach for Becoming Jane (2007).
• She is an honoree of women's empowerment organization the Step Up Women's Network and is also an advisor for the Lollipop Theater Network, that screens movies in hospitals for the terminally ill.
• In 2004 received Chanel's Spotlight Award for Emerging Talent.
• Has an older brother, Michael Hathaway, who is a writer and a younger brother, Tom Hathaway, who is an aspiring actor.
• Named #85 in FHM magazine's "100 ***iest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
• She befriended Emily Blunt on the set of The Devil Wears Prada (2006). They are fast friends now, Emily calls Anne 'her rock'.
• Favorite movies are Elizabeth (1998), Stand by Me (1986), Amélie (2001), Pretty Woman (1990) and City of God (2002) (City of God).
• Favorite actors are Joaquin Phoenix and Ralph Fiennes.
• After the release of The Princess Diaries (2001), Anne's hometown newspaper, The Item, printed an article comparing Anne to Greta Garbo because of the paper's inability to get an interview with Anne (who was busy making movies and living in LA at the time).
• She grew up in Millburn Township, New Jersey, which is adjacent to the town of Summit, NJ, which is the birthplace of her The Devil Wears Prada (2006) co-star Meryl Streep. Meryl grew up in Bernardsville, NJ. It is also adjacent to Maplewood, NJ, which has Columbia High School that Zach Braff attended (as well as Grammy-winning artist and former Fugee Lauryn Hill), and Zach Braff's Scrubs (2001) co-star, John C. McGinley, attended Millburn High School - Anne's alma mater.
• Ranked #80 on Askmen.com's 100 Most desirable Women in the World. (2006).
• One of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the world. (2006).
• Is a fan of Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, and Meryl Streep.
• Her TV debut was in a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate commercial filmed in 1997 in Maplewood, New Jersey.
• Left Raffaello Follieri days before he was arrested for wire fraud and money laundering. Follieri pled guilty in September 2008 to misappropriating $50 million in a Ponzi scheme involving properties owned by the Catholic Church, and may have defrauded investors, including Ron Burkle, of as much as $100 million. During its investigation of the case, the FBI seized Hathaway's diaries.
• Greatly admires Ryan Gosling and Bryce Dallas Howard.
• Was almost cast as Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), but Tim Burton wanted an unknown actress for the role, and newcomer Jayne Wisener got the role.
• Named as one People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World 2007.
• Turned down the lead role in Knocked Up (2007).
• Her father has Irish, English, German, and French ancestry. Her mother is of Irish descent.
• Good friends with Sienna Miller, Emily Blunt and Heather Matarazzo.
• Ranked #6 by InStyle magazine as one of the 10 most stylish stars in Hollywood (2007).
• Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 ***iest Stars in film history (#18). [2007].
• Announced as the new face of "Lancome" [January 1, 2008].
• Ranked #63 on Askmen.com's 100 Most Desirable Women in the World. (2008).
• Was ranked #3 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. (2008).
• Ranked #51 in FHM magazine's "100 ***iest Women in the World 2008" supplement. (2008).
• Suffered from depression when she was a teenager.
• Ranked #5 on Askmen.com's 100 Most Desirable Women in the World (2009).
• One of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People 2009.
• Ranked #2 on Glamour Magazine's Most Glamourous Women in the World list (2009).
• For the movie The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Hathaway was told to gain 10 pounds (bringing her weight to 130) only to be told afterward that she would have to lose 10 pounds and they would pad her for the "fat scenes". After production, Hathaway was presented with the padding which she jokingly refers to as "Andy's ass".
• Campaigned for the role of Stephanie Necrophuros in Nine (2009), but Kate Hudson was given the part instead.
• Ranked 85 on Forbes Magazines 100 Most Powerful People. The magazine lists her earnings for 2008 at $7 million.
• Voted #9 in FHM 100 ***iest 2009.
• Became a close friend of Julie White after they co-starred together this summer in William Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night" at the Delacorte Theatre in New York's Central Park [June 24, 2009].
• Born at 9:00am-EST.
• Her performance as "Kym" in Rachel Getting Married (2008) is ranked #20 in Paste Magazine's 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade (2009).
• One of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the world (2010).
• Ranked #9 in the 2011 Ask Men top 99 "most desirable women" list.
• Voted #7 on the 2011 Maxim list "Hot 100" women.
• Announced her engagement to Adam Shulman, having been in a relationship with him since November 2008 [November 28, 2011].
• One of British Vogue's Best Dressed women of 2011.
• Named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year at Harvard University.
• Friends with Jake Gyllenhaal Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Bradley Cooper.
• (September 29, 2012) Married boyfriend of 3 years Adam Shulman in a Christian (her faith)/Jewish (his) midnight ceremony, wearing a gown designed by Valentino, before 100 guests in Big Sur, California following a 10 month-long engagement.
• Named one of the "most desirable" women for 2013 in Askmen's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women.
• Is one of 8 actresses who have won an Academy Award for their performance in a musical. The others in chronological order are Rita Moreno, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson and Emma Stone.
• Was ranked at #5 on Empire's The 100 ***iest Movie Stars list (2013).
• (January 8, 2014) Almost drowned when she nearly swept out to sea while vacationing in Oahu, Hawaii. She got caught up in a riptide, and while her husband, Adam Shulman, lay out of earshot on the beach, a fast-acting surfer came to her rescue. According the New York Post's Page Six, she began waving her arms and screaming as the waves engulfed her, catching the attention of the local man who ran down the beach to her aid with a boogie board.
• Is a good friend with Les Misérables (2012) co-star Hugh Jackman. In fact he suggested Anne for the role of Fantine which later she won every major award for and thanked him in her speeches.
• Was the 140th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Les Misérables (2012) at The Oscars (2013) on February 24, 2013.
• Is one of 13 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013), Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014) and Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014).
• Johnny Depp is one of her favorite actors. She worked with him on Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).
• Is one of 27 actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination for their performance in a musical; hers being Les Misérables (2012). The others, in chronological order, are: Bessie Love for The Broadway Melody (1929), Grace Moore for One Night of Love (1934), Jean Hagen for Singin' in the Rain (1952), Marjorie Rambeau for Torch Song (1953), Dorothy Dandridge for Carmen Jones (1954), Deborah Kerr for The King and I (1956), Rita Moreno for West Side Story (1961), Gladys Cooper for My Fair Lady (1964)), Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound of Music (1965), and Victor Victoria (1982), Debbie Reynolds for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Peggy Wood for The Sound of Music (1965), Carol Channing for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Kay Medford for Funny Girl (1968), Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968), Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), Ronee Blakley for Nashville (1975), Lily Tomlin for Nashville (1975), Ann-Margret for Tommy (1975), Lesley Ann Warren for Victor Victoria (1982), Amy Irving for Yentl (1983), Nicole Kidman for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Queen Latifah for Chicago (2002), Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago (2002), Renée Zellweger for Chicago (2002), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009), Meryl Streep for Into the Woods (2014), and Emma Stone for La La Land (2016).
• Is one of 22 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of New York. The others are Alice Brady, Teresa Wright, Anne Revere, Celeste Holm, Claire Trevor, Judy Holliday, Shirley Booth, Susan Hayward, Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Lee Grant, Beatrice Straight, Whoopi Goldberg, Mercedes Ruehl, Marisa Tomei, Mira Sorvino, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Connelly and Melissa Leo.
• LL Cool J called Anne Hathaway "stunning".
• Did all of her own singing in Les Misérables (2012).
• When she was a guest on Lip Sync Battle (2015), LL Cool J called her and Emily Blunt two of the most powerful stars of the big screen, as they face off in a Devil Wears Prada reunion battle.
• Mother, with husband Adam Shulman, of two sons Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman (b. March 24, 2016) and Jack Shulman (b. November 2019).
• Anne was first bitten by the acting bug at the age of six when she watched her mother perform the part of Fantine in a stage production of Les Miserables. Twenty-five years later, Anne would perform the part of Fantine in Tom Hooper's film version of Les Miserables, for which she won an astounding thirty-five awards worldwide and was nominated for another seventeen.
• Was 5 months pregnant with her son Jonathan when she completed filming Colossal (2016).
• Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Jonathan to begin filming Ocean's 8 (2018).
• Has worked with Helena Bonham Carter in 4 films: Alice in Wonderland (2010), Les Misérables (2012), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), and Ocean's 8 (2018).
• She has worked with 3 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Ang Lee, Jonathan Demme, and Tom Hooper.
• She was scheduled for the lead in 'Knocked Up' but dropped out due to creative differences. In an interview, she revealed that she objected to Judd Apatow's plan to use footage of a real birth.
• She was nominated for the 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performing Arts category.
• Turned down the role of Tiffany in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) due to "creative differences" with director David O. Russell. The role went to Jennifer Lawrence who won an Oscar for her performance. Hathaway also went on to win an Oscar the same year as Lawrence, for Best Supporting Actress in Les Misérables (2012).
• She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Brokeback Mountain (2005).
• Was 5 months pregnant with her son Jack when she completed filming on The Witches.
• Considers Michelle Pfeiffer to be one of her influences. She would go on to portray one of Pfeiffer's most iconic roles, Selina Kyle, in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
• Alumni of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1993.