An Example of an Actress Associated with a Thriller Film- Naomi Watts

• After bit parts in adverts, Watts made her film debut in 'For Love Alone' (1986); a 1930s' romance. She was credited as "Leo's Girlfriend". Although this was a good but modest start, Naomi didn't put all her 'eggs in one basket'; she went on to take jobs in publishing and modelling before focusing solely on acting. In Japan, Naomi had a terrible accident whilst modelling - she swore she would never be in front of the camera again – but did go on to prove herself wrong.
• Whilst working on Australian magazine 'Follow Me' (an alternative to Vogue), a former acting friend invited her along to a workshop over a weekend. On Monday morning, Naomi quit her job to follow her dream.
• Only two weeks on, Naomi ran into the director John Duigan at the 1989 premiere of 'Dead Calm'. John invited Naomi to audition for 'Flirting' (1991) - and she got the part! Having made friends with Nicole Kidman previously at an audition, she was thrilled to work along side her on this high school coming-of-age film.
• At this stage in her career Naomi had various TV roles, including parts in 'Home and Away' and 'Sleepwalkers'. Feeling confident she was on the right track, and not wanting to get stuck in a soap opera, she turned down a part on 'A Country Practice'; although she later admitted this was probably a mistake.
• In 1993, Naomi took on the role of Louise in 'The Custodian', a cop drama about crooked police. That year she played a Shopping Cart Starlet in 'Matinee' starring John Goodman. Now in demand, Naomi again worked with director John Duigan in 'Wide Sargasso' and then director George Miller in 'Gross Misconduct'. This movie finally gave Naomi a leading role, as Jennifer Carter.
• Naomi moved onto play Jet Girl in the all action, sci-fi comedy, 'Tank Girl' (1995); a comic book adaptation set in 2033. Although the film didn't fare very well at the box office, it did go on to be a cult classic.
• Next on her schedule was a horror flick. Naomi took on the role of Grace Rhodes in the Australian sequel 'Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering' (1996). Her salary for this job was $5,000. The same year she played Molly in 'Persons Unknown' (1996), a film about a heist that went wrong.
• 'Under the Lighthouse Dancing' (1997) was Naomi's next film. She played Louise, one of six friends on holiday on an Australian island. In it, the friends rallied round to ensure one of them, who announced they were dying, got married to the love of their life.
• Naomi's next role was in 'A House Divided' (1998), a short US drama where she is holed up in a house during rioting in LA. She then played Giulia De Lezze in 'Dangerous Beauty' - a true story set in sixteenth century Venice about a female writer.
• The following year Naomi played Alice, in the upbeat comedy, 'Strange Planet'. The film kicked off on New Year's Eve and concluded exactly one year later, after the group of twenty-somethings had struggled to fulfill their personal new millennium resolutions.
• Two years on she played a shallow girlfriend in another short, 'Never Date an Actress' (2001). Naomi teamed up with Scott Coffey (from Tank Girl) to make up the cast of two. Both actors demonstrated they were not afraid to send themselves up in this comedy and went on to work on a further four films together.
• By 2001, Naomi had a gathered a good understanding of the film industry and took on the role of producer as well as the lead role in
  
  'Ellen Parker'. The film went on to be recognised in 2005's Sundance Film Festival. Shortly afterwards she played a New York tabloid journalist in the horror remake 'Down' (2001).
• David Lynch's controversial film 'Mulholland Drive' (2001) brought Naomi to the forefront of the public's eye after she played Betty Elms, an aspiring actress. She proved her strong acting ability, which was later qualified by way of gongs, picked up on the award circuit. David Lynch's direction was nominated for an Oscar, and he won ten other awards; the film picked up even more, while Naomi scooped nine awards for her own showcase. She was also named the Female Star of Tomorrow at the 2002 ShoWest Convention and received the Breakthrough Acting Award at the 2002 Hollywood Film Festival and from the National Board of Review.
• This was the moment in Naomi's career when the critics sat up and took notice of her talent.
• 'The Ring' (2002) saw Naomi demonstrate she had box office appeal: it grossed over $100m. The Ring was a remake of a Japanese film 'Ringu' from 1998. In this horror Naomi played another journalist, who set out to uncover the truth behind a series of deaths. The Ring scooped five awards and four nominations. Naomi took home her first Best Actress gong, the Saturn Award from the US, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
• Naomi then went on to win a staggering eight 'Best Actress' awards for her part as Rachel Keller, a young mother with a reckless past, in the crime thriller '21 Grams' (2003). This performance also earned Naomi her first Oscar nomination for 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' coupled with the view she was the best actress from her generation. 21 grams is the weight, which it is said, everyone loses at the moment of death.
• In 2004 she took on the part of Marie Andersen Bicke in 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon', alongside Sean Penn. Set in 1974, the film was based on fact, where Penn's character hatched a plan to kill the then President.
• Naomi's career went from strength to strength, demonstrated in 'The Ring Two' (2005) after the box office took $35m in the first weekend. Returning to her protective-mother-reporter character, Rachel Keller, she investigated the mysterious deaths of those who had watched a video tape.
• She also provided a voice in the film 'Inland Empire' (2006).
• 'Eastern Promises' (2007) saw Naomi team up with Viggo Mortensen and director David Cronenberg for the gangster thriller film, which received positive critical reception and landed her another honour, a nomination for a Saturn Award for Best Actress.
• This was quickly followed with a Fangoria Chainsaw Award nomination for best actress for her role in psychological horror-thriller remake 'Funny Games' (2008). After taking an atcing hiatus for a year to be a mother, she returned in the crime action film 'The International' with Clive Owen in 2009. With her star power growing, Naomi continued charming critics with her next character, Elizabeth Joyce, in 2010 drama 'Mother and Child'.
• The Australian Film Institute was impressed with her work in the film and rewarded her with a nomination for its international award for best actress. Another nomination came in the form of an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. The same year saw her land the Satellite Award and St Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress after she appeared in Doug Liman's thriller film 'Fair Game'.
• Naomi returned to the horror genre in the 2011 film 'Dream House' with Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz before taking on a serious role in 'J Edgar' - a biopic about the head of the FBI portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
• In 2012, Watts was in 'The Impossible', A film about the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand. 

Thriller Movies that Watts has been in:

-The Ring 1 and 2 (Rachel Keller)

-Dream House (Ann Patterson)

-The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Marie Andersen Bicke)

- 21 Grams (Cristina Peck)

- Mulholland Drive (Betty Elms)

-Inland Empire (Suzie Rabbit)

-Eastern Promises (Anna Khitrova)

-The Impossible (Maria Bennet)

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