10 fierce fictional heroines - CNN.com 10 fierce fictional heroines By Catriona Davies, CNN and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, for CNN Updated 5:45 AM ET, Mon February 25, 2013 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – A still from the 1949 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." From left to right: Janet Leigh as Meg March, June Allyson as Jo March, Elizabeth Taylor as Amy Marsh and Mary Astor as Marmee. Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Keira Knightley stars as Anna Karenina in a 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. Hide Caption 2 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Emma Watson plays Hermione Granger in the 2010 film adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling.

Hide Caption 3 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Cover of "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini. Mariam, the book's protagonist, is married against her will at the age of 15 to an abusive man 30 years her senior. Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Mia Wasikowska as Jane Eyre in the 2011 film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre." Hide Caption Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – A drawing of Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. Hide Caption 6 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Viola Davis as Aibeleen Clark in a 2011 film adaptation of "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.

Hide Caption 7 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Mary Badham plays Scout Finch in a 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon and Gary Cooper as Howard Roark in King Vidor's 1949 adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead." Hide Caption 9 of 10 Photos: 10 female role models in fiction Fictional females – Cover of "1Q84" by Haruki Murakami. His character Masami Aomame is a lonely female assassin who finally finds love in a fictionalized 1980s Tokyo. Hide Caption Pride and Prejudice celebrates its 200th birthday this week The novel's heroine Elizabeth Bennet is being recognized as one of fictions greatest heroines But who else makes your favorite fictional femme list?

Tell us in the comments below As Jane Austen's classic comedy of manners, "Pride and Prejudice" reaches 200, its heroine Elizabeth Bennet is being hailed as one of literature's best-loved ladies . But which other fictional women do we love, admire or sometime fear? Who are the powerful, striking and independent women fighting hardest for our attention through the pages of literature? The Leading Women team has drawn up an entirely subjective list of some of our favorite fictional heroines. But we know you'll have other ideas. We'd love to hear your favorites in the comments box below. They are (in no particular order): Jo March "Little Women," by Louisa May Alcott (1868) Why we love her: Like her creator, Jo March is one of four sisters living in 19th century New England, and most critics agree she is the one who most closely resembles Alcott. Jo is a tomboy, strong-minded and independent, at a time when girls were more often expected to stay at home.

The spin-off: In the 145 years since it was written, "Little Women" has been made into at least three feature films (with Jo played by Katharine Hepburn in 1933, June Allyson in 1949 and Winona Ryder in 1994), several TV series and even a Japanese animated television series. Sample quote: "If I weren't going to be a writer I'd go to New York and pursue the stage. Are you shocked?" Anna Karenina "Anna Karenina," by Leo Tolstoy (1873) Why we love her: Rebellious and unhappily married socialite Karenina begins an affair with the dashing Count Vronsky.Their passion pits them against the norms of 19th century Russian high society and forces Karenina to make stark choices about how to live a fulfilling life. The spin-offs: A 2012 film starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law is the latest in a long line of adaptations for the big and small screen.

JUST WATCHED The business of 'Pride and Prejudice' 02:57 Sample quote: "I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself" Hermione Granger "Harry Potter" series, by J.K.Rowling (2001) Why we love her: The brightest of the main characters, Granger starts the series as an annoying know-it-all, but grows into a smart beauty, who is determined and loyal to her friends. J.K.Rowling has described Granger of an exaggeration of her own youth. The spin-offs: The series of seven "Harry Potter" books, all adapted into major films made J.K.Rowling a multi-millionaire. Granger was played on screen by Emma Watson. Sample quote: "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things -- friendship and bravery." Mariam "A Thousands Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini (2007) Why we love her: Married against her will at the age of 15 to an abusive man 30 years her senior in Kabul, the novel doesn't start well for Mariam.

Twenty years later, when 15-year-old Laila moves into her household as her husband's second wife, the two women strike up a deep bond against a backdrop of Taliban brutality and war in Afghanistan. The spin-offs: Columbia Pictures is expected to make a movie, scheduled for release in 2015. Sample quote: "Why have you pinned your little heart to an old, ugly hag like me?" She murmurs into Aziza's hair. "Huh? I am a nobody, don't you see? A dehati. What have I got to give you?" She has found in this little creature the first true connection in her life of false, failed connections. Jane Eyre "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte (1847) Why we love her: After a rotten childhood in 19th century England, Jane Eyre becomes a governess and falls in love with her employer, Mr Rochester.She's a strong and complex character who manages to get back on her feet after countless setbacks.

The spin-offs: The most famous of its many film adaptations are a 1943 version starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine and a 2011 version with Mia Wasikowska in the title role. Sample quote: "I have now been married 10 years. I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express." Lady Macbeth "Macbeth," William Shakespeare (1611) Why we love her: You can't love Lady Macbeth, perhaps, but there is something to admire in her ruthless determination.Lady Macbeth urges her husband to kill the King of Scotland to seize the crown herself. Ultimately, though, she falls victim to guilt and madness. The spin-offs: Macbeth is arguably the best-known play by the world's best-known playwright and has hardly been off the stage since it was first performed in 1611. Sample quote: Discussing the arrival of King Duncan, the ambitious and often ruthless Lady Macbeth illustrates how far she is willing (and ready) to go to seize the throne.

"Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty." Aibeleen Clark "The Help," by Kathryn Stockett (2009) Why we love her: Aibeleen is a black maid raising her 17th white child in 1960s Mississippi, while nursing the pain of losing her own son.When she finds the courage to tell her story to an aspiring writer, she inspires others to do the same and unleashes big waves in a small community. The spin-offs: Aibeleen was played by Viola Davis in the successful 2011 film adaptation. Sample quote: "We ain't ... we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen." Scout Finch "To Kill a Mocking Bird," by Harper Lee (1960) Why we love her: Scout is the narrator of this much-loved Pulitzer Prize-winning novel dealing with racial injustice in the American Deep South.As a tomboyish child, Scout is able to ask questions that an adult can't while trying to make sense of the events she witnesses.

The spin-offs: It was made into a film in 1962, with Scout played by a 10-year-old Mary Badham. Sample quote: "I never understood her preoccupation with heredity. Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was." Dominique Francon "The Fountainhead," by Ayn Rand (1943) Why we love her: Set in a man's world of architects in 1920s and 30s New York City, Dominique has a pessimistic world view, which leads to her marry two men she despises. She eventually learns to find happiness with a man she loves and accept a more positive view on society. Sample quote: "Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But don't ask them to achieve self-respect.

They will hate your soul." Masami Aomame "1Q84," by Haruki Murakami (first published in Japanese, 2009. English translation 2011) Why we love her: Aomame lives an alternate reality as an assassin in a fictionalized Tokyo of 1984 avenging victims of domestic violence.Her strange world eventually converges with that of a man she fell in love with when they were both 10 years old. It's not conventional reading, but if you can make sense of it, you'll probably love Aomame. The spin-offs: The latest offering from superstar author Murakami has been enormously successful in Japan. No news of adaptations so far. Sample quote: "If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life.

Even if you can't get together with that person." Genre: Drama, Romance; Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Michael Fassbender; Director: Cary Fukunaga; Author: Charlotte Bronte, Moira Buffini; Release Date Wide: 03/11/2011; Runtime (in minutes): 115; Distributor: Focus Features Posted March 10 2011 — 12:00 AM EST For a rising young actress, it has become a rite of passage to star in a tony literary costume drama. Think Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma (1996) or Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice (2005). But Mia Wasikowska may have just set the land speed record for jumping into a prestige British period piece. She made her presence known on the movie radar only last year, with her unfussy performance in The Kids Are All Right and by occupying the still center of Tim Burton’s overstuffed carnival ride Alice in Wonderland.

Now, just 21 years old, here she is as the ”plain,” pensive, servant-with-an-inner-fire heroine of Jane Eyre, the umpteenth screen version of Charlotte Brontë’s roiling Victorian romance. As Jane, the willful orphan who becomes a docile governess, Wasikowska has pale skin, a lovely collarbone, and a rock-steady gaze, with serious eyes that seem to look right into the soul of whomever she’s talking to. This actress doesn’t just send out vibes of awareness — she’s gorgeously grave. She makes Jane’s passive, shrinking-violet moments percolate with hidden life. Wearing a series of gray dresses that resemble aprons, and with her tawny hair in an intricate bun, Wasikowska’s Jane is a girl who knows her place, yet her discerning goodness and moral independence make her stand out. It’s enough to get her booted from the mansion of her aunt, played with glittering snootiness by Sally Hawkins. Jane eventually lands at Thornfield Hall, where she looks after the French ward of the troubled, majestically brooding Mr.

Rochester, who stares at his young charge and sees the ray of sunlight that can heal him. As Rochester, Michael Fassbender, the forceful Irish actor from Inglourious Basterds and Hunger, looks startlingly like Daniel Day-Lewis, but from the moment he shows up in wispy muttonchop sideburns, a Byronic hero in secret agony over…we’re not quite sure what, Fassbender lacks the special smolder that Day-Lewis might have brought to the role. He’s a less primal, more gentlemanly Rochester than Brontë created. And that works, up to a point. Fassbender makes Rochester very sympathetic, and when he reaches out to Jane, his amorous overtures are touching. Yet I never felt her swoon in return. Their communion is sweet but rather bloodless. Maybe that’s because Jane Eyre, as directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), has a few token thunderstorm-on-the-moors scenes but lacks a grand, mythological design. The movie is choppy and prosaic.

The script, by Moira Buffini, whittles down the novel, preserving the key incidents — a raging midnight fire, an unwelcome proposal from Jane’s second, pious benefactor (Jamie Bell) — that shape our heroine. Yet the more the events pile up, the more we feel that we’re watching the story of two lost souls whose love is stymied by pesky Victorian rules. The film never conveys that something larger is at work — like, say, the hand of fate. And without that, there’s more busyness than beauty to Brontë. B? ‘Jane Eyre,’ Starring Mia Wasikowska - Review - The New York Times The New York Times Movies |Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land Search Movies | Movie Review | 'Jane Eyre' Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land Jane Eyre Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga Drama, Romance Photo Mia Wasikowska in “Jane Eyre.” Credit Laurie Sparham/Focus Features Jane Eyre may lack fortune and good looks — she is famously “small and plain” as well as “poor and obscure” — but as the heroine of a novel, she has everything.

From the very first pages of Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 book , Jane embodies virtues that might be off-putting if they were not so persuasive, and if her story were not such a marvelous welter of grim suffering and smoldering passion. She is brave, humble, spirited and honest, the kind of person readers fall in love with and believe themselves to be in their innermost hearts, where literary sympathy lies. Much as Jane combines what would seem to be incompatible traits within a single voice and body — her employer and soul mate, Edward Rochester, is an even wilder brew of contradictions — so does Brontë’s “ Jane Eyre ” mash up genres and effects with mesmerizing virtuosity. The novel’s blend of Christian piety, Gothic horror, barely suppressed eroticism and high-toned comedy satisfied readerly appetites in the Victorian era and ever after. It is hardly surprising that this book has inspired so many film adaptations over the last hundred years , the latest of which stars Mia Wasikowska as Jane, the beleaguered governess. Reader, I liked it.

This “Jane Eyre,” energetically directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (“ Sin Nombre ”) from a smart, trim script by Moira Buffini (“Tamara Drewe”), is a splendid example of how to tackle the daunting duty of turning a beloved work of classic literature into a movie. Neither a radical updating nor a stiff exercise in middlebrow cultural respectability, Mr. Fukunaga’s film tells its venerable tale with lively vigor and an astute sense of emotional detail. The director does not exactly make the task look easy, but the wild and misty moors, thanks to the painterly eye of the cinematographer, Adriano Goldman, certainly look beautiful, and Dario Marianelli’s music strikes all the right chords of dread, tenderness and longing. Brontë’s themes and moods — the modulations of terror and wit, the matter-of-fact recitation of events giving way to feverish breathlessness — are carefully preserved, though her narrative has been somewhat scrambled. Continue reading the main story The opening scene shows Jane in desperate flight from Thornfield Hall, dashing across the stormy landscape as if pursued by demons and menaced by a ghostly, wind-borne voice.

She is taken in and nursed back to health by a young clergyman, St. John Rivers (Jamie Bell), and his two sisters (Holliday Grainger and Tamzin Merchant); then her earlier life unfolds in a series of flashbacks that compress many pages into a few potent scenes and images. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Despised by the aunt in whose care she has landed and abused by her cousins and the servants, Jane (played as a child by Amelia Clarkson) nonetheless manages to cultivate her innate decency and bolster it with self-reliance. And the movie audience, like the 19th-century novel-reading public, can relish, with only slight queasiness, the sadomasochistic spectacle of boarding school cruelty. There is something voluptuous in the rage inspired by the kind of meanness we are used to calling Dickensian. The oppressors are so awful, the oppressed so innocent, that the desire to see justice done becomes an almost physical hunger. And as in Dickens, the brutality and dogmatic moral arrogance of Jane’s righteous oppressors at the Lowood school have a political dimension, one compounded by Brontë’s clearsighted feminism. Photo Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.

Credit Laurie Sparham/Focus Features Ms. Buffini’s script, while it trims and winnows some of Brontë’s empurpled passages, preserves important elements of the author’s language, including, above all, Jane’s repeated invocations of freedom as an ethical and personal ideal. Freedom in “Jane Eyre” is a complicated theme in its own right — on the Internet you can buy several term papers that explore it — and also a word whose value and meaning change over time. For the Jane in this movie, it means the ability to act without external constraint and to think without fear or hypocrisy. Ms. Wasikowska, a lovely 21-year-old actress who fulfills the imperative of plainness with a tight-lipped frown, a creased brow and severely parted hair, is a perfect Jane for this film and its moment.

She has already tackled another notable 19th-century literary heroine — Alice in Tim Burton’s weird renovation of “Alice in Wonderland” — and, perhaps more to the point, exemplified the everyday heroism of a young woman of independent temperament in “The Kids Are All Right.” Her Jane withstands strong crosswinds of feeling and the buffeting of unfair circumstances without self-pity, but also without saintly selflessness. Her world is populated with faultlessly pursued Victorian types, including Mr. Bell’s kind minister and Judi Dench’s talkative housekeeper, who peppers Jane with misleading gossip and questionable advice. Sally Hawkins as the nasty aunt and Imogen Poots as the pretty rich girl who almost derails Jane’s chances in love are memorable in brief moments, as is Valentina Cervi as the horror-movie special effect who is a more serious impediment to Jane’s happiness. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy And what about Rochester?

It is not easy to dispel the shadow of Orson Welles, who nearly crushed Joan Fontaine in his overscaled embrace in the 1944 version, and Michael Fassbender, to his credit, does not try. His Rochester, greyhound lean, with a crooked, cynical smile set in an angular jaw, is very plausibly a thinking girl’s half-inappropriate crush object. (He was all too plausibly something similar in “ Fish Tank .”) Rochester may be an impossible character — dashing, wounded, cynical, wild and yet somehow redeemable — but for that very reason he is vital to both the wild romanticism and the sober good sense that have kept “Jane Eyre” spinning through so many generations and interpretations. Mr. Fassbender adds to the necessary charisma and pathos a note of gallantry, helping to assure the audience and his indomitable co-star that this “Jane Eyre” belongs, as it should, to Jane. “Jane Eyre” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Chaste passion, discreet violence. JANE EYRE Opens on Friday in New York and Los Angeles.

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga ; written by Moira Buffini, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë ; director of photography, Adriano Goldman; edited by Melanie Ann Oliver; music by Dario Marianelli; production design by Will Hughes-Jones; costumes by Michael O’Connor; produced by Alison Owen and Paul Trijbits; released by Focus Features. Running time: 2 hours 1 minute. WITH: Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), Michael Fassbender (Edward Rochester), Jamie Bell (St. John Rivers), Amelia Clarkson (Young Jane), Sally Hawkins (Mrs. Reed), Freya Parks (Helen Burns), Holliday Grainger (Diana Rivers), Tamzin Merchant (Mary Rivers), Imogen Poots (Blanche Ingram), Valentina Cervi (Bertha Mason) and Judi Dench (Mrs. Fairfax).

Jane Eyre ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Star Mia Wasikowska Is a Darker ‘Jane Eyre’ | Anglophenia | BBC America ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Star Mia Wasikowska Is a Darker ‘Jane Eyre’ By Tom Brook | 6 years ago Mia Wasikowska in 'Jane Eyre' Mia Wasikowska is back in a new screen portrayal of another British literary heroine in the wake of her starring role in last year’s Alice in Wonderland. The 21-year-old Australian-born actress appears opposite Michael Fassbender in a fresh adaptation of the 19th century literary classic Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë. Wasikowska is a fan of British period novels, but for her, Jane Eyre stands apart because of its timelessness. As she told me, “Jane is such an important character for women — and especially young women at the age that I’m at. She has an innate sense of self-respect which I think a lot of people really connect to.” There have been countless feature film adaptations of Jane Eyre but this one has Cary Fukunaga, a filmmaker not exactly steeped in the traditions of British period drama, as its director.

The American-born Fukunaga — who has a Swedish mother and Japanese father — made the acclaimed 2009 movie Sin Nombre . At the time of its release it was widely praised as a masterfully told story of three Central American teen migrants as they made a perilous trip across Mexico heading for the U.S. border. Mia Wasikowska told me that she was excited by the selection of Fukunaga as director and that he’s made the story “younger and darker.” But Fukunaga’s handiwork is subtle. Anyone expecting him to have reinvented this 19th century British classic is probably going to be disappointed. His Jane Eyre is stately and traditional. Mia Wasikowska straddles both independent and mainstream cinema. She won plaudits for her role in the Oscar-nominated The Kids Are All Right, and Alice in Wonderland — with its billion-dollar box office haul — has given her commercial credibility and an international profile. She’s in demand and has no pressure to compromise. She can pick and choose her roles, a luxury afforded to very few young actors in the film industry today. Jane Eyre opens next week.

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âThe BFGâ based on the book... Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Mia Wasikowska. CHILDHOOD 89 AD Birth Born in 89. OTHER 1998 - 2007 5 More Events 1998 1910 Years Old In 1998, when she was eight years old, Wasikowska and her family moved to Szczecin, Poland, for a year, after her mother had received a grant to produce a collection of work based on her own experience of having emigrated to Australia in 1974, at the age of eleven. … Read More Wasikowska and her siblings took part in the production as subjects; she explained to Johanna Schneller of the Toronto Globe and Mail in July 2010, "We never had to smile or perform. We weren't always conscious of being photographed. We'd just do our thing, and she'd take pictures of us."<br /><br /> At the age of nine Wasikowska began training as a ballerina with Jackie Hallahan at the Canberra Dance Development Centre, with hopes of going professional.

She began dancing en pointe at thirteen, and was training 35 hours a week in addition to attending school full-time, her daily routine consisting of leaving school in the early afternoon and dancing until nine o'clock at night. A spur on her heel hampered her dancing. Her passion for ballet also waned due to the increasing pressure to achieve physical perfection and her growing dissatisfaction with the industry in general, and she quit at fourteen. However, she credits ballet with improving her ability to handle her nerves in auditions. Read Less … Mia Wasikowska (born October 1989) is an Australian actress. Read Less She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama All Saints in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in Suburban Mayhem (2006). … Read More She first became known to a wider audience following her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment and she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for That Evening Sun (2009).

She gained worldwide prominence in 2010 after starring as Alice in Tim Burton's $1 billion-grossing Alice in Wonderland and appearing in the comedy-drama film The Kids Are All Right, a role for which she received the Hollywood Awards Breakthrough Actress Award.<br /><br /> In 2011, Wasikowska portrayed the title character in Cary Fukunaga's adaptation of Jane Eyre, and starred in Gus Van Sant's drama Restless and Rodrigo Garcia's drama Albert Nobbs. She also starred in John Hillcoat's crime drama Lawless (2012), Park Chan-wook's psychological thriller Stoker (2013), Richard Ayoade's critically acclaimed black comedy thriller The Double (2013), David Cronenberg's satirical drama Maps to the Stars (2014),and Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy Crimson Peak (2015). She has received British Independent Film Award nominations for her performances in Jane Eyre and The Double, as well as a Saturn Award nomination for Stoker and a Gotham Independent Film Award nomination for her leading performance in Tracks (2013).

As a director, she received a nomination for AACTA Award for Best Direction for her work on the 2013 anthology film The Turning. Read Less Wasikowska landed her first acting role in 2004, with a two-episode stint on the Australian soap All Saints. 2006 1918 Years Old She had just turned fifteen when she was cast in her Australian film debut, 2006's Suburban Mayhem, for which she received a nomination for a Young Actor's AFI Award. … Read More That same year, she also appeared in her first short film, Lens Love Story, in which she had no dialogue. Read Less 2007 1919 Years Old In 2007, Wasikowska appeared in the crocodile horror film Rogue, alongside Radha Mitchell and Sam Worthington.

… Read More She observed quietly on the set; fellow actor Stephen Curry noted, "We didn't hear a peep out of her for three weeks, which earned her the nickname of 'Rowdy.' " She beat out nearly 200 other actresses for a part in the drama September, being cast on the spot by director Peter Carstairs following her audition. Read Less Show Less She then starred in Spencer Susser's acclaimed short film I Love Sarah Jane, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. … Read More At the age of seventeen, Wasikowska received her first big break role in the United States when she was cast as Sophie, a suicidal gymnast, in HBO's acclaimed weekly drama In Treatment, after she auditioned for the role by videotape. The part required her to leave school in Canberra and move to Los Angeles for three months, while enrolling in correspondence courses. She earned critical acclaim for her performance as the troubled teenager treated by psychotherapist Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), which included praise for her excellent American accent.

Read Less Wasikowska revealed in an October 2008 interview with Variety that she was something of a mimic as a child and that the large influx of American films and TV shows made it easier for Australians to pick up the accent. … Read More The exposure from the show led to Wasikowska picking up her first American film appearances. She played the role of Chaya, the young wife of Asael Bielski (Jamie Bell), in Defiance. Director Edward Zwick cast her without having seen her in In Treatment, explaining to the Australian edition of Vogue, "Her inner life is so vivid that it comes across even when she's being still." Her next role was that of aviation pioneer Elinor Smith in Mira Nair's 2009 biopic Amelia. Read Less In June 2008, due to her work on In Treatment, she was a recipient of an Australians in Film Breakthrough Award. Show Less Wasikowska played the supporting role of Pamela Choat in the 2009 Southern Gothic independent film That Evening Sun, opposite Hal Holbrook.

… Read More Director Scott Teems, seeking a young actress who bore a resemblance to Sissy Spacek, initially balked at the casting director's first suggestion of Wasikowska for the role, as he was adamant at casting all native Southerners for the sake of authenticity. However, after auditions with other actresses were unsuccessful, Teems relented and summoned Wasikowska for auditioning. She had only two hours to prepare, which she spent watching clips of Coal Miner's Daughter online in order to quickly learn a Southern accent, and impressed Teems enough that she gained the distinction of being the only non-American actor cast in the film. Read Less She was nominated for a 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, which she lost to Mo'Nique (Precious), though the film received a South by Southwest award for Best Ensemble Cast. … Read More In July 2008, after a lengthy search, Wasikowska was cast as the eponymous heroine in Tim Burton's retelling of Alice in Wonderland, alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway.

She sent a videotaped audition to casting directors in London, and her first live reading in Los Angeles occurred on the same day as her Evening Sun audition. After three more auditions in London â which saw her flying back and forth from Australia to England in just as many weeks â she was awarded the role. Burton cited Wasikowska's "old-soul quality" as a catalyst in casting her: "Because youâre witnessing this whole thing through her eyes, it needed somebody who can subtly portray that."<br /><br /> Wasikowska portrayed a nineteen-year-old Alice returning to Wonderland for the first time in over a decade after fleeing from an unwanted marriage proposal. Her affinity for the character played a part in her desire for the role, as she had read the Lewis Carroll books as a child and was a fan of Jan Å vankmajer's 1988 stop-motion film Alice. She also saw Burton's version of the classic story as a chance to explore a deeper characterization of Alice, to whom she felt young women her age could relate, for which she drew on personal experiences.

"Alice has a certain discomfort within herself, within society and among her peers; I have definitely felt similarly about all of those things, so I could really understand her not fitting in. Read Less 2010 1922 Years Old From March to May 2010, Wasikowska filmed Cary Fukunaga's adaptation of Jane Eyre, in which she starred as the title character opposite Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester. … Read More She began reading the novel after completion of Alice in Wonderland, during which she asked her agent if a script existed. Two months later, she received a script and was asked to meet with Fukunaga. Read Less Show Less However, since Fukunaga was unfamiliar with her prior work at the time and was therefore undecided about casting her, he later sought the opinion of director Gus Van Sant, with whom Wasikowska had previously filmed the 2011 release Restless.

He said to BlackBook magazine in February 2011, "Gus wrote back: 'Cast her.'" Her work on the film resulted in a scheduling conflict that forced her to withdraw from the lead in Julia Leigh's 2011 Australian independent film Sleeping Beauty, and she was replaced by Emily Browning. … Read More Meryl Streep in her 2012 Golden Globe acceptance speech, announced: "How about Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre?" Read Less … In her spare time, Wasikowska is an avid photographer, often chronicling her travels and capturing images of her film sets with a Rolleiflex camera. During production of Jane Eyre, she had a secret pocket sewn into one of her costumes in order to conceal a smaller digital camera that she used between takes. Read Less One of her on-set images, featuring Fukunaga and Jane Eyre costar Jamie Bell, was selected as a finalist in the 2011 National Photographic Portrait Prize hosted by Australia's National Portrait Gallery on 24 February 2011.

Wasikowska turned down a part in Robert Redford's 2011 film The Conspirator in order to play the female lead in Restless, which she filmed from November to December 2009. … Read More The portrayal of her character, a terminally ill sixteen-year-old, required her to crop her long hair. Read Less Though she was one of many names shortlisted for consideration in casting the role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's 2011 adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, she declined to audition for the part due to the time commitment involved with the production. … Read More From December 2010 to February 2011, Wasikowska filmed Rodrigo Garcia's Albert Nobbs, for which she was a last-minute replacement for Amanda Seyfried. Read Less On 21 April 2011, Wasikowska was named to the Time 100, a listing of the world's most influential people, which featured a brief essay written by Albert Nobbs co-star Glenn Close. … Read More In June, Wasikowska was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In December, she was among a group of actors who filmed a series of shorts from The New York Times titled Touch of Evil, which honored the art of cinematic villainy. Read Less In 2011, Wasikowska shot the small supporting role of Shia LaBeouf's character's love interest in John Hillcoat's Lawless. Later in the year, she filmed the lead in Park Chan-wook's English-language debut, Stoker, from 31 August to 23 October. Lawless premiered at Cannes in May 2012, while Stoker debuted at Sundance in January 2013. Show Less Wasikowska appeared in Miu Miu's spring 2012 fashion campaign. In 2012, she made her second appearance in a Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, this time on the front panel. Filming of her next project, Richard Ayoade's The Double, began in the UK in May 2012. … Read More In July, she shot Jim Jarmusch's vampire drama Only Lovers Left Alive, in which she plays the younger sister of Tilda Swinton's character.

Filming of Tracks, director John Curran's adaptation of the Robyn Davidson memoir of the same name, began in October 2012 in Australia, with Wasikowska in the lead role. The film was screened in competition at the 2013 Venice Film Festival.<br /><br /> Wasikowska made her directorial debut on a segment of a film adaptation of The Turning, a collection of short stories by Australian author Tim Winton. The film premiered in August 2013 at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Read Less Show Less In July 2013, Wasikowska began filming David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars in Toronto; the film was released in 2014. … Read More She will play the title role in Sophie Barthes' film adaptation of Madame Bovary, which began shooting on 30 September in Normandy, France. Read Less In 2013, Wasikowska replaced Emma Stone in the upcoming horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro titled Crimson Peak. … Read More She will appear alongside Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain.

The film started shooting in February 2014 with a 16 October 2015 release date. Read Less Wasikowska resides in Bronte, New South Wales. She dated Jesse Eisenberg, her co-star in The Double, from 2013 to 2015. … Read More Jane Eyre Movie Review, Starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender | POPSUGAR Entertainment Jane Eyre Movie Review, Starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender Jane Eyre: Needs More Fire March 11, 2011 by Lauren Bradshaw 18 Shares Multiple miniseries and movies have taken on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre , so is another adaptation of the classic novel really necessary? Perhaps not, but director Cary Fukunaga's beautifully shot retelling is still a worthy addition to the previous versions of the tale. It stays loyal to Bronte's material while retaining the book's gothic soul. Mia Wasikowska stars as the literary heroine, a governess at a sprawling but dreary estate called Thornfield Hall.

The film begins when a distraught Jane flees Thornfield and is taken in by clergyman St. John Rivers (Jaime Bell). Though Jane won't tell John about her past or where she comes from, the audience sees all of it via flashbacks, beginning with Jane's difficult childhood under the watch of her cold-hearted aunt (Sally Hawkins). Fed up with Jane, the aunt sends her away to the strict Lowood charity school, where Jane grows up with little human connection. Once she's old enough, she lands the job at Thornfield under the aloof Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender) and mysterious events begin to occur in the house. It's a lot of ground for the film to cover, but by encapsulating Bronte's story, we get more insight into Jane, instead of focusing on her relationship with Mr. Rochester. The downside is that their romance could have benefited from the extra attention and development. Find out why it's worth seeing after the jump. Jane and Mr. Rochester's relationship gets off to a rocky start. Jane first meets him while walking through the Thornfield property; she spooks his horse, he falls, and the two have a brief interaction that's more abrupt than flirtatious.

But Wasikowska and Fassbender's chemistry continues to have a difficult time getting off the ground as the film progresses. While they're excellent when verbally sparring — Jane's quick wit versus Rochester's harshness — the movie struggles to build the longing between them needed to get fully swept up in their melancholy love story. ADVERTISEMENT Wasikowska embodies Jane with a mousy wig and bare face. As Jane, she's often quiet and pensive, but you can see the gears turning in her head as her feelings bubble beneath the surface. Fassbender on the other hand, isn't what you might expect from the Byronic Rochester; for one, he's much more handsome. Even so, Fassbender makes Rochester perfectly repellent and attractive at the same time. He's brash one minute, sympathetic the next, and dare I say, I found him more interesting than Jane. While the two actors together struggle to generate heat, Fassbender is often smoldering on his own.

Though Fukunaga could've played up the mystery of Thornfield more (Rochester's secret in the attic isn't nearly as intriguing as it should be), Bronte's gothic vibe is alive and well in the director's hands, and the scenery is gorgeously gloomy. As Jane plods through the sodden moors or stares out the window of Thornfield, you can feel her isolation and anguish. But I was left wishing that her romantic feelings and her happier moments were equally stirring. Share this post Jane Eyre (2011) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

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The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites. Director: Ang Lee Jane Eyre (TV Mini-Series 2006) Drama | Romance A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever. Stars: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Lorraine Ashbourne A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. Director: Saul Dibb Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a thirteen-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Director: Joe Wright In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky. Director: Joe Wright A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home.

But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her... See full summary » Stars: Romola Garai, Michael Gambon, Jonny Lee Miller Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII. Director: Justin Chadwick At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral ... See full summary » Director: Patricia Rozema Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series 1995) Drama | Romance Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart. Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker Edit Storyline After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him.

Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? Written by Mel Bellis in the U.K. She sought refuge... and found a place haunted by secrets. Genres: Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 22 April 2011 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $182,885 (USA) (11 March 2011) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Ellen Page was the first choice for the lead role, but withdrew when production was delayed. Mia Wasikowska was later cast. See more » Goofs During the first meeting between Mrs Fairfax, Mr Rochester and Jane Eyre; Mrs Fairfax serves tea and then sits down with her cup. The cup she is holding is clearly empty. See more » Quotes Mrs. Fairfax : No one knows how it started. I expect that Mrs. Poole took too much of the Gin and water as she slept the lady, Mrs. Rochester, unlocked the keys.

She did what she failed to do a year ago, set the whole place to fire. We would have all perished in the smoke but Mister Rochester would not rest until we were all safe. Then he went in for her. The flames were tearing up so high it brought men running from the village. I saw her standing on the roof, the very edge. I heard Mister Rochester beg her ... Piano Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K.331, Third Movement: 'Alla Turca' (C. 1783) (United States) – See all my reviews This movie is exquisite. It is an example of how a dramatic movie should be made. Far from being corny or contrived, this movie is about integrity, courage, loyalty, and friendship. The movie is beautifully filmed and conveys the moodiness and foreboding associated with the story. The acting is great by all members of the cast. This movie tells a story and tells it well. It provides a glimpse of nineteenth century English society and how people looked and acted at that time. Yet the movie is more than a period piece; its themes are timeless. At no time does the story drag. Jane Eyre is heroic.

She is the epitome of human goodness, not the kind that's candy-coated but the kind that is genuine. She transcends a harsh childhood to become a source of great strength for everyone around her. Unlike most Hollywood movies today, Jane Eyre is story-driven, and the story is strong. This movie is well worth watching and the title character is a role model for adolescents or young adults of all ages to emulate. 55 of 76 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Mia Wasikowska: The quiet observer - latimes YOU ARE HERE: LAT Home → Collections → Justin Bieber Mia Wasikowska: The quiet observer Last year, she was 'Alice.' This year, she's 'Jane Eyre.' With these and other upcoming roles, the shy young Aussie is cementing her spot in Young Hollywood. March 10, 2011 |By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times Australian actress Mia Wasikowska stars as "Jane Eyre." (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles…) Of all the stars Mia Wasikowska saw at Vanity Fair's exclusive Oscar party last month, Justin Bieber was the one she found most fascinating.

There he was, in all his pint-sized teen idol glory, scurrying around the Sunset Tower with Disney star Selena Gomez in tow. "They were just, like, snickering and running away somewhere," the actress, 21, recounted. But unlike Bieber's legion of screaming tween fans, Wasikowska wasn't interested in the romantic status of the pair. Instead, she was struck by how many partygoers also seemed unable to tear their eyes away from the young singer. "I was thinking, 'Wow, how do you handle that?'" she said. "I'm so curious about people like that." Indeed, Bieber's world is one Wasikowska can scarcely imagine — and most definitely doesn't want to be — living in. Despite her leading role in last year's blockbuster "Alice in Wonderland," she's still not the kind of actress people recognize. When she arrived for an interview last week at the Venice cafe she had selected for lunch, no one gawked at her unfussy look (an outfit of muted colors, just-brushed cropped hair and Mary Janes). She curled into a wall while waiting for her table, looking at the eccentric artist types filling the place.

It was almost as if she were still playing the role of Jane Eyre, the 19th century English literary heroine who Wasikowska takes on in a new film based on the Charlotte Brontë novel, out in Los Angeles on Friday. Quiet and even meek on the surface, both the character and the actress harbor less obvious passions. "Sort of a pot of boiling water with a lid on it," as "Jane Eyre" director Cary Fukunaga explained it. "I like to think of myself as an observer," said Wasikowska. "And the whole experience of 'Alice' sort of made me be observed, so that was occasionally uncomfortable. It was sort of on a level that I've never experienced before. At times, it was kind of scary. ... Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you. It's interesting feeling out of control of your identity." Despite her feelings about fame, Wasikowska has been working in the public eye since she was a teenager in her native Australia, where she had a role on a popular television medical drama.

Her first break in America came with a turn as a suicidal gymnast on the HBO series "In Treatment." She attracted enough notice to land a number of films, including "Alice" and last year's Oscar-nominated "The Kids Are All Right," in which she played the daughter of Annette Bening and Julianne's Moore's lesbian couple, in addition to "Jane Eyre." If she hasn't already cemented her place as one of Young Hollywood's leading actresses, the next year should do it. In the coming months, she has a slew of diverse parts in a number of high-profile projects. There's Gus Van Sant's "Restless," her first real romantic leading role; "Albert Nobbs," a drama written by Glenn Close and John Banville and directed by Rodrigo García; "The Wettest County in the World," a Depression-era crime drama in which she's cast opposite Shia LaBeouf; and "Stoker," a film directed by fanboy favorite Park Chan-wook with Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Asked to describe what it was like working with Wasikowska, a handful of filmmakers and actors all came back with essentially the same response. "She's shy," said Van Sant.

"She's totally not self-promoting," added Close. "She's not the person who is looking to be the center of attention," echoed Fukunaga. Or, as her "Alice in Wonderland" costar Helena Bonham Carter put it: "Mia is quietly extraordinary." But is she really as timid as everyone imagines? "I think so," copped the actress, pausing for a moment on the thought. "I mean, there's a certain amount of performing that goes on, but I don't know. Do people think I'm shy? I am in situations." While she has become more comfortable in Hollywood, she doesn't want to move here permanently and still spends any time she has off with her family back in her hometown of Canberra. There, she mostly sleeps and reads. It was at home that she became transfixed by "Jane Eyre," e-mailing her agent after only a few chapters to find out whether anyone was developing the project into a film. The famous book has, of course, been on the screen numerous times before: Since 1910, there have been 18 feature versions, plus nine television versions.

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the past incarnations, Wasikowska didn't watch any of them. But she still felt a pull to the character that she wasn't able to fully articulate. "Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why," she said. She's been in relationships before, but none as intense as the one between Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, played in the new film by German-born actor Michael Fassbender.

Question: Which literary heroine was played in a 2011 film by Mia Wasikowska?
Answer: JANE EYRE