I agree. I mean, she got tons of press for Garden State, and she's everywhere with Closer, and that's just recently. It would be really difficult to have missed her association with Star Wars, even if you tried. Though I would forgive not remembering her earlier stuff so well, since she was fairly young in a lot of them.
Though anyone who didn't see Where the Heart Is totally should, because it's awesome.
I like
Beautiful Girls
far more than I should. It is completely a guilty pleasure.
To muddy the waters a bit, for Katie Holmes it says:
Current approximate level of fame: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Deserved approximate level of fame: Natalie Portman
I am so confused.
In the review of Closer in the New Yorker (or maybe it was TONY) the reviewer was arguing that Portman is too beautiful, that directors don't know what to do with her. Lucas had to slather her with makeup so that she could fit in his asexual universe.
aaand, it's official: the Fame Audit just doesn't like SMG:
Current approximate level of fame: Kirsten Dunst
Deserved approximate level of fame: Melissa Joan Hart
That is confusing, Victor.
Though I think it is fair to say that Sarah and Katie are pretty equal on the fame scale. It is beginning to look like everybody is at a Sarah level of fame, and deserves a rise, or something, however.
Does Julia Roberts get a ranking?
Too beautiful for a MOVIE ACTRESS? Yeah, that really hurt the careers of Garbo, Kate Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Julie Christie, and so many many others.