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Category 41-45, TALENT SEMI - FINAL ROUND 2: Halle Berry vs. Nicole Kidman

Halle by Francy Italy

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One of her first acting projects was a television series for local cable Chicago Force. In 1989, Berry landed the role in the short-lived ABC television series Living Dolls (a spin-off of Who's the Boss?).

Her breakthrough feature film role was in Jungle Fever. Her first co-starring role was in the 1991 film Strictly Business. In 1992, Berry starred in Boomerang. That same year, she caught the public's attention in the TV adaptation of Queen: The Story of an American Family. Berry was in the live-action Flintstones movie.

With Losing Isaiah (1995), Berry tackled a more serious role. She played in Race the Sun (1996), and in Executive Decision. In 1998, Berry received praise for her role in Bulworth. The same year, she played the singer Zola Taylor, one of the three wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon, in the biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love. In the 1999 HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, she portrayed the first black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Berry's performance was recognized with several awards, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

Berry portrayed the mutant superhero Storm in the film adaptation of the comic book series X-Men (2000) and its sequels, X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In 2001, Berry appeared in the film Swordfish, which featured her first on-screen nude scene.

In 2001, Berry appeared in Monster's Ball. Her performance was awarded the National Board of Review and the Screen Actors Guild prizes, and earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Berry made history by becoming the first African-American woman to receive a Best Actress Academy Award.

As Bond girl Jinx in the 2002 blockbuster Die Another Day, Berry famously recreated a scene from Dr. No, as Ursula Andress had 40 years earlier. In late 2003, she starred in the psychological thriller Gothika. It was a moderate hit at the United States box office, taking in $60 million; it earned another $80 million abroad.

Berry receive $12.5 million for the title role in the film Catwoman, a $100 million movie, it grossed $17 million on its first weekend. She was awarded a "worst actress" Razzie award in 2005.

Berry next appeared in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC TV movie Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005). Meanwhile, she voiced the character of Cappy, one of the many mechanical beings in the animated feature Robots (2005). She starred in the thriller Perfect Stranger and wrapped shooting on Things We Lost in the Fire. She is set to star in Class Act and Tulia.

2008 Who is Doris Payne?, Nappily Ever After

(wikipedia)

Nicole by Moiselles

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By the end of 1983 she had secured a supporting role in the television series Five Mile Creek and four film roles, including BMX Bandits and Bush Christmas. During the 1980s, she appeared in several Australian movies and TV series, notably including the soap opera A Country Practice, the mini-series Vietnam (1986), Emerald City (1988), and Bangkok Hilton (1989).

In 1989, Kidman starred in Dead Calm. The thriller film garnered strong reviews. In 1990, she appeared in Days of Thunder. After this, Kidman starred in Far and Away (1992). In 1995, Kidman featured in the ensemble cast of Batman Forever. Her second film in 1995, To Die For was a satirical comedy that earned her praise from critics. She won a Golden Globe Award, and five other best actress awards. Kidman and Cruise portrayed a married couple in Eyes Wide Shut in 1999.

In 2002, Kidman received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 2001 musical film Moulin Rouge. Consequently, Kidman received her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The same year, she had a well-received starring role in the horror film The Others.

The following year, Kidman won critical praise for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours, in which the prosthetics applied to her made her almost unrecognizable. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role, along with a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and numerous critics awards. Also in 2002, Kidman starred in the stage play "The Blue Room," which opened in New York and London. The play was a stellar success.

In the same year, Kidman starred in three very different films. Dogville, The Human Stain and Cold Mountain which garnered her a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2004, Kidman appeared in the critically panned remake of The Stepford Wives. In September of the same year she played in Birth. Film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and Kidman was nominated for another Golden Globe Award. Kidman's two movies in 2005 were The Interpreter which received mixed reviews, though it did become a considerable success at the box office grossing nearly $165 million worldwide, with its $80 million budget, and Bewitched; the latter fared abysmally with critics and made only $131,413,159 at the box office.

Recently, Kidman appeared in Fur, she also lent her voice to the animated film Happy Feet, which quickly garnered critical and commercial success, the film grossed over $384 million dollars worldwide. In 2007, she starred in The Invasion and Margot at the Wedding. She also starred in the film adaptation of the first part of the planned His Dark Materials trilogy of films. However, The Golden Compass''s failure to meet expectations at the North American box office has reduced the likelihood of a sequel.

She is also set to star in The Lady from Shanghai and Australia. It is reported that Kidman will star and produce in an upcoming Monte Carlo.

2009 Nine, Need

(wikipedia)

WHICH ONE IS MORE TALENTED?

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