RECENT CREDITS
Astro Boy (FILM)  Oct. 23, 2009
The Burning Plain (FILM)  Sep. 18, 2009
Battle in Seattle (FILM)  Sep. 19, 2008
Stand Up To Cancer (TV)  Sep. 5, 2008
Hancock (FILM)  Jul. 2, 2008


HIGHLIGHTS
2008 Co-starred with Will Smith in the superhero comedy, "Hancock"
2008 Directed by boyfriend Stuart Townsend in "The Battle in Seattle," a film about the 1999 World Trade Organization protests
2007 Played a police detective opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Road  2009 -Woman
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Producer
Film


Producer, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Producer, Actor
Film


Hancock 2   -Mary
Actor
Film


Ice at the Bottom of the World   -Lisa Lee Doodlum
Producer, Actor
Film


Jinx   -Jinx
Producer, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Atlas Shrugged   -Dagny Taggart
Actor
TV


Astro Boy  2009 -"Our Friends" Narrator
Voice
Film


The Burning Plain  2009 -Sylvia
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Battle in Seattle  2008 -Ella
Actor
Film


Stand Up To Cancer  2008 -Cast
Actor
TV


Hancock  2008 -Mary
Actor
Film


The 2008 MTV Movie Awards  2008 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Sleepwalking  2008 -Joleen Reedy
Producer, Actor
Film


Movies Rock  2007 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Manufacturing Dissent  2007 -Herself
Actor
Film


In the Valley of Elah  2007 -Detective Emily Sanders
Actor
Film


Producer
Film


Actor
TV


The 78th Annual Academy Awards  2006 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Video Game Awards 2005  2005 -Cast
Actor
TV


Aeon Flux  2005 -Aeon Flux
Actor
Film


North Country  2005 -Josey Aimes
Actor
Film


The 77th Annual Academy Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Robot Chicken  2005
Voice
TV
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Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Head in the Clouds  2004 -Gilda Besse
Actor
Film


The 76th Annual Academy Awards  2004 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Monster  2003 -Aileen Wuornos
Producer, Actor
Film


Arrested Development  2005 -Rita
Actor
TV
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The Italian Job  2003 -Stella Bridger
Actor
Film


Making the Movie: The Italian Job  2003 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Waking Up in Reno  2002 -Candy Kirkendall
Actor
Film


Trapped  2002 -Karen Jennings
Actor
Film


The 74th Annual Academy Awards  2002 -Host, Presenter
Actor, Actor
TV


Kevin Bacon: Am I Me?  2002 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The Curse of the Jade Scorpion  2001 -Laura Kensington
Actor
Film


Vera Wang: Attention to Detail  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


15 Minutes  2001 -Rose Hearn
Actor
Film


Sweet November  2001 -Sara
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Men of Honor  2000 -Gwen Sunday
Actor
Film


The Legend of Bagger Vance  2000 -Adele Invergordon
Actor
Film


The Yards  2000 -Erica Stoltz
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Reindeer Games  2000 -Ashley
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Cider House Rules  1999 -Candy Kendall
Actor
Film


The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards  1999 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The Astronaut's Wife  1999 -Jillian Armacost
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Mighty Joe Young  1998 -Jill Young
Actor
Film


Celebrity  1998 -Supermodel
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The Devil's Advocate  1997 -Mary Ann Lomax
Actor
Film


Trial and Error  1997 -Billie Tyler
Actor
Film


Canned Ham: Trial and Error  1997 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Hollywood Confidential  1997 -Sally
Actor
TV


That Thing You Do!  1996 -Tina
Actor
Film


2 Days in the Valley  1996 -Helga Svelgen
Actor
Film


Producer
Film




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Highlights

2008 Co-starred with Will Smith in the superhero comedy, "Hancock"
2008 Directed by boyfriend Stuart Townsend in "The Battle in Seattle," a film about the 1999 World Trade Organization protests
2007 Played a police detective opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah"
2005 Cast in "North Country" a fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States; earned Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress
2005 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (September)
2005 Guest-starred in five episodes of the Fox comedy "Arrested Development," playing the love interest of Jason Bateman
2005 Starred in the title role in the feature adaptation of the MTV cartoon "Aeon Flux"
2004 Cast as blonde bombshell and former Bond girl Britt Ekland in the HBO bio-pic "The Life and Times of Peter Sellers"; received Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Ro
2004 Signed on to be the new face of Christian Dior's fragrance J'adore; appeared in print ads and TV commercials
2003 Starred alongside Mark Wahlberg as the female lead in "The Italian Job"
2003 Won an Oscar portraying real life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster"
2002 Starred in drama "Trapped" with Kevin Bacon as parents whose daughter is kidnapped
2002 Starred in comedy "Waking Up in Reno" with Billy Bob Thorton
2001 Reteamed with Keanu Reeves for the remake of "Sweet November"
2001 Reunited with Woody Allen for a role in "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion"
2000 Co-starred with Ben Affleck in "Reindeer Games"
2000 Played Robert De Niro's alcoholic wife in "Men of Honor"
2000 Starred with Matt Damon and Will Smith in Robert Redford's "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
1999 Played the title role in the thriller "The Astronaut's Wife"
1999 Offered a strong turn as a woman torn between two loves in "The Cider House Rules"
1998 Had featured role as an oversexed supermodel in Woody Allen's "Celebrity"
1997 Won praise for her performance as Keanu Reeves' neglected wife in "The Devil's Advocate"
1996 Had a featured role in Tom Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!"
1996 Made film debut in John Herzfeld's "2 Days in the Valley"
1995 Had a non-speaking role in the direct-to-video film, "Children of the Corn III"
1994 Settled in Los Angeles; talent manager John Crosby volunteered to represent her after witnessing a colorful tantrum aimed at a bank teller who would not cash her out-of-state check
1991 At age 16, won an Italian modeling agency contest
1991 Moved to Milan and for the next year and traveled all over Europe modeling
1981 Began studying ballet at age six
Grew up on family's farm in Benoni, South Africa
Danced professionally in Johannesberg
Relocated to NYC, taking modeling jobs to pay the rent; studied with the Joffrey Ballet for eight months before a knee injury curtailed dance career
Moved to Miami
Narrowly beaten out by Elizabeth Berkley for the lead in the disastrous "Showgirls"


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