Her award-winning 1974 novel The Dispossessed, a book in the Hainish Cycle, tells of the invention of the ansible.

An award-winning field hockey player, former typist, and daughter of a British army officer turned innkeeper, Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Percy Gardiner, she was given the title Her Royal Highness Princess Muna al-Hussein and retained this title after they divorced on 21 December 1971.

Her 1956 book The Nun's Story was a best-selling novel which was made into an award-winning 1959 movie starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter Finch.

Her first appearance was in the premiere of the fourth season which was the award-winning live episode " Ambush ".

Her life was the subject of China Doll, The Imagined Life of an American Actress, an award-winning fictional play written by Elizabeth Wong in 1995.

Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an award-winning film producer and editor.

Her local fame is due to her award-winning column in The Seattle Times newspaper, which she gave up to run for City Council.

Her career blossomed, with performances in such award-winning productions as The Rivals, The Way of the World and The Chairs.

Her film debut came in 1999, when she played the younger sister in Park Chong-wan's award-winning feature Rainbow Trout.

Her stepfather is Peter Worthington, award-winning Canadian journalist and founder and former editor of the Toronto Sun.

Her many books include her award-winning Holy Saturday: An Argument for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate in the Catholic Church.

Her first novel Rice Bowl was published in 1984, and co-wrote the award-winning short play The Amah: A Portrait In Black And White in 1986.

Her award-winning and hugely popular 1986 debut Space Demons introduced the themes of growing up and fantasy worlds which emerge often in her other writings.

Her venture into this particular genre started off with Umrao Jaan, and was followed by other such films as Shyam Benegal's award-winning drama, Kalyug ( 1981 ), Govind Nihalani's Vijeta ( 1982 ), Girish Karnad's Utsav ( 1984 ) and Gulzar's Ijaazat ( 1987 ), among others.

Her voice and arrangements can be heard in the Academy award-winning score by composer James Horner for Wolfgang Petersen ’ s Troy, including the end titles duet with Josh Groban ( produced by David Foster ) and in the original score by the Academy award-winning composer Gabriel Yared ( The English Patient ) for Troy.

Her fieldwork in Africa resulted in two ethnographic monographs relating to the Igbo-African Matriarchal Foundations ( 1987 ), and the award-winning Male Daughters Female Husbands ( Zed Press, 1987 ).

Her award-winning 2010 short film Tooty's Wedding, which Solon co-wrote with Ben Willbond, will be screened as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Her character appeared briefly in the second season of the award-winning series when it aired on Sunday, 14 January 2007.

Her stories have been retold in song, film, ballet and animation.

Her private discussions with Prime Minister Tony Blair were dramatised in Stephen Frears ' film The Queen ( 2006 ).

Her final feature, the comedy film With Six You Get Eggroll, was released in 1968.

Her deadite serves as the main antagonist of the film.

Her film credits also include a featured role in Marked For Death opposite Steven Seagal, Pass The Ammo with Tim Curry, and the CBS feature 83 Hours Till Dawn with Peter Strauss and Robert Urich.

Her film career began in earnest in 1937 when she appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door.

Her first film under RKO was The Most Dangerous Game ( 1932 ), co-starring Joel McCrea and shot at night on the same jungle sets that were being used for King Kong during the day, with the leads from both films, Wray and Robert Armstrong, appearing in both movies.

Her final public appearance was at an after-party at the Sardi's restaurant in New York City, following the premiere of the documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There.

Her character is usually renamed in film adaptations because of difficulties with pronunciation.

* Richard Dysart in both the television film Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair ( 1993 ) and in the 1995 film Panther.

Her parents were the film producer Wilbur Stark ( 1912 – 1995 ) and New York television host Kathi Norris ( 1919 – 2005 ).

Her best known and most controversial performance was the lead role in the erotic film Emily

Her later film assignments included Father Goose ( 1964 ), with Cary Grant ; Ken Russell's Valentino ( 1977 ), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova ; and Louis Malle's Damage ( 1992 ).

Her most famous film was Triumph of the Will, a documentary film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the National Socialist, or Nazi, Party.

Her next film, The Taming of The Shrew, made with husband Douglas Fairbanks, was a disaster at the box office.

Her film credits also include Robert Altman's Kansas City ( 1996 ), Robert Duvall's The Apostle ( 1997 ) and Richard E. Grant's Wah-Wah ( 2005 ).

Her three act play, " The Whipping " was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film.

Her performance was well received by critics, with BBC film critic Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz " is an enchanting screen presence ," and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were " able to generate some actual chemistry.

" Her next film was Blow, adapted from Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $ 100 million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All.

" Her final 2005 film was Don't Move playing Italia.

Her family pointed out that, although she had been omitted, R & B singer / actress Aaliyah, who died a few months earlier, was included though having been in only one moderately successful film, Romeo Must Die ( Queen of the Damned had yet to be released ).

As of August 2012, Jonze's next project is Her, a science fiction romance film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Samantha Morton, Olivia Wilde, and Rooney Mara.

Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film The Shepherd and the Women, directed by her ex-husband Ali Badrakhan.