Her Stage Door portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character, gained Arden considerable notice and was to be a template for many of Arden's future roles.

Her portrayal of the police officer Ganga earned her critical acclaim.

Her portrayal of a troubled theatre-goer in Secret Friends ( BBC 2, 1990 ) was described as " a miniature tour de force ... Miranda Richardson's finest hour, all in ten minutes " ( The Sunday Times ).

Her character stood out as a positive portrayal of a Jewish woman and at the height of her popularity, she fell in love with another woman, a witch named Tara Maclay.

Her performance was called " memorable ... funny and poignant in turns ", and she earned a Tony Award. Richard Watts, Jr. of the New York Post wrote: " nothing I have ever seen her do prepared me for the loveliness, humor, gift for joyous characterization, and sheer lovableness of her portrayal of Nellie Forbush ....

Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991, her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and as Wendy Torrance in Stephen King's 1997 television adaptation of The Shining.

Her portrayal of main antagonist Cathy Ames won her a Golden Globe.

Her experiences of Germany formed the foundation of her first published collection, In a German Pension, in 1911, a work that was lauded by a number of critics ( and enjoyed for its unfavourable portrayal of Germans ) but which she later described as " immature ".

Her portrayal of Brenda in Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) won her a British Academy Film Award.

Her first film role was in 1971, in Nicholas and Alexandra, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA and the Golden Globe for her portrayal of the Empress Alexandra.

Her portrayal of libidinous Meyerburg, " Mr Mybug ", may have been aimed at Hampstead intellectuals ( particularly Freudians and admirers of D. H. Lawrence ), but has also been seen as anti-semitic in its description of his physiognomy and nameplay ( Humble, 2001: 30 ).

Her portrayal of Malvika, a young widow, met with mixed reviews from critics with Sarita Tanwar from Mid Day commenting, " Rani Mukerji breathes life into a somewhat confused character ".

Her portrayal of a rape victim in the film who quests for justice was appreciated, but the film, which was a much-delayed project, was a major commercial failure.

Her sympathetic portrayal of the plight of working animals led to a vast outpouring of concern for animal welfare and is said to have been instrumental in abolishing the cruel practice of using the checkrein ( or " bearing rein ", a strap used to keep horses ' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck ).

Her work has provoked a negative reaction from some feminists due to the portrayal of women in her graffiti.

Her portrayal of Piaf earned her nomination for a fourth Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical ; she subsequently released an album, entitled Piaf, containing Édith Piaf songs.

Her portrayal of Priya Bakshi, a teenage single mother who fights social prejudice, earned her several award nominations, including her first nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards.

Her portrayal of a sex worker in Chameli ( 2004 ) proved to be the turning point in her career, and she was later noted for her performances in the critically acclaimed films Dev ( 2004 ) and Omkara ( 2006 ).

Her portrayal as the initially flippant ex-girlfriend, Makoto Saeki, won her " Best Supporting Actress " yet again at the 38th Television Drama Academy Awards.

Her most recent roles include her portrayal of the title character in true crime drama Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy and Kirby Reed in the slasher film Scream 4.

Her portrayal however brought mixed reviews by Trek fans.

Her refulgent smile eased her portrayal of a wide range of characters ranging from the fiery Narasimha to a graceful Rama in Tulasidas's Ramcharitmanas.

Her 1944 book, The Unconquerables carries such an accurate portrayal of the Polish resistance that some thought she was using classified information given to her by her husband.

Her portrayal of the dipso-nymphomaniac daughter of a Texas oil baron won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her young British lawyer, James Dunlop, pleaded that she was sorely needed at her Portland home by her widowed mother, 80, her maiden aunt, also 80 and bedridden for 20 years, and her uncle, 76, who once ran a candy shop.

Her parents were friendly with the writer Mark Twain, and from this association young Crystal herself became acquainted with Twain.

Her answer was supportive, but advised him that she thought her daughter still rather young to be courted.

Her older brother Gratian died young.

Her maternal grandparents were of mixed European and Eastern Cherokee ancestry ; of particular importance to her as a child was her grandfather, Calvin Clinton Copeland, who was a great source of inspiration and guidance to her as a young child, offering a more pantheistic spiritual alternative to her father and paternal grandmother's traditional Christianity.

Her success as ruler was due to the power of the self-images she successively portrayed of innocent young woman, devoted wife and mother, suffering and patient widow, and grandmotherly matriarch.

Her education was mainly supervised by her mother, who in the words of Randolph Churchill " never aimed at bringing her daughters up to be more than nicely behaved young ladies ".

Her autobiography details how the young actress had an instinctive ear for recreating musical sounds.

Her father gave her advice, saying that she was too young to be married.

Her name has the same root as Juno ( from Iuu -, " young, youngster "); the ceremonial litter bearing the sacred goose of Juno Moneta stopped before her sacellum on the festival of the goddess.

Her older siblings were Daisy LeSueur, who died very young, and Hal LeSueur.

Her father died when she was young and she was close to her mother as she grew up.

Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother remarried shortly afterwards.

Her youngest daughter Sara Cassidy has published young adult novels including SLICK 2010 and WINDFALL 2011.

Her specialty is naïve young girls – much like myself … Once she sank her teeth into me, she didn ’ t let go.

Her Fairy Godmother magically appears and immediately begins to transform Cinderella from house servant to the young lady she was by birth, all in the effort to get Cinderella to the ball.

Her conclusion was that the evidence testified to an ancient Celtic festival on 1 August that involved the following: solemn cutting of the first of the corn of which an offering would be made to the deity by bringing it up to a high place and burying it ; a meal of the new food and of bilberries of which everyone must partake ; a sacrifice of a sacred bull, a feast of its flesh, with some ceremony involving its hide, and its replacement by a young bull ; a ritual dance-play perhaps telling of a struggle for a goddess and a ritual fight ; an installation of a head on top of the hill and a triumphing over it by an actor impersonating Lugh ; another play representing the confinement by Lugh of the monster blight or famine ; a three-day celebration presided over by the brilliant young god or his human representative.

Her image is shown as a young virgin dressed in white.

Her character, Elizabeth Masterson, is an ambitious young doctor.

Her father was rich, and had a magnificent house in Acropolis, that had a massive courtyard that young Athenais played in a lot as a child.

Her establishment of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was part of a larger movement to create institutions of higher education for young women during the early half of the 19th century.

Her father, an ardent gambler, taught her the art of gaming from a very young age.

Her personality as Sophie is initially somewhat timid, however, by the end of the book she becomes an adept magician and confident young woman.