The first steps: where famous actresses started

A legend of the French (and world!) Catherine Deneuve has starred in several dozen films over the years of her career. And the drama “High School Girls” directed by Andre Yunebel became her debut. At the time of filming, the young actress was only 14 years old. By the way, it is in this film that Deneuve appears under his real name — Dorleak. She subsequently took her mother's surname as a pseudonym.

One of the most magnificent actresses in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, made her debut at 15. Her first film was “Christmas in the Woods,” where Kidman played the role of Helen, the daughter of a poor family struggling to make ends meet. This drama is still being shown on Australian television on Christmas Eve.

It happens that the first role brings stunning success and puts you on top of the cinematic Olympus. This happened to 13-year-old Natalie Portman. Any movie connoisseur will immediately name both the film and the name of the character played by the young actress. Of course, the cult action movie “Leon"! Portman played in tandem with the famous actor Jean Reno.

A similar story happened with Cameron Diaz. The first tape made her a celebrity. Which is not surprising if the movie is called “The Mask” and your shooting partner is Jim Carrey. After the resounding success of the film, Cameron Diaz gave up her modeling career and devoted herself entirely to cinema.

For Susan Sarandon, the first film in her career was the 1970 thriller Joe. 24-year-old Sarandon played the role of the main character's daughter, a young hippie who unwittingly launched a whole chain of tragic events. Sarandon's partner was actor Peter Lawrence Boyle.

Charlize Theron at the beginning of her career did not have to choose from numerous offers, and she made her debut in the horror film “Children of Corn 3: City Harvest". It was released in 1995. The role of Charlize Theron was very modest: just one of the followers of the cult of corn.

For Julia Roberts, her successful actor brother was a strong motivator. The young girl decided to follow in his footsteps and try herself in the cinema. The first role went to her when the future star was 20 years old. It lasted only 15 seconds of screen time. The comedy “Fire Brigade”, where Julia Roberts played a graduate of the fire academy, who, together with her friends, is trying to catch a pyromaniac, was not successful. But Julia Roberts was still noticed, unlike other actors who participated in the comedy. They, unlike Roberts, did not get fame and success.

Sarah Jessica Parker dreamed of a career in cinema from a young age, and, what is gratifying, her family and friends strongly encouraged this aspiration. Their efforts bore fruit: at the age of 11, the future star of “Sex and the City” got a role in the Broadway production of “The Innocents”, then in “The Sound of Music”. And then the turn came to the cinema. It was a role in the TV series “Losers” (1982-1983).

The first role went to Renee Zellweger in 1993. It was a dramatic action movie called “Love and the .45 caliber.” The actress played Starlin in it — the girlfriend of a petty robber, who is forced to go on the run with him after an unsuccessful crime of her partner.

The magnificent British actress Tilda Swinton started as a theater actress, and in 1986 she first appeared on the screen. It was the role of Lena, the model of the famous Italian artist, in the film "Caravaggio". The film has received several awards at international film festivals.