Three Movies, One Actor Trivia Quiz

Answer: Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani began her successful career at the Comédie-Française. She gained fame for her performance in the film "The Story of Adèle H." (1975), which was based on the diaries of Adèle Hugo, daughter of the writer Victor Hugo.

In the film "Queen Margot" (1994) Adjani plays Margaret of Valois, also called Queen Margot, the sister of Catholic King Charles IX, who married the Protestant Henry of Bourbon, King of Navarre, to seal the peace between Catholics and Protestants. The film was based on "La Reine Margot" by Alexandre Dumas and received numerous awards. In "Camille Claudel" (1988), Adjani plays the talented sculptor who had a long and tumultuous professional and romantic relationship with Auguste Rodin. The film was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris "Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel Rodin's House Mistress" (1988).

Isabelle Adjani has been making movies for over 50 years. She has also released music albums and has been a spokesperson for many brands and causes.

Answer: Drew Barrymore

The American actress Drew Blythe Barrymore was born into an acting family. The film that made her famous was "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), in which Elliot and his companions, including little Gertie Taylor (Drew Barrymore), help an extraterrestrial, E.T., find his way home. Among the many films in which she acted is "Charlie's Angels" (2000), where she, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu play private detectives. In "50 First Dates" (2004), Barrymore forms a romantic couple with Adam Sandler; he is a marine veterinarian, and she is an art teacher who suffers from amnesia.

Despite a troubled start to her career, Barrymore became a successful actress, producer, and director, in addition to working in the world of fashion and cosmetics and fighting for numerous causes.

Answer: Helen Hunt

Helen Elizabeth Hunt grew up in a family connected to the arts and has been working in film, theater, and television since the 1970s.

Hunt's films include "As Good as It Gets", "Then She Found Me" and "Ride". In "As Good as It Gets" (1997), she plays Carol Connelly, a single mother who has a sick son and falls in love with Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), a writer who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hunt and Nicholson won the Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor for this film.

In the movies "Then She Found Me" (2007) and "Ride" (2014), Hunt was at the same time a director, writer, and actor. In "Then She Found Me", Hunt plays a schoolteacher who faces a midlife crisis and several events over which she has no control. In "Ride", a drama film, Hunt starred as a mother who crosses the country to follow her son who dropped out of school to become a surfer.

Answer: Johnny Depp

The American John Christopher Depp II, best known as Johnny Depp, is a versatile actor. He began his career as a musician in rock bands and rose to fame as an actor on the television series "21 Jump Street" (1987-1990).

In "Finding Neverland" (2004), Depp plays Sir James Matthew Barrie, the writer of "Peter Pan", and deals with his friendship with the family of Pete Llewelyn Davies, who is said to have been the source of inspiration for his work. Another successful film starring Depp is "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), which tells the story of a humanoid who has blades instead of hands. In the film "Chocolat" (2000), he plays Roux, the leader of a Romani community who has an affair with a widow (Juliette Binoche) who has opened a "chocolaterie" in a small French village.

In addition to his acting career, Depp is also a musician and has played guitar on several albums. He is also known for his philanthropic work.

Answer: Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall is an acclaimed actor and filmmaker who has been in the film industry for over six decades.

Duvall received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film "Tender Mercies" (1983) as a former country music star whose alcoholism has ruined his marriage and career. In "The Godfather" (1972) and other films in the series, Duvall plays Thomas Hagen, a lawyer and consigliere to the Corleone family.

In "A Family Thing" (1996), Duvall portrays Earl Pilcher, who lives a peaceful life with his family. However, before passing away, his mother left a letter in which she reveals that his biological mother was an African-American woman, who was raped by Earl's father and died giving birth to him. In the letter, she asks Earl to look for his half-brother, which changes his life.

Answer: Stockard Channing

Susan Antonia Williams Stockard, known as Stockard Channing, is an American actress who, after an excellent academic education, began her acting career with the Experimental Theatre Company of Boston in 1969.

In her first film "The Fortune" (1975), she starred as the young heiress Fredrika Q. Bigard, whose fortune two bumbling men (Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty) try to steal. Channing's performance in the hit musical "Grease" (1978) as Betty Rizzo earned her the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress. In "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993), she stars as the socialite Louisa Kittredge, who welcomes into her home the con man and robber Paul (Will Smith), who introduces himself as a friend of her children. This film was based on the life of David Hampton, who posed as Sidney Poitier's son.

Channing's career spans several decades. She has been nominated and has received numerous accolades, including an Emmy Award for her role in the television series "The West Wing".

Answer: Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo is a versatile American actor with a career in television and film. He is also a conga player, a guitarist, and a singer.

On television, Elizondo became known for his participation in the series "Chicago Hope" and "Last Man Standing". In the early 1980s, Elizondo began a long collaboration with film director and actor Garry Marshall. Under his direction, he acted in 18 films, including the three mentioned here. The first one was "Young Doctors in Love" (1982) in which Elizondo shows his talent as a guitar player. In "Pretty Woman" (1990), Elizondo acts as Barney, a hotel manager who helps Vivian, an escort girl, get ready to accompany a wealthy businessman. His performance in this film lasted 10 minutes and earned him a Golden Globe nomination. In "The Princess Diaries" (2001) Elizondo stars as Joe, the driver in charge of security and chauffeur for Mia, the heir to the throne of Genovia.

Answer: Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) began her career in Swedish and German films. She became known to Americans when she starred in the 1939 American remake of the Swedish film "Intermezzo" (1936). The film is about a famous violinist who invites Anita (Bergman), his daughter's piano instructor, to be his companion on a tour.

In "Anastasia" (1956), a con man (Yul Brynner) meets a beautiful amnesiac (Bergman) and creates a plot to have her present herself as Anastasia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who survived the massacre of the Romanov family. For her performance, Bergman won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Actress. Her last film was "Autumn Sonata", in which she plays a concert pianist who has a troubled relationship with her daughter.

Answer: Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is a versatile artist and a successful television and film producer. He is one of the best-known actors in the world.

In the movie "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (1986), Tom Hanks plays Lt. David Bradley, an American soldier who spends some time in Jerusalem to recover from an injury. There he falls for a girl from a Jewish family, which turns out to be an impossible love given the cultural differences.

"Philadelphia" (1993) is one of the first Hollywood films to openly address the issue of HIV. In the film, Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer with HIV who is fired from the firm where he works. The only lawyer who accepts to take on the cause is Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who also suffered discrimination for being Black. Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for this role.

In "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), Hanks stars as Sam Baldwin, a widowed architect who moves to Seattle to start a new life with his young son. After being convinced by his son, he participates in a radio show where he talks about his life. Among the people who listen to the program is Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a reporter who decides to meet him. Some people considered "Sleepless in Seattle" one of the best romantic comedy movies of all time.

Answer: Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts (1967) is an American actress known for her leading roles in several movies. In addition to her long list of films, she runs a film company, works on television, and advocates for many causes.

In "Nothing Hill", (1999), Julia plays Anna Scott, a famous American actress, who becomes involved with William Thacker (Hugh Grant), a British bookseller, who has his shop in London's Notting Hill district.

"Wonder" (2017) depicts the life of a boy named Augusto "Auggie" who has Teacher Collins syndrome (TCS), characterized by facial deformities. When Auggie turns five, his parents decide that he should attend private school. Roberts plays Auggie's mother and portrays the drama of families that need to face such difficulties.

In "Ticket to Paradise" (2022), Julia Roberts and George Clooney play Georgia and David, a long-time divorced couple. Despite hating each other, the couple reunites when their daughter informs them that she is going to marry a Balinese farmer. The couple travels to Bali with the intention of sabotaging the wedding, but their plans fail and the wedding goes ahead. During this time together, the couple reflect on their failed marriage and decide to give their relationship another chance.