Drop Dead Gorgeous Trivia Quiz

Answer: Saoirse Ronan

The photo is of the Brooklyn Bridge and the name of her 2015 movie is 'Brooklyn'.

Saoirse Una Ronan was born on 12 April 1994 in Woodlawn, Bronx, New York City. She first appeared in the Irish TV show called 'The Clinic'. She got an Oscar nomination at the age of 13 for Joe Wright's movie 'Atonement', in which she starred alongside Keira Knightley, Vanessa Redgrave and James McAvoy. In the movie, she played a girl named Briony who gives a wrong testament against her sister's lover that changes her family's life forever. She played the lead role in the movie 'Hanna' which also starred Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana. She has also appeared in Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones' and Wes Anderson's Oscar nominated movie 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. In the 2015 movie 'Brooklyn', she plays an immigrant of Irish origin named Eilis, who comes to the US and falls in love with a man played by Emory Cohen. Her performance received rave reviews and she was nominated in the Lead Actress category at the Oscars for the same.

Her name is pronounced as Sirsh-uh. Yes, the actress herself has been quoted saying that she was happy that people were pronouncing her name properly.

Wonderful talent!

Answer: Naomi Watts

The photo is meant to point you in the direction of the unit 'watt', which is as close to Naomi's surname as you can get.

Naomi Watts was born 28 September, 1968 in Kent, England. She was born to Myfanwy Edwards and Peter Watts. Her father was Peter Watts who was a sound engineer for Pink Floyd, before which he worked with The Pretty Things. Naomi's parents separated when she was 4, in 1972.

Naomi, in the initial stages of her career struggled to find roles and was very frustrated. She then landed her big break in the movie 'Mulholland Drive' which was directed by David Lynch. Lynch hired her, after seeing her headshots, without even seeing her previous performances, for the lead role in that movie. She received critical acclaim for her performance in that movie. She has appeared in other well known movies such as 'The Ring', 'Eastern Promises' and 'I Heart Huckabees'. She was nominated for her first Oscar for her lead performance in the film '21 Grams' with Benecio Del Toro and Sean Penn. She was later nominated again in the lead category for her performance in the disaster movie 'The Impossible' which also starred Ewan McGregor. In this movie she played a mother named Maria Bennett whose family gets torn apart by the tsunami that affected Thailand. Maria braves the difficult conditions and her injuries to find her family amidst all the chaos. She gives a powerhouse performance and was duly rewarded with many nominations for awards.

Stunning actress and wonderful artiste!

Answer: Hard Candy

Born on 21 February, 1987, Elliot Page started off as an actress at a young age and has gone on to work with great directors like Christopher Nolan in 'Inception' and Bryan Singer in his 'X-Men' movies. He has appeared in movies such as 'Whip It' and 'The Tracey Fragments'. He received critical acclaim for her performance as Juno, a pregnant teenager, in Jason Reitman's 'Juno' which also starred Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and Jennifer Garner. It is in this movie that he uses a hamburger phone to call her friend. In the movie 'Hard Candy' - which was directed by David Slade - he played a girl named Hayley Stark who comes in contact with a dangerous man named Jeff Kohlver, who he tortures into confessing his part in the murder of another girl. One of her methods of torture was to castrate the man. She received excellent reviews for her performance in that movie.

A brilliant actor with such an expressive face!

Answer: Nicole Kidman

The picture is supposed to imply a kid and a man. Ergo, Kidman - Nicole Kidman.

Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on 20 June 1967 to Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann. Kidman's career has taken her to great heights and, at one point, she was one of the planet's most successful movie stars with great wealth amassed from her many achievements and endeavors. She was also known for her marriage to Tom Cruise and their widely publicized divorce. She later married country music singer, Keith Urban, with whom she has kids. Before her Oscar win for the movie 'The Hours', she appeared in movies such as 'To Die For' and 'Moulin Rouge', receiving great critical acclaim for both movies. Her performance in the horror movie 'The Others' was widely praised. It was in this movie that she portrayed Grace Stewart. She played Becca Corbett in the movie 'Rabbit Hole' opposite Aaron Eckhart as part of a couple coping with the death of their little boy in an accident. Her performance in 'Rabbit Hole' got her an Oscar nomination. She has been deeply involved in activities to raise awareness of the plight of underprivileged children. She was given the 'Citizen of the World' honor by the United Nations and was, since 2014, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF. She became Etihad's brand ambassador in 2015.

Answer: Viola Davis

Viola Davis came out from Julliard School in 1993. Before that, she graduated from Rhode Island College in 1988. She won Tony Awards in 2001 for her role in the play 'King Hedley II' and in 2010 for her performance in the play 'Fences'. Her career has encompassed roles in movies like 'Traffic', 'Prisoners' and 'Solaris'.

She won the aforementioned historic Emmy for her performance as Annalise Keating in the hit TV show 'How to Get Away with Murder'. In the show, Keating is a defense attorney who gets involved in a murder committed by her students.

She has received Oscar nominations for her performance in the movies 'Doubt' and 'The Help'. If she had won the Oscar for 'The Help', which also starred Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain, she would have been only the second black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress; the first woman being Halle Berry.

Answer: Emma Stone

The photo is supposed to direct you in direction of one of Emma's movies called 'Easy A'.

Emma Stone was actually born as Emily Stone but later changed it after she found out that there was another Emily Stone that was already registered with the Screen Actors Guild. She was born on November 6, 1988 in Arizona. She has appeared in the hit TV show 'Malcolm in the Middle'. One of her earliest roles was in the hilarious movie 'Superbad' with Jonah Hill and Michael Cera. For her performance in the movie 'Easy A' she received a Golden Globe nomination along with critical praise. In the movie, she played a high school student called Olive who starts a false rumor about her own sexual endeavors that spreads like wildfire and earns her a bad reputation. The movie also starred Stanley Tucci and Dan Byrd. 'Easy A' drew heavy inspirations from Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'. For her performance in the Alejandro G. Inarritu movie 'Birdman', she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has appeared opposite Andrew Garfield as Gwen Stacy in 'The Amazing Spiderman'. Some of her other movies include 'Aloha', 'Zombieland' and 'Paper Man'.

Answer: Julianne Moore

The photo is supposed to indicate Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the story itself. Julianne Moore won an Oscar for her performance in the 2014 movie 'Still Alice'. The movie also starred Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart and was directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. In the movie, she played a character named Alice Howland, a professor who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. The movie chronicles her and her family's struggles with the disease.

Moore, known to be one of the most successful actresses of her generation, was born in North Carolina on 3rd December, 1960. Early in her career, she received praise for her performances in movies like 'Short Cuts' and 'Vanya on 42nd Street'. She appeared in the Steven Spielberg film 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' which furthered her credentials. She got her first Oscar nomination for the Paul Thomas Anderson movie 'Boogie Nights'. After that she got many more Oscar nominations for movies like 'Far From Heaven', 'The End of the Affair' and 'The Hours'. She has chosen other diverse roles such as in the science fiction film 'Children of Men' and in the romantic comedy 'Laws of Attraction'. She is the author of the children's book 'Freckleface Strawberry' which she wrote after inspiration from her son. The book became a best seller and it led to series of books written by Moore. Another one of her children's books was named 'My Mom is a Foreigner, But Not to Me'. She has appeared in TV shows such as '30 Rock' and has hosted the show 'Saturday Night Live'.

Answer: Anne Hathaway

The photo indicates a marriage and this implies Anne's film 'Rachel Getting Married'. This movie was directed by Jonathan Demme and also starred Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger. DeWitt played the role of the Rachel who's getting married and Anne played her sister, Kym Buchman. Kym is a recovering drug addict who comes home for her sister's wedding, where she meets the rest of her dysfunctional family. Hathaway received rave reviews for her performance in this movie and also received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for the same.

Hathway was born as Anne Jacqueline Hathaway in Brooklyn, on November 12, 1982. She also has a beautiful singing voice which she showcased in the film adaptation of 'Les Miserables' which was directed by Tom Hooper and starred Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. Her performance in this movie won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. One of her earliest film roles was that of Mia Thermopolis, a geeky girl who learns that she is the Princess of a fictional country called Genovia. She starred opposite Julie Andrews in this film and in its sequel. She has appeared in dramas such as 'Brokeback Mountain' with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and in comedies such as 'Bride Wars' with Kate Hudson and Spencer Pratt. She appeared as Selina Kyle and did an amazing job at it in Christopher Nolan's final Batman film 'The Dark Knight Rises'.

Her relationship with businessman Raffaello Follieri got the FBI involved in her life when Follieri was accused, investigated and convicted of crimes related to money in what was called the Vati-Con scandal. Hathaway was not investigated nor accused of any crime but had to give some of her things like journals as evidence. She called off the relationship before Follieri was sent to prison. She then married Adam Shulman, an actor. She has also participated in many charitable activities and supports The Creative Coalition and The Step Up Women's Network.

Answer: Kate Winslet

The photo of the apple is supposed to indicate Winslet's 2015 movie 'Steve Jobs' which was directed by Danny Boyle and also starred Michael Fassbender and Seth Rogen. The movie was about the life of Steve Jobs and focuses on Jobs' relationship with the Apple company, his family and his colleagues. Winslet played Jobs' closest confidant named Joanna Hoffman who sticks with Steve through thick and thin. For her performance in this movie, Winslet won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar.

Winslet was born on 5th October 1975 in England. Winslet has won a Grammy Award for a spoken album that she made called 'Listen to the Storyteller'. She got her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the Ang Lee movie 'Sense and Sensibility'. She then went on to star in the blockbuster 'Titanic' for which she got another Oscar nomination. The movie also starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kathy Bates and won many Oscars including Best Picture. It is in this movie that she played a woman named Rose who makes it out alive, after the ship Titanic hits an ice berg and sinks into the ocean. In Todd Field's 'Little Children' she played a mother named Sarah Pierce who gets into a steamy affair with a father named Brad. It also starred Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson. She was nominated for an Oscar for this performance as Sarah too. After many nominations, Winslet finally won her first Oscar for the Stephen Daldry movie 'The Reader'. In the movie, she played a woman named Hannah Schmitz who is tried in court for her days as a concentration camp guard during the Nazi period. The movie also starred Ralph Fiennes. Kate Winslet was married to director Sam Mendes, who directed and won an Oscar for his movie 'American Beauty'. They divorced and Kate then married a man named Ned Rocknroll. Rocknroll is the nephew of Richard Branson and was actually born as Ned Abel Smith but later changed it. Winslet and Ned named their son Bear Blaze Winslet. Winslet has appeared in other movies such as 'The Holiday' and 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'.

Answer: Cate Blanchett

The photo is of the flower jasmine. Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for her performance in the movie 'Blue Jasmine' which also starred Alec Baldwin. It was directed by Woody Allen. In the movie, she played a wealthy woman named Jasmine who is forced to let go of her lavish lifestyle and live with her sister and adapt to a lower class of life than she was used to, after all her money is lost due to her husband's misdemeanors. She was amazing in this film.

Blanchett was born in Melbourne in the year 1969. She has appeared on stage, in many plays over the years like 'Oleanna' with Geoffrey Rush and 'Uncle Vanya' with Hugo Weaving. Some of her well known roles have been in movies such as 'Notes on a Scandal', 'Carol' and 'I'm Not There'. She got Oscar nominations for all three movies. She also played Queen Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur's 'Elizabeth' and its sequel. She was again nominated for Oscars for playing the same character, in both those movies. She portrayed Galadriel in Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' series. In legendary director Martin Scorsese's 'The Aviator', Blanchett took on the challenging role of playing actress Katherine Hepburn and nailed it. She won her first Oscar for this performance. The movie was about the life of Howard Hughes and also starred Leonardo DiCaprio. Her performance in Alejandro Inarritu's 'Babel' is also one for the ages! Blanchett married director and screenwriter Andrew Upton in 1997. She has voiced her support for environmental awareness and supports many of its champions like Al Gore. Australia released postage stamps with the faces of Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett on them - all of them being Australian Oscar winners. Each person appeared on two stamps, one as themselves and one as their Oscar nominated characters. Cate Blanchett appeared as Queen Elizabeth I in the postage stamps.

I love this actress.