Even today, a quick trawl through the internet tellingly reveals the existence ofboth a Spanish progressive rock band and a Slovakian "doom rock" group called Galadriel - the name of a Rings character.
Her CV reveals an eclectic list of roles, ranging from the flaky housewife in comedy Bandits, to elf queen Galadriel in the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, to hard-hitting Irish journalist in Veronica Guerin.