Hawkes presents a gaunt and gentle threat, not least when he croons a love song to the violated heroine, while Olsen is a beautiful paradox: an actress holding together a movie as a woman who is coming apart.

NEWYORKER: Martha Marcy May Marlene

She was extremely beautiful, a wonderful singer and a good actress in my opinion.

BBC: Jane Russell: Your memories

Over the weekend, NPR broadcast a must-listen piece on the astounding inventing career of Hedy Lamarr, an actress once considered by some to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

FORBES: Hedy Lamarr, The Most Glamorous Geek Of All Time

We think positively about the actor because he played a hero, or the actress because she was made up to look incredibly beautiful, and assume that they therefore have deep knowledge about car engines or anti-wrinkle cream.

ECONOMIST: Idea

But Tylo, a longtime actress on the daytime soap " The Bold and the Beautiful, " became pregnant.

CNN: 'Melrose' no place for pregnant actress

Best supporting actress nominees for drama went to Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), Cameron Diaz ("Vanilla Sky"), Marisa Tomei ("In The Bedroom") and Kate Winslet ("Iris").

CNN: Globes: 'Beautiful,' 'Moulin' golden