She was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Rebel Without a Cause, and for best actress for Splendor in the Grass, and Love with the Proper Stranger.
The Twilight Saga of course turned Kristen Stewart into a mega-star and gave us Anna Kendrick, who remains one of the best actresses of her generation and who, along with Rebel Wilson, powered Pitch Perfect into the proverbial Bring It On of this generation.
Her British defence lawyer Iain Edwards said the boycott came after a rebel colonel was interrupted while accusing the Rwandan intelligence services of offering money to rebels to make false claims against Ms Ingabire.
Cecilia Flores-Oebanda has spent her life fighting -- as a child for some education, as a teen rebel against a dictator, and for more than 20 years against human traffickers.