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Juliet Hulme in Heavenly Creatures, 1994 (far right).Miramax
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Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic, 1997.20th Century Fox
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Young Iris Murdoch in Iris, 2001.Paramount
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Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004.Focus Features
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Sylvia Llewelyn Davies in Finding Neverland, 2004.Miramax
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Sarah Pierce in Little Children, 2006.New Line Cinema
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Hanna Schmitz in The Reader, 2008.Weinstein Co.
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April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road, 2008.Dreamworks
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Mildred Pierce in Mildred Pierce, 2011.HBO
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Dr. Erin Mears in Contagion, 2011Warner Bros
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Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs, 2015.Universal
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