Celebrity Extra: Elizabeth Debicki
By Dana Jackson
Q: Who is the actress playing Princess Diana in the current season of "The Crown"? I know she's different than the actor who played her the last two seasons. Both have done a fantastic job. -- L.L.
A: Elizabeth Debicki, who is Australian, began playing Princess Diana in season five of the Netflix series "The Crown," opposite Dominic West as Prince Charles. Debicki is a statuesque 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and with her big blue eyes, she physically inhabits the tragic character of the Princess of Wales.
Elizabeth Debicki ("The Crown" and "Tenet"). Photo Credit: Depositphotos
Debicki's first big role was a supporting one in Baz Lurhmann's "The Great Gatsby," starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2016, she starred alongside Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie in the British miniseries "The Night Manager," and before landing "The Crown," she starred in acclaimed director Christopher Nolan's twisty thriller "Tenet."
Emma Corrin, who is British and whose pronouns are they/them, portrayed Diana in season four of "The Crown" and was nominated for an Emmy. They're only 26, but their career has taken off quickly. Corrin played Esme in the first season of the HBO Max series "Pennyworth," which is the origin story of Batman's butler, and they can also be seen in "My Policeman," a recent film starring Harry Styles.
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Q: Is the new movie directed by Steven Spielberg about his own life? Also, how many Oscars has he won as director? -- S.P.
A: Steven Spielberg, one of America's greatest directors, recently told Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes" that every one of his movies is a personal movie. However, he admits that his new film, "The Fabelmans," is semi-autobiographical. It's about a boy, like him, who was obsessed with making movies and whose mismatched parents divorce when he's a teenager. Paul Dano plays the engineer dad in the movie and Michelle Williams his free-spirit mom, and their respective personalities mirror Spielberg's own parents.
Spielberg has two Academy Awards as director for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List," both released in the 1990s. He has a slew of nominations, however, the most recent of which was "West Side Story" earlier this year, but he lost to Jane Campion for "Power of the Dog."
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Q: When is the Elizabeth Holmes film coming out starring Jennifer Lawrence? I know she had a baby recently. Did she finish filming already? -- P.N.
A: Jennifer Lawrence's career has slowed down the past few years, but for good reason. She fell in love and married Cooke Maroney, an art gallery owner, and gave birth to their son, Cy, earlier this year. Professionally, she was working on perfecting the deep voice necessary to play fallen tech tycoon Elizabeth Holmes in an upcoming film "Bad Blood," directed by Adam McKay.
However, Lawrence recently announced she's exited the project after seeing how well Amanda Seyfried did in the same role for "The Dropout," a limited series on Hulu. Seyfried won an Emmy for her portrayal as well, and Lawrence felt "we don't need to redo that." It's uncertain whether the role will be recast or if the project has been scrapped.
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