Mohapatra has dressed Kristen Wiig, Hilary Swank and Glenn Close, but this was different.

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Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank is to star alongside Brenda Blethyn in a BBC film written by Richard Curtis.

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Hilary Swank, as Amelia Earhart, has a big, toothy smile, high cheekbones, and short, irregular hair that seems to have been chopped by a butcher knife.

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The program spawned a 2007 motion picture starring Hilary Swank.

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Apart from "Chronicle" they were used for action movie "Safe House, " starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, the 3D comic-book adventure "Dredd, " and TV drama "Mary and Martha, " starring Hilary Swank.

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Hilary Swank won in 2004 for Million Dollar Baby.

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Pacino's looking his age at last, but it suits his world-weary Dormer to a tee, Hilary Swank makes good use of what would be a throwaway support role in any other thriller, and Robin Williams?

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Add to the list another requirement: They need to be multi-talented, says Bonnie Liedtke, a William Morris agent long specializing in kid actors from Leonardo DiCaprio and Hilary Swank to High School Musical's Zac Efron and Corbin Bleu.

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It might not be the first word to come to mind, but he defended Hilary Swank's right to punch her weight in the Academy Award-winning "Million Dollar Baby, " and he has regularly cast strong, smart actresses in his films, women like Marcia Gay Harden, Frances Fisher, Diane Venora, Sondra Locke and Laura Linney.

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