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2 unusual facts about Breakthrough role


Breakthrough role

For John Wayne, the breakthrough role of his career was The Big Trail in 1930.

Another example is the 2007 film Transformers which marked the breakout role for actress Megan Fox - enabling her to grow from being a co-star to a lead role in the 2009 film Jennifer's Body.



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A Single Girl

This was the breakthrough role for the 19-year-old Virginie Ledoyen, best known in America for the Danny Boyle film The Beach, and earned her a César Award nomination.

Jackie Sawiris

Her breakthrough role was playing the Arabian genie Majida in the popular CITV Adventure gameshow Knightmare for 2 years (until the shows end) from 1993–1994, taking over from David Learner who played the wood elf "Pickle".

Liane Haid

Her notable films include Lady Hamilton (1921; her breakthrough role); Lucrezia Borgia (1926); Die Csardasfürstin (1927, based on the operetta by Emmerich Kálmán); and the talkies Das Lied ist aus (The Song Is Ended) (1930) and Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn (1936).

Maria Heiskanen

Heiskanen received her breakthrough role in the 1991 Swedish film Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem directed by Jan Troell.

Papa Kehte Hai

Jugal Hansraj got noticed in this film; however, his breakthrough role came in the hit film Mohabbatein.

Peter Kastner

His breakthrough role was in the title role of the 1967 Francis Ford Coppola comedy You're a Big Boy Now, also starring Rip Torn, Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman.

Uschi Glas

Her breakthrough role was that of Barbara in the unconventional 1968 movie Zur Sache, Schätzchen (Go for It, Baby), which captured the spirit of the times in that it presented youthful protest against the German establishment and hinted at the loosening of morals in the wake of the sexual revolution.