Lily Cole, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Discovered at 14 on the streets of London, Lily Cole became an internationally famous cover girl and model before turning her talents to Cambridge and the movies. With her role as Christopher Plummer's daughter and the late Heath Ledger's last leading lady in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, she is destined to now earn equal recognition as a young actress of tremendous potential. In this 2009 interview at Manhattan's Regency Hotel, the nearly six-foot Cole, now 21, emerges as candid, sophisticated and very bright (35 minutes).

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