BRITISH ACTRESS AMELIA WARNER IS AVOIDING THE YOUNG HOLLYWOOD STAR MELTDOWN SYNDROME BY CONCENTRATING ON HER CAREER

These days, it’s hard to remember that actors have jobs other than serving jail sentences, denying pregnancy rumors, or being ushered into nightclubs. Technically speaking, their profession has many of the same deadlines and responsibilities as the rest of us, but you wouldn’t know it from their behavior lately. That’s why, in today’s out-of-touch InTouch world, a rising talent like Amelia Warner stands out for the right reasons. The Liverpool-born, London-raised 25-year-old is so down to earth and unassuming it feels almost radical in the Hollywood system. With more than twelve films to her credit, she’s proof that the key to being a notable actress is, well, to act.

“Going to certain places and looking a certain way,” Warner says over the phone from her Los Angeles hotel where she is staying for an upcoming press tour, “is not the same thing as making a career out of being an actress.” Pausing a minute to gather her thoughts, she manages to debunk the entire image-controlled, paparazzi-baiting enterprise with a single phrase: “It’s a job, and that’s it.” Having first received attention for her role as the teenage Fanny in the 1999 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Warner has largely remained in the indie spotlight rather than the Hollywood glare. Starring as the supernatural “witch-girl,” Maggie Barnes, in the upcoming film adaptation of Susan Cooper’s fantasy opus, The Dark Is Rising, she’s staring at a career changing opportunity that may have Warner playing her most unexpected role yet: full-time Hollywood celebrity. Alex Hawgood

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Photography Todd Cole
Styling Jennifer Johnson

Makeup Kate Lee (Magnet L.A.)
Hair Jamal Hammadi (Magnet L.A.)
Special thanks Pier 59 Studios West, Santa Monica

Top Paul & Joe

The Dark Is Rising is out in October 2007 from 20th Century Fox.
Gone is out in fall 2007