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The Academy Award winner started as a child actress in London's West End, appearing in musicals like Annie and Bugsy Malone.
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Karli Bendlin, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
On the wall: violas da gamba (baroque cousin of the cello), violas d’amore (baroque cousin of the violin), an oil painting of Christine playing the cello as a child, a rare oud constructed when Istanbul was still Constantinople.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
But because dad had left another wife for this one, his demise lands daughter Yuli (played as a child by Firzanah Alya) in the unwelcoming, if more upscale household of a furious stepmother, Ambar (Nai Djenar Maisa Ayu).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Keira Knightley, the daughter of showbiz parents, worked steadily as a child actor and even snagged a small role in The Phantom Menace (1999) before her breakout as Jules in Bend It Like Beckham.
—EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Karli Bendlin, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
On the wall: violas da gamba (baroque cousin of the cello), violas d’amore (baroque cousin of the violin), an oil painting of Christine playing the cello as a child, a rare oud constructed when Istanbul was still Constantinople.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
But because dad had left another wife for this one, his demise lands daughter Yuli (played as a child by Firzanah Alya) in the unwelcoming, if more upscale household of a furious stepmother, Ambar (Nai Djenar Maisa Ayu).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Keira Knightley, the daughter of showbiz parents, worked steadily as a child actor and even snagged a small role in The Phantom Menace (1999) before her breakout as Jules in Bend It Like Beckham.
—EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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