Known for her work in films like Mulholland Drive, The Ring, 21 Grams, I Heart Huckabees, and The Impossible, Naomi Watts has been nominated twice for an Academy Award. But this British-born star hasn’t always been a leading lady: After a tumultuous childhood, she nearly went into the fashion industry, then spent a good 10 years paying her dues in bit roles before finding bigger success in acting. Watts tells longtime pal Laura Brown, editor-in-chief of Instyle Magazine, all about it.

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