Talent Embedded in Genes

Up-and-coming actress Alice Englert, 17, the daughter of New Zealand film director Jane Campion (“similar talents seem to be embedded in her genes”), stars in Ginger & Rosa, “an evocative and beautifully shot portrait of post-war Britain”. Englert, who plays Rosa, “shows Ginger how to smoke cigarettes, kiss boys and pray.” “Both rebel against their mothers: Rosa’s single mum, Anoushka (Jodhi May), and Ginger’s frustrated painter mother, Natalie (Christina Hendricks).” Ginger & Rosa premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2012. Englert also plays Lena Duchannes in Beautiful Creatures, which is due for release in February 2013.