Her first leading role was in the film Joan of Arc where she played Joan. For this performance she received 3 nominations at separate awards ceremonies, including a nomination for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She has averaged about 3 films per year which, for an actor of just 28, is very impressive. These films have been very iconic as well, with such titles as the acclaimed Wicker Man and Hercules. Sobieski does have an added advantage over many other actresses; she speaks fluent French. She is, therefore, not restricted to English speaking films and would be very capable of taking part in French cinema as well; as is shown by her performance in the French television series Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 2003.

At the age of 16 years old she played a role in the hit movie Deep Impact which was a movie about a meteor hitting the earth. This action packed movie was one which sent her celebrity status sky rocketing and making her an overnight success story. This was not the first film that Leelee had starred in however it was the first most popular film. In the role of Joan of Arc she played the lead role which gave her the honors of being nominated for many different awards. Last year she appeared in a short part of the movie Public Enemies which was again another block buster hit. In 2006 she played a role next to Nicholas Cage in the Wicker Man which had a great twist in the end and is one movie which should be seen if you are a fan of hers. If you like to see Leelee acting then there are at least half a dozen great movies which you would love to see her in so get out to the DVD store and start searching her name.

Uprising is the story of Polish people of the Jewish faith who were imprisoned by the German army. This is the remarkable story of how these people rose up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Germans in 1943.

Lee Lee plays the role of Tova Altman. Tova or Toshia Altman lived from 1918 to 1943. Tova worked with Mordechai Anielewicz as a member of the ZOB during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The ZOB was an organized resistance movement. The ZOB was instrumental in the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Tova was initially a courier for the ZOB, making contact with other Jewish resistance groups that were outside the Ghetto. She passed on messages providing them with updates on clashes and educational material that had been banned by the Germans. Tova was a critical link in helping to smuggle weapons and explosives into the Ghetto. After escaping capture in January of 1943, she moved into the ZOB bunker at 18 Mila Street. She is one of the few who survive a battle on the 8th of May that year. The bunker is abandoned and Nordechai Anielewicz is killed.

Tova is wounded in the leg and in the head. She is able to join a group of resistance fighters who were able to make a daring escape from the Ghetto through the sewers on May 10th 1943. There are around seventy five in this group of fighters. Tova Altman is captured by the Nazis on May 24th. She had been taking refuge in a celluloid factory when it caught on fire. Tova suffers severe burns and is taken into custody by the Gestapo. Not long after her capture Tova dies, she received no medical treatment from her German captures.

Her first big role was in the movie Deep Impact in 1998 while Leelee was still a teenager. She also played a modern Lolita in the Stanley Kubrick movie Eyes Wide Shut from 1999. Her opinion of Stanley Kubrick was that he had something magic that he held. And her recollection of Tom Cruise was that he was very kind and considerate. Leelee won the title role in the television movie Joan of Arc in 1999. The role earned her an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination. There was a second nomination for her role in the 2001 television movie Uprising.

In 1998 she had a role in the film A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries. 2002 saw a role in L’Idole and in 2003 Leelee took on a role in the miniseries Les Liaisons dangereuses. In the miniseries she worked with Catherin Deneuve and Rupert Everett, it is an adaptation of Laclos classic novel of sexual intrigue. Leelee speaks fluent French and used her skills when making the miniseries. She learnt to speak French from her father, who is currently living in France. Leelee is engaged to fashion designeer Adam Kimmel and the couple have a baby girl Louisanna Ray Kimmel.

In 1997 we see her play a lead role in her second film as Karen the girl out of Jungle to Jungle which was a type of romantic comedy with a few other minor stars in it. This movie was not the best one to get going with however later she is cast in more prestigious roles. Joan of Arc was one which she won awards for in 1999 and again in 2000 because it was one of the historical movies which touched people’s hearts like Brave heart and the Patriot. The Glass House was another scary movie which she played in and did a great job with a very believable character. In 2005 she played a role in the Hercules movie which was a TV movie that did not go through the big screen. In The Wicker Man she plays an evil lady who is actually a witch that burns her husband alive to be used as a sacrifice. Public Enemies with Tom hanks is the next good movie that I recommend you to go and see since it is Leelee that plays a perfect role for her as one of the mobster’s friends.

Leelee had a small role in the block buster Public Enemies where she plays a demanding role of someone that is not quite her usual cast. In the Movie Coven Leelee had us all wondering whether she was the good girl or the bad girl but whichever way it ends (I won’t spoil the surprise) you will be glued to your seats the whole time which was also the same in the Wicker man where she truly is evil. Around 2001 she stared in the Glass House which was one of her first big roles in the movies where as before that she had mainly stared in sitcoms.

Leelee has the god given gift to make us laugh, cry, sing or go crazy with her believable and modest acting skills. We can’t wait to see what lies in store for her next part within Hollywood which will no doubt be an absolute thriller. Just because Leelee has such a big fan base she should be very proud of the good work she has done so far and hopefully enjoys what she is doing in the future.

This literally opened the flood gates of her collaboration with top-notch movie personalities like Tom cruise in Eyes Wide Shut in 1999 which didn’t disappoint while still working on the TV series by the name “Joan of Arc” which is reputed as having been nominated for Emmy award and two Golden Globes. It was while working on this that a romantic relationship with Stanley Kubrick began which could have blossomed and probably lead to marriage was it not for his untimely death.

Up to that juncture there was no looking back because she had established her name in the movie industry which was comparable only to the likes of Drew Barrymore and Diane Lane whom she co-starred with in “Never Been Kissed” and the “Glass House” respectively. Leelee Sobieski will also be remembered for having co-starred with Chris Klein and Josh Hartnet in the movie “Here on Earth” where she acted splendidly as Samantha in the cast earning the trio nomination for the teen choice award which they ultimately won.

Leelee Sobieski’s acting career spanning between 1997 to date is one of the most successful in the whole of the Hollywood, no wonder she’s still a much sought after actress.