From Down Under to on Top

AUSSIES LOG MAJOR SCREENTIME

December 24, 1999

A handful of Australian actors and actresses who jumped onto American screens this year:

Cate Blanchett: An Ideal Husband, Pushing Tin, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Toni Collette: The Sixth Sense

Frances O'Connor: A Little Bit of Soul, Mansfield Park

Russell Crowe: The Insider; Mystery, Alaska

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Shut

Guy Pearce: Ravenous

Geoffrey Rush: House on Haunted Hill, Mystery Men