Barbara Hershey

It was in the ’60s when Barbara Hershey started her career in acting. The rising star was only 17 years old when she was at the onset of her career. Later on, in the early ’70s, Barbara gained national fame with Martin Scorcese’s Boxcar Bertha film. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as “one of America’s finest actresses”.

Her acting skills were given credit in the mid-’80s for her Mary Magdalene portrayal in The Last Temptation of Christ and for her role in The Portrait of a Lady. She has also worked alongside award-winning director Woody Allen for a number of movies. Barbara is still an active Hollywood actress up to this day and has recently earned a BAFTA nomination for her Erica Sayers / The Queen portrayal in Black Swan.