Like pretty much all of our readers, ever since the recent announcement that Olivia Wilde would be making her directorial debut in the movie Booksmart, nobody in the Her Beauty office has been able to get much sleep. That’s just how excited we are about the news! Of course, there are plenty of actresses who have been bitten by the directing bug with varying degrees of success. Here is a look at eight of them.
1. Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has enjoyed a great deal of success as an actress on the big screen, but she has also been in the director chair a handful of times. She made her directorial debut in 2011 with the film In the Land of Blood and Honey, a love story set in war-torn 1990s Bosnia. She also directed the 2014 flick Unbroken and the 2017 movie First They Killed My Father.
How is she doing? The first two films received mixed reviews, but her latest has received universal acclaim. So she should definitely keep it up.
2. Courteney Cox
We all remember Courteney Cox as Monica on the sitcom Friends and as Jules on Cougar Town. But did you know she has also directed a couple of movies? The first was the thriller TalHotBlond based on a documentary of the same name. The second was the black comedy Just Before I Go.
How is she doing? Maybe directing isn’t her thing. While TalHotBlond didn’t impress a lot of critics, the reception that Just Before I Go got was just plain ugly, with only 10% of all Rotten Tomatoes reviews rated as positive.
3. Jada Pickett-Smith
Jada Pickett-Smith has had a lot of success in Hollywood, playing the role of Niobe in the 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies as well as Gloria in the seemingly millions of Madagascar movies that Dreamworks has blessed us with. She’s won three Image awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for these roles. She also has a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. So there’s that too. Her foray into directing came with the 2008 film The Human Contact.
How is she doing? Her one and only film as a director received mediocre reviews and she hasn’t returned to the director’s chair since, so we’re guessing this won’t become a regular occurrence.
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