Romola Garai Net Worth

Romola Garai's Quotes

• [on the Olympics] I do think the Olympics are a curiously male obsession. Who can run the fastest from here to here? You know what I think? Who gives? Because if you're not running to catch a bus or running to buy me a bunch of flowers, I don't care.
• For a long time, I was worried about being typecast. But costume drama is a large part of the work in this country. It's just a bit sniffy to turn up your nose at it.
• [on working with Mira Nair in Vanity Fair (2004)] She has the extraordinary capacity to push you as a performer, and yet never make you feel as if you should be afraid to experiment.
• The single biggest surprise about acting is how unsexy the lead actors can be when you work with them.
• [on discovering a passion for dancing during Dirty Dancing 2 (2004)] I had the time of my life. I have used every part of my body, plus muscles I did not know I had, because the dancing is a combination of salsa and Latin ballroom. It felt like daily aerobics.

Interesting Facts about Romola Garai

1. She was at university studying English Literature. She used to sing in a jazz band. A casting agent, scouting at her school for young girls, chose her for her first acting role in The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000).
2. Was brought up in Hong Kong and Singapore until she was 10.
3. She has three siblings: one brother named Ralph and two sisters named Rosie and Roxy.
4. Romola's paternal great-grandfather, Bernhard "Bert" Garai, was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who founded the Keystone Press Agency in London in 1924. Romola's other ancestry is English.
5. Her two oldest siblings Ralph and Rosie were adopted as babies before she and her sister were born.
6. She had no professional dancing experience before arriving on the set of Dirty Dancing 2 (2004).
7. Director François Ozon affectionately calls Romola "his muse".
8. Has visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta, Venice, Australia, Italy, Belgium and Indonesia.
9. Real hair color is blonde but she occasionally dyes it in real life and for movie roles.
10. Was François Ozon's first and only choice for the role of Angel Deverell in Angel (2007).
11. While filming Dirty Dancing 2 (2004), she became good friends with Diego Luna. They remain close and have a very strong bond.
12. Her favorite movies are The Wizard of Oz (1939), Orlando (1992) and Fargo (1996).
13. Was Joe Wright's first choice for the role of Elizabeth Bennett in Pride & Prejudice (2005) before Keira Knightley auditioned. But Joe being a huge admirer of Romola's talent then offered her the role of Briony Tallis in Atonement (2007) as he really wanted to work with her.
14. Her proudest work as an actress is Angel (2007).
15. Cites Mike Leigh, Michael Winterbottom, Ken Loach, The Coen brothers, David Lynch and Todd Haynes as her favorite directors and would love to work with them in the future.
16. Very good friends with Jamie Bell and Charlie Hunnam, whom she met while filming Nicholas Nickleby (2002).
17. Her last name, "Garai", is Hungarian and is pronounced like "Garaie".
18. Romola has said her ideal role would be to play the eighteenth century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797).
19. Frequently appears dancing in scenes from her films, including Angel (2007), Daniel Deronda (2002) (TV), Dirty Dancing 2 (2004), I Capture the Castle (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Vanity Fair (2004).
20. Her favorite horror movie is The Blair Witch Project (1999).