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When Models Act: Who Should Stick To The Runway? (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 3/18/10   Updated: 5/25/11

Plenty of actors have gotten their start as smalltime models, but not many supermodels have successfully transitioned to the screen.

Lily Cole is the latest runway darling to attempt a crossover career. She stars opposite Heath Ledger in the last movie he ever made, Terry Gilliam's trippy fantasy 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,' out Christmas day.

Which of these models have acting chops and which should keep their day jobs? You decide.

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Plenty of actors have gotten their start as smalltime models, but not many supermodels have successfully transitioned to the screen. Lily Cole is the latest runway darling to attempt a crossover car...
Plenty of actors have gotten their start as smalltime models, but not many supermodels have successfully transitioned to the screen. Lily Cole is the latest runway darling to attempt a crossover car...
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Alex Remington: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: A Pleasant Trip Into Terry Gilliam's Bizarre, Beautiful Mind

Terry Gilliam takes audiences down the rabbit hole, but rarely manages to bring them back in one piece. His visual imagination is strong enough for it to be worth the ride.

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