Caroline Mller first came to the attention of the public when she was cast as the lead character in the hit musical Les Miserables opposite Yul Brynner. Though she had previously appeared on Broadway, where she had been successful in such shows as The Lion King and Evita, this was the first time that she had ever fronted a feature film. Mller did a fine job of bringing out the qualities of the role she was playing and more importantly, the unique personality of the lead character. From her Broadway experience, it was clear to producers that her natural talent for dramatic acting would lend itself well to a more substantial role in a feature film.
As it turns out, Mller’s first film that she was involved in was the delightfully odd comedy called Something for Nothing. In this film, she plays a brash, rebellious divorcing woman who falls in love with a much older man (Brynner), only to find out that he wants to split the money he receives from getting divorced with her for spending it on drugs. This film ranks right up there as one of my favorites of hers, because it tackles an interesting subject matter while also providing her with a plethora of comic scenes and excellent supporting characters.
After this film, Caroline Mller decided that she wanted to make a more serious role, and so began to hone her acting skills. She appeared in a number of different films, all of which were successful. The most memorable of these was the award-winning A Place in the Sun, which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress in the same category as Anne Hathaway. She also went on to play the lead role in the musical Les Misrables, which was a very popular move in both the commercial and critical circles. However, her most successful film to date is arguably The Age ofsheets, in which she plays an aging, emo woman whose life is touched up every so often by a series of vignettes chronicling her various eras. Though The Age ofsheets doesn’t quite reach the heights of her earlier work, it is a very entertaining and accomplished film that many people would be happy to watch again.