Audrey Fleurot

Her rôle as a Twenties' partygoer in Medianoche en París (2011) hit the cutting-room floor, reportedly after she attempted to greet her director Woody Allen and shake his hand on her first day of shooting. Allen - notoriously wary of unsolicited approaches - recoiled, and (coincidentally or not) Fleurot's scenes were subsequently excised.

There are male actors who have started a great career at 50 because they are suddenly noticed. How many actresses would that happen to? Women are under such pressure to look young. I have heard that, in Hollywood now, they have to get English actresses to play the grandma because there are no American actresses who look that age any more.