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	                By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even with having a remarkable name and being the face of last year's "Alice In Wonderland," actress Mia Wasikowska may not be familiar to many movie fans.
But the 21-year-old's star has risen rapidly in...
	                
	                
	            
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Australian actress Mia Wasikowska star of the film ''The Kids Are All Right'' arrives at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California February 26, 2011. 
                        
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even with having a remarkable name and being the face of last year's "Alice In Wonderland," actress Mia Wasikowska may not be familiar to many movie fans.
But the 21-year-old's star has risen rapidly in Hollywood, and she has caught the eye of directors and critics since her career-turning performance in the HBO series, "In Treatment," only a few years ago.
That led her to smaller film roles in 2010's award-winning movies, "Alice" and "The Kids Are All Right." In fact, Wasikowska earned a surprising tie for second with "Alice" co-star Johnny Depp in a Forbes ranking of actors who produced the highest-grossing movie receipts in 2010.
Now she plays the perennial female heroine in another movie adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel, "Jane Eyre," opposite Michael Fassbender and Judi Dench, released on Friday in the United States. The Australian actress talked to Reuters about her meteoric rise and how her paycheck doesn't matter.
Q: You are noted for accents, from various American styles to now, northern England in "Jane Eyre"? Did you practice as a child growing up in Canberra?
A: "I even remember playing dolls in an American accent 'cause for us that was make believe...I think it would be almost scarier for me to do my own accent."
Q: Not so long ago you were in a small soap opera, now, in "Jane Eyre," you are acting alongside the likes of Judi Dench?
A: "It helps not to think of it as too bizarre. It could be easy to get overwhelmed by it. It also helps that I have worked with great people, but they are also really grounded."
Q: Do you remember being daunted at any stage?
A: "I am not going to pretend that I have never been daunted by anyone, because for sure when Johnny Depp walks into a room he is like the face of, I don't know, but I also felt really comfortable talking to him as the Mad Hatter...at the beginning, for sure, but I have never worked with anyone where it stayed."
Q: Did you always feel such inner confidence?
A: "I have my moments of doubt when I feel insecure, I am sure. I wasn't raised to be idolizing people in a way that I think some people have a sense of, when they are brought up. At the end of the day everyone is human, everyone is a person.
"But I was always had a drive to do stuff and always felt like I wasn't doing enough. You know, I felt over the hill at 14 and that drove me, I was very quietly dramatic."
Q: Jane Eyre also has an inner confidence and determination. Why does this character keep resonating?
A: "It's a really important character for women particularly, because she has an innate sense of self respect, which a lot of people don't have. And she has no one to have got that from, it's not like she had a loving upbringing or something, but she is born with something inside of her that says 'I am worth having a good life. I am worth being respected, I am worth having a good relationship. And I am worth being treated well.' And all those things speak to people, no matter what time it is."
	
	
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