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How do you personally define "significant" ? By box office, what critics say, somewhat bogus barometers(the Oscars,)or your personal choices?
What I mean by significant roles in significant movies are roles and movies that will make these actors and actresses successful where you will continue to see them in movies in years to come. And I'm not necessarily talking about movies that have to gross 400 million dollars locally and 1 billion dollars internationally, but successful enough to keep the actor or actress working and playing good leading or supporting roles in movies.
Michelle Williams - Certain Women, Manchester by the Sea, Meek's Cutoff, Shutter Island, Blue Valentine, Wendy and Lucy, Synecdoche, New York, The Station Agent, Dick
Zhao Tao - Mountains May Depart, A Touch of Sin, Shun Li and the Poet, 24 City, Still Life, The World, Unknown Pleasures, Platform
Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love, Irma Vep, Days of Being Wild, As Tears Go By
Rachel Weisz - The Lobster, The Bourne Legacy, My Blueberry Nights, The Constant Gardener, Enemy at the Gates,
Chloë Sevigny - Love & Friendship, Zodiac, Broken Flowers, American Psycho, The Last Days of Disco, Gummo
Kate Beckinsale - Love & Friendship, The Aviator, The Last Days of Disco
Paul Dano - Swiss Army Man, Love & Mercy, Prisoners, 12 Years a Slave, Meek's Cutoff, Where the Wild Things Are, There Will Be Blood, Little Miss Sunshine
Marion Cotillard easily takes the cake imo. She's so naturally talented and engaging, never disappoints.
I agree. And I even liked her in the much maligned box-office bomb, Allied.
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Cate Blanchett is awesome but she's been around for a long time so I wouldn't say that she's new.
Actually, in my title and my OP, I said newer or relatively newer actors and actresses. Plus, I had to have a cut-off point so I picked within the last 20 years. And depending on one's age and one's perspective, 20 years isn't really that long of a time compared to actors and actresses who have been around for 30, 40, and 50 years or longer.
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Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night, The Immigrant, Midnight in Paris, Inception
Check out A Very Long Engagement and La Vie en Rose
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And depending on one's age and one's perspective, 20 years isn't really that long of a time compared to actors and actresses who have been around for 30, 40, and 50 years or longer. 
