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When it comes to safe bets in Hollywood, you would have thought the stunning Australian actress Naomi Watts would have been a sure thing. Watts shot to fame after a notable lesbian romp in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. She's blonde, talented and will star in Peter Jackson's first post-Lord of the Rings movie, King Kong.