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Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais ( née Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and writer who was married to Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais.
Effie Gray is a 2014 British biographical film written by Emma Thompson and directed by Richard Laxton, starring Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, David Suchet, Derek Jacobi, James Fox, Claudia Cardinale, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, and Robbie Coltrane, in his final film appearance before his death in 2022.
Oct 10, 2014 · Effie Gray: Directed by Richard Laxton. With Dakota Fanning, Polly Dartford, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge. A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).
Apr 2, 2015 · Effie became known simply for her union with him—and later, for its ugly unraveling. The resulting publicity inspired plays, films, television series and even an opera.
Apr 3, 2015 · A handsomely designed period film with a screenplay by Emma Thompson that seeks to dramatize John Ruskin’s unhappy marriage to a younger woman as a kind of feminist fairy tale.
Oct 9, 2014 · Effie Gray has endured almost as much grief in reaching the screen as its lead characters face during their brief and miserable marriage. The film, which boasts the first original screenplay...
Lonely and frustrated, Effie is drawn to pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge), and finds a friend and champion in Lady Elizabeth Eastlake (Dame Emma Thompson). After five years trapped in a loveless marriage, Effie will defy the rules of Victorian society.
Jun 21, 2011 · A biography of Effie Gray, whose marriage to the Victorian critic John Ruskin notoriously ran aground.
Apr 2, 2015 · Effie Gray opens after the wedding of its eponymous protagonist (Dakota Fanning) and John Ruskin (Greg Wise) but its not long before you sense that their marriage is headed for trouble. As the...
Jun 21, 2011 · Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England’s Victorian age. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she found herself trapped in a loveless, unconsummated union after Ruskin rejected her on their wedding night.
