Kate Winslet is Madame Tussauds' Latest Leading Lady
After topping a visitor survey to name Britain’s best leading lady, the stunning figure of the Titanic star has taken centre stage in the attraction’s A-List Party area alongside the poll’s 2nd and 3rd placed ladies; Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Judi Dench. Liz Edwards, PR Manager at Madame Tussauds London, commented “Guests from around the world voted for Kate Winslet as their favourite British leading lady and we’re delighted to welcome her to the attraction today. We always take our visitor’s opinions into consideration when creating figures and with her undeniable global appeal and wealth of achievements Kate has undoubtedly earned her place here. She is a modern screen icon, a true English Rose, and a striking addition to the A-list of superstars we have at the attraction”
The multi-award winning actress is portrayed in a stunning red evening dress with an elegantly tied back hairstyle, recreating her show-stopping 2011 Emmy Awards look.
Madame Tussauds gets ‘LOUD’ as R&B Sensation Rihanna Joins The Music A-List Line Up
Madame Tussauds London has revealed a stunning new wax figure of R&B Queen Rihanna. The Barbadian beauty took centre stage in the attraction’s interactive Music Zone alongside an iconic cast of female performers including Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and the late Amy Winehouse. The singer, famed for her sexy stage outfits, is captured in the sleek style she sported for her sensational X Factor duet with 2010 winner Matt Cardle, complete with a fitted floor length black dress slit to the hip and bright cherry red hair-do.
Did You Know?
- Madame Tussauds has been making wax figures for over 150 years. Each masterpiece takes four months, and a team of 20 dedicated sculptors, to create. Over 500 precise body measurements are referenced and real head hairs are inserted one by one - all to achieve the kind of astonishing realism that has kept Madame Tussauds world renowned for over two centuries.
- Some of Madame Tussauds’ original work and earliest relics are still on display in London, including the death masks she was forced to make during the French Revolution and the Guillotine that beheaded Marie Antoinette. The oldest figure on display is ‘Sleeping Beauty’, a breathing likeness of Louis XV’s sleeping mistress Madame du Barry sculpted in 1763.
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