Actress Leelee Sobieski made her screen debut in her early teens, but avoided typically lightweight high school fare; instead earning a reputation for sophisticated, emotionally mature roles in serious dramas. Before the age of 20, she had worked with legendary director Stanley Kubrick in “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999) and carried the weight of earnest historical dramas “Joan of Arc” (CBS, 1999) and the holocaust-set “Uprising” (2001). Her admirable decision to pursue an Ivy League education broke her solid run of acclaimed work, and when she returned to theaters she pursued her interest in
