‘Miss Congeniality’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

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‘Miss Congeniality’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

Changing the best way individuals view magnificence pageants. Hit 2000 movie Miss Congeniality follows FBI agent Gracie (Sandra Bullock) as she goes undercover at a magnificence pageant with a purpose to show herself at work to her male counterparts (performed by Benjamin Bratt and Ernie Hudson).

Since she’s been a tomboy her entire life, the top of the pageant, Kathy Morningside (Candice Bergen), enlists skilled Victor Melling (Michael Caine) to get Gracie prepared for competitors via fairly an intense makeover course of. Throughout the film, the cop types surprising friendships, romances and is shocked when she’s in a position to uncover the life-threatening occasions occurring on the pageant.

In 2000, Ellen DeGeneres revealed in an interview that the rom-com was really primarily based on her.

“When I was getting ready to cohost the Emmys, the writer saw me [on TV] learning how to walk in a dress and heels,” she shared with Parade journal on the time. “My stylist at the time — a man — was teaching me, and it was hilarious. The Miss Congeniality writer saw it and thought it was brilliant.”

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Despite it being primarily based on the TV host, Bullock additionally carefully associated to Grace, later admitting that doing the fight scenes — and he or she did lots of her personal stunts — have been simpler than the pageant scenes. Additionally, she instructed Entertainment Tonight that she tried to chop the swimsuit scene.

“That was a huge bone of contention for me. I was trying to get it written out so many times,” the Speed actress shared. ‘It’s within the script. We already shot it—exterior in San Antonio.”

Scroll via the gallery beneath to see what the forged is as much as right now.

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Sandra Bullock

In addition to starring within the sequel 5 years later, Bullock appeared in lots of hit films over time, together with Crash, Two Weeks Notice, The Proposal, The Blind Side and Gravity. She received an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards for her half in The Blind Side. The Virginia native was married to Jesse James from 2005 to 2010. She has been courting Bryan Randall since 2015 and has two youngsters through adoption.

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Heather Burns

In addition to the 2 Miss Congeniality films, Burns starred in Two Weeks Notice, Bewitched and Manchester by the Sea. Additionally, she starred in a number of TV exhibits together with Twenty Good Years, Bored to Death and Blindspot. She is married to actor Ajay Naidu.

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Benjamin Bratt

The Emmy nominee starred in Traffic, Catwoman, Snitch, Private Practice and Star. He additionally voiced characters in Despicable Me 2, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and CoCo. He shares two youngsters with spouse Talisa Soto.

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William Shatner

The Star Trek star continued his profitable performing profession after the movie, starring within the sequel, The Practice, Boston Legal, Breaking Ground and lots of different tasks. He additionally recorded a number of spoken-word albums. In 2021, he flew into area aboard a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule, turning into the oldest individual to go to outer area.

He additionally recorded many spoken-word albums. He was married to Elizabeth Martin from 2001 to 2020.

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Michael Caine

The iconic actor went on to star in dozens of profitable films, together with Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar and Tenet. The six-time Academy Award nominee has been married to Shakira Bakish since 1973 and so they have one daughter. He additionally has a daughter from his first marriage to Patricia Haines.

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Candice Bergen

The actress and mannequin appeared in dozens of TV exhibits and flicks — principally comedies — after Miss Congeniality, together with Sweet Home Alabama, View From the Top, Sex and the City and Let Them All Talk. She starred in 84 episodes of Boston Legal and reprised the title function within the Murphy Brown revival. She has been married to Marshall Rose since 2000. She has one daughter from her first marriage to Louis Malle, who died in 1995.

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Ernie Hudson

The Ghostbusters star appeared within the Miss Congeniality sequel, in addition to Nobel Son, Lonely Street, You’re NotYou, the 2016 Ghostbusters remake and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Hudson has appeared in dozens of TV exhibits together with Desperate Housewives, The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Grace and Frankie. He has been married to Linda Kingsberg since 1985 and so they have two sons. He’s additionally the dad to 2 sons from his first marriage to Jeannie Moore.