Search: pauline parker; juliet hulme
Why: They are real people about whom Heavenly Creatures is based. The 15 year-olds had an infatuous friendship in New Zealand in the 1950s and teamed up to [spoiler alert] murder Parker's mother in 1954.
Answer: Here they are together. In the movie, they are played by Melanie Lynskey (Up in the Air, "Two and a Half Men," Ever After [one of the stepsisters]) and Kate Winslet in her first movie ever.
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The More You Know: After the 1954 murder, the girls served separate 5-year prison sentences and, on their release, established new lives. Pauline Parker lives under the alias Hilary Nathan and runs a riding school for children.
In 1994, it was discovered that popular crime novelist Anne Perry was the real Juliet Hulme. She published her first book in 1979 and has written over 50 since then.
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