Mia Wasikowska, Inscrutable Ingenue

There’s more to Mia Wasikowska than meets the eye.

Perched on an armchair in a corner of a bland hotel conference room during the Cannes film festival, the Australian actress — in town to promote her role in “Lawless,” which hits U.S. screens on Wednesday — looks more like your average high school student than the world’s highest-grossing actress of 2010, according to Forbes.

“I’m a huge sucker for comfort,” she says, attempting to sum up her red-carpet style. “I do like things that have character, and something maybe unusual about them. But I like pretty simple but detailed and more understated [clothes].”

She explains her everyday style was a far cry from the Marie Antoinette-inspired look she sported in Miu Miu’s spring 2012 campaign. 

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