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Lillian Hellman - Julia (1977)
The Movie Writer: Portraying the author of the novel that the film is based on, Jane Fonda gives her best as Lillian, a playwright who helps her best mate Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) smuggle money through Nazi Germany.
Article continues belowCoolest Moment: It's pure literary cool to see the fictional Hellerman cosying up to the godfather of crime writing; Dashiel Hammett (Jason Robards).
Lois Lane - Man Of Steel (2013)
The Movie Writer: Everyone's favourite red-haired comic book heroine (sorry Mary-Jane... and yes, we know Lane's mainly red-haired on-screen, but we're still taking it), Lois also happens to be the resident badass of newspaper The Daily Planet.
Coolest Moment : Stalking mysterious man-hunk Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) around the country, just so that she can bag a hot story.
That's what we call job dedication.
Henry 'Hank' Chinaski - Factotum (2005)
The Movie Writer: Factotum follows Chinaski (Matt Dillon) as he tries to become a writer, but gets distracted by low-level jobs, beautiful girls and cheap booze along the way.
Coolest Moment: Hank's lazy aura oozes cool, and he's never more inappropriately chilled out than when he crawls out of bed to investigate a noise, sees a gaggle of firemen escorting residents from the smoke-filled building, and slowly clambers back into bed.
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester -The Libertine (2004)
The Movie Writer: The flamboyant and overly-dramatic Earl of Rochester gives Johnny Depp his fourth appearance in this list as he pulls on a wig and powders his nose to play the infamous Libertine.
Coolest Moment: Commissioned to write a play by King Charles II (John Malkovich) can only end badly.
Rochester presents his sovereign with Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery, a play that features live sex acts (amongst other things). No one can accuse the guy of being a sell-out.
Bridget Jones - Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
The Movie Writer: The voice of her generation, Bridget's (Renee Zellweger) writing might not be up there with Tolstoy or Dickens, but the singleton and her over-sized pants united modern ladies everywhere.
Coolest Moment: Sticking it to scumbag boyfriend Daniel Cleaver with a sassy putdown and a burst of Aretha Franklin.
Chick-flick home run.
Jean-Dominque Bauby - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007)
The Movie Writer: Jean-Do (Mathieu Amalric) was once the editor of fashion bible Elle , but after a sudden stroke he finds himself locked in his own body, only able to move his left eyelid.
Director Julian Schnabel tells Jean-Do's story with tact and authenticity, as we follow our protagonist as he attempts to write his first book, dictating using only his eye.
Coolest Moment : When Jean-Do connects with his ninety-two-year-old father - trapped in his own apartment thanks to his frail, aging body, the duo start to find they have imprisonment in common.
Frodo Baggins - The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
The Movie Writer: The little hairy-toed hero that could, Frodo (Elijah Wood) spends what must be a very, very long time recording his adventures across Middle Earth in every detail.
Coolest Moment: It's tough to pick one, but when that ring FINALLY arrives at Mordor we all did a celebratory cheer.
Hard to believe his book is non-fiction, really.
William Lee - Naked Lunch (1991)
The Movie Writer: As always, David Cronenberg takes us on a surreal, psychadelic journey as secret agent and exterminator William Lee (Peter Weller) collates his reports to create a book.
Although everyone is so hopped up on insecticide, we're still not quite sure what's real...
Coolest Moment: His Clark Nova typewriter transforms into a ginormous talking insect who starts offering career advice.
We've all been there after too many late deadlines.
Oscar Madison - The Odd Couple (1968)
The Movie Writer: It's a comedy double-whammy as stuffy Felix (Jack Lemmon) collides with brass, slovenly sportswriter Oscar (Walter Matthau) in this laugh-out-loud classic.
Coolest Moment: "Look at this. You're the only man in the world with clenched hair."
