POETIC JUSTINE

Vanities

Name and occupation: Justine Waddell, actress. Age: 22. Provenance: London. Previously seen in: Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina and the Almeida Theatre's production of Ivanov co-starring Ralph Fiennes. Next literary classic she is tackling: Tessoftlw D'Urbervilles (airing on A&F this month). The last actress to make a big splash in Tess of the D'Urbervilles was Nastassja Kinski. Did you get any tips from your German predecessor? "I watched Roman Polanski's Teas about a year ago, before any of this started. I thought that Kinski w as completely . translucent. She was so beautiful." Now that you're a bona fide star of British theater and television, have you fallen prey to the perils of London celebrity? "I'm never recognized, because I keep changing my hair color. Occasionally somy^ne approaches me on the tube, but usually they don't speak English and are really sweet. so it's line." You've gone through Tolstoy and Hardy; could Jane Austen be in your future? 'Actually, I'd love to get out of a corset and into the late 20th,century. Possibly even the 21st century."