British actress Claire Foy -- shown here at a New York screening of "The Girl In The Spider's Web" -- won an Emmy this year for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's "The Crown." AFP PHOTO
LOS ANGELES: When director Fede Alvarez chose Claire Foy to star in the latest film in the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series, he had no doubt the 34-year-old actress would easily transform herself into the intrepid cold-as-ice hacker Lisbeth Salander.