Janet McTeer as Dr. Lily Penleric / Songcatcher (2000) / 10

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Songcatcher is a 2000 drama film, directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina. Although Songcatcher is a fictional film, it is loosely based on the work of Olive Dame Campbell, founder of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. The film's score was written by David Mansfield, who also assembled a roster of female country music artists to perform mostly ...