The reason I thought of Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel was because years ago there was a painting on one of the annual
LotR calendars that showed Galadriel with Sam and Frodo with her mirror. It was a beautiful painting, simply breathtaking, and Galadriel was stunningly beautiful in it, just as I had always imagined her to be when I read the books. The first time I saw Jennifer O'Dell I immediately thought of Galadriel in that painting, and this was before I ever heard that there was going to be a live-action movie made of LotR. So my first and only choice for the part has always been Jennifer O'Dell for Galadriel.
By the way, does anyone else remember that painting from the calendar I am speaking about?
As for Jolene Blalock of
Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen, she is, indeed, very beautiful, plus she had the added bonus of already being used to wearing pointed ears playing the part of a Vulcan!
Merry