Sentences with phrase «actress nomination for»

Aliens was also a hit, receiving seven Academy Award nominations including best actress Nomination for Sigourney Weaver, however the film only won two of the seven nominations; for Best Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects.

Vancouver actress Julia Sarah Stone, who was nominated last year for Wet Bum, receives a Supporting Actress nomination for her role in The Unseen.

-- I don't know when I've heard a standing ovation so long, loud and warm as the one after Jason Reitman's «Juno,» which I predict will become quickly beloved when it opens at Christmas time, and win a best actress nomination for its 20 - year old star, Ellen Page.

I don't think there's a better example of auto pilot nominating than Meryl Streep's Supporting Actress nomination for her role as the witch in Rob Marshall's middling adaptation of the Sondheim musical.

Never ones to turn down a good montage, the Academy's livestream opened with a stirring tribute to itself before cutting to hosts Andy Serkis and Tiffany Haddish, who failed to score an (admittedly long - shot) Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Girls Trip but cracked everyone up with her struggle to pronounce nominees» names (hi, Daniel Kaluuya) and quips like, «I should see this Dunkirk movie.

Moore received a supporting actress nomination for Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life, playing the housekeeper whose daughter passes for white, in the racially themed film that was based on the Fannie Hurst novel.

There was no best actress nomination for Sally Hawkins, whose sunny schoolteacher in Mike Leigh's Happy - Go - Lucky had been expected to pick one up; although Mike Leigh's script did make an appearance in the best original screenplay category — a controversial inclusion, given that Leigh's films are largely the result of improvisation.

She also received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in last year's «Carol.»

Given both of Winslet's performances this year are housed in what we expect to be revealed next Thursday as failed Oscar bait that no one particularly likes, we were originally going to bank on the Academy's resistance to allowing a questionable double bid just because Winslet's presence is considered obligatory (especially after the same hustle netted Cate Blanchett a best actress nomination for fucking Elizabeth: The Golden Age last year).

«This nomination is even more emotional and I'm more grateful than ever before,» Nicole Kidman said of her Best Supporting Actress nomination for Lion.

and in a bit of coup also earned a Supporting Actress nomination for Michelle Pfeiffer.

Frances McDormand will also look to double up on trophies, notching a Best Actress nomination for Three Billboards after taking home the Golden Globe in that category.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale made the Best Actor cut over Robert Redford and Tom Hanks, Her, Dallas Buyers Club, and Philomena all got Best Picture nominations over Saving Mr. Banks, and Sally Hawkins landed a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in Blue Jasmine, seemingly taking Oprah Winfrey «s spot from Lee Daniels» The Butler.

If 20th Century Women wants anything outside of a possible Best Actress nomination for Annette Bening (even that hangs in the balance right now) it needs to show up here.

Meryl Streep is now the most nominated actress in the award's history with 21 nods, the most recent being a best actress nomination for her turn as Katherine Graham in The Post, which is also up for best picture.

Sixty plus years later, it's still shocking Parker didn't get a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Golden Arm.

Sigourney Weaver's Best Actress nomination for an action - horror sequel remains one of the most impressive and elusive Oscar feats.

The chart - topping singer who came to fame as the lead singer of the Supremes, earned a lead actress nomination for her 1972 film debut in «Lady Sings the Blues,» playing legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Waters was already a legendary singer — she introduced «Stormy Weather» at the Cotton Club — when she earned a supporting actress nomination for Elia Kazan's 1949 drama «Pinky.»

Carroll actually made her film debut in 1954's «Carmen Jones» and was an established recording artist, Broadway star («No Strings») and groundbreaking sitcom star («Julia») when she earned a lead actress nomination for the charming 1974 romantic comedy «Claudine.»

Instead, Kumail Nanjiani's autobiographical «The Big Sick» followed up its rough Globes morning with not just a best ensemble nod but a supporting actress nomination for Holly Hunter.

The legendary African American actress, who earned a Tony last year for «A Trip to Bountiful» and is best known for her Emmy Award - winning turn in the landmark 1974 TV movie «The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,» received a lead actress nomination for «Sounder» as the resilient Rebecca Morgan, the wife of a sharecropper in Louisiana, circa early 1930s, who tries to keep her family together despite tremendous odds.

SURPRISE: After failing to secure an Emmy nomination earlier this year, Michelle Monaghan picked up a supporting actress nomination for her role on «True Detective.»

Not only is she deserving of a Best Actress nomination for this work, I wouldn't be shocked if she winds up the frontrunner at some point.

There was an outcry when the Baftas — the British equivalent of the Oscars — failed to award Charlotte Rampling a Best Actress nomination for her stunning performance in the brilliant British marriage drama «45 Years».

Jennifer received yet another Best Actress nomination for her work in Joy.

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If it did, it would be a surprise Best Actress nomination for Fey.

She also acted in the film and was rewarded with a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her efforts.

Metcalf, coming off her Tony winning role in A Doll's House Part 2, is looking at a Supporting Actress nomination for her brilliantly crafted work here.

Thompson: If Brie Larson landed a lead actress nomination for Cinedigm SXSW pickup «Short Term 12,» which she would have if Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics or Harvey Weinstein had been behind it, I would be happy.

Perhaps we could be looking at a Best Actress nomination for Kate Winslet (it'd be her first in that category since she won for The Reader).

Bette Davis earned an Oscar and Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for her work in «What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?»

She could have been very competitive for a nomination here to add to her likely Best Actress nomination for Arrival and the Academy really like its same year Lead / Supporting nominations for actresses.

What It Could Win: Both Lewis MacDougall and Felicity Jones are already garnering rave reviews for their performances, but a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her is more likely.

Under the Skin also managed a healthy haul of eight nominations, including Best Picture, but failed to earn a Best Director nomination for Jonathan Glazer or, more surprisingly, a Best Actress nomination for Scarlett Johansson.

Or that Meryl Streep's lead actress nomination for «August: Osage County,» the screen version of Tracy Letts» Pulitzer Prize - winning drama, is in comedy, no matter that the work owes as much to Eugene O'Neill as it does to Edward Albee, or that Julia Roberts» nomination for supporting actress in the film doesn't get classified as comedy or drama.

Robert's proudest prediction moment remains when he called Laura Linney for a Best Actress nomination for The Savages back in 2007, despite her lack of buzz and precursors.

As for snubs, sadly «Room» only earned a Best Actress nomination for Brie Larson, «Love & Mercy» was shut out of Best Feature (it earned a screenplay nod), «Anomalisa» should have earned a screenplay nod (it didn't) and Sundance Grand Prize and Audience Award winner «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl» was forgotten.

I like Sally Hawkins, in my opinion she was robbed of a Best Actress nomination for «Happy Go - Lucky».

Actress Julianne Moore has earned a Best Actress nomination for her performance in STILL ALICE, a moving new drama about a 50 year old woman with early onset Alzheimer's Disease.

Marion Cotillard's best actress nomination for Two Days, One Night was surely a very welcome one.

Smith received a SAG Awards Best Supporting Actress nomination for the first «Marigold Hotel», but she actually gives a more effective and meaningful performance here.

In 1997, she starred as Kevin Kline's mother in Frank Oz's In & Out, earned a 2000 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress nomination for her recurring role as Debra Messing's mother in the hit comedy series Will & Grace, played Katherine Heigl's grandmother in 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabra.

Bette Midler also scored a Best Leading Actress nomination for her performance in Hello, Dolly!

Kirshner began her acting career at the age of 17, playing a clairvoyant dominatrix in LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS, a performance that earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination for a Genie Award (Canada's Oscar).

«This time, its war, «was the tagline and Aliens went on to become one of the biggest blockbuster films of 1986 and not to mention ending up being nominated for Seven Oscars including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver and winning two Oscars for Sound Effects Editing and Special Visual Effects.

, Jennifer returned to the red carpet with a Best Actress nomination for her work in Joy.

Sandra Bullock didn't deserve a best actress nomination for this — her acting was fine but not mind - blowing.

The movie was nominated for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielburg), Best Actor (Danny Glover), Best Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), Best Supporting Actress Nominations for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, along with Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar), and Best Original Musical Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first time in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg movie.