Sentences with phrase «best actress nomination»

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.

One appeared in approximately two - thirds of her film's running time, most of it not merely the center of attention but arguably the black hole of attention; her handlers gunned for a Best Actress nomination, no doubt confident that «female lead in Mike Leigh's newest film» translates to instant Oscar buzz.

Washington's performances over the years have received many accolades, including a Teen Choice Award for Best Breakout Performance for «Save the Last Dance,» an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress for «Lift,» an NAACP Image award nomination for Best Actress for «Peeples,» and a Best Actress nomination at the BET awards for both «For Colored Girls» and «Night Catches Us,» with the latter performance also nominated for the NAACP Outstanding Actress award.

John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» With Jennifer Lawrence's deserved Best Actress nomination looking all but a sure thing at this point, the question remains whether voters who are only now popping in their screeners will notice the rock - solid band of character actors bolstering her work.

-- 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.

The noir thriller couldn't be more different than her first producing gig «I, Tonya,» which ended up winning an Oscar for Allison Janney and earning Robbie her first Best Actress nomination.

By the time Jennifer Lawrence landed a Best Actress nomination, it was hardly a surprise at all.

Support for Beasts of the Southern Wild as a whole was strong, and talk of Quvenzhané Wallis landing a Best Actress nomination became more serious every day.

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.

In my early predictions I have her getting what some would call a surprise Best Actress nomination, but I actually see her as a potentially major contender (remember, Best Actress nominees and winners do tend to be on the younger and prettier side... something she has going for her in spades).

Hell, «Volver» couldn't make the foreign - language five with a Best Actress nomination in its pocket.

I, Tonya star Margot Robbie dazzled on the red carpet following her Best Actress nomination at the 2018 Academy Awards

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).

She is a lock to receive a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, and I would not consider it an injustice were she to win.

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.

[This is the category in which Saving Mr. Banks seemed most likely to make the cut, and yet Emma Thompson failed to land a Best Actress nomination.

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.

She should be on the short list for a Best Actress nomination.

Issa Rae also received a shout - out for her massively popular HBO series Insecure with a Best Actress nomination.

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

And Ruth Negga, who plays Mildred Loving, was already being asked about a Best Actress nomination.

Ronan seems like their best shot at a Best Actress nomination but they do also have Demolition, A Bigger Splash and Youth to think about.

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 are 37 women vying for the Best Actress nomination but we'd be shocked if both Emma Suarez from Julieta and Sonia Braga from Aquarius didn't make it.

Greer Garson will snag her seventh and final Best Actress nomination as Eleanor Roosevelt.

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.

Treating a Best Actress nomination for Anne Hathaway as -LSB-...]

But there was good news for Jennifer Aniston, whose dressed - down performance as a chronic pain sufferer in Cake won her a best actress (drama) nomination, and for Quvenzhané Wallis, star of the Annie remake, who follows her best actress nomination two years ago for Beasts of the Southern Wild with another — all before her 12th birthday.

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

Her first self - produced film out of the gate was last year's critical hit I, Tonya, which earned Robbie a Best Actress nomination at the Ocsars and a Best Supporting Actress win for Allison Janney.

Viola Davis even scored a Best Actress nomination, while the movie's actual star, Emma Stone, wasn't even considered.

Still Alice, which earned Julianne Moore a Best Actress nomination, was directed by real - life couple Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland and Into the Woods, which earned Meryl Streep her 19th nomination, was helmed by Rob Marshall.

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.

If Page had to wait a few years (even after actually getting a Best Actress nomination), why doesn't Mara?

Among the names I'm particularly glad to see on the list are «The Illusionist» animator Sylvain Chomet (seven years after his first nod), offbeat directors Gregg Araki and John Cameron Mitchell and «Another Year» actress Lesley Manville — whose inclusion should come as some consolation for the missing Best Actress nomination many felt she deserved this year.

She spoke to me about the film and what it means to have such a depth - filled, female role come her way at this stage of her career, a role which, as I cross my fingers, could land her a fourth Best Actress nomination.

The cast of Zero Dark Thirty was not recognized even though Jessica Chastain received a Best Actress nomination.

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.

Jennifer Lawrence could prove she is irresistible to Oscar votes with another Best Actress nomination.

This is a competent enough, if plodding, espionage thriller with mostly compelling actors (except for the lead, Jessica Chastain, a lightweight who is mysteriously being called great in this film, and who just received a Best Actress nomination) that tells the story of the painstaking intelligence gathering that led to the ultimate revenge killing, when U.S. Navy Seals exacted retribution for the murder of 3000 people on September 11, 2001, on U.S. soil.

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.

The actress plays the disgraced American Olympic figure skater in new biopic I, Tonya and her performance has been widely praised, earning her a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars next month.

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.

The 72 - year - old star of the film said of her Best Actress nomination: «This is wonderful news.

Cool — I'm rooting for Michelle Williams» first Best Actress nomination.

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