Sentences with phrase «actress taking on a role»

This is no exception and any actress taking on a role in his films needs to be committed.

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While the actress» role as Betty Draper in «Mad Men» proved she was more than capable of turning in a villainous performance, her take on Frost showed she just wasn't the right choice for the part.

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Though McAdams» early screen roles found her specializing in the bitchy teen princess to maximum effect, closer inspection reveals a skilled dramatic actress who no doubt has the talent to move beyond the high - school trappings of such comedies as The Hot Chick and Mean Girls.Born to a truck driver and a nurse in London, Ontario, Canada, McAdams warmed to the spotlight early on by taking up competitive skating at just four years old.

Synopsis: Nikki (Laura Dern), an actress, takes on a role in a new film, and because her husband (Peter J. Lucas) is very jealous, her co-star Devon (Justin... [MORE]

In the late 2000s, the actress would take on more feature film roles, notably starring in the Michael Caine feature Is Anybody There?

The actress took on another supporting role in the critically acclaimed psychological drama The Kreutzer Sonata (2008).

Actress Saoirse Ronan takes on another chilling role as a murdered child in The Lovely Bones.

Oscar - nominated actress Keira Knightley is set to take on the role of GCHQ whileblower Katharine Gun in Official Secrets, a new film from director Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky), which also has Matt Smith attached to star.

Best known for starring in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis alongside Robert Pattinson and for her portrayal of the wife of the Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, Canadian actress Sarah Gadon is now taking on the lead role of the young Princess Elizabeth in new British comedy film A Royal Night Out.

FX, which broke its own basic cable record earlier this year when it received 56 nominations, took home 10 Emmys Saturday, including a second straight win for Margo Martindale for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role on the The Americans, which is also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series.

Nicole Kidman has thanked «all of her children» after taking home Best Actress in a Limited Series for her role in Big Little Lies at the Critics» Choice Award in Los Angeles on Thursday evening.

The actress will appear alongside Kingsman: The Secret Service's Taron Egerton in the «gritty revisionist take» retelling of the Robin Hood legend and said she is «excited» to take on the leading role.

Binder actually wrote the script in order to give a comedic role to actress Joan Allen (The Bourne Supremacy, The Notebook), with whom he worked with on the film, The Contender, and she takes full advantage of the opportunity to excel.

The five actors nominated for the prestigious award, which honours the future stars of cinema, include Brits Jack O'Connell, who began his career in the E4 drama Skins in 2007 and this year took the lead role in the Angelina Jolie - directed feature Unbroken, and Gugu Mbatha - Raw, already an established name on stage and television, who was named best actress at this year's British Independent Film Awards for her portrayal of Dido Elizabeth Belle in the period drama Belle.

I actually can JenJune, i love to see an older actor / actress taking a physical role, just like Helen Mirren has done on R.E.D with Bruce Willis.

Others on tap include L.A. - centric doc City Of Gold, about Pulitzer Prize - winning food critic Jonathan Gold from Sundance Selects as well as Cohen Media Group's Marguerite, starring Catherine Frot who took Best Actress for the role at this year's Césars.

The actress additionally took a moment to reflect on the once - in - a-lifetime opportunity of being able to originate a role on stage, while deepening one's relationship with a character through a feature film adaptation.

Campbell should really take on more roles in comedy - what with the serious shortage of capable, young comedic actresses out there.

Oh, yeah: She's also an actress, best known for playing the effortlessly cool Karen Filippelli on The Office and taking on the thankless role of derailing television's most anxiety - inducing unrequited love story.

Bruni Tedeschi takes the lead role as Louise, a retired unmarried actress in her forties, and sister of the ailing Ludovic (based on her own brother, to whom the film is dedicated, and played by Filippo Timi).

I love Blunt as an actress and she has proven she can take on any role and make the most of it.

Actress Joan Cusack (John's real life sister), who plays David's advice - giving sister, took on a similar role in the movie Raising Helen.

Gone Girl actress Rosamund Pike will take on the leading role.

It's hard to imagine why an actress best known for kicking ghoulie butt on «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» would take any role in another spook story, let alone one in which she's a standard - issue victim.

The 26 - year - old actress is set to take on the role of Neena...

Casting continues to be underway, and we can see the go back at the kid actors from the primary, perhaps all through flashbacks, and with the reported actors and actresses set to take at the grownup roles it kind of feels that Muschietti is operating laborious on bringing us an incredible movie.

Along with her collaboration with Assayas in Clouds of Sils Maria — for which she won a César Award (France's equivalent of an Oscar) as the first American actress to do so — Stewart has taken on diverse roles in a variety of films including Peter Sattler's Camp - X, Nima Nourizadeh's American Ultra, Woody Allen's Café Society and Ang Lee's upcoming Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk for example.

The Irish actress will take on the lead role in the Kevin Macdonald - directed movie adapted from the...

The burgeoning actress takes on a more serious role in this Sarah Jessica Parker comedy, in theaters now.

She is an incredibly versatile actress who is quick to take on characters in all genres, and effectively tackles every role she plays.»

This then led to a few quiet years away from film, but with the actress busier than ever on TV in the UK and Ireland, with major roles in «Criminal Justice,» «Misfits» and «Five Daughters,» while also taking lead roles at the National Theatre in London, in «Phedre,» opposite Dominic Cooper and Helen Mirren, and in «Hamlet,» as Ophelia.

And now, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the pregnant Sicario actress is the top choice to take on the role, but the deal has yet to be finalised due to scheduling as Blunt is expecting her second child with husband John Krasinski.

Actress Dianna Agron has taken on the role of The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers in the band's new video, Just Another Girl.The Glee beauty...

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Ejiofor is 1/4 odds on favourite to take the best actor prize for his role in 12 Years a Slave while Cate Blanchett is 2/7 to take home best actress for Blue Jasmine.

All three of these actresses would be more than worthy of the role, as they have all proven their talent in the projects they have taken on over the years.

Maria Bello has established herself as a very intriguing leading actress, taking on a variety of roles in projects all across the board.

A renowned actress for over six decades, she achieved worldwide fame at age 60 when she took on the role of «M»...

While Latifah, long the film's shepherd, has expressed gratitude at the opportunity to grow as an actress before officially taking on the role, it's hard to imagine — given the destinations of «Candelabra» and «Normal Heart» — that a film unwilling to shy away from its black female protagonist's bisexuality would have ever seen the light of day on the big screen.

20th Century Fox has debuted a new trailer for Warren Beatty's upcoming romantic comedy drama Rules Don't Apply which stars Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich, with Beatty also taking on the role of eccentric American entrepreneur Howard Hughes; watch it below after the official synopsis... An aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and her ambitious young -LSB-...]

And while Mirren and Brand, who co-starred in the actress» gender - bending take on Shakespeare's «The Tempest» last year, form a pleasant surrogate mother - and - son relationship, it's a soft and mushy one, overloaded with sentiment and lacking the bite that Gielgud brought to his Academy Award - winning role.

The 33 - year - old Oscar - winning actress is currently in talks to take on the role of romantic lead in Ryan Coogler's upcoming Black Panther, Variety reports.

The actress, who admits she knew «very little» about Marvel before taking on the role of Okoye, was ready to collaborate with Coogler but found he already had a clear and progressive vision of how he wanted to bring the character to life.

It's rumored that no major American actress would take on the role, which in the end, benefits the film greatly... no other actress could have provided what was needed (except perhaps Barbara Stanwyck, who died more than 25 years ago).

While Turner will take on the role portrayed by actress Famke Janssen, the character Storm that will be portrayed by actress Alexandra Shipp of «Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B» was previously portrayed by actress Halle Berry and the character of Cyclops, who will be played by «The Tree of Life» actor Tye Sheridan, was previously acted by James Marsden.

With «In The Fade,» actress Diane Kruger took on a role in her native Germany for the first time.

The actress is synonymous with the role thanks to her taking on the magical nanny in the 1964 movie from director Robert Stevenson.

«The Devil Wears Prada» actress takes on her first role as an action hero in her latest movie, and even though she prepared for it with...

Emily Blunt says it was «scary» being offered the part of Mary Poppins.The 35 - year - old actress has taken on the role of the magical nanny in Disney's upcoming «Mary Poppins Returns», but Blunt readily admits she...