Sentences with phrase «actress who»

His debut feature, 2002's «Antwone Fisher,» crafted a star - making showcase for its leading man, Derek Luke, while introducing many audiences to an actress who had too often been relegated to the background — Viola Davis.

Julianne Moore is perhaps the greatest working actress who hasn't yet won an Oscar, but her nomination for «Still Alice» could very well change that.

Kate (Amber Hubert) is a struggling actress who has given up her happiness and her sense of self for her career.

The Hollywood Reporter says Scarlett Johansson has now boarded the film; she'll play Janet Leigh — the acclaimed actress who'll forever be known for her brief and bloody shower scene in «Psycho».

Emma Stone was another actress who should probably have been higher.

She's an exceptional actress who's proven that she can always shine in a role even if the movie itself isn't that good.

Further gossip surrounded the off - screen romance between McConaughey and his leading lady, Penelope Cruz, an actress who seemed only too happy to live with her boyfriend in his Airstream trailer.

Isn't Maloja Snake basically a reworking of The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, whose Beware Of A Holy Whore was a major reference point for Irma Vep, another Assayas film about an actress who gets lost in her role?

«A formidable talent and an actress who is truly on the rise, we could not be more thrilled to be able to honor her as this year's «CinemaCon Female Star of Tomorrow.»

Two years ago, an aspiring actress who worked on The Vampire Diaries and The Walking Dead was arrested and charged for trying to kill the President.

Bening is simply luminous (again) as the self - obsessed but fading actress who can't seem to give her son the support he desperately craves.

Ginny (Winslet) is a former actress who already has one much - regretted, marriage - ending affair notched on her bedpost.

People would come and say the actress who played Mephisto was «incredible — especially that look she gives into the afterlife».

But by all accounts the film is also something of a personal triumph for the actress who did take up the reins, Sandra Bullock, as her casting was initially greeted with jeers in some quarters, but her performance is now being tipped to feature in the Best Actress Oscar race.

Marion Cotillard, the Parisian born actress who garnered worldwide acclaim for her portrayal of singer Edith Piaf in «La Vie en Rose,» credits her parents for opening up the possibilities of a lifetime on stage to her.

Kelly Brook, the British model turned actress who last appeared in the TV show One Big Happy, has apparently been...

But this is Stewart's film, a soulful performance by an actress who is best known here for playing Jodie Foster's daughter in David Fincher's «Panic Room.»

For once, Allen doesn't shy away from social commentary and contrasts the Hewetts» complacent opulence with the despair of another wannabe aristocrat, Nola (Scarlett Johansson), a frustrated actress who finds in Chris» sceptical approach to life an explanation for her own misfortune, and provides him with the excitement his new lifestyle is lacking.

In Olivier Assayas's latest interrogation of the nature of performance and identity, Juliette Binoche fearlessly tackles the role of Maria Enders, a celebrated actress who comes face - to - face with several uncomfortable mirrors of her own personality.

According to the New York Daily News, the Ukrainian star was voted the actress who porn enthusiasts would most like to see in an adult film.

You won't be able to take your eyes off the transgender actress who plays a young singer struggling to find acceptance after she loses the man she loves.

Delores Taylor, a Golden Globe - nominated actress who starred with her husband Tom Laughlin in five indie movies featuring counterculture hero Billy Jack, died Friday.

This 1980s - set Los Angeles comedy series stars Alison Brie (Mad Men, Community) as Ruth Wilder, an out - of - work actress who finds herself with the unexpected role of a lifetime after being invited to audition with a group of eccentric women for the first - ever women's wrestling TV show — GLOW.

How can you forget the actress who played George in The Wedding Singer?

We previously heard Abrams was looking for a female actress who is either of mixed race or black to possibly play Obi - Wan Kenobi's daughter or granddaughter as well so let's hope some of this diversity actually winds up in the film.

Playing April, Indiana's snarkiest state employee on «Parks and Recreation,» the actress who'd be most likely mistaken for the MTV animated show goddess «Daria» slings so...

While I am sort of over Orange is the New Black, I think Taylor Schilling is a very talented actress who takes on interesting material.

The award honours a young actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and ambition and has just begun to capture the imagination of the British public.

That would be Lena Endre, likely famous to audiences in the US as the actress who played Erika Berger in the original The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Radha Mitchell, the Australian actress who made a considerable impression in «High Art» with Ally Sheedy, co-stars in a role that, if nothing else, at least shows her versatility.

This approach also plays right to Hawkins» strengths as an actress who combines chirpy optimism with a steely undercurrent.

Johansson will play an actress who suddenly becomes pregnant as her film is about to go into production.

That bold declaration not only represents a strong young woman but is also a gift for fans of the actress who plays her, Jessica Williams, the former «Daily Show» correspondent and current co-host of the «2 Dope Queens» podcast.

I would have liked to have seen an actress who was an 8 out of 10 with personality than a 10 out of 10 that has no chemistry with LaBeouf.

«Blame» is directed and written by its star Quinn Shephard, a Garden State actress who was all of 22 when she pulled that all off.

Yeoh gets to do plenty in the final half - hour, though much of the action doesn't really spotlight what makes her different from Western action stars; it's as though the producers — so used to standard Hollywood action, with its high - tech hardware, special - effects wizardry and stunt doubles — didn't know what to do with an actress who has actual physical skills.

Starring Maggie Siff as an actress who takes a break from her job, this film deglamorizes Hollywood and addresses industry sexism and misogyny.

Unfortunately this is the first true lead Saldana has been given a chance to play, and she throws herself into the film like an actress who truly thought it would turn out better.

A top - notch actress who managed to remain a complete unknown as far as the general moviegoing public was concerned (spending over a decade starring in numerous art - house flicks for ex-husband Nicolas Roeg probably had a lot to do with that), Theresa Russell enjoyed a soupçon of mainstream success when she co-starred in Twentieth Century Fox's production of Black Widow, an ever - so - modest box office hit ($ 25 million) back at the start of» 87.

Keaton is a fine comic actress who combines physical humor with great intensity.

Kathy Bates is a wonderfully authentic actress who should have won the Academy Award for supporting actress in 1998 for her huffy, tragic campaign guru in «Primary Colors» rather than for her performance as Annie Wilkes in «Misery,» which was a fine portrayal.

Frankie Shaw writes, directs, and stars as Bridgette Bird, a single aspiring actress who is raising a toddler, juggling tutoring jobs with whatever free childcare she can scrounge, and staving off abject poverty.

Diane Kruger (Troy, National Treasure) perfectly embodies the role of Bridget Von Hammersmark, a Nazi - beloved German actress who is secretly working undercover for the British.

Tai Freligh interviews Connie Nielsen... Connie Nielsen is a Danish actress who first gained fame for her portrayal of Princess Lucilla in Gladiator with Russell Crowe back in 2000 and has done extensive movie and television work since then, most recently as Queen Hippolyta in Wonder Woman and as Claire Seth in The Confessions, in -LSB-...]

A script from the Tribeca Film Institute's All Access program, the second ever China - Australia co-production, and a lead actress who didn't speak a lick of English when she was cast; «33 Postcards» is an exceptional production for a variety of reasons.

Usually Ms. Blanchett is a strong actress who adds much to a film.

A sex comedy about a young actress who falls in love with a punk rock drummer and a free - lance rock critic.

The challenge of playing Bridget can not be understated — Kruger is, after all, an actress playing an actress who must constantly switch gears between playing a glamorous starlet (who must also flirt with Nazis) and an insider femme fatale loyally allied with the Basterds.

She is a bright new actress who singlehandedly occupies nearly every frame of this beautiful film with guts and grace.

It can get very dark and heavy, and being able to inject levity was one of my highest priorities, and I needed an actress who could deliver that.