Sentences with phrase «by lead actress»

While all the aforementioned movies are represented in the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Ensemble categories, the nominations are spread across categories with only The Shape of Water finding representation in almost every category it was eligible for, save for acting, where it is only represented by lead actress Sally Hawkins.

Designed to be Demme's commercial breakthrough, it was taken out of his hands by lead actress Goldie Hawn and ruinously re-worked.

There are many good scenes, and it is helped immensely by the lead actress, Marion Cotillard, who gives an appropriately beautiful, ugly, bold and brave performance as the doomed singer.

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This year, we look forward to a sampling of some mighty powerful female driven movies, each of which features an A-list cast and an exceptionally strong performance by the leading actress (es).

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's rock musical Next to Normal debuted on Broadway eight years ago and, in addition to winning three Tony Awards (Best Original Score, Orchestration and Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical), it accomplished something no other such work had done since 1996's Rent: It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The actress landed a nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, right alongside Harden.

A new comedy called MISTRESS AMERICA was written by its leading actress and its director, Noah Baumbach.

She's also a Tony Award nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role as Elizabeth Vaughan in «If / Then.»

Not exact matches

Performance by an actress in a leading role Amy Adams in «American Hustle» Cate Blanchett in «Blue Jasmine» * WINNER Sandra Bullock in «Gravity» Judi Dench in «Philomena» Meryl Streep in «August: Osage County»

On Tuesday, the food delivery startup hoping to reinvent frozen's reputation in the era of clean eating announced that it had raised some $ 43 million in a second round of funding, led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaun White.

The UK version Melissa McCarthy, one of the lead actresses of the movie, was hardly recognizable when her face and neck was «kindly» slimmed by Photoshop.

A suit filed this week by an adult film actress who claims to have had an affair with President Trump could lead to his having to testify in a deposition.

Overseas production and a streaming service led by actress Amber Heard were some of the headlines that dominated a week of record stock highs for Tesla.

The letter to the prime minister, signed by actress Julie Christie, singer Sting, former defence secretary and Home Office minister Bob Ainsworth and a collection of former chief constables and leading lawyers, calls on Downing Street to implement «a swift and transparent review of the effectiveness of current drug policies».

This was followed by a high - profile campaign by actress Joanna Lumley, which included a meeting with Brown at 10 Downing Street [74] and a confrontation with Phil Woolas at the BBC Westminster studios, leading to an impromptu press conference in which she pressured Woolas into further talks over the issue.

Cuomo leads actress Cynthia Nixon by a 66 to 19 % margin, according to a Siena College poll released this week, The same poll... Continue reading →

The Latest Siena College Poll released Today shows that Governor Cuomo still holds a commanding lead over actress Cynthia Nixon among registered Democratic voters by a 58 to 27 % margin.

She appeared in a string of independent films throughout the 1990s, in addition to all the aforementioned Di Cillo titles; she had the lead, opposite Anne Heche, in the acclaimed Walking and Talking (1996), written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.

This gorefest — a thinly - disguised derivation of Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street series (with the lead actress from the third installment in that franchise) concerns Cynthia (Jennifer Rubin), an unfortunate young woman who falls into the clutches of a demented cult leader, narrowly escapes being burned to death by him, and wakes up in a hospital ward only to be pursued and psychologically tortured by the psycho's evil spirit.

Season 3 of «Grace and Frankie» is an amazing journey through ageism led by two tremendously talented actresses.

With an ensemble cast of mostly all actresses lead by the Radiant Penelope Cruz, Almodovar

With an ensemble cast of mostly all actresses lead by the Radiant Penelope Cruz, Almodovar has written his sharpest, funniest screenplay yet, holding back on his usual outrageous elements in order to let the talented ladies of the cast work their magic with his words.

Sarandon's five Oscar nominations for lead actress is a total exceeded by only eight people in history (including Bette Davis, whom Sarandon plays in the limited series FEUD).

For her performance as Carrie Mathison on HOMELAND she has won back - to - back Golden Globe ® Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama, a 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award ® for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the 2012 Emmy ® Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Proving that Bafta is not slavishly following the US awards circuit's lead, Tinker's 11 nominations were accompanied by four for the Ryan Gosling thriller Drive, another near shut - out at the Globes, which included a best supporting actress for Carey Mulligan.

The actress has already shot lead roles in Morgan, Fox's sci - fi thriller directed by Luke Scott (Ridley Scott's son), and M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller Split.

In a strangely weak year for female leads best actress will likely be dominated by Julianne Moore for Still Alice.

When you have Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett as the lead actresses, it's more than reasonable to expect that the film will be bolstered by powerhouse performances, and that's exactly what you'll get here.

A completely first rate cast is led by the inimitable Frances McDormand, an actress never afraid to growl as she still draws us in.

And so, while Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water leads the pack with 12 nominations, it's helped by a superb Sally Hawkins, who's up for Best Actress, and is going up against Call Me By Your Name, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — nine nominations and directed by our own Martin McDonagh — Winston Churchill drama Darkest Hour and Christopher Nolan's bold war film, Dunkirby a superb Sally Hawkins, who's up for Best Actress, and is going up against Call Me By Your Name, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — nine nominations and directed by our own Martin McDonagh — Winston Churchill drama Darkest Hour and Christopher Nolan's bold war film, DunkirBy Your Name, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — nine nominations and directed by our own Martin McDonagh — Winston Churchill drama Darkest Hour and Christopher Nolan's bold war film, Dunkirby our own Martin McDonagh — Winston Churchill drama Darkest Hour and Christopher Nolan's bold war film, Dunkirk.

The director: Maïwenn (France) The talent: Actress - turned - writer - director Maïwenn Le Besco (who prefers going by her first name, and whom US viewers might remember as the blue - tentacled soprano from «The Fifth Element») takes the lead role herself, starring opposite French rapper - turned - actor Joeystarr.

The film accolades continued with a 2014 Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Judi Dench for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and 2014 Golden Globe ® nominations for Judi Dench for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Best Screenplay — Motion Picture, and Best Motion Picture — Drama.

Actress Blake Lively and actor Jason Clarke lead the way from a script by Forster and screenwriter Sean Conway with a story of intrigue, mystery and chilling uncertainty for a woman whose second chance to see for the first time since childhood brings both happiness, as well as striking new questions about her relationship.

«The latest big - screen iteration of the blockbuster video game isn't a film for the ages, but it's actually pretty good fun; an old - fashioned treasure - island adventure tale gilded in circa - 2018 wokeness (Lara Croft's breasts no longer command a lead supporting role) and anchored by an Oscar - winning actress far more gifted than the story requires.

He rapidly rose to leading roles in such actioners as Ice Station Zebra (1968) and 100 Rifles (1969); in the latter film, he stirred up controversy by sharing several steamy scenes with white actress Raquel Welch.

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There's been a mini-spate of low - budget vehicles for older actresses recently — shoestring - budget films that feel gossamer - thin, yet feature stellar, subtle work by their leading ladies.

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

Back in October, it was revealed that the Avengers and Lucy star Scarlett Johansson would play Major Motoko Kusanagi in DreamWorks Pictures» Ghost in the Shell after Margot Robbie bailed to do Suicide Squad and now Variety brings word that the actress has signed on to play the lead in the live action adaptation of the classic manga by Masamune Shirow.

The cast, led by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Actress in a Leading Role, 2002) and Golden Globe nominee Aaron Eckhart, includes two - time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1986; Bullets Over Broadway, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1994), Tammy Blanchard, Miles Teller, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney and Sandra Oh.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

The film picked up five of the 11 prizes for which it was nominated - including best film, top director for Damien Chazelle and leading actress for Emma Stone - at the annual ceremony hosted for the 12th year in a row by Stephen Fry at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

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).

The 32 - year - old actress has been high in demand since she dazzled fans with her portrayal of Wonder Woman earlier this year, so it's no wonder she's now being eyed up for the lead role in the upcoming drama directed by Justin Kurzel.

Outstanding Performance by in Actress in a Leading Role Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Helen Mirren, Hitchcock Naomi Watts, The Impossible

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything

Emma Stone's «La La Land» led Monday's Golden Globe nominations, picking up seven nods including Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for the 28 - year - old.

Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible»

Scream and House Of Cards actress Neve Campbell is joining the cast of Universal Pictures and Legendary's Skyscraper, the huge action movie set to be led by Dwayne Johnson.