Sentences with phrase «female lead award»

Rockwell's co-star Frances McDormand continued her winning streak as well, taking the female lead award, and delivering an acceptance speech peppered with her signature sardonic flair — and a few choice F - bombs, which are more welcome at the breezy Spirit Awards than at tomorrow's Oscars ceremony.

Actress Isabelle Huppert, winner of the Best Female Lead award for «Elle» poses in the press room during the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2017 in Santa Monica, California.

Frances McDormand, in an F - bomb laden speech («The awards convention is too f — king long»), accepted the best female lead award at the Spirit Awards for the dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, while Timothee Chalamet won best male lead for the drama Call Me by Your Name.

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Ami Radunskaya — a professor of mathematics at Pomona College, president - elect of the Association for Women in Mathematics, and director of the national Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program — was chosen as the winner of the 2016 AAAS Mentor Award for launching «dramatic education and research changes leading to an increase in the number of female doctorates in the field of mathematics.»

Though her only true experience as a thief resulted in the stealing of an apple from a New York deli when directors DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter encouraged her to engage in a minor bit of thievery in preparation for her role as a shoplifter in the 2001 drama Lift, Washington ultimately proved so convincing and effective in the role that she received a nomination as Best Female Lead at the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards.

She also received Oscar ® and SAG Award ® nominations for her starring role in Frozen River, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a Spotlight Award from the National Board of Review, among countless other accolades.

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.

The San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Online Film & Television Association Award and North Texas Film Critics Association Award for her tour de force performance in Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT, in which she plays the female lead, Daisy Domergue.

The Tempest (PG - 13 for nudity, scary images and suggestive content) Academy Award - nominee Julie Taymor's iconoclastic interpretation of the Shakespeare play features Oscar - winner Helen Mirren in the lead role of Prospero, thereby transforming the beloved classic into a gender - bending tale of female empowerment revolving around a woman caught up in a volcanic struggle for survival and a quest for vengeance.

AWFJ, a nonprofit organization of leading female film journalists with active members in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, recognizes outstanding achievements by women filmmakers by presenting its prestigious EDA Awards at year's end and at select film festivals.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the mAWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the mAwards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

The show's female lead, Ruth Wilson, was awarded lead drama actress.

That would include Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (no Male / Female duplicated awards).

Look back only two years to the 2012 Awards and the similarities weren't quite as strong: only Best Female Lead winner Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) would ultimately win an Oscar as well.

Johansson was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in 1996 ′ s Manny & Lo.

The film features a fierce group of Wakandan women, including Nakia (Academy Award ® winner Lupita Nyong» o), a War Dog and Wakandan spy; Shuri (Letitia Wright), T'Challa's little sister and tech wizard; and the Dora Milaje, the all - female Wakandan Special Forces led by Okoye (Danai Gurira).

As the cinematic awards season amps up, other female - led films also are leading the way, with the like of «The Shape of Water,» «The Post,» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» «Lady Bird» and «I, Tonya» considered strong contenders to bring home various statuettes.

Not content to bring just one award - winning film («A Fantastic Woman «-RRB- to TIFF 2017, Sebastián Lelio doubles up this year with another engrossing female - led drama.

The Spirit Awards were founded in 1984 and this list of nominees included three for Blue Jasmine — Woody Allen for Best Screenplay, Cate Blanchett for Best Female Lead and Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Female.

Best Feature: «The Wrestler» Best Director: Tom McCarthy, «The Visitor» Best Male Lead: Mickey Rourke, «The Wrestler» Best Female Lead: Melissa Leo, «Frozen River» Best Supporting Male: James Franco, «Milk» Best Supporting Female: Penelope Cruz, «Vicky Cristina Barcelona» Best Screenplay: «Vicky Cristina Barcelona» Best Cinematography: «The Wrestler» Best First Feature: «Synecdoche, New York» Best First Screenplay: «Milk» Best Foreign Film: «The Class» Best Documentary: «Man on Wire» Robert Altman Award: «Synecdoche, New York» John Cassavetes Award: «In Search of a Midnight Kiss» Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award: Margaret Brown, «The Order of Myths» Piaget Producers Award: Heather Rae, «Frozen River» Someone to Watch Award: Lynn Shelton, «My Effortless Brilliance»

Gary Oldman's performance in «Darkest Hour» won him Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Allison Janney's turn in «I, Tonya» saw her awarded Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

The 20th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS WINNERS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE THE WINNER: American Hustle OTHER NOMINEES: 12 Years a Slave August: Osage County Dallas Buyers Club Lee Daniels» The Butler OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE THE WINNER: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club OTHER NOMINEES: Bruce Dern, Nebraska Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels» The Butler OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE THE WINNER: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine OTHER NOMINEES: Sandra Bullock, Gravity Judi Dench, Philomena Meryl Streep, August: Osage CountyRead More →

Saoirse Ronan has lost out to Frances McDormand for the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award.

At tonight's awards reception, in addition to several prominent, award - winning female filmmakers being honored, including the amazing Amma Asante, J.J. Abrams, will receive the Leading Man award for for his ongoing support and advocacy of women in film.

Congrats, Kris Awards Daily the US trailer for Blue is the Warmest Colour i09 8 ways to make a female led superhero movie work Slant Magazine excellent piece on «the IMAX cancer» and the rerelease of The Wizard of Oz... only not the one you know.

Academy Award — nominated director Jason Reitman returns to the Sundance Film Festival for the sixth time, having previously debuted four shorts and one feature at the Festival, while Academy Award — winning screenwriter Diablo Cody makes her Sundance Film Festival debut with Tully, a funny, moving, and insightful look at motherhood that features captivating performances by its two female leads.

The Wrap Annihilation, a female led sci - fi picture from Alex Garland (Ex Machina) may star Tessa Thompson and Gina Rodriguez Variety 33 people will be honored at the Academy's annual Scientific and Technical Awards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST ENSEMBLE — «Spotlight «BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE — Leonardo DiCaprio in «The Revenant» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE — Brie Larson in «Room» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE — Idris Elba in «Beasts of No Nation» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE — Alicia Vikander in «The Danish Girl» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES — «Orange is the New Black» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES — Jeffrey Tambor in «Transparent» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES — Uzo Aduba in «Orange is the New Black» BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES — Idris Elba in «Luther» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES — Queen Latifah in «Bessie» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE — «Mad Max: Fury Road» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES — «Game of Thrones» LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD — Carol Burnett

Brie Larson is nominated this year for her first SAG Award, as lead female in «Room,» a role that also earned her an Oscar ® nomination and a Golden Globe.

«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s feature directorial debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast.

Under the jury president, Jane Campion, the best films so far in main competition here have revolved around female characters — complex, imperfect, beautifully drawn these leading roles offer up a counter to the majority of films that get paid attention to here in the US, on the festival and awards circuit leading up to the Oscars.

Frances McDormand accepts the award for best female lead for «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» at the 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)

Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 film North and was subsequently nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in 1996's Manny & Lo.

Frances McDormand accepts the award for best female lead for «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» at the 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in Santa Monica, Calif..

Unsurprisingly, awards season breakout Brie Larson took home best female lead for «Room,» beating out Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara for «Carol,» Bel Powley for «Diary of a Teenage Girl,» and Kitana «Kiki» Rodriguez for «Tangerine.»

Hot off her Screen Actors Guild Award win for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Leading Role, Davis signs on for not one, but two new projects.

Last year's SAG Awards saw big wins for «Birdman» for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Eddie Redmayne for Male Actor in a Leading Role, Julianne Moore for Female Actor in a Leading Role, and J.K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette for supporting actor statuettes — all of whom went on to take home the Oscar later that year.

in which she plays a therapist who gets mixed up in her client's lives; Kurt Russell & Kate Hudson will star in the TV series Barbary Coast, a period drama about the gold rush in the 19th century; Kate McKinnon may star in the new back - to - school comedy Senior Year; Nicole Beharie, who was so amazing in Shame (2011) and then starred in TV's Sleepy Hollow, will play the lead female role in the remake of 90s thriller Jacob's Ladder; The Golden Globes will take place on January 8th, 2017 this coming awards season.

«Selma» is nominated for five Film Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Male Lead (Oyelowo), Best Supporting Female (Carmen Ejogo) and Best Cinematography (Bradford Young).

Alisa in Warland, one of ten films nominated for the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Female - Directed Documentary at IDFA 2015, is a film in which the director discovered that she was also the lead character.

That said, «Lady Bird» is racking up nominations and awards, including four Independent Spirit nods (for feature, female lead, supporting female and screenplay) and three Gotham noms (winning for Saoirse Ronan's lead performance).

AWFJ, a nonprofit organization of leading female film journalists with active members in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, recognizes outstanding achievements by women filmmakers by presenting its prestigious EDA Awards at select film festivals around the world, and at year's end.

Elsewhere at the ceremony - which took place at Los Angeles» Dolby Theatre and was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel - «Darkest Hour» star Gary Oldman took home the award for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, while Frances McDormand caused a stir when she asked all the female nominees in the room to stand as she picked up the Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role honour for «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri».

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Inc. (AWFJ) presented juried AWFJ EDA Awards to two female - directed film at the 2014 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world's leading documentary film festival.

Although 2017 has been called the year of the woman, the Globes managed to overlook two of the biggest female - led hits of the year: «Beauty and the Beast,» the most successful movie of 2017 so far, was snubbed in the musical / comedy category, and «Wonder Woman» was shut out for any awards.

While there were no director nominations for other leading female contenders, as some had hoped, including Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) and Dee Rees (Mudbound), with these nominations, Gerwig becomes the fifth woman to be nominated for best director since the Academy Awards began in 1929.

2001, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Nominee