If Rachel Morrison wins Best Cinematography for Mudbound she will logically follow up her existing Oscar history as the only
female nominee in this category (ever!)
And one of the striking elements of the rousing acceptance speech Frances McDormand gave — «If I may be so honored to have all
the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight,» she requested, as the Dolby audience went wild — was how few people actually stood in response to her entreaty.
One of the great joys of last night's telecast occurred during McDormand's Best Actress speech, when she invited
the female nominees in every category to stand up and be acknowledged.
After thanking son Pedro and director husband Joel Coen, whose 1996 «Fargo» was the source of her first lead acting Oscar, she placed her statuette on the stage and asked all
the female nominees in every category to stand.
While observers could celebrate the nomination of Greta Gerwig for best director for her coming - of - age drama «Lady Bird,» it was still outrageous that she was only the fifth
female nominee in that category in 90 years of the awards (Kathryn Bigelow is still the only winner, for «The Hurt Locker»).
Not exact matches
Presenters Sandra Bullock and Emma Stone each handed out awards
in categories where there was only one
female nominee and made sure to point out as much.
Greta Gerwig, the first
female nominee in the Best Director
category in eight years, lost to del Toro as well as Jordan Peele for Get Out
in the Best Original Screenplay
category.
writer - director Greta Gerwig is the first
female nominee in the best director
category at the Academy Awards since Kathryn Bigelow
in 2010.
Greta Gerwig, the first
female nominee in the Best Director
category in eight years, lost to del Toro as well as Jordan Peele for
Lady Bird writer - director Greta Gerwig is the first
female nominee in the best director
category at the Academy Awards since Kathryn Bigelow
in 2010.
During her speech, Frances asked all of the
female nominees,
in every
category, to stand up for a moment of recognition.
Lena Dunham and Julia Louis - Dreyfus face off
in the musical or comedy
female leads
category for Girls and Veep respectively, while Robin Wright and Claire Danes lead the drama
nominees for Homeland and House of Cards.
She then asked every single
female nominee to stand up, prompting everyone
in categories from cinematography to design and best actress
nominee Meryl Streep to get to their feet while the audience
in the Dolby Theatre cheered.
During her speech, McDormand, who has a Best Actress Oscar for Fargo
in 1997, paid tribute to all the
female nominees across
categories asking them all to stand to honour their work over the last 12 months.
There were several record - breaking recognitions, as well, including Rachel Morrison of Netflix's «Mudbound,» who became the first
female nominee ever
in the Oscar cinematography
category, and the film's star Mary J. Blige, who is the first person to be double - nominated for acting and original song.
The lack of
female nominees at the Globes and BAFTAs has largely focused on the lack of support for Greta Gerwig's direction of «Lady Bird,» and questions about the validity of the directing
category in awards season as a whole.
In the Female Actor in a Leading Role category, the nominees are Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie for Changeling; Melissa Leo for Frozen River; Meryl Streep for Doubt; and Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Roa
In the
Female Actor
in a Leading Role category, the nominees are Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie for Changeling; Melissa Leo for Frozen River; Meryl Streep for Doubt; and Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Roa
in a Leading Role
category, the
nominees are Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie for Changeling; Melissa Leo for Frozen River; Meryl Streep for Doubt; and Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road.
For the
Female Actor
in a Supporting Role
category, the
nominees are Amy Adams for Doubt; Penelope Cruz for Woody Allen's otherwise long ago disregarded Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis for Doubt; Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; and Kate Winslet for The Reader.
Additionally, while the fact three of the eight Best Picture
nominees (Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and Room) focus on
female protagonists, the lack of women
in a number of major
categories (notably directing, but also cinematography and original score) continues to be vexing, the overall demographic makeup of Academy membership (primarily Caucasian and over the age of 65) leading to voting trends that remain troublesome, to say the least.
Levi is only the eighth
female nominee to be nominated
in a scoring
category in the Academy's 82 - year history of giving out Oscars for music.
But Coppola and Gerwig are presumably this year's one - two punch as the predicted
nominees for Best Director - the latest
female nominee since 2010 when Kathryn Bigelow was the first and only
female winner
in the
category for
But Coppola and Gerwig are presumably this year's one - two punch as the predicted
nominees for Best Director - the latest
female nominee since 2010 when Kathryn Bigelow was the first and only
female winner
in the
category for The Hurt Locker.
His comments echo a sentiment Morano made to ET earlier this year, following the announcement of the Primetime Emmy
nominees, which saw three
female directors nominated
in the same
category.
Nominees in the Best
Female - Directed Documentary
category were «Her Master's Voice» (U.K., dir.
Women were well - represented
in the Breakthrough, Hero and Comedy performances
categories, making up 50 % or more of the
nominees there and Jennifer Lawrence grabs the only
female slot
in the Best Action Performance
category for her final turn as Katniss Everdeen
in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
The awards will honor
nominees in various
categories, such as Best Title of a Blog That Reflects Something About the Job, Best Blog by a
Female Public Defender and Best Blog that Deals With Actual Law Stuff.