Sentences with phrase «first woman ever»

Baldwin, a veteran associate with Coldwell Banker Success Realty and a one - time competitive amateur swimmer, is the first woman ever to hold the post.

«Sandra Day O'Connor joined the nation's highest court in 1981 as the first woman ever appointed to that position.

MA: The first woman ever to be in the American Pavilion.

This is what happens when the desperate golden - boy owner of the worst pro basketball team in the world and his equally desperate golden - boy coach do the unthinkable: sign the first woman ever to play in the NBA.

The story is co-written by longtime 2000AD contributor Gordon Rennie and newcomer Emma Beeby, who is the first woman ever to write a Judge Dredd story (in Prog 1826).

This year's Oscar nominees, for example, are filled with history - makers like Rachel Morrison, who became the first woman ever to be nominated for cinematography, and Jordan Peele, the third person ever to get best picture, directing, and writing nods for his first film.

Mudbound also made history when Rachel Morrison became the first woman ever nominated for Oscar's Best Cinematography award.

She happens to be the first woman ever nominated in that category.

Rachel Morrison, the cinematographer for Mudbound, would be the first woman ever nominated in this category, and would have accomplished it by filming an exquisitely beautiful movie on a $ 10 million budget, then having that beauty come across even when the vast majority of the film's viewers saw it on Netflix.

In 1977, Wertmüller became the first woman ever to be nominated in the directing category at the 49th Academy Awards.

Lina Wertmuller, «Seven Beauties» (1976) • The first woman ever nominated in the category was this Italian director for a drama about an Italian solider who deserted the army during WWII and is sent a German prison camp.

And if the Academy follows the NYFCC's lead and nominates Mudbound's Rachel Morrison for Best Cinematography, Morrison would become the first woman ever nominated in that category.

Captain Karen Walden (Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle) is the first woman ever to be nominated for the military's vaunted Medal of Honor after dying in a seemingly heroic effort in the Gulf War.

«Literally, it's a dream come true,» she said of the nod that made her the first woman ever nominated in the cinematography category.

Those double - digit pace - setters aside, there is bound to be cheering from the Silver Linings Playbook camp, which did considerably better than expected with eight citations, including one in all four acting categories, and disappointment from the Zero Dark Thirty team: Kathryn Bigelow's follow - on from The Hurt Locker got five mentions, including best actress for 2012 nominee Jessica Chastain (The Help), but Bigelow herself was left off the list — a notable snub to the person who had previously made Oscar history as the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing.

Oscar history could be made by Rachel Morrison, the first woman ever to receive a nomination for cinematography.

Greta Gerwig, the director of Ronan's «Lady Bird», was only the fifth woman to be nominated for best director, while Rachel Morrison became the first woman ever nominated for best cinematography, for «Mudbound».

Were her success to continue, Morrison would be the first woman ever nominated for cinematography by the Academy Awards.

Coogler and cinematographer Rachel Morrison (the first woman ever nominated for a cinematography Oscar) have created a Wakanda that's at once techno - futuristic and imbued with a distinctly African sense of color, texture and place.

In doing so, Bigelow became the first woman ever to be named best director.

Blige's pair of Oscar nods for Mudbound made her the first woman ever to receive multiple Academy Awards nominations in the same year.

Nevertheless, the fact that the latter's filmmaker, Greta Gerwig, was the first woman ever to get a best director nod her first time out and was the first female nominated in the category in eight years was also significant.

In January, she became the first woman ever nominated for a cinematography Oscar for her work on Dee Rees» 1940s - set period drama, «Mudbound.»

First woman ever!

Moore stars as gutsy Lieutenant O'Neil, the first woman ever given the opportunity to earn a place in the armed forces most highly skilled combat unit — the elite Navy SEALS.

Demi Moore stars as gutsy Lieutenant O'Neil, the first woman ever given the opportunity to earn a place in the armed forces most highly skilled combat unit - the elite Navy SEALS.

She was one of only 288 women elected to the House and the first woman ever to become chair of the rules committee.

«As an eager young delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, I can tell you first - hand that Geraldine Ferraro thrilled us when she took the stage as the first woman ever nominated by a major political party to be its candidate for vice president of the United States,» Maloney said in a statement.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the first lesbian and first woman ever to hold her leadership post, called Paladino's remarks «dangerous,» particularly since they came on the heels of an anti-gay torture spree of two gay teens and a gay man by members of a Bronx gang that rocked the city over the weekend.

Like when Bibiana Steinhaus became the first woman ever to take charge of a match in the Bundesliga.

She was the first woman ever selected for the supreme and difficult task of choosing the best - in - show at New York's Westminster and has also been the owner and breeder of many a best - in - show dog.

Freydis Leaf, 32 - year - old brunette six - footer from Kensington, England, is the first woman ever to win the British air - racing championship.

It was then that I heard of a woman who was enrolled as a student at the Lutheran seminary in my hometown — the first woman ever in the master of divinity program in that school.

In November Asia Bibi, a 45 - year - old Christian mother of five, became the first woman ever sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.

This week, Asia Bibi, a 45 - year - old mother of five from the Punjab Province, became the first woman ever sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.

Welter was the first woman ever to coach in the NFL, a storyline that delighted and inspired both die - hard football fans and those who have never cheered a first down.

Earlier this year, KFC selected Reba McEntire as the first women ever to play Colonel Sanders in an ad campaign for its new Smoky Mountain BBQ fried chicken.

Mandy Rose gets eliminated, the first women ever eliminated, which is not a thing you want to be remembered for really.

«She believes the Iowa delegation is poised to make history by helping to ensure that Christie Vilsack becomes the first women ever elected to federal office from the Hawkeye State and looks forward to firing up the troops on her behalf.»

Not exact matches

«Color's $ 99 BRCA Test, the most affordable genetic test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 ever on the market, is now available to any woman who wants to take the first step toward learning her risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer,» said the company in a blog post.

Hillary's fiery commencement speech, the first ever by a Wellesley student, won her national attention — a spot in Life Magazine's feature on the class of 1969 and a speaking invitation to the League of Women Voters.

Though AlSyead says reaching Olayan's 1,000 - woman goal in 2016 is statistically impossible, she touts the company's milestones: It has hired the first - ever female worker in the Saudi city of Yanbu, for example.

And in football, Jen Welter was the first - ever woman to land a coaching internship in the NFL, though her gig has since ended.

She is the first black woman ever to be nominated for a Golden Globe for directing — an award that is often a harbinger for Oscars.

Jung took over in November 1999 just after Avon said it would miss earnings targets, becoming the first woman to ever lead the company.

One thing to know: The Nigerian women's bobsled team is not just Nigeria's first - ever bobsled team, but the first African nation to have a bobsled team in the Olympics.

Director Ava DuVernay «s adaptation of the popular young - adult novel of the same name has been highly - anticipated since Disney made her the first - ever black woman to direct a movie with a budget over $ 100 million.

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticaWoman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

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