Sentences with phrase «lead actress category»

As for the star herself, she plays this ludicrous material as if it were the ticket to a second Academy Award, this time in the lead actress category.

A few weeks ago in this space I took a dedicated look at the lead actress category.

When it comes to the lead actress category, a similar situation is unfolding.

Early in the season the lead actress category appeared to be more competitive than ever.

Michelle Williams, «Wendy and Lucy» The lead actress category is spinning heads this season.

Her greatest challenge was not getting placed in the lead actress category where she would have presumably lost to Moore.

Screen Gems could make a play for Gwyneth Paltrow, but it's competitive terrain (Monday's Off the Carpet will survey the strongest lead actress category in years).

Meanwhile, the lead actress category features two women who are sure to be in the Oscar conversation, «Lady Bird's» Saoirse Ronan and «I, Tonya's» Margot Robbie.

Rarely does the lead actress category provide more suspense than leading gentlemen and rarely is it as packed with fine performances as it is this year.

(Also interesting: Mo'Nique and Vera Farmiga both cropping up in the lead actress category, with their female co-stars nowhere to be seen.)

Witherspoon was nominated for an Oscar in the lead actress category on Thursday.

In the lead actress category, «Mother» star Kim Hye - ja edged out critical darling Jennifer Lawrence, while Niels Arestrup's unsettling work in «A Prophet» beat out Oscar heavy Geoffrey Rush in «The King's Speech.»

In the lead actress category, «Mother» star Kim Hye - ja edged out critical darling Jennifer Lawrence, while Niels Arestrup's unsettling work in «A Prophet» beat -LSB-...]

The most recent example was Kate Winslet for The Reader who was named supporting at the Globes (and won in that category and in the lead actress category).

The year is 1983 and the nominees in the lead actress category are standouts: Debra Winger, Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lange and Julie Andrews, but all of them fell short of the one, the only, Meryl Streep.

Moore may walk away with a sympathy award for people who didn't vote for her in the lead actress category, but it's somewhat doubtful.

This year, she's nominated in the lead actress category for her portrayal of a bereaved mother in director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh's best picture - nominated film.

With upstart distributor Cinelou Releasing opening «Cake» this weekend, expect Aniston to make the most of her red carpet interviews — and maybe even squeak out a surprise win in the lead actress category.

Many believe Streep is long overdue for her third Oscar, but second in the lead actress category.

Pike, plenty seasoned but not yet a household name in America, will be the standout, her juicy part almost certain to land her in the Best Lead Actress category.

Since 1988, there has been an equal amount of questionable winners in the lead actress category, beginning with Jodie Foster's win for «The Accused» in a year that saw Mery Streep astound audiences in «A Cry in the Dark,» which won the New York Film Critics Circle award.

The lead actress category is even bleaker for Asian women.

Brie Larson, who plays the lead in Lenny Abrahamson's Room, joins Saoirse Ronan in the Leading Actress category and Room «s writer, Emma Donoghue, is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Tilda Swinton («Only Lovers Left Alive») was nominated beside Marion Cotillard («The Immigrant»), Rinko Kikuchi - Kumiko («The Treasure Hunter»), Julianne Moore («Still Alice»), and Jenny Slate («Obvious Child») in the lead actress categories.

For the Bafta leading actress category, Sally Hawkins is the only Briton to receive a nod for her turn in The Shape Of Water.

Fellow winner Kate was nominated twice in the leading actress category for her roles, one for The Reader and one for Revolutionary Road.

BAFTA's Leading Actress category mirrored the upcoming SAG Awards exactly, nominating Amy Adams in «Arrival,» Emily Blunt in «The Girl on the Train,» Natalie Portman in «Jackie,» Emma Stone in «La La Land,» and Meryl Streep in «Florence Foster Jenkins.»

I just can't get over how confused I am that Lesley Manville is in the leading actress category.

In the Leading Actress category, Sinead Keenan receives her first BAFTA nomination for her performance in ITV's Little Boy Blue.

«If we look at the leading actress category, I think we can take Saoirse Ronan as one of ours.

The leading actress category is full of impressive performances.

The 27 - year - old is nominated in the leading actress category for her performance as Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl, which stars fellow nominee Eddie Redmayne.

Previously Ronan was honored by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for her performance in The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson, and nominated for a BAFTA Award in the Leading Actress category.

The big surprise of the night, however, was that the Oscars didn't surprise us at all in the Leading Actress category.

Not exact matches

As expected, Quvenzhané Wallis, the 6 - year - old wonderworker in Beasts of the Southern Wild and youngest woman to ever be nominated for best lead actress, will be going head - to - head with Amour «s Emmanuelle Riva, the oldest - ever woman in the same category.

The movie had majority of the nominations for Ghana but missed out on Best Actress in Lead Role Category.

This week we field queries concerning «Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,» documentary features aimed at the Best Picture category, «Black Swan»» s Oscar potential and Lesley Manville's lead actress campaign for «Another Year.»

Taking home not one, but five category wins with Lead Actress Frances McDormand being named as Best Actress and co-star Sam Rockwell snagging Best Supporting Actor honors.

The strong performance, combined with the general lack of lead female roles of substance, virtually guarantees she'll compete in Best Actress category at the Oscars, as she is elsewhere.

However, since neither of those three actresses has a real lock hold on this final slot, this category is actually pretty ripe for an upset — my guess could be an Alicia Vikander changing course on The Danish Girl and entering herself as a lead here to nab a double nomination — and if that happens, I reserve the right to count it as a correct prediction since it was impossible to plan for.

The unimpeachable excellence of Isabelle Huppert's lead performance counted for a lot (and there she is, hanging out in the Best Actress category), plus Paul Verhoeven's name still had some of the recognition as a director of provocative American studio pictures during the Nineties.

French love story «Blue Is the Warmest Color» won in all categories it was nominated for, including foreign language film and young actor / actress for the film's lead, Adele Exarchopoulos.

My own list of names for Supporting Actress contenders not listed above takes into consideration how certain contenders might be put in supporting either because the lead category is too crowded or they would rather win in the lesser category than be nominated and lose in the top tier.

Laurie Metcalf Two decades after winning three Emmys for «Rosanne,» Metcalf took time out from the stage to land three different Emmy nominations for three different shows in three different categories: lead comedy actress in HBO's «Getting On,» guest comedy actress for «The Big Bang Theory» and guest drama actress for Louis C.K.'s «Horace and Pete.»

Will Vikander «go lead» is the real question and if she does that frees up a space in the Best Supporting Actress category.

It would be great to have Bening and Moore both nominated for best leading actress... The last time two actors where nominated in the same leading category was Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon for «Thelma & Louise», in 1991!!!

It even earned a number of award nominations and not just in the Golden Globes» easily cracked Comedy / Musical categories but contending for lead actress, cinematography, and costume design Oscars.

Much hubbub was made about which actress was being submitted to which category from the performance - heavy August: Osage County, but Julia Roberts now appears to be going Supporting while Meryl Streep contends in Lead Aactress was being submitted to which category from the performance - heavy August: Osage County, but Julia Roberts now appears to be going Supporting while Meryl Streep contends in Lead ActressActress.

But it came up empty - handed that night, was largely overlooked by the guilds and, in the end, scored only two Oscar nominations, for picture and lead actress (Streep)-- major categories, to be sure, but far less than what 20th Century Fox must have been hoping for.

The lead - actress category doesn't contain many surprises, nominating all the usual suspects: Saoirse Ronan (also of Lady Bird), Frances McDormand, Margot Robbie, and Sally Hawkins.