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Frears has a knack for directing leading actresses who later go on to earn Oscar nominations.

A script from the Tribeca Film Institute's All Access program, the second ever China - Australia co-production, and a lead actress who didn't speak a lick of English when she was cast; «33 Postcards» is an exceptional production for a variety of reasons.

The astonishingly gifted writer - director of «Thoroughbreds» is going places, which could also be said for Olivia Cooke («Vanity Fair») and Anya Taylor - Joy («Split»), the two note - perfect lead actresses who star in Finley's icy psychological thriller — a refined, upper - class riff on «Heavenly Creatures,» «Fun,» and the entire wicked subgenre in which two -LSB-...]

The astonishingly gifted writer - director of «Thoroughbreds» is going places, which could also be said for Olivia Cooke («Vanity Fair») and Anya Taylor - Joy («Split»), the two note - perfect lead actresses who star in Finley's icy psychological thriller — a refined, upper - class riff on «Heavenly Creatures,» «Fun,» and the entire wicked subgenre in which two girls, perfectly harmless on their own, prove to be homicidal in one another's company.

«We had a different lead actress who dropped out, and we had to go find someone else,» Sudeikis noted.

Many award watchers are now wondering if the Academy will make Kate like Cate B and Renee Z — deserving lead actresses who all took home Oscar Supporting gold first.

Alison Brie continues to showcase that not only is she one of hottest women around, but that she is a likable and believable lead actress who shines brightly.

The lead actress who survives rape goes on a killing rampage that terrorizes the streets.

Not exact matches

Well, a former SNL director — who also happens to be lead writer of the David Spade comedy «Joe Dirt» — was behind it, and Stewart was recruited only after the first actress suffered a «nervous breakdown» right before filming.

Jolie told the magazine that the exercise led them to their leading actress, a girl called Srey Moch who was «overwhelmed with emotion» on giving back the money, which she had planned to spend on a funeral for her grandfather.

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.

In a recent Siena College poll, he held a 58 percent to 27 percent lead among registered Democrats over the activist and actress Cynthia Nixon, who is trying to appeal to more liberal voters.

But Cuomo is also facing a challenge from his left this primary season from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and public education advocate who has criticized the governor's record of compromise with Republicans in the Senate liberal advocates contend has led to watered - down results and half - victories.

The award - winning actress, who is the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Maternal Health Ambassador for West and Central Africa said African governments must take the leading steps in reversing the negative trends of...

The governor, a Democrat who faces a primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, said his administrative action was necessary because the Republican - led state Senate has refused to pass a law to restore voting rights to parolees who've served their time.

The actress, who turned 40 on Monday, decided to charge full - speed ahead toward this new decade of life rather than lament leading up to her milestone birthday.

She is a fantastic actress who perfectly plays the leads in intellectual and rom coms perfectly.

She is one of the leading actresses of Bollywood who manages to clad well both on and off screen.

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.

He behaves equally strangely off set, insulting the leading actress, refusing to turn the air conditioning on and berating his crew, who snigger at him behind his back.

What we have left in Godard Mon Amour, after the laughs dry up, is a thin sketch of a filmmaker who inspired a hero worship in his young bride that dissolved in squabbling, as had Godard's first marriage to another of his leading ladies, actress Anna Karina.

The film stars British - born Academy Award (R) nominated actress Naomi Watts (J. EDGAR, FAIR GAME, 21 GRAMS) who assumes the leading role of the eponymous and iconic princess.

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.

One of the wrost tv show EVER, There is no drama, no comedy, Theres sexisms, the lead female is superficial and the actress who plays it is awful..

One of the wrost tv show EVER, There is no drama, no comedy, Theres sexisms, the lead female is superficial and the actress who plays it is

It also offers New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey (Heavily Creatures, Happy Christmas) one of her juiciest roles to date as the lead character, a nursing assistant who has lost all faith in humanity and then finds herself chasing after some petty criminals who stole her laptop and heirloom silverware.

The cast is uniformly excellent, with Francisco Reyes a particularly likable beam of strength and light as the unfortunate Orlando, but the film's great triumph is Daniela Vega, a transgender actress and singer, who makes an indelible impression in the leading role.

In Nigel Cole's crowd - pleasing «Made in Dagenham,» we already know Sally Hawkins is a solid contender in a dense lead actress field for her work as Rita O'Grady, a composite character representing a number of ladies who stood up for equal pay in late - 1960s England.

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, 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.

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.

This is a great American actress who hasn't seen a lead role in 20 years.

Emma Roberts, who won the lead role of Sidney's teenage cousin Jill after Ashley Greene reportedly turned it down, talked rather generally (the name of the game at the practically worthless second panel discussion, which quickly devolved into an Anthony Anderson stand - up act) about what attracted her to the project — in a bit I'm only including because it was more or less the sole usable quote offered up the actress during the mercifully short 15 - minute session.

Leading actors tend not to be in the single digits on the occasion of their debut Oscar bids: Keisha Castle - Hughes was 13 when she got a best actress nod for Whale Rider in 2004, and how many people remember Jackie Cooper, who was indeed nine when he was tapped for a prize for Skippy in 1931?

The five actors nominated for the prestigious award, which honours the future stars of cinema, include Brits Jack O'Connell, who began his career in the E4 drama Skins in 2007 and this year took the lead role in the Angelina Jolie - directed feature Unbroken, and Gugu Mbatha - Raw, already an established name on stage and television, who was named best actress at this year's British Independent Film Awards for her portrayal of Dido Elizabeth Belle in the period drama Belle.

We should be happy to have them: good actresses all, who easily lead their respective films over their male counterparts.

The Calling extends a good lead role of substance for Sarandon, who is one of the best actresses in her neglected age bracket.

Amy Adams won a Golden Globe for the second straight year, taking the comedy / musical lead actress award for her turn as artist Margaret Keane in «Big Eyes,» a woman who, Adams said, «had such a quiet voice and such a strong heart and such a strong artistic vision.»

Taking the lead is the incomparable Juliette Binoche, who stars as successful veteran actress Maria Enders.

The cast of this US remake includes two actresses who have held on to leading lady status longer than almost anyone but Meryl Streep.

Anna Kendrick (Oscar nominated for Up in the Air) leads the young cast in this college a cappala romp that is part Bridesmaids (complete with actress Rebel Wilson, who graces both, and gross - out scenes involving bodily fluids)...

Unfortunately this is the first true lead Saldana has been given a chance to play, and she throws herself into the film like an actress who truly thought it would turn out better.

Rose McGowan, who openly criticized the call for a red carpet black - out in the weeks leading up to the awards show, took to Twitter Sunday to reiterate her stance after Italian actress Asia Argento voiced her support for McGowan.

Off the top of my head, Joel, some exceptions to your lead - billing: Best Actress winners Emma Thompson (fourth - billed in Howards End, behind Supporting nominee Vanessa Redgrave) and Nicole Kidman (third - billed in The Hours, behind Supporting nominee Julianne Moore), and going further back, Best Actor winners David Niven and Maximilian Schell, who were both below the top line in their respective ensembles.

McDormand, who starred as a grieving mother who called out the town's police force for not solving her daughter's murder, took the lead actress prize and appeared onstage in a red patterned gown.

This is a competent enough, if plodding, espionage thriller with mostly compelling actors (except for the lead, Jessica Chastain, a lightweight who is mysteriously being called great in this film, and who just received a Best Actress nomination) that tells the story of the painstaking intelligence gathering that led to the ultimate revenge killing, when U.S. Navy Seals exacted retribution for the murder of 3000 people on September 11, 2001, on U.S. soil.

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.

Scott Bates chats with Daphne star Emily Beecham... Manchester - born actress Emily Beecham is perhaps most recognised for her role in AMC's martial - arts themed Western series Into The Badlands, but this weekend the 33 - year - old can be seen as the titular lead in Daphne, a Fleabag-esque, London - set drama about an ordinary young woman who begins to reassess -LSB-...]

Lead Actress gets a ton of talk time (of course) with Meryl Streep (The Post) and Frances McDormand (Three Billboards) dominating that as well as looking at our existing top 5 and wondering how or who could break through that solid - looking lineup that includes Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) and Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird).

Today, Deadline announced several actresses who are up for the lead female role in Channing Tatum's Gambit spin - off X-Men movie.The role isn't for Rogue who many knows falls in love with Gambit after his time with the X-Men but actually for Bella Donna Boudreaux daughter of the New Orleans assassins guild.The three names up for...