I can't say she's
the most gifted actress out there, yet she has two (in my opinion) wholly deserved Oscars — both simply cases of the right person connecting with the right role.
Not exact matches
Best Picture «Äì «ÄúThe Social Network «Äù Best Director «Äì David Fincher for «ÄúThe Social Network «Äù Best Adapted Screenplay «Äì Aaron Sorkin for «ÄúThe Social Network «Äù Best Original Screenplay «Äì Chris Nolan for «ÄúInception «Äù Best Actor «Äì Colin Firth in «ÄúThe King «Äôs Speech «Äù Best
Actress «Äì Natalie Portman in «ÄúBlack Swan «Äù Best Supporting Actor «Äì Christian Bale in «ÄúThe Fighter «Äù Best Supporting
Actress «Äì Hailee Steinfeld in «ÄúTrue Grit «Äù Best Foreign Language Film «Äì «ÄúA Prophet «Äù Best Documentary «Äì «ÄúExit Through the
Gift Shop «Äù Best Animated Feature «Äì «ÄúToy Story 3 «Ä ≥ Best Cinematography «Äì Wally Pfister for «ÄúInception «Äù Best Original Score «Äì Clint Mansell for «ÄúBlack Swan «Äù
Most Promising Performer «Äì Jennifer Lawrence in «ÄúWinter «Äôs Bone «Äù
Most Promising Filmmaker «Äì Derek Cianfrance for «ÄúBlue Valentine «Äù
A Chinese star who grew up in England (which accounts for her excellent English) and who's appeared in almost 70 films since 1984, including
most of the features of Wong Kar - wai, Cheung is exceptionally
gifted when she's doing comedy (as in the 1989 The Iceman Cometh) and pantomime (as in her great performance as the silent Shanghai film
actress Ruan Ling - yu in Stanley Kwan's 1991 masterpiece Ac
actress Ruan Ling - yu in Stanley Kwan's 1991 masterpiece
ActressActress).
Again, a strong cast, consisting of Lili Taylor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah and Mary Steenburgen, reminds us that Sayles is one of American cinema's
most gifted directors of
actresses.
Rarely had I seen an
actress, or actor for that matter, so fearless, so sure of him - or herself, and with such a preternatural
gift for discovering humor in the
most unexpected places.
At age 24, with three Oscar nominations under her belt, Saoirse Ronan is undoubtedly one of the
most gifted young
actresses working today, and now nod...
But does she have the comedy chops to play one of the
most gifted comedic
actresses of all time?
But McDormand, at age 60 one of our
most gifted and least calculating
actresses, fearlessly challenges us to love her character anyway.