Not exact matches
Ronan may have been
nominated for a Best
Actress award, but for us beauty nerds, she
took home the award for Best Makeup Risk of the evening with an oxblood lip paired with smoky tan eye shadow.
L.A. Confidential was
nominated for nine Academy Awards and netted two, with Brian Helgeland honored for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Kim Basinger
taking home a statuette as Best Supporting
Actress.
When an Academy Award ® - winning filmmaker
takes one of the world's most beloved musicals based on one of the most powerful novels ever written and casts it with cream - of - the - crop performers, including a former Oscar ® host, an Oscar ® - winning actor and two Oscar ® -
nominated actresses, how could it fail come February?
Oscar -
nominated actress Keira Knightley is set to
take on the role of GCHQ whileblower Katharine Gun in Official Secrets, a new film from director Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky), which also has Matt Smith attached to star.
FX, which broke its own basic cable record earlier this year when it received 56 nominations,
took home 10 Emmys Saturday, including a second straight win for Margo Martindale for Outstanding Guest
Actress in a Drama Series for her role on the The Americans, which is also
nominated for Outstanding Drama Series.
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.
As one of Hollywood's rising style stars, Oscar -
nominated actress Saoirse Ronan showed she isn't afraid to
take a red carpet risk in a daring black semi sheer sequin dress.
She was
nominated 12 times for Outstanding Lead
Actress in a Drama for her performance as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote but never once
took home the golden winged statue.
The»90s comedy Roseanne
took home four Emmys during its nine - year run — Roseanne Barr once (1993), supporting
actress Laurie Metcalf three times (1992, 1993, 1994)-- but the series was never
nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.
This year, the snubs were fewer and less harsh than in years past (like that year they totally ignored three of the best films of the year in Drive,
Take Shelter and Young Adult, and failed to
nominate the year's best lead
actress performances).
The concept of one of our most lauded
actresses taking the lead in a Woody Allen film always seemed like it had awards potential, even if no one's been
nominated for a lead in an Allen picture since Sean Penn..
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.
I'm one of those critics who considers it shameful that this film wasn't
nominated for Best Picture or Best Director, and that it walked with a grand total of zero wins (it should have
taken Costume Design, Score, and Supporting
Actress at the least).
With last year's winner for Outstanding
Actress in a Drama, Kyra Sedgwick, noticeably not
nominated, Kit Bowen
takes a look at a more wide open race in our Road to the Emmys Series.
She never had a chance at winning the Oscar for this role and in fact,
took the place of other deserving
actresses that should have been
nominated.
The major awards of the season have thus far been split between the two young
actresses, both of which were
nominated for the first time in the past three years, and one of them is destined to
take home the Oscar.
The Australian
actress made a point of thanking every other person who was also
nominated in her category, and
took the opportunity to insist that films with a strong female cast make money.
Why a person is
nominated for a supporting actor or
actress Oscar often has a lot to do with riding coattails, which probably explains why it
takes so long for awards prognosticators to pin down the nominees in these two categories: It's all about waiting to see which films catch fire at the box office — or on the blogosphere, where most Oscar campaigns seem to be launched nowadays.
Katniss Everdeen in the Flesh: Not only is Jennifer Lawrence busy making the talk show rounds for her upcoming film X-Men: First Class, but things are starting to really
take off for the Oscar
nominated actress with The Hunger Games, too.
The 23 - year - old
actress has been nominated for the Best Actress prize at this Oscars for her performance in «Lady Bird», and although she is taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse revealed she almost decided on taking the beloved family
actress has been
nominated for the Best
Actress prize at this Oscars for her performance in «Lady Bird», and although she is taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse revealed she almost decided on taking the beloved family
Actress prize at this Oscars for her performance in «Lady Bird», and although she is
taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse revealed she almost decided on
taking the beloved family pooch.
Eddie Murphy (Best Supporting Actor — «Mr. Church») and Rebecca Hall (Best
Actress — «Christine») join Ewan McGregor (Best Actor — «The Impossible» — 2013) as the only actors to
take home an LCJ Movie Award for a performance that was not
nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG Award or BAFTA.
Two of the «American Hustle» actors — Best Supporting Actor nominee Bradley Cooper and Best Supporting
Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence — were
nominated in the Best Actor and Best
Actress categories last year, with Lawrence
taking home the Oscar.
Along with its nomination for best motion picture, The King's Speech is in the running to
take home the most awards with Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush up for best supporting
actress and actor, Tom Hooper
nominated for best director, David Seidler in line for best screenplay, and Alexandre Desplat having been
nominated for best score.
What's interesting to note: if Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, or Three Billboards win Best Picture, it will be the first time since 2004 that a film featuring a woman
nominated for Best
Actress took the top prize.
I haven't seen any of the other
nominated films but if either of these two are going to
take home the best actor /
actress gong, it's going to be Emma... she seems so real in this film.
I was about to say I hope Carey Mulligan
takes it, but then I realized I haven't seen any of the other
actress -
nominated films, so I'm a little biased on that one.
now has a much better chance to
take two acting awards instead of a slim chance of
taking one if both
actresses were
nominated for lead.
Carol now has a much better chance to
take two acting awards instead of a slim chance of
taking one if both
actresses were
nominated for lead.
Earlier this year, Justified was
nominated for four Emmy Awards, with Margo Martindale
taking home the statue for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series.
Golden Globe -
nominated actress Gerwig has established her filmmaking bona fides in collaborations with Noah Baumbach («Frances Ha,» «Mistress America») and Joe Swanberg («Hannah
Takes the Stairs,» «Nights and Weekends»).
Nominated for best
actress were Annette Bening as a 1930s London stage diva in Being Julia; Catalina Sandino Moreno as a Colombian woman who
takes on a perilous job as a drug mule in Maria Full of Grace; Imelda Staunton as a housekeeper who moonlights as an abortion practitioner in 1950s Britain in Vera Drake; Hilary Swank as a boxer whose life turns tragic in Million Dollar Baby; and Kate Winslet as a woman who has erased memories of her ex-boyfriend in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
These are five
actresses with bodies of work that fully support your enthusiasm, so that even if you're not on the bandwagon for one of the
nominated performances, you have plenty of reason to be onboard for a Sally Hawkins win or for Meryl to
take home Oscar # 4.
Though Westworld's Thandie Newton was
nominated in the best supporting
actress category for the Critic's Choice Awards, that nomination came through before her character, Maeve,
took center stage in the first season's back half.
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In our season 8 premiere episode, Academy Award ® -
nominated filmmaker and
actress Greta Gerwig talks about her theatrical beginnings, what she learned working with filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Mike Mills, and others in such films as Frances Ha and 20th Century Women, and
taking the leap to write and direct her own film, the critically acclaimed Lady Bird.