Sentences with phrase «nominated actress turns»

Good Wife, great dress: The nominated actress turns to her go - to red carpet guy, Narciso Rodriguez, for an ombré effect beaded backless gown, plus 20 carats of diamonds borrowed from FD Gallery.

Not exact matches

Her turn as Roxie Hart earned Zellweger a best actress Oscar nomination (she was nominated for «Bridget Jones's Diary» the year before).

I spent much of the movie thinking about her Oscar - nominated turn as an intrepid Boston Globe reporter in «Spotlight» and her wrenching performance as an Orthodox Jewish woman in the upcoming drama «Disobedience,» and wondering why the studios can't give this brilliant actress something comparably rewarding to do.

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Williams, just nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her turn as the distraught mother in Manchester By The Sea, is in talks to star in what will become Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid-90s.

While some have deemed Viola Davis» performance in Denzel Washington's «Fences» to be a supporting turn, the HFCS recognized it to be a leading role and nominated her in the Best Actress category, which she won.

She was inspired after seeing her friend Tamra Davis» Instagram post, which in turn was inspired by a comment made by actress Saorise Ronan about her Oscar - nominated «Lady Bird» director Greta Gerwig.

Meryl Streep is now the most nominated actress in the award's history with 21 nods, the most recent being a best actress nomination for her turn as Katherine Graham in The Post, which is also up for best picture.

The battle in the supporting acting categories looks equally fierce, with singer turned actress Mary J. Blige nominated in the outstanding female supporting actress category for her role in Dee Rees» Mudbound.

When Oscar - nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga («Babel,» «21 Grams,» «Amores Perros») set out to make his directorial debut, he turned to the A-list actress he thought could best carry his film's story about guilt, forgiveness, and searing love: Charlize Theron.

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.

I'm so bored of people whining about Julia Roberts winning for a terrific star turn that happened to be nominated against a couple of other terrific performances by less popular actresses.

Previously nominated for her darkly honest turn in Birdman, Emma Stone has leapt from Supporting to Actress in a Leading Role with La La Land.

It is great that these two were nominated (I will forever be on record that, despite my general hatred for The Danish Girl and Eddie Redmayne's performance, Alicia Vikander is excellent in that movie), and it's great that they have a decent chance to win (I'm going to keep clinging onto my belief that Mara is the frontrunner until that dream gets crushed into a fine paste) as well as freeing up space for the likes of Charlotte Rampling in the Best Actress category, but it's equally frustrating that other performances, namely Kristen Stewart's career defining turn in Clouds of Sils Maria, are left on the outside looking in.

Sean Penn (Milk) upset sentimental favorite Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) in the Lead Actor category, while Kate Winslet (The Reader) won for Lead Actress because she was the only Brit nominated and since she did such a great job of turning a Nazi pedophile into a sexy and sympathetic character.

Oscar - winning screenwriter - turned - director Aaron Sorkin («The Social Network») is not to be underestimated; he adapted Molly Bloom's truth - is - stranger - than - fiction gambling thriller starring twice - nominated Jessica Chastain («The Help,» «Zero Dark Thirty») as a brilliant skier - turned - high - stakes - poker - wrangler — she's a long shot in this year's overcrowded Actress category.

>> Melissa McCarthy has revealed that even though she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Bridesmaids at the Academy Awards in 2012, several designers turned her down when she asked them to dress her for the ceremony.