Sentences with phrase «only black actress»

A win would give her one more record — the only black actress to win two statues.

Not exact matches

I am sorry to say that I have hoped that not only would they wear black, but that the actresses would wear almost identical dresses.

She is one of the hottest American actresses and she is the only black woman actress who have won a best actress academy award.

Valletta's roles — given the actress» off - camera motherhood and intermittent magazine work — accumulated slowly over the next several years (in films such as the Nicolas Cage holiday vehicle The Family Man and the Danny DeVito - directed black comedy Duplex); as a result, Valletta only ascended gradually to top billing.

Surprise: Tatiana Maslany, «Orphan Black,» Lead Actress - Drama Tatiana Maslany finally got an Emmy nod, and it only took her playing eight characters on one show to get it.

With her win, Spencer joined an elite group, becoming just the sixth black actress to win an acting Oscar (and only the seventh overall, if you count Irene Cara's Original Song win for Flashdance, since she also starred in the film).

Berry is still the only black Best Actress winner in the Academy's 89 - year history and has yet to be nominated again since her win over 15 years ago.

The field for leading actress is really not that crowded... I only see true 7 contenders: Annette Bening & Julianne Moore / The Kids Are All Right Jennifer Lawrence / Winter's Bone Nicole Kidman / Rabbit Hole Natalie Portman / Black Swan

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