Sentences with phrase «role of the female lead»

Tessa Thompson is charming and shy, but not a prop and, more importantly, doesn't fall into the role of the female lead who is constantly begging the lead to pull out.

Not exact matches

Having been the 20th employee of Google and its first female engineer, Mayer could have assumed a leading role at just about any internet company.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

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This was borne out by research, such as a 2014 study by Jeremy Galbreath of the Curtin Graduate School of Business in Western Australia that found «the representation of women in both winemaking and viticulture roles has declined since 2007, despite clear evidence to suggest that female enrolments in Australia's leading oenology and viticulture degree programs have been on the rise since the 1980s».

After a report showed a low percentage of women as lead lawyers, Judge Jack Weinstein has urged for more substantive roles for junior female lawyers in his courtroom.

To see whether genetic diversity plays a role in extinction, a team led by population biologists Ilik Saccheri and Ilkka Hanski of the University of Helsinki in 1996 collected adult females from 42 populations and analyzed seven of their enzymes and one genomic DNA section for variants.

Research by Jeffrey Hall has argued that «women often take a leading role in attracting men's attention through non-verbal sexual displays».1 Dating coach Kimberly Seltzer likewise emphasises the importance of female body signals, telling us «women will engage in these alluring motions to subconsciously encourage men», using «unconscious acts like shrugging the shoulders, twirling her hair, flashing the inside of the wrists and massaging her own neck» as an invitation to get closer to her.

The female Horse is very much the eternal rebel — she will not tolerate authority of any sort, and prefers the lead to any subordinate role.

Though her only true experience as a thief resulted in the stealing of an apple from a New York deli when directors DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter encouraged her to engage in a minor bit of thievery in preparation for her role as a shoplifter in the 2001 drama Lift, Washington ultimately proved so convincing and effective in the role that she received a nomination as Best Female Lead at the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards.

She also received Oscar ® and SAG Award ® nominations for her starring role in Frozen River, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a Spotlight Award from the National Board of Review, among countless other accolades.

Rarely are female leads given anything of substance to do in action films, so I applaud Besson for writing this role for a woman.

In 2011, she starred in the leading role of Estella in Mike Newell's film adaptation of GREAT EXPECTATIONS followed by one of the female leads in THE RIOT CLUB.

The Tempest (PG - 13 for nudity, scary images and suggestive content) Academy Award - nominee Julie Taymor's iconoclastic interpretation of the Shakespeare play features Oscar - winner Helen Mirren in the lead role of Prospero, thereby transforming the beloved classic into a gender - bending tale of female empowerment revolving around a woman caught up in a volcanic struggle for survival and a quest for vengeance.

Previously, it was reported that Jane the Virgin «s Gina Rodriguez, Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl «s Olivia Cooke were on the shortlist for one of the female leads in Johnson's Star Wars film, but now it appears that Mbatha - Raw is also in contention for this role.

Having found a great trio of female leads for novel adaptation The Girl On The Train, director Tate Taylor and the producers are now looking for some male supporting roles.

The strong performance, combined with the general lack of lead female roles of substance, virtually guarantees she'll compete in Best Actress category at the Oscars, as she is elsewhere.

Granted, Hollywood still has a problem of creating substantive female lead roles in films it wants to release in more than nine theaters, but at least this is something of progress.

As for the rest of the cast, another report has stated that Tessa Thompson, Naomi Scott and Zoe Kravitz are testing for the female lead role — a role that could turn out to be Han Solo's «wife» Sana Starros, a character originally introduced in the Marvel comics.

UPDATE: Deadline reports today that Daddario has won the female lead role of Summer, a lifeguard and love interest to Zac Efron's character.

So this is possibly another female lead or some sort of secondary role.

While other actresses have been linked for the role of Bella Donna, The Wrap claims that Lea Seydoux (Spectre, Inglorious Basterds, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol) has now been given an official offer to play the female lead in the X-Men spin - off Gambit, which stars Channing Tatum as the lead hero.

scenario and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role is one of them.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Beasts of No Nation The Big Short Spotlight Straight Outta Compton Trumbo Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Johnny Depp, Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Cate Blanchett, Carol Brie Larson, Room Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Sarah Silverman, I Smile Back Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale, The Big Short Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon, 99 Homes Jacob Tremblay, Room Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Rooney Mara, Carol Rachel McAdams, Spotlight Helen Mirren, Trumbo Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Everest Furious 7 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jennifer Aniston, Cake Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore, Still Alice Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon, Wild

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...

Sandra Bullock will play the lead in an upcoming remake of «Ocean's Eleven» with an all - female cast, directed by Gary Ross («the Hunger Games») from a script by Olivia Milch («Little Women»), continuing her streak of stepping into roles originally conceived for men — as she does currently in «Our Brand Is Crisis.»

A whole podcast on the wonderful Raiders of the Lost Ark Empire Rosario Dawson nabs another female lead role.

Unlike his other work, In Your Eyes consists of a dull, vulnerable, and powerless role for the lead female, and that's highly disappointing.

Drew McWeeny (formerly HitFix) previously reported early last year that Fox and director Josh Boone were eyeing Anya Taylor - Joy (Split, The Witch) and Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, Dr.. Who) for two lead female roles in X-Men: The New Mutants (aka Growing Pains).

Rachel McAdams is said to be locking down the female lead role in season two of HBO's «True Detective.»

Vee emerges as an alpha female to rival even Red, and from the first moment Toussaint is everything in this role: malicious, serpentine and deadly, coldly out for herself while also projecting an image of protection and leadership that leads to her assuming the same kind of fucked - up surrogate mother role she had on the outside.

Briefly: Last week we got wind of a small group of actresses who were under consideration to play the lead female role opposite Tom Cruise in Christopher McQuarrie «s adaptation of the Lee Child novel One Shot.

Cary Elwes joins Untitled Ivan Reitman comedy James McAvoy is Professor X in new X-Men: First Class Tommy Lee Jones confirmed for Captain America: The First Avenger Van Damme and Michelle Yeoh join the cast of Kung Fu Panda sequel Bruce Willis cast in Antoine Fuqua «s The Tomb Emma Roberts joins Scream 4 Model Rosie Huntington - Whiteley offered lead female role in Transformers 3

The reboot is led by an all - female cast with Kristen Wiig, approved Leslie Jones, adiposity Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy taking on the roles of the new squad.

Some of the female supporting roles are two - dimensional (a love interest here, a psychotic co-worker there) but the lead trio remain likeable fellas.

It stars Eddie Redmayne in the lead role as Lili Ebe — one of the first known persons to undergo male to female gender reassignment surgery — and it's arguably an even baitier role than last year's Stephen Hawking.

Radiant redhead: Karen recently took the lead female role in the remake of the classic Jumanji film, joining Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black

In terms of the casting, Pfeifer (Pfeifer Brown) has been picked to play the female lead opposite Reese (Resse Mishler) who will be reprising the role of the ill - fated protagonist.

While I've heard rumblings of Hamilton's Daveed Diggs being close to nabbing the Lando Calrissian role (at least before the internet put Donald Glover's name out there) this latest news is about the female lead.

Look out for Rose Byrne, one of the most charming female leads around at the moment, in a supporting role.

Other winners of the night included Daniel Day - Lewis (Outstanding Male Actor in a leading role), Julie Christie (Outstanding Female Actor in a leading role), Javier Bardem (Outstanding Male Actor in a supporting role), Ruby Dee (Outstanding Female Actor in a supporting role), and the cast of No Country For Old Men, who won Outstanding Cast in a motion picture.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST ENSEMBLE — «Spotlight «BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE — Leonardo DiCaprio in «The Revenant» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE — Brie Larson in «Room» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE — Idris Elba in «Beasts of No Nation» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE — Alicia Vikander in «The Danish Girl» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES — «Orange is the New Black» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES — Jeffrey Tambor in «Transparent» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES — Uzo Aduba in «Orange is the New Black» BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES — Idris Elba in «Luther» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES — Queen Latifah in «Bessie» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE — «Mad Max: Fury Road» BEST PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES — «Game of Thrones» LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD — Carol Burnett

Saoirse Ronan Winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: What initially felt like it would be a tight race between McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) has become, essentially, a coin toss between McDormand and Lady Bird's Ronan.

Take it with a grain of salt at the moment, but Heroic Hollywood is reporting a rumor that Rachel McAdams, who is currently starring on the second season of HBO's «True Detective,» has been offered a female lead role in Marvel's upcoming Doctor Strange.

«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s feature directorial debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast.

For one, a significant number of these films are ensemble pieces that don't have any lead roles, male or female.

Under the jury president, Jane Campion, the best films so far in main competition here have revolved around female characters — complex, imperfect, beautifully drawn these leading roles offer up a counter to the majority of films that get paid attention to here in the US, on the festival and awards circuit leading up to the Oscars.

• OSCAR WINNING ROLES: If by some miracle Bryan Cranston won he'd be the second actor to win for playing a previous Oscar winner (the first being Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator) • GENDER: If by some miracle Eddie Redmayne won it'd be the first leading actor win for a female character though not the first Oscar win for someone playing another gender — that was Linda Hunt as a male photographer in The Year of Living Dangerously (1983) • MULTI-HYPHENATES: Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio have also been nominated outside of acting categories.

Parris was great in that conniving - yet - textured role, but the film's female lead Tessa Thompson sucked up most of the attention (granted, deservedly so).