Sentences with phrase «take lead actress»

Norma Rae would take Lead Actress for Sally Field and Original Song.

McDormand, who starred as a grieving mother who called out the town's police force for not solving her daughter's murder, took the lead actress prize and appeared onstage in a red patterned gown.

Elisabeth Moss, herself an Emmy winner for playing a baby - making slave in a near - future patriarchal society, took the lead actress Globe, dedicating the honor to «Handmaid's Tale» author Margaret Atwood.

Director Damien Chazelle triumphed in his category, while star Emma Stone took the Leading Actress trophy.

Not exact matches

When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation «Emma.»

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

The award - winning actress, who is the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Maternal Health Ambassador for West and Central Africa said African governments must take the leading steps in reversing the negative trends of...

Models and actors / actresses took a shine to the shoes (excuse the pun), leading to a rise in popularity.

So it is not surprising that two of contemporary cinema's best actresses, Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, take the leading roles here and that Alessandro Nivola does perhaps the most affecting work of his career as their costar.

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.

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Winner: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (MPAA: R) Not surprisingly, Frances McDormand took the Oscar for her strong portrayal of a woman willing to do anything to catch her daughter's killer.

Best known for starring in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis alongside Robert Pattinson and for her portrayal of the wife of the Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, Canadian actress Sarah Gadon is now taking on the lead role of the young Princess Elizabeth in new British comedy film A Royal Night Out.

The director: Maïwenn (France) The talent: Actress - turned - writer - director Maïwenn Le Besco (who prefers going by her first name, and whom US viewers might remember as the blue - tentacled soprano from «The Fifth Element») takes the lead role herself, starring opposite French rapper - turned - actor Joeystarr.

The coming of age movie has picked up Best Film awards in New York and Canada with lead actor Aide Spratt also taking home a Best Actress award in LA for her work on the film.

The «Power Rangers» actress joked her «timing was terrible» when it came to launching her movie career, as at a time when she wanted to make romantic comedies, studios were taking a different approach to the light - hearted films they wanted to produce, leading her down a different path.

The actress will appear alongside Kingsman: The Secret Service's Taron Egerton in the «gritty revisionist take» retelling of the Robin Hood legend and said she is «excited» to take on the leading role.

On the television side, Netflix's political drama «House of Cards» led nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking three nods for best actor (Kevin Spacey), best actress (Robin Wright) and best cast performance in a 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.

After years as David Cronenberg's muse of sorts and supporting turns in Indignation and 11.22.63, the Canadian actress takes the lead as a servant accused of murdering her employers in Sarah Polley's Netflix adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace.

OUR TAKE: The film can't use Hendrix's music - however, the intrigue of having Outkast's André 3000 in the lead; actresses Imogen Poots (Need for Speed) and Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter) co-starring; and Oscar - winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) both writing and directing?

Veteran French actor André Wilms, whose association with the filmmaker dates back to 1992's «The Bohemian Life» (for which he won a European Film Award) takes the lead here, while other Kaurismäki alumni in the cast include New Wave icon Jean - Pierre Léaud and, of course, the director's favorite actress Kati Outinen.

Amy Adams won a Golden Globe for the second straight year, taking the comedy / musical lead actress award for her turn as artist Margaret Keane in «Big Eyes,» a woman who, Adams said, «had such a quiet voice and such a strong heart and such a strong artistic vision.»

Taking the lead is the incomparable Juliette Binoche, who stars as successful veteran actress Maria Enders.

And «Brooklyn,» this year's Little Engine That Could, took off from its Sundance premiere a year ago to take three top - drawer nominations, including lead actress for Saoirse Ronan, adapted screenplay for the veteran Nick Hornby (working from Colm Tóibín's novel) and even best picture.

Taking home not one, but five category wins with Lead Actress Frances McDormand being named as Best Actress and co-star Sam Rockwell snagging Best Supporting Actor honors.

Best actress in a TV series, drama Caitriona Balfe, «Outlander» (Starz) Claire Foy, «The Crown» (Netflix) Maggie Gyllenhaal, «The Deuce» (HBO) Katherine Langford, «13 Reasons Why» (Netflix) Elisabeth Moss, «The Handmaid's Tale» (Hulu) IMMEDIATE REACTION: Katherine Langford, the star of Netflix's controversial drama about teen suicide, is the surprise name here — especially against voter favorites such as Foy and Moss, the latter of whom is the likely lock to take home the prize as the lead of Hulu's terrifying (and timely) «Handmaid's Tale.»

That a classy spy film won the prize, an American president took Leading Actor and an 85 year - old landed Leading Actress is a testament to the inclusiveness of the BAFTAs this year - and we think that's rather a good result.

This affected the outlook on both the Lead Actress and Supporting Actress fields with all sorts of scenarios being predicted, but when it came down to it The Academy took the bait on both and went with it.

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.

Rose McGowan, who openly criticized the call for a red carpet black - out in the weeks leading up to the awards show, took to Twitter Sunday to reiterate her stance after Italian actress Asia Argento voiced her support for McGowan.

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).

Chicago, the last musical to win Oscar's Best Picture, took home three awards in 2003: Ensemble, Actress in a Leading Role (Renee Zellweger) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Catherine Zeta - Jones).

Bruni Tedeschi takes the lead role as Louise, a retired unmarried actress in her forties, and sister of the ailing Ludovic (based on her own brother, to whom the film is dedicated, and played by Filippo Timi).

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.

Laurie Metcalf Two decades after winning three Emmys for «Rosanne,» Metcalf took time out from the stage to land three different Emmy nominations for three different shows in three different categories: lead comedy actress in HBO's «Getting On,» guest comedy actress for «The Big Bang Theory» and guest drama actress for Louis C.K.'s «Horace and Pete.»

Gone Girl actress Rosamund Pike will take on the leading role.

What's interesting about the Lead Actress race, in particular, is the high percentage chance of repeat winners taking all five slots.

Dickerson reached out to actress Amy Acker with whom he had worked with on a previous project about taking on the female lead, while Sutherland reached out to her friend Patricia Arquette to see if her brother, David, might be interested in the male lead.

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As actor James Franco took the stage wearing all black and a Time's Up pin to accept his award for best lead actor in a comedy for The Disaster Artist, actress Ally Sheedy, watching from home, weighed in.

This Is England ’90 also scooped two awards in Best Miniseries and Best Supporting Actress (Chanel Cresswell), while there were also wins for Don't Take My Baby (Best Single Drama), Transparent (Best International Series), EastEnders (Best Soap), Suranne Jones (Best Leading Actress, Doctor Foster) and Tom Courtenay (Best Supporting Actor, Unforgotten).

Designed to be Demme's commercial breakthrough, it was taken out of his hands by lead actress Goldie Hawn and ruinously re-worked.

The Irish actress will take on the lead role in the Kevin Macdonald - directed movie adapted from the...

It's a comedy about the making of a movie as three filmmakers meet in Starbucks, call on their lead actress (played by Eugene Domingo as both herself and the character in the movie) and plan their poverty drama's shoot which will take place in a garbage dump.

Meanwhile, «Three Billboards» is likely to take home some acting prizes with leading actress Frances McDormand and supporting actor Sam Rockwell having cleaned up at the Globes, BAFTAs, and most significantly, SAG Awards.

This then led to a few quiet years away from film, but with the actress busier than ever on TV in the UK and Ireland, with major roles in «Criminal Justice,» «Misfits» and «Five Daughters,» while also taking lead roles at the National Theatre in London, in «Phedre,» opposite Dominic Cooper and Helen Mirren, and in «Hamlet,» as Ophelia.

It's been a while since the Aussie actress has taken a lead role in a mainstream film, of course she is co-leads here with Drew Barrymore.

The show and its lead, Golden Globe and SAG winner Claire Foy, were bested by BBC1's cop drama «Happy Valley,» which took home the trophies for drama series and leading actress Sarah Lancashire.

«So it is not surprising that two of contemporary cinema's best actresses, Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, take the leading roles here and that Alessandro Nivola does perhaps the most affecting work of his career as their costar -LSB-...] Coming across at first as timid and plain (quite a challenge for an actress as charismatic as McAdams), Esti turns out to be passionate not only about Ronit but about her vocation as a teacher in a girls high school as well.