Sentences with phrase «turn as an actress»

The assistant principal of a school on New York's Long Island is in hot water with the district following her brief turn as an actress in a raunchy rap video.

Annette Bening's turn as actress Gloria Grahame late in life dropped about 30 per cent on its second weekend in limited New York / Los Angeles dates.

Not exact matches

While the actress» role as Betty Draper in «Mad Men» proved she was more than capable of turning in a villainous performance, her take on Frost showed she just wasn't the right choice for the part.

In the other big Oscar categories, all of the above media outlets are in agreement on Gary Oldman (for his turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour) and Three Billboards «Frances McDormand will likely win for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.

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

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.

Christy Carlson Romano, the actress is best known for her early - 2000s Disney Channel work, including her turn as type - A older sibling Ren Stevens on Even Stevens, and for voicing the titular character in the animated series Kim Possible chose this eco-friendly dual mattress from Colgate.

You do not need to turn into a good actress and start crying and panicking as well.

Starring Julia Louis - Dreyfus in her recent Emmy award - winning turn as Vice President Selina Meyer (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series), Veep is an up - close and politically (in) correct look at the daily successes and disappointments of being second in command.

The actress spoke about receiving «violent threats» and «sickening insults» throughout her acting career, but sees her appearance on Glamour's cover as an important turning point.

She turned many heads when Bollywood actress Shamita Shetty walked as the showstopper and represent her marvelous creation with style and grace.

Actress - turned - jewellery designer Neelam Kothari glowed in a pink salwar suit with a net floral dupatta as she posed with husband Samir Soni.

It's a humorous mystery series, spinning off the «cozy mystery» formula in surprising ways, and it stars the dynamic Scottish actress Ashley Jensen as the title character, a PR agent - turned - amateur sleuth.

After the actress made our heads turn with a denim look at the 2017 BET Awards, she once again made us double - take as she attended the «Spider - Man: Homecoming» Hollywood premiere.

XVIDEOS Online dating turns into lesbian sex - Celeste Star, Lana Rhoades - GirlsWay free Bang Min - ah (born May 13, 1993), better known mononymously as Minah, is a South Korean singer and actress.

It's a stunning story, dark and comical in equal turns, and the film relays the events in splendid fashion as well as giving us a star - making turn by Australian actress Margot Robbie as the eponymous character.

However, it was her supporting turn in the R - rated comedy Bridesmaids that brought her a taste of mass adulation as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Appearing in Simpatico and giving birth to a baby boy the same year, the tireless actress continued to turn up in such quirky films as Death to Smoochy, Full Frontal, and eccentric director Spike Jonze, follow - up to Being John Malkovich, Adaptation.

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.

As it turns out, Daniel has grown obsessed with Laurie, an actress played by Deborah Zoe.

Her performance, which perfectly displayed the hyperkinetic comic energy and sardonic wit that came to characterize many of the actress» portrayals, won her a «special recognition for acting» at Sundance that year.The year 1998 brought more independent work in the form of The Misadventures of Margaret, a romantic comedy in which Posey had the title role and a foray into mainstream features with a turn as Tom Hanks» book - editor girlfriend in Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail.

Unlike other actresses - turned - models, Hutton achieved critical acceptance fairly rapidly, earning respectable reviews for such projects as the 1977 TV miniseries The Rheinman Exchange and the 1984 adventure film Lassiter (in which she played a literally bloodthirsty villainess).

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.

That left Frances McDormand, who demonstrated at the podium why she won for best actress: Her «Three Billboards» turn was inspired, but she — alone among the winners — has become an icon of the new consciousness, as fierce as a wildcat, with the gravity of someone who treats her anger as a precious resource.

So one line in particular from Kidman's speech was notable this time around, after she won for best actress in a limited series for her searing role in «Big Little Lies» as a lawyer - turned - housewife in an abusive relationship: «I want to thank all of my children, who show me so much love.»

Timothy Spall was named best actor for his turn as British painter JMW Turner in Mike Leigh biopic Mr Turner, while Marion Cotillard won best actress for her performances in harrowing James Gray period drama The Immigrant and the Dardenne brothers» Cannes hit Two Days, One Night.

Saoirse Ronan delivers another assured turn after Atonement (2006), cementing her place as one of Hollywood's most promising young actresses.

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.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is turning her back on martial arts movies as she is still suffering from injuries she received on the set of Crouching...

HBO's freshman comedy «Veep» received mixed reviews, but Emmy voters loved veteran actress Julia Louis - Dreyfus, who won the best comedy actress award for her turn as a caustic U.S. vice president.

The charming 1950s Amazon dramedy, starring Rachel Brosnahan as a housewife - turned - aspiring standup, went two for two on Sunday, nabbing awards for Best Series and Best Actress for Brosnahan.

A trip to the library identifies her as Elise McKenna, an accomplished actress from the turn of the century.

While the actress is probably best known stateside for her turn as Lucrezia Borgia in the recently canceled «The Borgias,» she's quietly been racking up appearances in stuff like Joe Wright «s «Anna Karenina,» Cary Fukunaga «s «Jane Eyre,» Mike Newell «s «Great Expectations» and more.

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.

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.»

In acting categories, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence scooped up an four nominations, for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

If the studio offered her chances to star in Disney Channel Original Movies, as they like to do for young actresses who bring them business, Hathaway turned them down.

Actress Louise Fletcher can't stand to watch her Oscar - winning turn as the tyrannical nurse in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest because her character...

The young actress received many raves at the festival proclaiming that her energetic, smarmy turn as her best performance to date.

That Tyler is a disappointment as an actress is underscored by the fact that when Bertolucci turns to events that have only to do with her, the movie goes a bit dead.

It's immediately evident that Turner isn't looking to deliver anything resembling a subtle performance here, as the actress offers up a scenery - chewing turn that vacillates wildly between somewhat charming to aggressively annoying.

For her searing turn as a grieving, unapologetically outspoken mother desperate for the local authorities to catch her daughter's killer, Frances McDormand nabbed the Best Actress award for the darkly comedic drama «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.»

Comeback master Mickey Rourke took home the belt for Best Actor for his gritty, raw portrayal of a washed up professional wrestler who can't give up the spotlight in Fox Searchlight's The Wrestler, while Meryl Streep was awarded her first WAFCA award by winning Best Actress for her turn as a strict Catholic school nun seeking the truth in Miramax's Doubt.

Earning his first accolade from WAFCA, George Clooney was named Best Actor for his intense portrayal of an ethically challenged lawyer in Warner Brothers» Michael Clayton, while Julie Christie was awarded Best Actress for her heartbreaking turn as an Alzheimer's patient in Lionsgate's Away From Her.

With two of the five Best Actress slots probably locked - up (if you give one to Huffman and another to Gwyneth Paltrow's non-descript turn in the Miramax dump Proof), the Weinsteins go for three with perennial nominee Dame Judi Dench as the titular theatre - owner in Stephen Frears's Mrs. Henderson Presents, one of those bland, inoffensive, boring British movies about the British theatre (like Topsy - Turvy, perhaps, or, more to the point, Shakespeare in Love).

Featuring a wondering comic turn from Hoffman, Jessica Lange won an Oscar for her role as actress Julie Nichols.

Entirely absent from the first half of the film, the British actress turns up as Young Joe (Joseph Gordon - Levitt) stumbles across the farm on which the film's last act is almost entirely set.

Lead actress Saoirse Ronan delivers an absolutely heart - rending turn as a young woman moving from naivete to quiet empowerment.

Nikki Baughan: Transgender actress Daniela Vega puts in a phenomenal, mesmerising performance as Chilean nightclub singer Marina, whose already challenging life is turned upside down after the death of her older boyfriend.

Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand cemented their status as Oscar favourites for best actor and actress with victories at the awards, Oldman winning for his turn in Darkest Hour and McDormand for her performance in Three Billboards, which was also rewarded with a supporting actor prize for Sam Rockwell and a best acting ensemble award.