Sentences with phrase «winning stage role»

The Breaking Bad star is to reprise his Tony - winning stage role as the former president in a new film about Kennedy successor's election campaign and escalating Vietnam conflict

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Vargas, who can play in either a wide attacking role or as a striker, spent last term on loan at Valencia before impressing at the World Cup finals, scoring in Chile's win over Spain in the group stages.

Moyes has sent scouts out to Israel to monitor Isco's displays at the European Under 21 Championships and the former Valencia man hasn't disappointed, playing a major role in Spain's excellent group stage wins over Russia, Germany and Holland.

you know its funny how things change so fast cech was a backup at chellsh $ t welbz was manures scape goat le coq was loaned to a championship club monreal our scape goat ramsey was more than awful last season ozil was anonymous in the big stage cazorla was out of form in the first part of last season now walcott is the lone striker ozil is our leader ramsey is on the wings cazorla is at cm le coq has been accorded the most important role thats winning midfield battles all of a sudden we are invincible

We all know that lack of a reasonable striker played a big role in Arsenal's failure to win the league last season as Giroud got worn out in the latter stages.

After a slow start to life at United, Alexis Sanchez showed what he was capable of doing on the big stage when playing a vital role in his team's comeback win over City.

Some examples are: Failing to get an acting role, failing to win a stage competition, failing to get clients through your speech etc..

For National Public Radio and LA Theater Works Alma performed in the radio versions of Zoot Suit and Nilo Cruz's Pultizer Prize winning play Anna in the Tropics opposite Jimmy Smits.As a 25 year member of El Teatro Campesino (ETC) founded by Luis Valdez, she has appeared in landmark ETC productions of; Zoot Suit, both the film and play (1979 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Play); Corridos, both the TV version (1987 Peabody Award) and play; I Don't Have to Show You Any Stinking Badges; and Mummified Deer (Back Stage West «Honorable Mention» for her role as Mama Chu), all written and directed by Valdez.Ms.

Despite her recent onscreen success, Washington remains true to her stage roots by remaining active in theater and has also begun to branch out by attempting to make a name for herself as a writer and producer as well.Still, it was on the screen that Washington truly earned her keep, and following roles in Sexual Life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fantastic Four, Washington took a trip to the courtroom for a supporting role on David E. Kelley's Emmy - winning television comedy Boston Legal.

Upon hearing of his win, he jumped up on his seat and then took to the stage, where he proceeded to proclaim — in broken English and at great length — his great joy and gratitude.Aside from a supporting role in the 1999 fantasy adventure Astrix and Obelix vs. Cesar Benigni remained relatively low - key in the years following his success with Life is Beautiful.

An accomplished stage actor, Cheadle originated the role of Booth in Suzan - Lori Parks» Pulitzer Prize winning play TOP DOG UNDERDOG at New York's Public Theatre under the direction of George C. Wolfe.

Ehrenreich, who is reportedly in the final stages of hammering out his deal to play the young rogue made iconic by Harrison Ford, won the role over the likes of Jack Reynor, Ansel Elgort and thousands of unknowns who tried out for it.

I've also always enjoyed the story of how Andrews, the originator of the role of Eliza Doolittle in the original stage production of My Fair Lady, was passed over for the My Fair Lady movie (in favor of then better - known star Audrey Hepburn), only to win the Oscar for Mary Poppins (Hepburn wasn't even nominated for My Fair Lady).

It garnered seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Walter Huston, recreating his earlier stage role, who should have won the Oscar with his sensitive portrayal against winner Paul Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)-RRB-, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya, reprising her role from the earlier stage production, and in her film debut), and Best Sound Recording, and won only one Oscar for Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration.

They are both Oscar winning acting titans having played the greatest roles from the stage to the screen.

Special mention is due to Samantha Barks, who, after appearing in the stage version, kept auditioning for the role of Eponine before winning it (although how she sings with that tiny waist is beyond me.

Danner has easily translated her talents from the stage to the small screen (her Emmy wins came care of her supporting work on «Huff,» the Showtime series she won back - to - back awards for in 2005 and 2006) and into feature film offerings, but the vast majority of her big screen roles have consisted of supporting turns that she elevated with her natural grace and unique sense of humor.

And later that year, she won rave reviews on stage for «Farragut North» opposite Chris Pine (the play was turned into George Clooney's «The Ides Of March,» with Evan Rachel Wood taking Thirlby's role).

Beyond those Disney benchmarks, though, there is some irony in the casting of Menzel, who won a Tony award for originating the role of Elphaba in the stage musical Wicked.

Laurie Metcalf Winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Allison Janney is wonderful in I, Tonya, and her transformative turn as Tonya Harding's abusive stage mom is the flashier choice in this category.

She, too, got her start on the stage before establishing herself through starring roles in Amma Asante's Belle, Gina Prince - Bythewood's Beyond the Lights, last year's Disney mega-hit Beauty and the Beast, and a critically - acclaimed, Emmy - winning episode of Black Mirror.

At the film's recent press day, Shyamalan and Blum discussed their creative partnership and the most surprising aspect of working with each other, why the scares in this film are deceptively simple yet terrifying and original, how the mock documentary style format gave Shyamalan new cinematic tools for keeping the audience guessing, his directing style, what he was looking for in his young actors, why he cast experienced stage actors for the grandparents» roles, his collaboration with award - winning DP Maryse Alberti, how he recruited Oxenbould to shoot the chase sequence underneath the house, why he likes treating B genre movies like they're A dramas, and more.

When James Franco won the Golden Globe on Sunday for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), for his role in the film The Disaster Artist, the eccentric Tommy Wiseau — who Franco plays in the film — was already on his way to he stage when Franco told him to come up.

Audra McDonald (Madame Garderobe): McDonald is a stage actress and singer who has won five Tony Awards (so far), for both musical and dramatic roles.

Best known for his Emmy - winning role as Josh Lyman on The West Wing, Whitford returned to the Emmy stage with a win in 2015 for his supporting role in Amazon's Transparent.

The roles of King Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot were played on stage by Richard Burton (who won a Tony), Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet, but after Burton and Andrews turned down the opportunity to reprise their roles (and Goulet was reportedly bypassed altogether), Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero snatched up the parts.

It was the role that thrust Geoffrey Rush onto the world stage and won him an Academy Award for Best Actor in the process — portraying brilliant but mentally ill Australian pianist David Helfgott.

Michael Fassbender's turn as a sex addict in Steve McQueenâ $ ™ s erotic drama Shame bagged him the Best Actor Bifa, with the Irish - German X-Men heartthrob joined on stage by acting veteran Vanessa Redgrave, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ralph Fiennesâ $ ™ Shakespearean adaptation Coriolanus.Â

June 9 at 1:00 pm program: Stage on Screen: Rimas Tuminas reimagines Alexander Pushkin's classic 19th century novel in a production referred to as «exuberant, indelible and arrestingly beautiful» by the New York Times, featuring award - winning actor Sergey Makovetskiy in the title role.

Her sultry voice and exuberant stage presence are perfectly suited for her role and earned her a well - deserved Oscar win.

Jeff Bridges won Best Actor for his role in Crazy Heart and got a standing ovation for simply appearing on stage.

Emmy Award - and multiple NAACP Image Award - winning film, television and stage veteran Joe Morton is best known for his dynamic role as Rowan Pope, the merciless and sinister father of D.C. - fixer and crisis manager Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), and formerly the immoral head of the clandestine black - ops division «B613,» in Shonda Rhimes» groundbreaking series «Scandal» on ABC.

Newcomer Shirley Booth won for the role she created on stage of a dowdy, frumpy housewife whose husband longs to be rid of her in William Inge's bleak play.

Jodie won BBC talent contest I'd Do Anything in 2008 before landing roles in the West End and is set to star on stage in Street of Dreams, the Coronation Street musical.

Different layouts of stages (or courts for argument's sake) and the different characters you control in a game add some depth, which is taken further with some light role - playing character growth that rewards you for completing and winning games with experience points called Enlightenment.