"The Iron Lady (film) The Iron Lady is a 2011 British-French biographical drama film based on the life and career of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), a British stateswoman and politician who was the first ever female and longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Thatcher is portrayed primarily by Meryl Streep, and, in her formative and early political years, by Alexandra Roach. Thatcher's husband, Denis Thatcher (1915–2003), is portrayed by Jim Broadbent, and by Harry Lloyd as the younger Denis. Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member and eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, is"
"one produced for television for an energy company, E.ON, for their eonenergyfit.com website campaign. He also starred as the older Logan Mountstuart in the TV adaptation of William Boyd's novel ""Any Human Heart"". He had a lead role in ""Exile"", a BBC One drama, starring John Simm and written by Danny Brocklehurst. In 2012, he played Denis Thatcher opposite Oscar-winner Meryl Streep as the former Prime Minister in ""The Iron Lady"". He also had several minor and major roles in Cloud Atlas (film), the primary role being that of ageing publisher Timothy Cavendish. In 2016, he was cast in the"
"Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress. Colman played Carol Thatcher in the 2011 Academy Award-winning drama film ""The Iron Lady"", with Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent, for which she was awarded the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year. She then starred in Yorgos Lanthimos' 2015 absurdist dystopian film ""The Lobster"" with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell, for which she was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2017"
"as the leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. On 9 April 2008, it was announced that Duncan was to play Thatcher, and filming commenced in summer 2008. Hardy, Fox, Vansittart and Cochrane had all appeared in the 2002 TV production of ""The Falklands Play"", by Ian Curteis, about an earlier period in Thatcher's premiership; although many political figures were featured in both films, none of the four actors played the same roles in both. Allam, Cochrane, and Sessions would go on to appear in the 2011 film ""The Iron Lady"" about Thatcher's rise to power, relationship with her husband,"
"portrayed by Patricia Hodge in Ian Curteis's long unproduced ""The Falklands Play"" (2002) and by Andrea Riseborough in the TV film ""The Long Walk to Finchley"" (2008). She is the protagonist in two films, played by Lindsay Duncan in ""Margaret"" (2009) and by Meryl Streep in ""The Iron Lady"" (2011), in which she is depicted as suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Thatcher became a Privy Councillor (PC) upon becoming Secretary of State for Education and Science in 1970. She was the first woman entitled to full membership rights as an honorary member of the Carlton Club on becoming Leader"
"Wales before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating with a B.A. in acting in 2010. In May 2010 Roach appeared in ""The Door Never Closes"" by Rex Obano at The Almeida Theatre. A number of high-profile roles followed, including Sasha in ""Being Human"", Beth Partridge in ""Candy Cabs"", and ""The Suspicions of Mr Whicher"" (in which she played notorious child murderer Constance Kent). Roach starred as a young Margaret Thatcher in ""The Iron Lady"". She appeared as Helene in Sky Comedy's ""Hunderby"" in autumn 2012. Roach has also been cast as Molly in the film adaptation"
"to Mrs. Felicity Fox in the stop-motion film ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"". Streep re-teamed with ""Mamma Mia"" director Phyllida Lloyd on ""The Iron Lady"" (2011), a British biographical film about Margaret Thatcher, which takes a look at the Prime Minister during the Falklands War and her years in retirement. Streep, who attended a session of the House of Commons to see British MPs in action in preparation for her role as Thatcher, called her casting ""a daunting and exciting challenge"". While the film had a mixed reception, Streep's performance gained rave reviews, earning her Best Actress awards at the Golden Globes"
"""""The Iron Lady"" reflects society's insensitive attitude towards people with dementia."" Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, praising Streep's performance but lamenting that ""she's all dressed up with nowhere to go"" in a film that cannot decide what it wants to say about Thatcher: ""[f]ew people were neutral in their feelings about [Thatcher], except the makers of this picture"". Despite the film's mixed reviews, Streep's performance in the title role garnered much critical acclaim. Kevin Maher of ""The Times"" said: ""Streep has found the woman within the caricature."" David Gritten in ""The Daily Telegraph"" commented: ""Awards"
"Mitchell and Robert Webb. Colman's move to drama saw her receive critical acclaim for her performance in Paddy Considine's film ""Tyrannosaur"" (2011). Her other film roles include PC Doris Thatcher in ""Hot Fuzz"" (2007), Carol Thatcher in ""The Iron Lady"" (2011), Queen Elizabeth in ""Hyde Park on Hudson"" (2012), Bethan Maguire in ""Locke"" (2013), Margaret Lea in ""The Thirteenth Tale"" (2013), and the Hotel Manager in Yorgos Lanthimos's ""The Lobster"" (2015). In 2018, she re-collaborated with Lanthimos in ""The Favourite"". Her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the film garnered critical acclaim, and earned her the Volpi Cup"
"Award-nominated role as a ruthless fashion magazine editor in the comedy-drama ""The Devil Wears Prada"". This late-period success led to starring roles in several high-profile films, including the US$609 million-grossing romantic comedy ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008), her highest-grossing release, and the comedy-drama ""Julie & Julia"" (2009), in which she played Julia Child. These roles re-established Streep's stardom in Hollywood. Her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the biopic ""The Iron Lady"" (2011) earned her another Academy Award for Best Actress. The starring role of Katharine Graham in the 2017 drama ""The Post"" garnered Streep her 21st Oscar nomination, more than any actor"
"at the first ""Wasted/Holidays in the Sun"" festival in 1996, and reformed more permanently in 2005 with the original line-up. The song ""I'm In Love with Margaret Thatcher"" was featured in the 2011 film ""The Iron Lady"" starring Meryl Streep. The single was re-released on vinyl and download to celebrate its appearance in the film. In 2013, after Baroness Thatcher's death, ""I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher"" received additional publicity when there was an online campaign to boost the record's re-entry into the charts as a download, to counter the promotion of the song ""Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"" by"
"The Iron Lady (album) The Iron Lady is a 1979 British comedy album spoofing the life of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), the long-serving (1979–1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The album was written by ""Private Eye"" writer and satirist John Wells. It was a precursor to his later work lampooning Thatcher in the ""Dear Bill"" series of letters that appeared in ""Private Eye"" (and in book form) and the 1981 stage farce, ""Anyone for Denis?"" The album was produced by John Lloyd whose credits include the comedy television programmes ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"", ""Spitting Image"", ""Blackadder"", and ""QI"" -"
"the queen in middle-age. Foy also played Diana Cavendish in the biographical drama film ""Breathe"" (2017) opposite Andrew Garfield as Robin Cavendish. Foy next played Janet Shearon, the wife of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic ""First Man"", and then starred as Lisbeth Salander in the thriller ""The Girl in the Spider's Web"". Foy was married to actor Stephen Campbell Moore. Together they have a daughter, Ivy Rose, born in March 2015. The couple announced their separation in February 2018, stating that they ""have been [separated] for some time"". Claire Foy Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984)"
"and a planned royal film performance was cancelled. Her next film was ""The Iron Lady"", which starred Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, closely followed by a smaller-budget production, ""Shame"", co-written with Steve McQueen. Her work on ""The Iron Lady"" earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination, while her work on ""Shame"" earned her a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film nomination. She has said that she always puts one line from her last film in her next film. Morgan lives in North London with her husband, actor Jacob Krichefski, and their two children, Jesse and Mabel. Morgan"
"loved watching movies and is a fan of Meryl Streep, who recently won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ""The Iron Lady"". The movie follows Thatcher's life and career as she pushed through a series of economic and administrative reforms despite opposition from her countrymen. Noda also said one of his favorite movies is the 1939 film ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"", which tells the story of a U.S. senator who single-handedly fights against political corruption. Noda is a fan of professional wrestling and has stated that Kenta Kobashi is his"
"La Che"", a mockumentary which followed John Tavish (Played by Duncan Airlie James) and his quest to track down fictional rock star Roxy La Che. The film premiered at the Glasgow Film Theatre on 9 November 2011 and was later selected to appear at the 2014 American Online Film Awards. In 2013, the company made the headlines on CNN following the death of Margaret Thatcher. The news channel, which was discussing portrayals of the former Prime Minister in film, spoke of Steve Nallon's performance from ""In Search Of La Che"", in which Thatcher plays a part in the life story"
"Natascha McElhone Natasha Abigail Taylor (born 14 December 1969), known professionally as Natascha McElhone (), is a British actress. In film, she is best known for her roles in ""Ronin"" (1998), ""The Truman Show"" (1998) and ""Solaris"" (2002). On television, she has portrayed Karen van der Beek, the long-time partner of Hank Moody, in the Showtime comedy-drama series ""Californication"" (2007–2014), First Lady Alex Kirkman in the ABC political drama ""Designated Survivor"" (2016–2017), and Laz Ingram in Beau Willimon's Hulu science-fiction series ""The First"" (2018). She was born Natasha Abigail Taylor in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey in 1969 to Noreen McElhone and Michael"
"In ""The Iron Lady"", she reproduced the vocal style of Margaret Thatcher from the time before Thatcher became Britain's Prime Minister, and after she had taken elocution lessons to change her pitch, pronunciation, and delivery. Streep has commented that using accents as part of her acting is a technique she views as an obvious requirement in her portrayal of a character. When questioned in Belfast as to how she reproduces different accents, Streep replied in a perfect Belfast accent: ""I listen."" In 2004, Streep was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award by the board of directors of the American Film"
"Iron Lady"" (2011). He starred as Ade Rutter in the first series of ""House of Anubis"" and he has taken leading roles in ""Judge John Deed"" and other television dramas, as well as prominent theatre roles. With an acting career spanning almost forty years, his other film and television credits include roles in ""Angels"", ""Another Bouquet"", ""Coronation Street"", ""The Duchess of Duke Street"", ""Just William"", ""Lillie"", ""Jackanory Playhouse"", ""The Taming of the Shrew"", ""Antony & Cleopatra"", ""Brideshead Revisited"", ""Dead Ernest"", ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"", ""Lace"", ""C.A.T.S. Eyes"", ""The Singing Detective"", ""Jonny Briggs"", ""Boon"", ""Bergerac"", ""Confessional"", ""The Crown"", ""Middlemarch"", ""The"
"You"" in the U.K. Kindle version only.) Natascha McElhone Natasha Abigail Taylor (born 14 December 1969), known professionally as Natascha McElhone (), is a British actress. In film, she is best known for her roles in ""Ronin"" (1998), ""The Truman Show"" (1998) and ""Solaris"" (2002). On television, she has portrayed Karen van der Beek, the long-time partner of Hank Moody, in the Showtime comedy-drama series ""Californication"" (2007–2014), First Lady Alex Kirkman in the ABC political drama ""Designated Survivor"" (2016–2017), and Laz Ingram in Beau Willimon's Hulu science-fiction series ""The First"" (2018). She was born Natasha Abigail Taylor in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey"
"a recurring back injury. After Clooney's departure, actors including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Alexander Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Kinnaman, Russell Crowe, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, and Jon Hamm were considered for the lead role. On March 18, 2013, Tom Cruise was in early talks to take the lead in the film. Armie Hammer was cast in the second lead role as Illya Kuryakin on April 24, 2013, with Cruise set as Solo. Swedish actress Alicia Vikander joined the film on May 8, 2013, as the female"
"1. Kirsten Dunst – ""Melancholia"" (39)<br> 2. Yoon Jeong-hee – ""Poetry"" (25)<br> 3. Meryl Streep – ""The Iron Lady"" (20) 1. Albert Brooks – ""Drive"" (38)<br> 2. Christopher Plummer – ""Beginners"" (24)<br> 3. Patton Oswalt – ""Young Adult"" (19) 1. Jessica Chastain – ""The Help"", ""Take Shelter"", and ""The Tree of Life"" (30)<br> 2. Jeannie Berlin – ""Margaret"" (19)<br> 3. Shailene Woodley – ""The Descendants"" (17) 1. Asghar Farhadi – ""A Separation"" (39)<br> 2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – ""Moneyball"" (22)<br> 3. Woody Allen – ""Midnight in Paris"" (16) 1. Emmanuel Lubezki – ""The Tree of Life"" (76)<br> 2."
"of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with Meryl Streep as Thatcher. The film entered production in January 2011 and was released in December of that year. In 2014 she directed ""Henry IV"" in the West End. Oxford University named Phyllida Lloyd the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre in 2006, the same year she was awarded an honorary degree by Bristol University. She was named one of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain by ""The Independent"" newspaper in 2008; and in 2010 was ranked 22nd (dropping from 7th the previous year) in the same"
"1990 re-unification of Germany is not mentioned either. The Prime Minister had felt it pave way for the expansion of Nazi sympathy and distrusted the West German government. Despite disagreements with France over European integration, the French Government united with Thatcher in opposition to the re-unification of Germany as well. ""The Iron Lady"" received mixed reviews from critics, although there was strong praise for Streep's performance. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 51% and an average score of 5.7/10, based on 217 reviews. The site's consensus reads: ""Meryl Streep's performance as ""The Iron Lady"" is reliably"
"On September 13, 2009, she finished the Malibu Triathlon ( ocean swim, out-and-back bike course, and out-and-back run course) in 2 h 6 min 50.7 s. She returned to the event in 2010 to complete only the swim portion as a fundraiser. Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, and former National Football League cheerleader. She is best known as Lois Lane on the television series """" (1993–97), as Paris Carver in the James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", and as Susan Mayer on the television series ""Desperate Housewives"" (2004–12),"
"the first two years of operation — the companies provided services on 18 films, including ""Twilight"", ""Tropic Thunder"", ""Knowing"", ""Eagle Eye"", ""Revolutionary Road"" and ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"". Goldcrest Capital also raises funds and provides services on UK independent feature films. The first two films of this new initiative were Andrea Arnold’s ""Wuthering Heights"" - produced by Douglas Rae and Robert Bernstein of Ecosse Films and Kevin Loader and co-financed with the UK Film Council, Film4 and Screen Yorkshire - and Phyllida Lloyd’s biopic of Margaret Thatcher, ""The Iron Lady"". This starred Meryl Streep and was produced by Damian"
"and Josh Gad were in early talks to join the cast. On March 28, Peter Dinklage was also in final talks to join the film, playing the fourth and final male lead. Jennifer Aniston was originally considered for the female lead, but declined because of scheduling conflicts. On April 4, Michelle Monaghan joined the film to star as the female lead. James plays the U.S. president, who teams up with Sandler's character, a former champion, to save the planet. Gad plays a conspiracy-theory-obsessed genius with bad social skills, Dinklage is Sandler's character's brash former video game-playing nemesis, and Monaghan plays"
"Andrea Riseborough Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut in ""Venus"" (2006), and has subsequently appeared in ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" (2008), ""Never Let Me Go"", ""Brighton Rock"", ""Made in Dagenham"" (all 2010), ""W.E."" (2011), ""Shadow Dancer"", ""Disconnect"" (both 2012), ""Welcome to the Punch"", ""Oblivion"" (both 2013), ""Birdman"" (2014), ""Nocturnal Animals"" (2016), ""Battle of the Sexes"", ""The Death of Stalin"" (both 2017) and ""Mandy"" (2018). Outside of film, Riseborough received a BAFTA nomination for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film ""The Long Walk to Finchley"" (2008), and won critical acclaim for"
"adequate to fund the 1960s-era sets, props, and international settings required for the film. Emily Blunt was nearly cast as the female lead, but she left the project shortly after Soderbergh departed in November 2011. Guy Ritchie signed on in March 2013. On July 31, 2013, it was announced that Ritchie's adaptation would start filming in September 2013 in London and Italy. The final production budget was approximately $75 million US. In November 2010, George Clooney showed interest in the film, and was in talks for the lead role of Napoleon Solo, but he left in September 2011 due to"
"in ""Three Days of the Condor"" in a television series based on the movie. Irons has modelled for companies including Burberry and Mango. As of 2012, he was on a modelling contract for Macy's I.N.C. collection for Fall/Winter 2012 as reported on 15 August 2012 by ""The Huffington Post"". In 2015, he was named one of ""GQ""s 50 best-dressed British men. Max Irons Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (born 17 October 1985) is an English-Irish actor and model. He is known for his roles in ""Red Riding Hood"" (2011), ""The White Queen"" (2013), ""The Host"" (2013),"" Woman in Gold"" (2014), and"
"""Dummy"" (1977), ""The Jewel in the Crown"" (1984), ""Band of Gold"" (1995) and ""The Sins"" (2000). She is also known as Mrs. Pincher, the breastfeeding mother in ""Little Britain"" (2004). Her film credits include ""Gandhi"" (1982), ""The Tall Guy"" (1989), ""Sherlock Holmes"" (2009), ""Alice in Wonderland"" (2010), ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"" (2011), and ""45 Years"" (2015). Since 2017, she has starred in the Netflix series ""Anne with an E"". James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to a cardiologist father. She was educated at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire. After graduating from the Drama Centre"
"The Lady (2011 film) The Lady is a 2011 French-British biographical film directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis as her late husband Michael Aris. Yeoh called the film ""a labour of love"" but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the Nobel laureate. In 1947, when Aung San Suu Kyi is two years old, her father Aung San leads Burma to independence. But soon afterwards, on 19 July 1947, he along with a group of his colleagues is assassinated by a group of armed men in uniform. As"
"Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, and former National Football League cheerleader. She is best known as Lois Lane on the television series """" (1993–97), as Paris Carver in the James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", and as Susan Mayer on the television series ""Desperate Housewives"" (2004–12), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for , three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Teri Lynn Hatcher was born on December 8, 1964 in Palo Alto, California, the"