"Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the period drama ""Howards End"". In 1993, she garnered dual Academy Award nominations for her roles in ""The Remains of the Day"" as the housekeeper of a grand household and ""In the Name of the Father"" as a lawyer. Thompson scripted and starred in ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995), which earned her numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, which makes her the only person to receive Academy Awards for both acting and writing, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Other notable film and television credits include the"
"recognition of Emma Thompson. The film received five nominations at the 67th British Academy Film Awards, including Best British Film, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Best Film Music, and Best Costume Design. The film received a Best Original Score nomination at the 86th Academy Awards, where—despite not earning a nomination—the film was widely considered by pundits to be a front-runner for Best Picture and Best Actress. The film also received single nominations at the 71st Golden Globe Awards and 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Thompson was nominated for Best"
"or Musical at the 74th Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in ""La La Land"". Emma Stone Emily Jean ""Emma"" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2017. Stone has appeared in ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2017, and was featured by ""Time"" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born"
"Jane Austen's most endearing character, the disastrously self-assured matchmaker Emma Woodhouse. A fine cast, speedy pacing and playful direction make this a solid contender for the Austen sweepstakes."" Emma (1996 theatrical film) Emma is a 1996 period film based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath, the film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam. The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse, a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in"
"Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author and comedian. One of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, she is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she became a member of"
"Best Picture: ""The Exorcist"" (1973), ""Jaws"" (1975), ""The Sixth Sense"" (1999), ""Black Swan"" (2010), and ""Get Out"" (2017). No documentary has yet been nominated for Best Picture, although ""Chang"" was nominated in the ""Unique and Artistic Production"" category at the 1927/28 awards. In 2017, at the 89th Academy Awards, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read ""La La Land"" as the winner of the award. However, they had mistakenly been given the envelope for the ""Best Actress in a Leading Role"" award, which Emma Stone had won for her role in ""La La Land"" moments prior. When the mistake was"
"for services to drama. Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author and comedian. One of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, she is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she"
"Emma (1996 theatrical film) Emma is a 1996 period film based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath, the film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam. The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse, a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in early-19th-century England. When her governess, Miss Taylor, gets married and goes to live with her new husband, Mr Weston, Emma proudly takes the credit for having brought the"
"for its study of loneliness and repression, though Thompson was particularly interested in looking at ""the deformity that servitude inflicts upon people"", since her grandmother had worked as a servant and made many sacrifices. She has named the film as one of the greatest experiences of her career, considering it to be a ""masterpiece of withheld emotion"". ""The Remains of the Day"" was a critical and commercial success, receiving eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and a second Best Actress nod for Thompson. Along with her Best Actress nomination at the 66th Academy Awards, Thompson was also nominated in the"
"category for a performance in a film directed by Woody Allen. Best Adapted Screenplay winner Emma Thompson was the first person to win Oscars for both acting and screenwriting. She had previously won Best Actress for her performance in the 1992 film ""Howards End"". This was the first year since the 42nd Academy Awards—and last to date—that none of the acting winners appeared in Best Picture nominees. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The following 19 films received multiple nominations: The following five films received multiple awards: The following individuals, listed in"
"the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, it won four Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress in a Drama (MacLaine), Best Supporting Actor (Nicholson), and Best Screenplay (Brooks). Widowed Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) keeps several suitors at arm's length, focusing instead on her close, but controlling, relationship with daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Anxious to escape her mother, Emma marries young college professor Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) over her mother's objections, moves away, and has three children. Despite their frequent spats and difficulty getting along, Emma and Aurora have a tie between them that cannot be"
"won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the ""Evening Standard"" British Film Award for Best Actress, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, and tied with Ellen Burstyn in ""Same Time, Next Year"" for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role but lost to Jane Fonda in ""The China Syndrome"". Neil Simon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay but lost to Oliver Stone for ""Midnight Express"". He also was nominated for"
"Emma Stone Emily Jean ""Emma"" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2017. Stone has appeared in ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100 in 2013 and 2017, and was featured by ""Time"" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Stone began acting as a child, in a theater production of ""The Wind in the Willows"" in 2000. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles"
"according to ReelzChannel. However, several chick flicks have received high critical acclaim for their stories and performances. For example, the 1983 film ""Terms of Endearment"" received Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. More recently, the film ""La La Land"" (called a chick flick in some circles), featuring both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, won Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Both of these actors were well known for their roles in chick flicks before jumping to the academy level. Some frequent elements of chick flicks include having a"
"film. Doran explained, ""For 10 years I'd been trying to find somebody I thought could adapt it. Usually romantics are too optimistic and dreamy to see Austen's cynicism, and satirists are too cynical to believe in romance."" Thompson fit Doran's criteria for a good screenwriter, despite the actress never having written a screenplay before. The resulting production of ""Sense and Sensibility"" earned Thompson an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, making her the only person to have won an Oscar for both her writing and acting (Thompson won the Best Actress award for ""Howards End"", in 1993). Along with producing,"
"Actress for Emma Stone and Best Director for Damien Chazelle. ""Hacksaw Ridge"" and ""Manchester by the Sea"" won two awards each with Casey Affleck winning Best Actor for the latter. Viola Davis won the Best Supporting Actress honor for ""Fences"". The telecast garnered 33 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2017, via global live stream from the Academy. ""La La Land"" received the most nominations with a record-tying fourteen (1950's ""All About Eve"" and 1997's ""Titanic"" also achieved this distinction); ""Arrival"" and ""Moonlight"" came in second with eight"
"Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Screenplay, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for the lead star Ingrid Bergman) and Best Production Design. Gaslighting was also the main theme in a 2016 plotline in BBC's radio soap opera ""The Archers"". The story concerned the emotional abuse of Helen Archer by her partner and later husband, Rob Titchener, over the course of two years, and caused much public discussion about the phenomenon. The 2016 American mystery film and psychological thriller ""The Girl on the Train"" explored the direct effects that gaslighting had on Rachel, the protagonist"
"be the most challenging of her career because she had ""never really played anyone quite so contradictory or difficult before"", but found the inconsistent and complicated character ""a blissful joy to embody"". The film was well-received, grossed $112million worldwide, and critics were unanimous in their praise for Thompson's performance. The review in ""The Independent"" expressed thanks that her ""playing of Travers is so deft that we instantly warm to her, and forgive her her snobbery"", while ""Total Film""'s critic felt that Thompson brought depth to the ""predictable"" film with ""her best performance in years"". Thompson was nominated for Best Actress"
"""Harry Potter"" film series, ""Wit"" (2001), ""Love Actually"" (2003), ""Angels in America"" (2003), ""Nanny McPhee"" (2005), ""Stranger than Fiction"" (2006), ""Last Chance Harvey"" (2008), ""Men in Black 3"" (2012), ""Brave"" (2012), and ""Beauty and the Beast"" (2017). In 2013, she received acclaim and several award nominations for her portrayal of P. L. Travers in ""Saving Mr. Banks"". Thompson is married to actor Greg Wise, with whom she lives in London. They have one daughter and one son. She is an activist in the areas of human rights and environmentalism and has received criticism for her outspokenness. She has written two"
"calling it an ""effective but uneven work"" with performances that ""cannot conceal the storyline's shortcomings."" Ellen Burstyn won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Diane Ladd was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress but lost to Ingrid Bergman in ""Murder on the Orient Express"", and Robert Getchell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay but lost to Robert Towne for ""Chinatown"". The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and BAFTA Awards went to Burstyn for Best Actress in a Leading Role, to Diane Ladd for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and"
"theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ ""'Anton Yelchin - ""Hearts in Atlantis"" - Warner Bros. ★ (tie) Scarlett Johansson - ""An American Rhapsody"" - Paramount Classics<br> ★ (tie) Emma Watson - ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"" - Warner Bros. ★ Jake Thomas - ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"" - DreamWorks ★ - ""Max Keeble's Big Move"" - Walt Disney ★ James Bentley - ""The Others"" - Miramax ★ Dakota Fanning - ""I Am Sam"" - New Line Cinema ★ Ryan Merriman - ""Dangerous Child"" - Lifetime ★ - ""My Louisiana Sky"" - Showtime ★ Robert"
"portrayed by Anthony Head. While the film was met with mixed reviews, Streep's performance was widely acclaimed, and considered to be one of the greatest of her career. She received her 17th Oscar nomination for her portrayal and ultimately won the award, 29 years after her first Best Actress win. She also earned her third Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama award (her eighth Golden Globe Award win overall), and her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and the BAFTA Award for"
"the novel was named Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the UK's annual Galaxy National Book Awards ceremony, and was later granted the accolade of Galaxy Book of the Year. At the time of the book's publication, Nicholls wrote that he was adapting his novel as a film script. He acknowledged the difficulties in casting people who ""could be both students and middle-aged! But I think we've found a way."" The film was directed by Lone Scherfig for Random House Films and Focus Features, with a theatrical release in August 2011. Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess portrayed Emma and"
"""Superbad"" (2007), ""Zombieland"" (2009), ""Easy A"" (2010), ""Crazy, Stupid, Love"" (2011), ""The Help"" (2011), ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" (2012), ""The Amazing Spider-Man 2"" (2014), ""Birdman"" (2014), ""La La Land"" (2016), ""Battle of the Sexes"" (2017), and ""The Favourite"" (2018). Stone has been nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for ""Birdman"" and Best Actress for ""La La Land"" and three British Academy Film Awards: BAFTA Rising Star Award, Best Supporting Actress for ""Birdman"", and Best Actress in a Leading Role for ""La La Land"", winning both of her nominations for ""La La Land"". She won Best Actress in a Comedy"
"Mark Kermode said ""Emma Thompson is to some extent becoming the new Judi Dench, as the person who kind of comes in for 15 minutes and is brilliant ... [but then] when she goes away, the rest of the movie has a real problem living up to the wattage of her presence"". Thompson was further acclaimed for her work in the London-based romance ""Last Chance Harvey"" (2008), where she and Dustin Hoffman played a lonely, middle-aged pair who cautiously begin a relationship. Critics praised the chemistry between the two leads, and both received Golden Globe nominations for their performances. Thompson's"
"Sophie Thompson Sophie Thompson (born 20 January 1962) is an English actress who has worked in television, film and theatre. A five-time Olivier Award nominee, she won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of ""Into the Woods"". Her other nominations were for ""Wildest Dreams"" (1994), ""Company"" (1996), ""Clybourne Park"" (2011) and ""Guys and Dolls"" (2016). Thompson's film appearances include ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994), ""Persuasion"" (1995), ""Emma"" (1996), ""Dancing at Lughnasa"" (1998), ""Gosford Park"" (2001) and ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1"" (2010). Her television roles include playing"
"the Footlights troupe. After appearing in several comedy programmes, she first came to prominence in 1987 in two BBC TV series, ""Tutti Frutti"" and ""Fortunes of War"", winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in both series. Her first film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy ""The Tall Guy"", and in the early 1990s, she frequently collaborated with her then husband, actor and director Kenneth Branagh. The pair became popular in the British media and co-starred in several films, including ""Dead Again"" (1991) and ""Much Ado About Nothing"" (1993). In 1992, Thompson won an Academy"
"both sides of the camera. However, there was again criticism at the lack of representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) actors, directors and films in the nominations. In the leading actor, actress and director fields there were no BAME nominees, with the omission of director Barry Jenkins for ""Moonlight"" and actor/director Denzel Washington for ""Fences"" highlighted as particularly noteworthy. ""La La Land"" won the most awards at the event, winning five including Best Film. Damien Chazelle won Best Director, Emma Stone won Best Actress in a Leading Role, Linus Sandgren won Best Cinematography, and Justin Hurwitz won Best"
"a can't miss biopic."" The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for Angela Bassett (losing to Holly Hunter for The Piano) and Best Actor for Laurence Fishburne (losing to Tom Hanks for Philadelphia). Ike Turner complained that negative portrayal of himself in the movie is inaccurate and that the movie and Tina's book are ""filled with lies."" Phil Spector slammed the movie (and the book) as a ""piece of trash"" which ""demonized and vilified Ike"". In 2018, Tina Turner revealed to Oprah Winfrey that she only recently watched the movie. She said, ""I watched a little bit of"
"for Cannes International Film Festival and won the 45th Anniversary Award. In 1993, the film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture for Ismail Merchant and Best Director for James Ivory. The film won three awards, including for Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker). Ruth Prawer Jhabvala earned her second Academy Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, while Emma Thompson won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Actress. In Edwardian Britain, Helen Schlegel becomes engaged to Paul Wilcox during a moment of passion, while she is staying at the"
"won three Academy Awards: Best Actress (Holly Hunter), Best Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) and Best Original Screenplay (Jane Campion). Anna Paquin was the second youngest person (after Tatum O'Neal) to win an Academy Award. The score for the film was written by Michael Nyman, and included the acclaimed piece ""The Heart Asks Pleasure First""; additional pieces were ""Big My Secret"", ""The Mood That Passes Through You"", ""Silver Fingered Fling"", ""Deep Sleep Playing"" and ""The Attraction of the Peddling Ankle"". This album is rated in the top 100 soundtrack albums of all time and Nyman's work is regarded as a key"
"described it as ""one of her most brilliant performances"", adding ""we seem to be peering into a soul as embattled as its body."" The film earned Thompson nominations at the Golden Globes, Emmys and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Thompson's only credit of 2002 was a vocal performance in Disney's ""Treasure Planet"", an adaptation of ""Treasure Island"", where she voiced Captain Amelia. The animation earned far less than its large budget and was considered a ""box office disaster"". This failure was countered the following year by one of Thompson's biggest commercial successes, Richard Curtis's romantic comedy ""Love Actually"". As part of"
"took the card bearing the film's title from Beatty's hand and showed it to the camera and the audience as proof. The ""La La Land"" team, particularly Horowitz, would later be praised for their professional handling of the situation. Beatty returned to the microphone and explained that the envelope he had initially been given named Emma Stone for her actress performance in ""La La Land"", hence his confused pause, and confirmed that ""Moonlight"" was the winner. The producers of ""Moonlight"" then came onstage, Horowitz presented the Best Picture award given to him to them, and they gave their acceptance speeches."