Oscar Actors: Swinton, Tilda–Social Background, Career, Awards, Cumulative Advantage

Swinton received the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing a corporate attorney in Michael Clayton (2007).

Oscar Actors: Mo’Nique–Background, Career, Awards, Cumulative Advantage

Mo’Nique Career Summary: Occup. Inheritance: No Social Class: middle; mother engineer; father drug counsellor Formal Education: College: Broadcasting Institute of Maryland, 1987; age 20 Training: Stage Debut: Film Debut: Phat Girls, 2006; age 29 TV Debut: Oscar Award: 1, Supporting Actress, Precious, 2009; age 42 Oscar Nominations: N0 Other Awards and Nominations: Emmy, Grammy noms […]

Oscar Actors: Leo, Melissa–Background, Career, Awards; Cumulative Advantage

Melissa Leo (born September 14, 1960) has received an Oscar Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Critics’ Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Oscar Actors: Hathaway, Anne–Background, Career, Awards, Cumulative Advantage (Emmy)

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) has received an Oscar Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe. She was one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2015. Her films have earned over $6.8 billion worldwide, and she appeared in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2009. Hathaway graduated from Millburn […]

Oscar Actors: Nyong’o, Lupita–Background, Career, Awards, Cumulative Advantage

Lupita Nyong’o Career Summary: Lupita Amondi Nyong’o, born March 1, 1983, is a Kenyan-Mexican actress and author. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, she was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya. Hampshire College She earned a bachelor’s degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire […]