Oscar Actors: Burstyn, Ellen–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage)
Burstyn is the recipient of various accolades, and is among the few performers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (Triple Crown of Acting).
Oscar Actors: Paltrow, Gwyneth–Background, Career, Awards
She has received numerous accolades for her work, including an Oscar Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Oscar Actors: Blanchett, Cate–Background, Career, Awards
Blanchett’s performance as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator made her the only actor to win an Academy Award for portraying an Academy Award-winning actor.
Oscar Actors: Theron, Charlize–Background, Career, Awards
One of the world’s highest-paid actresses, Theron is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Oscar Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Oscar Actors: Kidman, Nicole–Background, Career, Awards
She has received an Oscar Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Oscar Actors: Roberts, Julia–Background, Career, Awards
Roberts was the highest-paid actress in the world throughout most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s. Her fee for 1990’s Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003).
Michael Aped: Director of Oscar Winning Coal Miner’s Daughter Dies at 79
Among his best known films are ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ ‘Gorillas in the Mist, ‘Nell,’ and the Bond Picture, ‘The World Is Not Enough’
Oscar Actors: Portman, Natalie–Background, Career, Awards
Natalie Portman Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: No Social Class: Upper Middle; father, Israeli gynecologist; mother homemaker Race/Ethnicity/Religion: Jewish Family: Only child Education: Harvard Training: spotted by Revlon, child model, then child actor Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Leon, 1994, aged 12 Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other […]
Oscar Actors: Berry, Halle–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage)
Halle Berry Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: parents divorced when she was 4 Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Jungle Fever, 1991, aged 25 (as drug addict) Breakthrough Role: Boomerang, 1992; 26 Oscar Role: Monster’s Ball, 2001; aged 35 Other Noms: Other Awards: […]
Oscar Actors: Hunt, Helen–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Emmy)
Helen Hunt Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Yes, mother, a photographer, and father, a film, voice and stage director and acting coach. Social Class: Middle Nationality: US, Culver, CA Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: At age 3, Hunt’s family moved to NY, where her father directed theatre and Hunt studied ballet, and briefly attended UCLA. Education: Training: Child actress […]
