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actress

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A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).

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Hilary Swank, who has already won a Golden Globe for her role in Boys Don't Cry, is one of the favourites for the best actress Oscar, a category that sees Meryl Streep win a record 12th nomination for Music of the Heart.

Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker frequently wore his dresses on the red carpet, while her fictional alter-ego Carrie Bradshaw spoke the designer's name in hushed tones.

The actress had just done a quick change in the wings from one outfit to another, and the hanger had attached itself as she brushed past it on the costume rail.

Juliette Binoche is named best actress for her superb turn in Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy, while Javier Bardem (Biutiful) and Elio Germano (La Nostra Vita) share the award for best actor.

The play's star, Helen Mirren, is nominated for best actress, up against Hattie Morahan for Carrie Cracknell's Young Vic revival of Ibsen's A Doll's House, Billie Piper for Lucy Prebble's drug-trial play The Effect, and Kristin Scott Thomas in Ian Rickson's West End production of Old Times.

The only note of caution in backing Redmayne so whole-heartedly is that the London critics did go for Keaton … So that category perhaps isn't quite as tightly sewn up as best actress.

Well, the best actress award was where the Coens' jury really covered themselves with something other than glory.

I think if you're Jane Seymour - I always cite her because we're often confused with one another - if you're that kind of actress, you can do that kind of work.

James Mottram: When did you first realise you wanted to become an actress?

Lou Shapiro, an attorney for Watts and her boyfriend, said the actress would apologize for her comments to police.

In 2002, she won the best actress award at the Inside Film awards, voted for by the Australian public.

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