Sentence examples for breakthrough actor from inspiring English sources
Ronald Bronstein won the breakthrough actor award for "Daddy Longlegs".
She already won for best breakthrough actor at the Gotham Awards, on top of receiving a Spirit Award nomination.
Trans comedy Tangerine also gained a foothold in the awards race after one of its leads, Mya Taylor, took the breakthrough actor award.
Courtney Hunt's film "Frozen River" won the award for best feature, and its star Melissa Leo, above, won the "breakthrough actor" award.
The drama "12 Years a Slave," directed by Steve McQueen, topped the list with three nominations, including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, and breakthrough actor, for Lupita Nyong'o.
The one exception may be the breakthrough actor award, which has matched up with an Oscar nomination in five of the last seven years, according to awards stat watcher Scott Feinberg – good news for last night's winner, Felicity Jones.
His star, Elizabeth Olsen, who could make an ingénue-shaped dent in the Oscar firmament, was named to the list of breakthrough actors; buzz is that somebody from the "Martha" crew will pick up a prize – and they're a fun-loving bunch, so expect some serious after-partying.
As well as capturing that point of commercial breakthrough, Cracked Actor convinced Roeg that he had found his man who fell to earth.
In the late 80's and 90's came breakthroughs by actors in ensemble casts, like Mr. Smits in "L.A. Law" and Mr. Bratt in "Law and Order".
Mr. Foster's performance is a career breakthrough for an actor who, like Heath Ledger, displays the eerie gift of immersing himself in a character so that he seems to become someone else entirely.
