Sentence examples for harrowing roles from inspiring English sources

But this year, they are playing deeply serious, often harrowing roles, and they have been nominated accordingly.

Anyway, such has been the proliferation of awards for harrowing roles of this sort that it has even been suggested that the 'special award' given to Crowe in addition to his Best Supporting Actor statuette should be presented every year.

But then I'm known for the harrowing roles: in the last one, I killed two children.

Two years later, she was nominated again for her performance as Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie ( a "harrowing" role which involved learning to play the cello in three months).

You can pour just as much energy into a comedy as a really harrowing role".

She loved the chance to play a posh woman in a suit after her more harrowing role in Hotel Rwanda.

Ms. Thompson's fine performance in a harrowing role nonetheless puts her in the running for a best actress award.

Though Michael J Fox may not be an obvious choice for such a harrowing role, he is perfect as Eriksson.

For her harrowing role, Streep picked up that fine Golden Globe, Oscar and Bafta trio again, on top of a smattering of critics' awards.

Although it's not a great performance, she confidently carries off a harrowing role that keeps her on camera (often in extreme close-up) for almost the entire movie.

While still enrolled at New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, she first stepped out on the screen earlier last year as Catherine Keener's daughter in Peace, Love & Misunderstanding before auditioning for Martha Marcy May Marlene, a harrowing role in which her often naked character endures perverse sexual domination at the hands of a Svengali cult leader.