With the 2015 Oscar nominations for the leading female role, we must not forget the supporting female roles of 2015, which also deserve an Oscar this year. Emma Stone, Patricia Arquette, Keira Knightley, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep are fighting for the golden statuette. Which one will the Oscar be awarded on February 22?
1. Oscars 2015: Best Supporting Actress 2015:
Emma Stone as Sam Thomson in Birdman
Emma Stone, born November 6, 1988, is an American actress. Her feature film debut was Superbad (2007), and she also starred in The House Bunny (2008), Zombieland (2009) and Paper Man (2009). Her first leading role in the film Easy A (2010), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, brought her recognition and other notable films such as Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) , The Help (2011), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012, 2014) and the animated film The Croods (2013). Her performance in Birdman (2014) earned her nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
2. Oscars 2015: Best Supporting Actress 2015:
Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans in Boyhood
Patricia Arquette, born April 8, 1968, is an American actress. Her film credits include True Romance (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Beyond Rangoon (1995), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Lost Highway (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Bringing Out The Dead (1999) and Holes (2003). In 2014, she played a mother in the drama Boyhood, for which she received a Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Supporting Role by a Female Actress, and an Academy Award nomination.
3. Oscars 2015: Best Supporting Actress 2015:
Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke in The Imitation Game
Keira Knightley, born March 26, 1985, is an English actress and singer who appeared on television as a child and made her film debut in 1995 in the film Innocent Lies. Her first major role came with the psychological horror film Hole (2001), she gained greater recognition with the film Bend It Like Beckham (2002), and the role of Elizabeth Swan in the Pirates of the Caribbean films (from 2003 onwards) brought her international fame. Keira Knightley is known for her roles in the dramas Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Silk (2007), The Duchess (2008), A Dangerous Method (2011) and Anna Karenina (2012). She also appeared in the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), the historical film King Arthur (2004), the psychological thriller The Jacket (2005), the biographical action Domino (2005), the historical drama The Edge of Love (2008), the noir film London Boulevard (2010), the dystopian science fiction Never Let Me Go (2010), the romantic drama Last Night (2010) and the black comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012). During her career, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Lead Actress, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2008, Forbes named her the second highest paid actress in Hollywood and the only non-American actress to make the list that year. For her portrayal of Joan Clarke, Keira Knightley was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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4. Oscars 2015: Best Supporting Actress 2015:
Laura Dern as Bobbi Lambrecht in Wild
Laura Dern, born February 10, 1967, is an American actress, director, and producer. She starred in films such as Mask and Smooth Talk (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Fat Man and Little Boy (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), Jurassic Park (1993), The Baby Dance (1998), October Sky (1999) and I Am Sam (2001). She won awards for her performance in Rambling Rose (1991) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Movie for her role as Katherine Harris in Recount (2008). From 2011 to 2013, Laura Dern played Amy Jellicoe in the HBO series Enlightened, winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical. In 2014, Dern returned to film work, appearing in films such as The Fault in Our Stars, When the Game Stands Tall, 99 Homes and Wild, for which she received her second Academy Award nomination.
5. Oscars 2015: Best Supporting Actress 2015:
Meryl Streep as The Witch in Into The Woods
Meryl Streep, born June 22, 1949, is an American actress and producer. The three-time Oscar winner is considered one of the greatest and best film actresses of all time. She began her professional career on stage with The Playboy Seville in 1971 and won the 1976 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in Play for A Memory of Two Mondays/27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She made her television debut with the TV movie The Deadliest Season (1977) and her film debut the same year with the movie Julia. In 1978, she received an Emmy Award for her role in the miniseries Holocaust and her first Oscar nomination for the film The Deer Hunter (1978). Meryl Streep has more Academy Award nominations than any actress or actor in the history of the awards. She won the Oscar for the film Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) for Best Supporting Actress, and for Best Actress in Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011). Her other nominated roles include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Silkwood (1983), Out of Africa (1985), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Postcards From the Edge (1990), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Adaptation (2002), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), August: Osage County (2013) and Into the Woods (2014). In her career, she has so far received 29 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight of them, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, an award at the Cannes Film Festival, five New York Film Critics Association Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Australian Film Institute Awards, five nominations for Grammy and five Drama Desk Award nominations. She also received an AFI (Life Achievement Award) in 2004 and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through the performing arts. US President Barack Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts in 2010 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. In 2003, the French government awarded her the title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.
