Marion Cotillard, Julianne Moore, Felicity Jones, Reese Witherspoon and Rosamund Pike earned nominations for Best Actress 2015 at the 87th Academy Awards 2015. Read the article about their acting career and what led them to the nomination for one of the most prestigious awards - the Oscar.
1. Oscars 2015 - Best Actress nominations:
Marion Cotillard as Sandra Bya in Two Days, One Night
Marion Cotillard, born September 30, 1975, is a French actress, singer and songwriter. She gained worldwide fame for her performances in films such as A Very Long Engagement (2004), La Vie en Rose (2007), Inception (2010), Rust and Bone (2012), The Immigrant (2013) and Two Days, One Night (2014). In 2007, Cotillard played the French chansonette Edith Piaf in the film La Vie en Rose, receiving critical acclaim and winning numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a César Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She is the first and only actress to win an Oscar for a French-language role.
Marion Cotillard has been the face of Dior since 2008 and has appeared on over 200 magazine covers around the world such as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Variety, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Madame Figaro, Glamour, W, The Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal Magazine.
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Julianne Moore as Alice in Still Alice
Julianne Moore, born December 3, 1960, is an American actress and author of children's books. Moore, who has been firmly anchored in the field of film since the early 1990s, is known primarily for her portrayals of women with emotional problems. Her career is full of art house films as well as Hollywood films. Julianne Moore has already been nominated for an Oscar five times. Her breakthrough came with Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), followed by critically acclaimed performances in Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) and Safe (1995). Starring in the blockbusters Nine Months (1995) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Moore finally established herself as one of Hollywood's leading actresses. Julianne Moore received Oscar nominations for Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002) and The Hours (2002). She won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in the television movie Game Change (2012). For Alice in Still Alice (2014), she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Felicity Jones as Jane Wild Hawking in The Theory of Everything
Felicity Jones, born on October 17, 1983, is an English actress. She played school bully Ethel Hallow in the first episodes of The Worst Witch and its sequel Weirdsister College. Jones appeared in the drama Like Crazy (2011) and the romantic comedy Chalet Girl (2011). In 2014, she starred as Felicia Hardy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as Jane Wild Hawking in The Theory of Everything, where she not only received praise, but also received several nominations, including a Golden Globe nomination, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar nomination.
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Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed in Wild
Reese Witherspoon, born March 22, 1976, is an American actress and producer. Her first feature film was the lead role in The Man in the Moon (1991). Soon after, she appeared in Freeway (1996) and Pleasantville (1998). For her role in Election (1999), she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.
Witherspoon's breakthrough role came in 2001's Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, which brought her her biggest commercial success. In 2005, she gained worldwide attention for her role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which won her an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Film Critics' Choice Award. In 2014, Reese Witherspoon produced the thriller Gone Girl and received praise and an Oscar nomination for Wild.
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Rosamund Pike as Amy Elliott-Dunne in Gone Girl
Rosamund Pike, born January 27, 1979, is an English actress. She first came to attention with the role of Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002). Her most notable film roles include Pride and Prejudice (2005), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Jack Reacher (2012) and The World's End (2013). Last year, she starred in David Fincher's thriller, Gone Girl and won more than ten awards for best actress of the year, as well as nominations for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award.
