Kojak

Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier. Kojak's Greek heritage, shared by actor Savalas, was prominently featured in the series.


Production

The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award-winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert "Career Girls Murders". The crime involved the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan.
Due to poor police work and the prevailing casual attitude toward suspects' civil rights, the crimes in the Wylie-Hoffert case were pinned on a young African-American male, George Whitmore, Jr., who had been arrested on a separate assault charge. After illegally obtaining a confession, the police had the suspect all but convicted until a second investigation by a different team of detectives exonerated the suspect and identified the real killer, a white junkie.
Mann developed the project as a gritty police procedural, but with a subtext focusing on institutionalized prejudice and the civil rights of suspects and witnesses. The result was the 1973 made-for-TV movie, The Marcus-Nelson Murders. The opening and closing titles of the film emphasized the point that it was a fictional account of the events that led to the creation of Miranda rights by the US Supreme Court in 1966.
Telly Savalas starred in The Marcus-Nelson Murders as a police detective whose last name was spelled "Kojack." The film would serve as a pilot for the Kojak television series. Kojak himself was a composite character, based on a number of detectives, lawyers, and reporters who were involved in the Wylie-Hoffert murder case.



Plot

The series was set in the New York City Police Department's Thirteenth Precinct, Manhattan South Patrol Borough. The show revolved around the efforts of the tough and incorruptible Lieutenant Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas), a bald, dapper, New York City policeman who was fond of lollipops and for using the catchphrase, "Who loves ya, baby?" Kojak was stubborn and tenacious in his investigation of crimes - and also displayed a dark, cynical wit, along with a tendency to bend the rules if it brought a criminal to justice. Savales described Kojak as a "basically honest character, tough but with feelings -- the kind of guy who might kick a hooker in the tail if he had to, but they'd understand each other because maybe they grew up on the same kind of block."
In the early episodes of the series, Kojak smoked heavily; in order to reflect the anti-smoking sentiment gaining momentum on American TV, the writers decided that Kojak had quit smoking. He began sucking on lollipops as a substitute, which became a trademark of the character (although Kojak is frequently seen smoking a cigarillo when he winds up a case by interrogation of the main suspect(s)). The lollipop made its debut in the Season 1 episode "Dark Sunday", broadcast on Dec. 12, 1973; Kojak lights a cigarillo as he begins questioning a witness, but thinks better of it and sticks a lollipop (specifically, a Tootsie Pop) in his mouth instead. Later in the episode, Kevin Dobson's character asks about the lollipop and Kojak replies, "I'm trying to bridge the generation gap."


Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak with ubiquitous lollipop
His longtime supervisor was Capt. Frank McNeil (Dan Frazer). Later in the series, McNeil was promoted to Chief of Detectives in Manhattan. Kojak is the commander of the Manhattan South Precinct's detective squad. His squad includes one of his favorite employees: young plainclothes officer, Det. Bobby Crocker (Kevin Dobson). Detectives Stavros (played by Telly's real-life brother George Savalas, who originally used the name "Demosthenes" as his screen credit; under his real name, Savalas also received a Production Associate credit during the early seasons), Saperstein (Mark Russell), and Rizzo (Vince Conti), all gave Kojak support.
Although the show primarily focused on Kojak's police work, it occasionally veered into other areas of the character's lives, such as the first season episode "Knockover" which included a subplot involving Kojak romancing a (much younger) female police officer.
In 1976, acclaimed crime writer Joe Gores received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Episode in a TV Series Teleplay for the third-season episode "No Immunity for Murder" (first aired November 23, 1975).

The show ended in 1978, after five seasons, due to low ratings. Reruns of Kojak became successful in syndication and TV Land. Years after the series ended, Savalas reprised the role in two TV movies, The Belarus File (1985), an adaptation of the John Loftus book The Belarus Secret, and The Price of Justice (1987), based on Dorothy Uhnak's novel, The Investigation. Kojak is not a character in either book.
In 1989–1990 Kojak returned to television in five two-hour episodes that aired on ABC, rotating with three other series as part of the ABC Mystery Movie. No longer a lieutenant commanding a precinct detective squad, Kojak had been promoted to inspector and put in charge of the NYPD's city-wide Major Crimes Squad. Andre Braugher was cast as a young detective assigned to Kojak's command.
Series stars The Savalas Brothers (Telly & George), Frazer and Dobson are the only cast members to appear in every episode of the series, and stayed throughout the entire run.



Characters

Telly Savalas - Lieutenant Theo Kojak - A bald detective
Dan Frazer - Capt. Frank McNeil - Kojak's boss
Kevin Dobson - Det. Bobby Crocker - Kojak's partner
George Savalas (Demosthenes) - Det. Stavros - Kojak's supporting co-worker
Mark Russell - Det. Saperstein
Vince Conti - Det. Rizzo
Andre Braugher - Det. Winston Blake (1989-90 ABC revival)



A roster of guest stars

During its five season run, many unfamiliar and/or familiar actors who guest-starred on the show went on to greater fame; among those appearing in Kojak episodes are: John Ritter, Bernie Kopell, Kathleen Quinlan, Sharon Gless, Swoosie Kurtz, Stacy Keach, Sr., Sylvester Stallone, Thayer David, Lenny Montana, Jayne Kennedy, David White, Harvey Keitel, Charles Siebert, Joan Van Ark, John Pleshette, Pamela Hensley, Dominic Chianese, Yvonne Craig, Mary Beth Hurt, Roosevelt Grier, Lynn Redgrave, Kene Holliday, John Larroquette, Lonny Chapman, Judith Chapman, Richard Eastham, Erik Estrada, Robert Ito, Richard Herd, Robert Webber, Sally Kirkland, Richard Gere, Paul Benedict, James Luisi, Roger E. Mosley, Stephen Macht, Nicholas Colasanto, Dabney Coleman, James Sloyan, Michael Ansara, Paul Michael Glaser, Marco St. John, Ken Kercheval, Judith Light, John M. Pickard, Eileen Brennan, Al Franken, Irene Cara, Hector Elizondo, Jackie Cooper, William Katt, Jerry Orbach, Danny Thomas, Allan Miller, Danny Aiello and James Woods, among many others.
Future Hill Street Blues stars, Daniel J. Travanti and Veronica Hamel would make guest appearances on the show, along with future Falcon Crest stars David Selby and Susan Sullivan, future The Young and The Restless stars Eric Braeden and Jess Walton, and Len Lesser, who portrayed Uncle Leo on Seinfeld, made appearances on the show, as well.



Music

The somewhat more well-known first Kojak theme, in two distinct arrangements is the work of Billy Goldenberg, who scored the early episodes. John Cacavas composed the second main title theme used throughout the show's 5th and final season.


Episodes

Main article: List of Kojak episodes
Kojak aired for 5 seasons on CBS, from 1973-1978. In the mid-eighties Kojak returned in two made-for-TV movies. In 1989, eleven years after the series ended, Telly Savalas returned to play Kojak in 5 TV movies that aired on ABC as part of their ABC Mystery Movie theme block which aired on Saturday nights.


Revival

Main article: Kojak (2005 TV series)
In March 2005, a new Kojak series debuted on the USA Network cable channel and on ITV4 in the UK. In this re-imagined version, African-American actor Ving Rhames portrays the character. The series only lasted one season.



Cultural impact

In the hit 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit, Cledus Snow (Jerry Reed) referred to a police officer with a radar gun as a "Kojak with a Kodak".
In Brazil the show was so successful that in the 1970s and 80s the term "Kojak" became Brazilian slang for "bald man". Telly Savalas visited the country to do promotional work.
In Rio de Janeiro, the expression: "I won't give a chance to Kojak" became popular among criminals — as in, the speaker would avoid leaving any clue that would lead the police to him or her. Later, this expression became popular among lay people. Nowadays, it means "I won't let anyone see my mistakes".
On French television, actor Henry Djanik dubbed Kojak. He also dubbed "Dog Savalas", who was modelled on Telly Savalas, and was a character from the manga and anime versions of the popular Japanese series Space Adventure Cobra.
In Chile and Romania, a "kojak" is a slang to refer to any kind of lollipop.
In poker, specifically Texas Hold 'Em, the starting hand K-J is often referred to as Kojak.
In Ace Attorney Investigations, the trenchcoated Detective Badd is first seen with a white stick between his lips. When he takes it out it's revealed to be a lollipop.


DVD releases

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released Season One of Kojak on DVD in Region 1, 2 and 4.
Mediumrare Entertainment released Seasons 2 & 3 on DVD in Region 2 on April 26th, 2010.
DVD Name Episodes Release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season One 22 March 22, 2005 July 18, 2005 June 1, 2006[6]
Season Two 25 N/A April 26, 2010[7] N/A
Season Three 24 N/A April 26, 2010[8] N/A
Season Four 25 N/A N/A N/A
Season Five 22 N/A N/A N/A
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Sally Field

Sally Margaret Field, (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for her TV roles such as the title role on Gidget (1965-66), her iconic role as Sister Bertrille on The Flying Nun (1967-70), and her film roles as Miranda Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Mrs. Gump in Forrest Gump (1994).

Field has won two Academy Awards, for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984). She has also won Emmy Awards in three different categories: the first for the 1976 Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Sybil; one for the 2000 Outstanding Guest Actress for portraying Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie on ER; and the most recent for the 2007 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award for her role as family matriarch Nora Holden Walker on ABC's Brothers & Sisters. She has also won two Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

Early life

Sally Field was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Margaret (b. May 10, 1923), an actress, and Richard Dryden Field, a U.S. Army officer who worked in sales. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother subsequently remarried actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney.

She attended Portola Middle School, then Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California where she was a cheerleader. Among her classmates were infamous financier Michael Milken, fellow actress Cindy Williams (of Laverne and Shirley fame) and Michael Ovitz of CAA and Walt Disney Studios fame.

Career

Television

Field got her start on television as the boy-struck surfer girl in the mid-1960s surf culture sitcom series, Gidget. She went on to star as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun. In an interview included on the DVD release of The Flying Nun, she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget. Sally hated being on The Flying Nun because she wasn't treated with respect. After her run on The Flying Nun, she was typecast. Later, she starred opposite John Davidson in a short-lived series called The Girl with Something Extra (1973-74).

In 1971, Field starred in Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring with David Carradine and a soundtrack by Linda Ronstadt. She played the role of a discouraged teen runaway who returned home after a year on the road with a bearded drug-abusing hippie named "Flack" (David Carradine).

She made several guest appearances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel (with whom she had worked on Gidget) and Ben Murphy, and the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode "Whisper."

Field at Expo 67.

Having played mostly comedic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles.[citation needed] She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who had previously helped Marilyn Monroe go beyond the "bimbo" roles with which her career had begun.

Soon afterward, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film Sybil, the first of two films based on the book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with multiple personality disorder, in the TV film not only garnered her an Emmy Award in 1977 but also enabled her to break through the typecasting she had experienced from her television sitcom roles.

Music

While starring on The Flying Nun, Sally tried her hand at singing. Sally Field sang on the Soundtrack for The Flying Nun in 1967 and she even sang The Flying Nun Theme Song "Who Needs Wings to Fly". The same year, she cracked the Billboard Hot 100 with one single, Felicidad.

Film

Field made her film debut in 1962 with a small part in Moon Pilot. Her first major film role was in The Way West (1967). In 1977, she co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed in that year's #2 grossing film, Smokey and the Bandit.[2] In 1979, she played a union organizer in Norma Rae, a successful film that established her status as a dramatic actress. Vincent Canby, in his review of the film for the New York Times, wrote: "Norma Rae is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular." She won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Field did three more of Reynolds' films (The End, Hooper and Smokey and the Bandit II), none particularly an acting challenge. In 1981, Field continued to change her image, playing a foul-mouthed prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set film Back Roads, which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office. She won Golden Globe nominations for the 1981 drama Absence of Malice and 1982 comedy Kiss Me Goodbye.

Then came a second Oscar for her starring role in the 1984 drama Places in the Heart. Field's gushing acceptance speech is well remembered for its earnestness. She said, "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"The line ending in "...I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" is often misquoted as simply "You like me, you really like me!" which has subsequently been the subject of many parodies. (Field parodied the line herself in a commercial.[citation needed])

The following year, she co-starred with James Garner in the romantic comedy Murphy's Romance. In A&E's biography of Garner, she cited her on-screen kiss with Garner as the best cinematic kiss she had ever had.

Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine, in which she was the interview subject. She did not appear as a pictorial subject inside the magazine, although she did wear the classic leotard and bunny-ears outfit on the cover.

For her role as the matriarch, M'Lynn, in the film version of Steel Magnolias (1989), she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had supporting roles in a number of other movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) in which she played Miranda Hillard, the wife of Robin Williams's character and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan's character Stuart 'Stu' Dunmyer. She followed this with the role of Forrest's mother in Forrest Gump (1994), even though she is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in Punchline.

Her other films in the 1990s included Not Without My Daughter, a controversial suspense film, and Soapdish, a comedy in which Field plays the pampered star of a television soap opera. She played Natalie Portman's mother in Where the Heart Is (2000) and appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003).

Recent roles

In November 2009, Sally appeared on an episode of The Doctors to talk about osteoporosis and her Rally With Sally Foundation (www.bonehealth.com).

On television, Field had a recurring role on ER in the 2000-01 season as Dr. Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie, who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder, a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 2001. After her critically acclaimed stint on the show, she returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.

Field has also directed. Her first stint behind the camera was for the television film The Christmas Tree (1996). She also directed the feature film Beautiful (2000) as well as an episode of the critically-acclaimed TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by actress Betty Buckley. However, the producers of the show decided to take the character of Nora in another direction, and Field was cast in the role. She won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in her role as Nora Walker. The blockbuster soap also stars familiar actresses such as Calista Flockhart and Rachel Griffiths, in the roles of Nora's adult daughters, Kitty Walker and Sarah Walker, respectively, as well as Welsh film actor Matthew Rhys tackling the very American role of Nora's son, Kevin Walker.

Field recently had a voice role as Marina del Ray, the villain in Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, which was released in August 2008.

Currently, Field can be seen on television as the compensated spokesperson for Roche Laboratories' postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment medication, Boniva.

Political advocacy

During her 2007 acceptance speech for her 2006-07 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Field made an anti-war statement: "If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place!"  Though the crowd present at the Emmy Awards heard it, viewers watching the telecast in the United States only heard "if mothers ruled the world there would be no ... ," due to the censoring of the rest of the statement (in Canada, her remark was not bleeped). All so-called "live" awards ceremonies are shown with as much as a 10-second delay to allow for the censoring of profanity and the same controversial statements that Field made, because in the recent past awards winners on any host of shows have used acceptance speeches as a platform for political tirades. While Field's was mild by comparison to many others, the decision to censor it and her statement itself created considerable controversy. In the 2008 presidential election, she supported Hillary Clinton in her bid for the Democratic Party nomination.

[edit]Personal life

Field married Steven Craig in 1968. The couple had two sons, Peter Craig, a novelist, and Eli, an actor and director. They divorced in 1975. Sally Field was romantically involved with Burt Reynolds for many years, during which time they co-starred in several movies, including Smokey and the Bandit, Smokey and the Bandit II, and The End. In 1984, she married film producer Alan Greisman. They had one son, Sam. Field and Greisman divorced in 1993.

On October 29, 1988, she and her family survived a crash after their charter plane lost power on takeoff. They all survived, but suffered minor injuries.

Field suffers from osteoporosis.

]Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes

1967 The Way West Mercy McBee

1976 Stay Hungry Mary Tate Farnsworth

1977 Smokey and the Bandit Carrie / 'Frog' Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Heroes Carol Bell

1978 The End Mary Ellen

Hooper Gwen Doyle

1979 Norma Rae Norma Rae Academy Award for Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

Best Actress Award - Cannes Film Festival

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Celeste Whitman

1980 Smokey and the Bandit II Carrie / 'Frog'

1981 Back Roads Amy Post

Absence of Malice Megan Carter Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

1982 Kiss Me Goodbye Kay Villano Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

1984 Places in the Heart Edna Spalding Academy Award for Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

1985 Murphy's Romance Emma Moriarty Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

1987 Surrender Daisy Morgan

1988 Punchline Lilah Krytsick

1989 Steel Magnolias M'Lynn Eatenton Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

1991 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody

Soapdish Celeste Talbert / Maggie

1993 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Sassy voice

Mrs. Doubtfire Miranda Hillard

1994 A Century of Cinema Herself documentary

Forrest Gump Mrs. Gump Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture

1996 Eye for an Eye Karen McCann

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco Sassy voice

2000 Where the Heart Is Mama Lil

2001 Say It Isn't So Valdine Wingfield

2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde Rep. Victoria Rudd

Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern Herself documentary

2006 Two Weeks Anita Bergman

2008 The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning Marina Del Ray (voice-over; animated)

2011 Lincoln (film) Mary Todd Lincoln pre-production

[edit]Television

Year Production Role Notes

1965–66 Gidget Frances Elizabeth "Gidget" Lawrence 32 episodes

1966–67 Hey, Landlord Bonnie Banner 4 episodes

1967–70 The Flying Nun Elsie Ethrington "Sister Bertrille" 82 episodes

1971 Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring Denise "Dennie" Miller

Hitched Roselle Bridgeman

Marriage: Year One Jane Duden

1972 Home for the Holidays Christine Morgan

1973–74 The Girl with Something Extra Sally Burton 22 episodes

1976 Bridger Jennifer Melford

Sybil Sybil Dorsett Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie

1977 Merry Christmas, George Bailey Mrs. Bailey/Narrator

1995 A Woman of Independent Means Bess Alcott Steed Garner TV mini-series

Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie

Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film

1998 From the Earth to the Moon Trudy Cooper miniseries

1999 A Cooler Climate[8] Iris Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie[9]

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film[8]

2000 David Copperfield Aunt Betsey Trotwood Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film

2000–06 ER Maggie Wyczenski Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series (2001)

Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series (2003)

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2000)

Recurring role

2002 The Court Justice Kate Nolan Cancelled after 6 episodes

2005 Conviction

2006– Brothers & Sisters Nora Walker Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (Nominated — 2008, 2009, Won — 2007)

Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama (2007, 2008)

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

(Nominated — 2008, Won — 2009)

85+ episodes

Discography

Singles

"Felicidad" (Billboard #94) / "Find Yourself A Rainbow" -- Colgems 1008 (1967)

"Golden Days" / "You're A Grand Old Flag" -- Colgems 1014 (1968)

"Gonna Build A Mountain" / "Months Of The Year" -- Colgems 1030 (1968)

Albums

"The Flying Nun" -- Colgems COM-106 (Mono)/COS-106 (Stereo) (1967)

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Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard Giraudeau (born June 18, 1947) is a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.

Life

Giraudeau was born in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a trainee engineer, qualifying as the first in his class a year later. He served on the helicopter carrier Jeanne d'Arc in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966, and subsequently on the frigate Duquesne and the aircraft carrier Clemenceau before leaving the navy to try his luck as an actor.
He was married to actor and author Anny Duperey, with whom he has two children; one of them, Sara Giraudeau has achieved success as an actor.
Giraudeau first appeared on film in Deux hommes dans la ville (1978), and his first film as director was in 1987, though he has continued to work as an actor. As a writer, he has written the text of books of photography as well as publishing children's stories (Contes d'Humahuaca, 2002) and several novels. He is also the reader on the French audio books of the Harry Potter series.
In 2000 he suffered a cancer which led to the removal of his left kidney, with a subsequent metastasis in 2005 affecting his lungs. He has said that the cancer led him to re-evaluate his life and understand himself better. He now devotes some of his time to the support of cancer victims through the Institut Curie and the Institut Gustave-Roussy in Paris.



Filmography as film actor

1973 - Deux Hommes dans la ville, directed by José Giovanni - Frédéric Cazeneuve
1975 - Le Gitan, directed by José Giovanni - Mareuil
1976 - Bilitis, directed by David Hamilton - Lucas
1977 - Moi, fleur bleue - Isidore
1977 - Et la tendresse ? Bordel ! - Luc
1979 - Le Toubib, directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre - François
1980 - La Boum - Éric Thompson
1981 - Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, directed by Patrice Leconte - Daniel
1981 - Croque la vie, directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella - Alain
1981 : Passione d'amore, directed by Ettore Scola - Capitaine Giorgio Bacchetti
1982 : Le Grand Pardon, directed by Alexandre Arcady
1983 : Le Ruffian, directed by José Giovanni - Gérard
1983 : Papy fait de la résistance, directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
1984 - Rue barbare - Chet
1984 - L'Année des méduses, directed by Christopher Frank - Romain Kalides
1985 - Les Spécialistes, directed by Patrice Leconte - Paul Brandon
1985 - Bras de fer, directed by Gérard Vergez - Delancourt
1986 - Les Longs Manteaux - Murat
1986 - Poussière d'ange - Inspector Simon Blount
1990 - La Reine blanche, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert - Yvon
1992 - Après l'amour, directed by Diane Kurys - David
1992 - Drôles d'oiseaux, directed by Peter Kassovitz - Constant Van Loo
1993 - Une nouvelle vie, directed by Olivier Assayas - Constantin
1994 - Elles ne pensent qu'à ça..., directed by Charlotte Dubreuil
1994 - Le Fils préféré, directed by Nicole Garcia - Francis
1996 - Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte - Abbé de Vilecourt
1997 - Marquise, directed by Véra Belmont - Molière
1997 - Marthe, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert - The Colonel
1998 - TGV, directed by Moussa Touré - Roger
1998 - Le Double de ma moitié, directed by Yves Amoureux - Thierry Montino
1999 - Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes, directed by François Ozon - Léopold
1999 - Une affaire de goût, directed by Bernard Rapp - Frédéric Delamont
2002 - La Petite Lili, directed by Claude Miller - Brice
2002 - Ce jour là - Emil
2003 - Je suis un assassin - Brice Kantor
2003 - Les Marins perdus - Diamantis
2004 - Chok-Dee - Jean


Filmography as Director

1988 - La Face de l'ogre (film TV) 1991 - L'Autre (film, 1991), d'après le roman d'Andrée Chédid 1992 - Un été glacé (film TV) 1996 - Les Caprices d'un fleuve


Documentaries
The travels of Bernard Giraudeau 1992 - La Transamazonienne 1999 - Un ami chilien 1999 - Chili Norte - Chili Sure 2003 - Esquisses philippines


Bibliography

1992 : Transamazonienne, Editions Odyssée, photos Pierre-Jean Rey ISBN 2909478017
1996 : Les Caprices d'un fleuve, Editions Mille et Une Nuits, ISBN 9782842050559
2001 : Le Marin à l'ancre, Editions Métailié ISBN 284424389X
2002 : Les Contes d'Humahuaca, Editions Métailié / Seuil jeunesse ISBN 2020567369
2003 : Ailleurs, commentaire sur les peintures d'Olivier Suire Verley, Editions PC ISBN 2912683254
2004 : Les Hommes à terre, Editions Métailié ISBN 2864245825
2007 : Les Dames de nage, Editions Métailié ISBN 2864246147
2007 : "Le Retour du quartier-maître", in Nos mers et nos océans, ouvrage collectif des Écrivains de Marine, Éditions des Équateurs, p. 75-106
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Steve Carell

Steven John "Steve" Carell (pronounced /kəˈrɛl/; born August 16, 1963)is an American actor, comedian, producer, director and writer. Carell became famous for his roles in the television series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2004, and The Office from 2005 to 2011. He has also starred in several Hollywood films including Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty, Dan in Real Life, Get Smart, and Date Night; and provided voice talents in the animated films Over the Hedge, Horton Hears a Who!, and Despicable Me.

Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in Life magazine. He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Television Comedy Series for his lead role of Michael Scott for the American television series The Office during 2006.

Early life

Carell, the youngest of four sons, was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in nearby Acton by his parents, Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His maternal uncle was Stanley Koch, a glassblower who worked with Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes. Carell's paternal grandfather was Italian; his father was born with the surname "Caroselli", later shortening it to "Carell". Carell was educated at The Fenn School and Middlesex School, and attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He originally aspired to become a radio broadcaster, deejaying at WDUB in Granville.

Early career

Before opting for a career as a performer, Carell claims that he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts. He later recounted that he quit after a few months because his boss told him he was not very good as a mail carrier; he needed to be more efficient. He planned on attending law school, but was unable to write an explanation on his application form as to why he wanted to be a lawyer. Early in his performing career, Carell acted on the stage in a touring children's theater company and later in the comedy musical, Knat Scatt Private Eye. He also acted in a television commercial for Brown's Chicken during 1989.[citation needed] After that, Carell performed with Chicago troupe The Second City during 1991, where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. That same year, he obtained his first film work in a minor role as Tesio in Curly Sue.

During the spring of 1996, he was a cast member of The Dana Carvey Show, a primetime sketch comedy program on ABC. Along with fellow cast member Stephen Colbert, Carell provided the voice of Gary, half of The Ambiguously Gay Duo, the Robert Smigel-produced animated short which continued on Saturday Night Live later that year. While the program lasted only seven episodes, The Dana Carvey Show has since been credited with forging Carell's career.During this time, he also played a supporting character for several series including Come to Papa and the short-lived 1997 Tim Curry situation comedy Over the Top. He has made numerous guest appearances, including on an episode of Just Shoot Me titled "Funny Girl."

Other early screen credits include a role in Julia Louis-Dreyfus's short-lived situation comedy Watching Ellie (2002–2003) and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda. Carell has also made fun of himself for auditioning for Saturday Night Live but losing the job to Will Ferrell.

Carell was a correspondent for The Daily Show from 1999 until 2005, with a number of regular segments including "Even Stephven" with Stephen Colbert and "Produce Pete." Carell performed as a guest on The Daily Show on August 15, 2005 to promote The 40-Year-Old Virgin, June 18, 2007 to promote Evan Almighty , a year later on June 18, 2008, to promote his movie, Get Smart, and on April 7, 2010 to promote Date Night with Tina Fey.

The Office

Michael Scott (The Office)

During 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in an American version of the BBC British TV show The Office, a so-called "mockumentary" about life at a mid-sized paper supply company. He plays Michael Scott, the idiosyncratic regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Inc, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The show, now playing its sixth season, has become very popular with Carell receiving praise for his comedic performance as well as a Golden Globe award and multiple nominations. He has also been nominated for four Emmy Awards and has won two Writers' Guild of America Awards. On April 29th, 2010, Carell stated he probably would not continue his role as Michael Scott after the 2010-2011 season of The Office after which his contract expires.

Mainstream success

Carell at the Academy Awards in 2007

Two important roles helped Carell get the attention of audiences: Bruce Almighty, in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, in which Carell plays another news personality, as slow-witted weatherman Brick Tamland. Years later he would reprise the role of Evan Baxter in Evan Almighty, a film in which his character from Bruce Almighty has an experience similar to the biblical story of Noah's Ark. During spring of 2005, Carell began playing the lead role of Michael Scott on NBC's adaptation of a British program The Office. Although the first season of the adaptation was notable for its mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of Carell's movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and the series subsequently became a ratings success. Carell won a Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award during 2006 for his Office role. He also received Emmy nominations during 2006 and 2007 for his work in the series.

Carell earned approximately $175,000 per episode of the third season of The Office, twice his salary for the previous two seasons. Carell was allowed "flex time" during filming to work on theatrical films. Carell worked on Evan Almighty during a production hiatus during the second season of the The Office.

He played the lead role for the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which he developed and co-wrote. Although the film was a surprise success, Carell revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he does not have any plans to stop performing for The Office.

Carell acted as "Uncle Arthur" with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell for the 2005 remake of Bewitched. He also voiced a starring role for the 2006 computer-animated film Over the Hedge as Hammy the Squirrel. He also voiced for the 2008 animated film Horton Hears a Who! as the mayor of Whoville, Ned McDodd. He starred in Little Miss Sunshine during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Bewitched established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack" group. (This set of actors includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson). Carell acknowledged his membership with the group in his monologue when hosting the first episode of Saturday Night Live's 31st season on October 1, 2005. Carell also mentioned that he auditioned to be a castmember on Saturday Night Live for the 1995-1996 season (season 21), but lost to Will Ferrell.

Carell acted as the title character of Evan Almighty, a sequel to Bruce Almighty, reprising his role as Evan Baxter, now a U.S. Congressman. Although, ostensibly, God tasks Baxter with building an ark, Baxter also learns that life can generate positive returns with people offering Acts of Random Kindness. During October 2006, Carell began acting for the film Dan in Real Life, co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche. Filming ended December 22, 2006, and the film was released on October 26, 2007.

Carell played Maxwell Smart for a movie remake of Get Smart, which began filming February 3, 2007 and was filmed in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Moscow, Russia. The movie was very successful, grossing over $200 million worldwide. During 2007, Carell was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Production ended during the middle of the fourth season of The Office because of Carell's and others' refusal to cross the picket line of the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike.

Carell filmed a movie during late 2008 opposite Tina Fey, entitled Date Night. It was released on April 9, 2010 in the US. He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film The Bobo. He is currently doing voiceover work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum.

Carell has launched a television division of his Carousel Prods., which has contracted a three-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios, the studio behind his NBC comedy series. Thom Hinkle and Campbell Smith of North South Prods., former producers on Carell's alma mater, Comedy Central's The Daily Show, have been hired to manage Carousel's TV operations.

Personal life

Carell is Catholic. He is married to Saturday Night Live actress Nancy Carell, whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at Second City.They have two children, Elisabeth Anne "Annie" (born May 25, 2001) and John "Johnny" (born June 2004). She acted with him on The Office as his realtor and short-lived girlfriend Carol Stills, and also cameoed as a sex therapist in The 40 Year Old Virgin.

The Carells have a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He recently helped to preserve some of the town's history by purchasing the 155-year-old Marshfield Hills General Store, an antique country store well-known for its candy counter.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes

1991 Curly Sue Tesio as Steven Carell

2003 Bruce Almighty Evan Baxter

2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Brick Tamland Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team shared with Will Ferrell, David Koechner and Paul Rudd

Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance shared with Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Fred Armisen

Sleepover Officer Sherman

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Brick Tamland

2005 Melinda and Melinda Walt Wagner

Bewitched Uncle Arthur

The 40-Year-Old Virgin Andy Stitzer MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Performance

Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team shared with Romany Malco, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd

Nominated — Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay shared with Judd Apatow

2006 Over the Hedge Hammy Voice

Little Miss Sunshine Frank Ginsburg Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble

Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast

Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor

2007 Evan Almighty Evan Baxter Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Scream

Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy

Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Hissy Fit

Knocked Up Himself

Dan in Real Life Dan Burns

2008 Horton Hears a Who! Ned McDodd: Mayor of WhoVille Voice

Get Smart Maxwell Smart Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

2010 Date Night Phil Foster

Despicable Me Gru Voice

Dinner for Schmucks Barry Filming

2011 Get Smart 2 Maxwell Smart

Television

Year Film Role Notes

1996 The Dana Carvey Show Various characters Sketch comedy

1997 Over the Top Yorgo Galfanikos 12 episodes; only 3 aired.

1998 Just Shoot Me Insurance Agent

1999-2004 The Daily Show Correspondent

2005-present The Office Michael Scott Writer, episodes "Casino Night" and "Survivor Man"; Director, episode "Broke" and "Secretary's Day (The Office)"

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006)

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008)

Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2007, 2008)

TV Land Future Classic Award

Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2006)

Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series shared with ensemble writers (2007)

Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for episode "Casino Night"

Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

Nominated — Prism Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Series (2007)

Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006, 2007)

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009)

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2009)

Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2006)

Nominated — Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2009)

Nominated — Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series shared with ensemble writers (2008, 2009)

2010 2010 Kids' Choice Awards Himself Covered by slime

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Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan
Mulligan at a screening of An Education at the Ryerson Theatre on 25 September 2009.
Born	Carey Hannah Mulligan 28 May 1985 (age 25) Westminster, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present

Carey Hannah Mulligan, (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. She made her acting debut as Kitty Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005). Following Pride & Prejudice, she had television roles in the BBC Charles Dickens adaptation Bleak House (2005) and the following year she appeared in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. In 2007, she began with roles in the one-off television dramas My Boy Jack and Northanger Abbey. The same year, she made her Broadway debut in The Seagull to critical acclaim.

At age 24, she gained widespread recognition for playing the lead role of Jenny in An Education (2009), winning a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Additionally, Mulligan was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. Following her breakthrough role as Jenny, the same year she appeared in the dramatic films Brothers and The Greatest. Mulligan's upcoming films include supporting roles in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to the 1987 film, and Never Let Me Go; both films have 2010 release dates. She is currently slated to appear in five films, all of which are in pre-production.

Early life and career beginnings

Mulligan was born in Westminster, London, England. Her father, Stephen, was originally from Liverpool, and her mother, Nano (née Booth), a college lecturer, came from Llandeilo in West Wales. Her great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland. Mulligan has one sibling; an older brother[2] named Owain. At age three, Mulligan moved with her family from England to Germany after her father accepted the job of managing the European arm of Intercontinental Hotels. Due to her father's job, her family lived in "expensive hotels" for eight years. Mulligan stated that during her childhood she was "quite shy", and that until the age of fifteen she had been a "tomboy".Mulligan also acknowledged that she was "quite straight-laced" during her childhood and that she was very academic until she was fourteen, having then become more interested in acting.

Mulligan said her interest in acting sparked from watching her brother perform in a school production of The King and I. She said, "[My brother] was on stage and I was watching. And I started crying because I was too young to be in it, and they said, 'OK, fine, you can do it because you're Owain's younger sister.' And they put me in it. And from then on, it's all I've ever wanted to do." Mulligan said of her participation in school plays, while at Woldingham School, that, "I had wanted to act for a really long time, but other schools I had been to did not have such good drama departments. Everyone was so encouraging. You could do anything you wanted to, although you had to take it seriously. If you missed rehearsals, you were out." Since age fourteen her mother would take her to Broadway plays in New York, which made her develop an interest in theatre and eventually led to her accepting a role in the Broadway play The Seagull

Before she began acting professionally, she had once "secretly" applied to and been rejected by three drama schools specified on her UCAS application form. After failing yet another audition, the rejections made Mulligan question whether to pursue an acting career, and she went through what she called a "confusing time".Aside from rejection, she had also questioned an acting career due to her parents disapproval of pursuing a career in entertainment, remarking that her parents were insisting she attend university, preferably the University of Reading in England, believing that Mulligan's "desire would wear off". Around this time she had a brief time as a barmaid at a local pub In 2009, Mulligan stated that those negative experiences had a positive effect on her because it made her "realize just how much" she wanted to act. In 2009, she stated that when she was filming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in New York she began considering going to acting school, preferably Juilliard in New York, but that the decision was still pending. In November of the same year, Mulligan stated that her grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's had been a strong influence on her, that if she ever does go to university, she would choose to study psychology to have a greater understanding of the disease.

Acting career

Early work, 2004–2007

"I have no desire to make a big studio picture that says nothing. For me, it's all about script. I just don't see any point in doing things that don't interest me. And my agents have been really good in steering me away from the parts that are entirely generic. I love acting because it's challenging and it engages me at every level, so I'm not going to compromise those feelings to pay my tax bill - although I have in the past. For me, it may sound cliche, but it really is a passion so I will go after the roles I feel are worthwhile, and try to ignore the rest."

Mulligan on her choice of appearing in films

In 2004, when Mulligan was eighteen, she began her acting career after she won the role of Kitty Bennett in Pride & Prejudice, the 2005 film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Mulligan received the role with help from her school's headmistress, after writing to her explaining that she did not want to go to university and asked if she could help her get in touch with actor and screenwriter Julian Fellowes. After meeting Fellowes, he introduced her to a casting agent who was looking to cast an unknown in the film.That same year she appeared, as a recurring role, in the BAFTA award-winning BBC adaption of Charles Dickens Bleak House as one of the orphans, Ada Clare. Throughout 2006 she found work by appearing in the TV series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard opposite Jane Horrocks, as well as guest-starring in "The Sittaford Mystery", an episode of ITV's Marple, and playing Emily Harrogate in the Trial & Retribution serial Sins of the Father.

In 2007 Mulligan appeared in the film adaptation of Blake Morrison's memoirs of the same name, entitled And When Did You Last See Your Father?. Also in 2007, Mulligan appearing in one-off television dramas; she appeared with Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Catrall in My Boy Jack and she appeared in the adaptation of Northanger Abbey; both dramas were originally broadcast on the ITV network. Derek Elley, of Variety, described Mulligan's performance in And When Did You Last See Your Father? as strong and praised her for being "elusive". As well as appearing in the dramas, she also made a guest appearance in a two-part Waking the Dead episode, and played the main character, Sally Sparrow, in an episode of Doctor Who, entitled "Blink".

Mulligan rounded out 2007 by appearing in the acclaimed 2007 revival of The Seagull. Mulligan's performance, in which she played Nina to Kristin Scott Thomas's Arkadina and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Trigorin was praised by critics. The Daily Telegraph said her performance was "quite extraordinarily radiating'" and the The Observer called her "almost unbearably affecting". The Independent viewed Mulligan and her performance as having been "exquisite". For her debut Broadway performance—in the 2008 United States transfer of The Seagull—she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, in the category of "Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play"; but lost the award to Angela Lansbury.

Critical success, 2009

In 2009, she appeared in the film adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. The film, Public Enemies, premiered along with An Education at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She co-starred alongside Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, playing one of bank robber John Dillinger's regular prostitutes. Public Enemies was a commercial success, reaching blockbuster status with the worldwide revenue of over 200 million, although the film was not a critical success, receiving an unenthusiastic response from most critics. The same year, Mulligan appeared in The Greatest starring alongside Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon, playing the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who dies. In the film she briefly appears topless. After being screened at multiple film festivals, the film was without a distributor for a long period of time, until receiving a distributor in late 2009[22] which gave the film a release date in November 2009 internationally and a limited release in North America on April 3, 2010. S.T. Vanairsdale of Moveline.com described Mulligan as having delivered a "great American accent" in the film.

Mulligan also appeared in Brothers, the American remake of the Danish film of the same name, co-starring Natalie Portman. Mulligan, who described her role as a "small part", played the wife of a soldier who was forced to be killed by his Afghani captors in the film. The film was only released in North America and received mixed reviews from critics. In 2009, she appeared in her most notable role to date in An Education, in which she played the lead role of Jenny. Mulligan was twenty-two when she was cast as Jenny, who is sixteen in the film. An Education was released worldwide in October 2009, and at the film was given a limited release in North America and Canada. During the films limited release in North America, in its second week it received a wider release, playing on 317 theaters at the most. Despite the film receiving positive reviews (Mulligan included) the film performed poorly at the box office, making only $12.4 million. The film was more successful domestically; having made 10.4 million in North America compared to the international revenue of over 2 million.

Various critics praised Mulligan's performance in An Education. Lisa Schwarzbaum, of Entertainment Weekly and Todd McCarthy, of Variety both compared her performance to that of Audrey Hepburn, and Peter Travers, of Rolling Stone described her as having a "sensational, starmaking performance", while Claudia Puig, of USA Today felt that Mulligan had one of "the year's best" performances. Phillip French of Guardian.co.uk called Mulligan's performance "wonderful" and said she "exudes vitality." Peter Bradshaw, also of Guardian.co.uk, felt that Mulligan had given a "wonderful performance". Toby Young, of The Times UK felt her performance anchored the film, and said, "Her self-assurance is so pronounced that it seems to permeate the whole film, infusing it with authority." Young also stated that as you see her "skipping from scene to scene" that he felt that there is "no doubt that a star being born" commenting, "If she isn’t nominated for an Oscar I’ll eat my hat." Robert Hanks, of Independent.co.uk praised Mulligan for appearing to be "both childlike and middle-aged, and always appealingly curious." Her performance garnered her Golden Globe, Academy Award, Screen Actor Guide Award and Critics Choice Awards nominations as well as receiving a British Academy Film Award for her role.

Upcoming projects, 2010 to present

In September 2009, Mulligan began filming scenes for her role in the Oliver Stone directed film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the film that co-stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin and Michael Douglas is a sequel to the 1987 film Wall Street. Mulligan stated that Stone had cast her in the film after seeing her performance in An Education. In the film, which has a mainly male cast, Mulligan has a supporting role as Winnie Gekko, the daughter of the protagonist Gordon and the love interest of Jacob. Mulligan, who has an English accent, had to speak with an American accent for her role. The film was set to be released theatrically on April 22, 2010 internationally and the following day the film would have been released to North America, but the release date was changed to a worldwide release on September 24, 2010.The film is set to close the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May 2010.Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps will be Mulligan's first major studio film.

Mulligan reunited with her Pride and Prejudice co-star Keira Knightley and her An Education co-star Sally Hawkins in the forthcoming 2010 film Never Let Me Go. The film is adapted from the 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro novel. Never Let Me Go details around a trio that as children attended a boarding school, and as they become adults have to face a haunting reality.She is also contracted to star in a film version of the The Seagull and Warren Beatty's next feature film.In October 2009, Mulligan signed on to star in the upcoming film entitled The Beautiful Fantastic, the film is set to begin principal photography in May 2010. She was rumored to star in a 2010 West End revival of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, but plans fell through.

Personal life

Mulligan has been dating actor and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps co-star Shia LaBeouf since August 2009. Mulligan and LaBeouf began dating after being introduced prior to filming by Oliver Stone, the director of the film they were working on.[54] Mulligan acknowledged that she enjoyed her role as Elsie in My Boy Jack because she "could relate to her in every way", because in the film Elsie is vociferously opposed to her brother going to war, which is a similar feeling Mulligan had to her brother, who after graduating from Oxford University volunteered to serve with the Territorial Army in Iraq; he has since returned home.

Mulligan stated that skiing is her favorite pastime, but she chose to practice the sport less in fear of losing an acting job because of an injury, commenting: "I get more nervous of going skiing now...I don't want to go and break a leg and lose a job. So more walking now." In 2007, while in the middle of the run of the Royal Court production of The Seagull, Mulligan had to have an appendectomy; preventing her from being able to perform. Her anticipated recovery period was three to six weeks, but she was back on stage performing after only one week, although she couldn't wear a corset while in character because of her stitches from the surgery.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Other notes

2005 Pride & Prejudice Kitty Bennet Film debut

2007 And When Did You Last See Your Father? Rachel Minor role

2009 The Greatest Rose Supporting role

Public Enemies Carole Minor role

An Education Jenny Millar BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

British Independent Film Award for Best Actress

Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Actress

Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress

National Board of Review Award for Best Actress

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress

Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Rising Star

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Nominated — Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress

Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Nominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress

Nominated — Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

Brothers Cassie Willis Minor role

2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Winnie Gekko Supporting role (awaiting release)

Never Let Me Go Kathy Main role (post-production)

Television

Year Title Role Other notes

2005 Bleak House Ada Clare Recurring role (15 episodes)

2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Emily Pritchard Recurring role (6 episodes)

Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father Emily Harrogate Episode: "Sins of the Father: Part 1" (Series 10, Episode 1)

Agatha Christie Marple: The Sittaford Mystery Violet Willett Made-for-television movie

2007 Waking The Dead Sister Bridgid Episode: "Wren Boys" (Series 6, Episode 1)

Doctor Who Sally Sparrow Episode: "Blink" (Series 3, Episode 10)

My Boy Jack Elsie Kipling Made-for-television movie

Northanger Abbey Isabella Thorpe

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated work Result

2007 Constellation Award[56] Best Female Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode "Blink"

(Doctor Who) Won

2009 Berlin International Film Festival Shooting Stars Award None

Digital Spy Movie Awards Star of the Future

Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play The Seagull Nominated

Alliance of Film Journalists Best Actress An Education Won

British Independent Film Awards British Independent Film Awards for Best Actress

Hollywood Film Festival Breakthrough Performance

National Board of Review Best Actress

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award

Toronto Film Critics Association Award

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Chicago Film Critics Association Award

Utah Film Critics Association

Houston Film Critics Society

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2009

London Film Critics' Circle Nominated

Best British Actress

San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Actress

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2009 Best Actress

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Satellite Award Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

2010 Critics Choice Award Best Actress

British Academy Film Award Best Actress in a Leading Role Won

The Orange Rising Star Award None Nominated

Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role An Education

Golden Globe Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Actress

Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actress

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