Before The Oscars: Annette Bening
February 8, 2011 by Deanna Chew
Filed under Film, Performing Arts News
How did this year’s Academy Award nominees begin their acting career? Find out in The Daily Actor’s “Before The Oscars” special feature.
Annette Bening
Nominated for “Best Actress In A Leading Role”
Film: The Kids Are Alright
Role: Nic, a successful doctor who has raised two children with her female partner and must confront the problems that arise when they seek out their biological father.
How she got started: Annette Bening started acting when she was in junior high and landed a lead role in The Sound of Music. She continued to study theater at Patrick Henry High and Mesa College (both in San Diego) then graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in theater arts. She made her theater debut in an Off Broadway play with Tim Daly at Second Stage Theatre called Coastal Disturbances (for which she received Tony Award nomination). Shortly after, she starred made-for-TV movie Manhunt for Claude Dallas. In 1988, she made her big screen debut in the hit comedy The Great Outdoors with Dan Akroyd and John Candy.
Other notable films: The Grifters (1990 Oscar Nomination), American Beauty (1999 Oscar Nomination), Mars Attacks!, The Seige, The American, and Being Julia (2004 Oscar Nomination).
The 83rd Academy Awards airs on February 27 at 8pm. For a list of nominees, click here.
Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo talk about their new film, The Kids Are Alright
July 16, 2010 by Lance Carter
Filed under Performing Arts News
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and director Lisa Cholodenko of The Kids Are Alright appeared on The Charlie Rose Show to chat about the movie.
The video is only 26 minutes long so if you’re interested in the film, play it in the background if you have some time (especially if you’re at work!).
They talk about how the movie started, casting of the film, their characters and more.
I’ve heard excellent things about this film!
Click here to download the video to your computer
