Post by Sir Edmund on Sept 12, 2010 13:21:36 GMT 9.5
;D There's some great news as a number of websites have picked up on Miranda as a strong contender for Best Supporting Actress this award seasons, including The New York Times and highly respected Oscar writer Kristopher Tapley!
incontention.com/?p=28391
Miranda Richardson may finally nail down the Oscar win many of us have desperately wanted to see her wrangle for years. If nothing else she’s on a clear track for a nomination. The actress is on fire as Barbara Castle, the Labor party Baroness who bravely threw her weight behind female Ford factory workers demanding equal pay in an unfair system, and at a time when it was raging against a fierce tide to do so. The supporting actress category is ripe for the taking this year and Richardson’s is exactly the kind of commanding, bold, yet humorous turn voters love to recognize.
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/movies/12breakthrough.html
NIGEL COLE’S “Made in Dagenham” (Nov. 19) is based on a small but potent 1968 uprising, better known in Britain than here, when the women who assembled automobile upholstery at a Ford factory near London walked off the job after discovering that their wages were half what the men earned for comparable work. The movie’s stellar cast includes Bob Hoskins, Rupert Graves, Sally Hawkins and Rosamund Pike. But the standout is Miranda Richardson’s electrifying portrayal of Barbara Castle, one of the most gloriously vivid and boundary-breaking government officials in any country.
Ms. Richardson hasn’t put a foot wrong since her memorable film debut in 1985 as Ruth Ellis, another historical figure, in “Dance With a Stranger.” Ellis worked as a B-girl in ’50s London, and when her rich racecar-driving lover cast her aside, she shot him dead and became the last woman hanged in England. One wonders what Ms. Castle, the socialist, Oxford-educated future secretary of state for employment and productivity thought of that. As played by Ms. Richardson, Ms. Castle is a canny, middle-aged firebrand in the Labour cabinet who does her sharp-tongued best to keep a flame going under her assistants, a pair of prematurely stodgy civil servants.
These young men view their boss with as much fascination as fear. At 52, Ms. Richardson is enduringly beautiful, but she has toned it down to play Castle — who was pretty good-looking herself — and instead goes for a prickly, authoritative charisma. Clad in tasteful high-necked suits and dresses that fit like a glove, she also gives Castle a subtle, perfectly judged touch of sexiness that plays on screen like an act of wit. It makes her more formidable, not less.
incontention.com/?p=28391
Miranda Richardson may finally nail down the Oscar win many of us have desperately wanted to see her wrangle for years. If nothing else she’s on a clear track for a nomination. The actress is on fire as Barbara Castle, the Labor party Baroness who bravely threw her weight behind female Ford factory workers demanding equal pay in an unfair system, and at a time when it was raging against a fierce tide to do so. The supporting actress category is ripe for the taking this year and Richardson’s is exactly the kind of commanding, bold, yet humorous turn voters love to recognize.
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/movies/12breakthrough.html
NIGEL COLE’S “Made in Dagenham” (Nov. 19) is based on a small but potent 1968 uprising, better known in Britain than here, when the women who assembled automobile upholstery at a Ford factory near London walked off the job after discovering that their wages were half what the men earned for comparable work. The movie’s stellar cast includes Bob Hoskins, Rupert Graves, Sally Hawkins and Rosamund Pike. But the standout is Miranda Richardson’s electrifying portrayal of Barbara Castle, one of the most gloriously vivid and boundary-breaking government officials in any country.
Ms. Richardson hasn’t put a foot wrong since her memorable film debut in 1985 as Ruth Ellis, another historical figure, in “Dance With a Stranger.” Ellis worked as a B-girl in ’50s London, and when her rich racecar-driving lover cast her aside, she shot him dead and became the last woman hanged in England. One wonders what Ms. Castle, the socialist, Oxford-educated future secretary of state for employment and productivity thought of that. As played by Ms. Richardson, Ms. Castle is a canny, middle-aged firebrand in the Labour cabinet who does her sharp-tongued best to keep a flame going under her assistants, a pair of prematurely stodgy civil servants.
These young men view their boss with as much fascination as fear. At 52, Ms. Richardson is enduringly beautiful, but she has toned it down to play Castle — who was pretty good-looking herself — and instead goes for a prickly, authoritative charisma. Clad in tasteful high-necked suits and dresses that fit like a glove, she also gives Castle a subtle, perfectly judged touch of sexiness that plays on screen like an act of wit. It makes her more formidable, not less.
That is fantastic news!!!!!!! That page is really cool thanks for sharing it!!!!! And wow Helena Bonham Carter is listed too..... omg they are my two most favourite people!!!!!! 
I read online people saying about her and oscars XD I was like yes miranda needs to win 
