Gina Wilhelm Actress – Mo’Nique Considered Good Actress by Critics
So far, she has won 17 awards and a number of nominations for her portrayal of the abusive mother of an obese illiterate girl in the movie.
Sundance
Felicity Huffman Balances Work and Motherhood
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Felicity Huffman Balances Work and Motherhood
Felicity Huffman is surprised to find herself the “patron saint of mothers“.
She finds herself struggling with it in real life, even as her characters in films and on television do the same.
In her latest movie, “Phoebe in Wonderland,” she finds herself in the same position, this time as the mother two a very troubled child who is only at ease when lost in her imagination or acting in the school play.
The movie’s writer-director, Daniel Barz, finds Huffman’s public candor about her struggles with parenting amazing.
In fact, a monologue for her character about the highs and lows of being a parent came directly out of conversations he had with her.
“Phoebe in Wonderland” premiered at Sundance in 2008 and opens in theaters Friday, March 6, 2009.
Carey Mulligan Makes it Big at Sundance
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Carey Mulligan Makes it Big at Sundance
Carey Mulligan is having a good year.
She just made her Broadway debut in “The Seagull” with Kristin Scott Thomas, and she was an audience and critic favorite at the Sundance Film Festival in “An Education.”
“An Education” sparked a bidding war at the festival.
She also appeared in “The Greatest” this year with Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon, for which she had to learn a new accent.
Mulligan made her film debut in “Pride and Prejudice” with Keira Knightly at an open casting call.
All this is in spite of the fact that she’s never had any formal training.
Instead, she gets her training working with some of the greats in the industry like Emma Thompson, Sarandon, Brosnan, and Sally Hawkins.
