Michelle Marie Pfeiffer, an American entertainer, was born on April 29, 1958. Her four-decade-long cinematic career as a productive entertainer helped her become one of Hollywood’s most bankable entertainers during the 1980s and 1990s. She was additionally viewed as one of the most popular sex symbols of the time. She has won various distinctions, including a British Academy Film Award, three Academy Award nominations, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She got a movie star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. The National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the Chicago Film Critics Association, and other productive affiliations have all given her honors for Best Entertainer. The Kansas City Film Pundits Circle and the San Diego Film Pundits Society have both given her honors for Best Supporting Entertainer. Pfeiffer was selected for a Primetime Emmy in 2017 for her depiction of Ruth Madoff in the HBO made-for-TV film The Wizard of Lies. She was likewise selected for a Golden Globe around the same time for her exhibition in the classification of Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or TV Film. She got the Best Actress Canadian Screen Award for her exhibition in French Exit at the ninth Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.
Considering Michelle Pfeiffer’s three Oscar-Nominated Performances
All through her extended profession, she has been recognized with numerous honors and nominations. These honors incorporate three Academy Award nominations, two Screen Actors Guild nominations, one Primetime Emmy nomination, one British Academy Film Award nomination, and one Golden Globe nomination out of eight nominations. Up until this point, Pfeiffer has been selected for three Academy Awards. The movies are Best Actress for Love Field (1992), Best Actress for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and Best Supporting Actress for Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Here are Pfeiffer’s three Academy Award selections in sequential order:
Dangerous liaisons (1988)
Pfeiffer received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the naive Madame de Tourvel in this tragic love story. Demerteuil’s teenage romantic rival (Uma Thurman), a music instructor (Keanu Reeves) for whom she secretly cares, and the upstanding Madame de Tourvel (Pfeiffer) are all casually destroyed. Pfeiffer won a BAFTA for her performance but lost to Geena Davis in “The Accidental Tourist” at the Oscars. Sigourney Weaver (“Working Girl”), Frances McDormand (“Mississippi Burning”), and Joan Cusack (“Working Girl”) were also nominated that year.
The fabulous baker boys (1989)
Pfeiffer received a second nomination for Best Actress for her work as Susie Diamond in this love story with a musical theme. Brothers Frank (Beau Bridges) and Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges), seeking to revive their piano act, chose Susie Diamond (Pfeiffer) from a pool of potential singers. Success comes with the new lineup, but the three are in danger of dissolving due to Susie and Jack’s developing attraction to one another. Pfeiffer’s portrayal earned her the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama, although Jessica Tandy in “Driving Miss Daisy” ultimately won the award. Other contenders that year included Jessica Lange (Music Box), Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine), and Isabelle Adjani (Camille Claudel).
Love field (1992)
Pfeiffer’s most recent Best Actress Oscar nomination came for her portrayal of Lurene Hallett in this Civil Rights period drama. Due to her obsession with the Kennedys, a Dallas housewife (Pfeiffer) takes a bus from her hometown to Washington, DC, for the President’s funeral. She makes friends with a black guy named Paul (Dennis Haysbert) and his little daughter while traveling. After a string of unfortunate events, the police, the FBI, and some vicious bigots start to hunt the three of them down. Pfeiffer received some praise for the part, but Emma Thompson’s performance in “Howards End” won her the Oscar. Other contenders that year included Susan Sarandon (“Lorenzo’s Oil”), Mary McDonnell (“Passion Fish”), and Catherine Deneuve (“Indochine”).
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