Julie Christie
Age:
66
Role:
Fiona in Away From Her.
Character:
In Away From Her Christie stars as Fiona who, along with her husband, must face the fact that her forgetfulness is Alzheimers.
She is moved into a nursing home and for the first time is almost five decades the couple under-go a separation. But her husband is devastated to discover that during the ‘no visitor’ for the first thirty day policy Fiona has forgotten him and turned her attentions to another man.Previous Oscar Wins:
One – 1966 Best Actress for Darling.
Previous Oscar Nominations
Two – 1971 Best Actress McCabe & Mrs. Miller and 1997 Best Actress for Afterglow
Awards for Role:
The actress has done well on the critics' awards circuit picking up sever Best Actress awards including San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Washington D.C Area Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics and the National Board of Review.
She also won the Golden Globe for her performance and more recently the Screen Actors Guild award.
Critics:
'She somehow simultaneously conveys presence and absence, a still-vibrant bundle of gorgeous contradictions.’ The Washington Post.
‘Julie Christie is exquisite as ever purveying the spirit of a woman whose radiance remains even as it dims like the glow of sunset on a snowbound lake.’ Seattle Times
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