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Apr 26, 2021 · Emerald Fennell has won the original screenplay Oscar for her feature directorial debut, “Promising Young Woman,” the first female filmmaker to do so since Diablo Cody in 2008.
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Apr 25, 2021 · Emerald Fennell kicked off Sunday night’s festivities, winning the best original screenplay honor at at the 93rd annual Academy Awards for her Carey Mulligan-starrer Promising Young...
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Apr 25, 2021 · Emerald Fennell accepted the best original screenplay award for Promising Young Woman at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday.
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Coming from a background in acting, Emerald Fennell's first feature film behind the camera, "Promising Young Woman," is nominated for five Oscars. Fennell herself -- who wrote, directed and produced the comedy-thriller -- is nominated for best director and best original screenplay. The film also has nods for best picture, best actress (Carey Mullig...
Seventy women received a total of 76 nominations in 2021, a record for a given year, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Two -- Fennell and Chloé Zhao ("Nomadland") -- were nominated for best director for the first time. Only five women have ever been nominated in the category before: Lina Wertmüller ("Seven Beauties," 197...
"Promising Young Woman" follows former medical student Cassie (Carey Mulligan) as she exacts a unique form of revenge on predatory men who think of themselves as the "nice guy." Alongside Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox and Connie Britton co-star. The film centers around the theme of sexual consent, a...
Emerald Fennell's Oscar Win Makes Her The Academy's Own 'Promising Young Woman' She is the first woman to win Best Original Screenplay since Diablo Cody in 2008. By Christopher Rudolph. April...
By Robyn Taylor McEwan. Apr 25th, 2021. PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN is the Oscars 2021 winner for Writing (Original Screenplay)! Congratulations to Emerald Fennell on her Oscar win. During her speech, Fennell thanked her family and described the cast and crew as "The greatest in the world. The kindest in the world."
Apr 26, 2021 · Emerald Fennell won Best Original Screenplay for “ Promising Young Woman ” on Sunday, ending a 13-year drought for female screenwriters at the Oscars. The last woman to win a writing Oscar,...
