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Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born 11 December 1960) is a British composer who made history in 1996 for being the first female composer to win an Academy Award for the Best Original Score, for Emma. She was also nominated twice, for the soundtracks of The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000).
Rachel Portman, Composer. British composer Rachel Portman became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film, Bessie.
Official website of the film composer Rachel Portman.
Rachel became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of EMMA. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film BESSIE. In 2023 she received her second Primetime Emmy Award for JULIA.
Rachel Portman, Composer. British composer Rachel Portman became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film, Bessie.
May 21, 2020 · Rachel Portman has been scoring films since the 1980s, and in 1997 became the first woman ever to win an Oscar for best original score for her work on Douglas McGrath's Emma.
We spoke to film composer Rachel Portman about her first big break, winning an Oscar, and her compositional process.
