LOS ANGELES, Feb 26 — Here’s a rundown of the five stars of the big screen nominated for the 2017 Best Actress Oscar. To find out who will take over from 2016 winner Brie Larson, tune in to the 89th Academy Awards, Sunday, February 26.
Isabelle Huppert
Nominated for: Elle directed by Paul Verhoeven
Age: 63 years old
Oscars history: first nomination
Role: Michèle Leblanc, CEO of a major video games company whose life changes forever when she is raped in her own home. She finds herself becoming increasingly paranoid and starts to hunt down the assailant.
Ruth Negga
Nominated for: Loving directed by Jeff Nichols
Age: 35 years old
Oscars history: first nomination
Role: Mildred Loving, an Afro-American woman married to a white man in 1958 in Virginia, USA. Despite interracial marriage being outlawed in the state, the couple drive to Washington DC to get hitched then fight their case all the way to the Supreme Court.
Natalie Portman
Nominated for: Jackie directed by Pablo Larrain
Age: 35 years old
Oscars history: third nomination, one Oscar win (Black Swan)
Role: Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of the assassination of her husband, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Emma Stone
Nominated for: La La Land directed by Damien Chazelle
Age: 28 years old
Oscars history: second nomination
Role: Mia, a Los Angeles waitress who dreams of making it big as an actress. Between auditions, she meets Sebastian, a jazz pianist with whom she embarks on a musical romance.
Meryl Streep
Nominated for: Florence Foster Jenkins directed by Stephen Frears
Age: 67 years old
Oscars history: 20th nomination, three Oscars (Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer and Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice and The Iron Lady)
Role: Florence Foster Jenkins, a rich New York socialite, launches an opera singing career in 1944 despite her obvious lack of talent. — AFP-Relaxnews
