"Five of Broadway’s finest actors are in the running for 2012 Academy
Awards! In honor of their stellar work onscreen, Broadway.com is looking
back at the most unforgettable stage roles of Oscar nominees
Glenn Close,
Viola Davis,
Janet McTeer, Christopher Plummer and Meryl Streep. Check back each day
for a different Oscar Watch feature, then tune in to ABC's live
telecast on February 26, hosted by Broadway vet Billy Crystal, to find
out which stage great will take home Hollywood's biggest prize.
JANET McTEER, Best Supporting Actress Nominee for Albert Nobbs
Uncle Vanya (1992): After graduating from the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art, Newcastle native McTeer launched an instantly
successful stage career, including lauded turns as Titania in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Beatrice in
Much Ado About Nothing. McTeer cemented her reputation with an Olivier Award-nominated performance as Yelena, the bored and seductive heroine of
Uncle Vanya, in a National Theatre revival co-starring Ian McKellen.
A Doll’s House (1997): McTeer collected every award on
both sides of the Atlantic, including a Best Actress Tony, for her Nora
in Ibsen’s classic drama. (
Times critic Ben Brantley began his
review of her by gushing, “This is why I love the theater.”) At six feet
tall, McTeer was anything but doll-like in the role, but her
impassioned performance made modern audiences understand why this
19th-century housewife would feel compelled to shut the door on her
family.
The Taming of the Shrew (2003): Almost a decade before her Oscar-nominated performance as faux-male painter Hubert in
Albert Nobbs, McTeer explored her masculine side as Petruchio in an all-female company of
The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd (
Mamma Mia!) at London’s open-air Globe Theatre, McTeer was praised for her comic take on a man modern audiences love to hate.
God of Carnage (2008/2010): Yasmina Reza’s dark comedy
about how parenthood makes couples crazy had its English language debut
in London with McTeer giving a sly performance as Veronique, the role
that later won Marcia Gay Harden a Tony..... "
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Margarethe
von Trotta speaks with us in an interview about her new period film
“Hannah Arendt”. The project takes Trotta on-location in three different
countries and sees her teaming up for the sixth time with actress
Barbara Sukowa.
After films like Rosenstraße (2003), I am the Other Woman (2006) and Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009), TV movies on Hessischer Rundfunk, including an episode of Tatort (2007) in Frankfurt, and a chamber play, Die Schwester
(2010), director Margarethe von Trotta is now completing a film
recounting four years in the life of German-Jewish philosopher Hannah
Arendt (1906-1975). The screenplay for the film was written by the
director herself and American co-author, Pam Katz, who she also teamed
up with for Rosenstraße in 2003.
