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Name Film Status Notes 2007: Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis: Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Animated Feature. Shared with Vincent Paronnaud. 2011: Jennifer Yuh Nelson: Kung Fu Panda 2: Nominated First woman of color to be nominated for Best Animated Feature. 2012: Brenda Chapman: Brave: Won First woman to win for Best Animated Feature.
Ariana DeBose (/ ˌ ɑːr i ˈ ɑː n ə d ə ˈ b oʊ z /; [1] born January 25, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). [1]
Irene Cara, the actress and singer who co-wrote the hit track for the 1983 dance film Flashdance that earned her Oscar and GRAMMY wins, has died. She was 63.Cara's rep, Judith A. Moose, released a ...
Ace falls in love with a Japanese entertainer, Hana-ogi, who is the lead performer for the all-female "Matsubayashi", a Takarazuka-like theater company, whom he meets through Katsumi. Eileen realizes that Ace's attentions are no longer focused on her and begins a friendship with a famous Kabuki performer, Nakamura.
Moroder, who passed on “Fame,” called on Cara when he became the lead composer for the MTV-era “Flashdance” film that was released in 1983 with Jennifer Beals in the lead role.
Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer Rita Moreno (born 1931) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of five awards. [19] She is also the first Latina winner and the first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award).
Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, [11] to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik. Her father was elected as a Senator of Malaysia from 1959 to 1969 as a member of Perak's Malaysian Chinese Association, [12] [13] [14] the Chairman of the Perak Bar Association, [when?] [12] and the founder of "Sri Maju" in 1975, a major intercity coach service in Malaysia and Singapore.