Happy Go Lucky Lighting Up Award Season - page 2

10 months ago 06th Jan 13:59

A string of Best Actress awards have come the way of Sally Hawkins, who had worked with Leigh on Vera Drake, as the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards and the Satellite Awards all honoured her performance as the upbeat Poppy.

Most recently Happy Go Lucky found itself fighting it out for another big prize, in the form of the Golden Globes, when it was nominated for two prizes including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Hawkins' recent success has well as truly put her on the radar of Academy voters, as the first round of ballots began over Christmas, and Kate Winslet may not be the only Brit on the Best Actress shortlist as the newcomer is a real contender for a nomination.

And director Mike Leigh has a good history with the Academy Awards with his 2004 picture Vera Drake proving to be the dark horse that year bagging three nominations for Best Actress, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

And while big names such as Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep and high profile movies such as Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are being surrounded by Oscar whispers it could be the little known movie and the breakthrough actress that could just upset a few parties.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw