British actress Andrea Riseborough has a major reason to be proud. She scored a 2023 “Best Actress” Oscar nomination for her amazing performance in the indie film “To Leslie.”
Aside from Riseborough, the “Best Actress” lineup at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards includes Cate Blanchett (“Tár”), Ana de Armas (“Blonde”), Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), and Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”).
The film, directed by Michael Morris, takes place seven years after a lottery win ($190,000), and it involves a West Texas single mother, Leslie (played by Andrea Riseborough) who is alone, living hard at the bottom of a bottle.
With nowhere left to go, she is forced to come home, especially since Nancy (Oscar winner Allison Janney) and Dutch (Emmy nominee Stephen Root) want nothing to do with her anymore. Leslie has to confront her past, and thus make a challenging choice.
A motel employee, Sweeney (Marc Maron), helps give her a second chance in an effort to reconcile with her son James.
The trailer of “To Leslie” may be seen below.
“This feel entirely unreal,” Michael Morris exclaimed in a post on social media. “This film has been supported by the love and passion of the people who found it, loved it, and decided that more people needed to see it.”
Morris continued, “To see artists and lovers of independent film come out in support of this movie and Andrea’s performance… well, it’s been a profoundly beautiful experience. I’m so, so grateful to you all!”
The movie “To Leslie” was hailed by this journalist as “Oscar-worthy.”
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