Ahead, a look at the years best actress nominees.
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BRIE LARSON,ROOM
Breaking out has two meanings for Brie Larson.
Credit: George Kraychyk
Theres a tremendous dignity about Brie, he says, but shes also very candid.
For Larson, the parallels between her characters journey and her own have now been thrown into high relief.
Thats exactly whats happening in my own life.
Her performance charming, delicate, and nuanced rises from her deep connection to the character.
It was all so close to who I was.
It was the first time I had felt actual fear going into a project, she says.
Director Todd Haynes praises her commitment to embodying characters so deeply that she almost becomes mistaken for them.
Cate doesnt have any of that mercurial fog or those neuroses.
She does seem to know, though, about playing the object of desire.
I didnt even bother reading the script, she admits.
It would kill David to make a movie the normal way.
Thank God, because Im not a good mopper.
When I read the script, she recalls, I was like, Well, here we go.
The recognition is very touching to me because its for what Ive always wanted to do, she says.
I always wanted to get down and down and down into myself.
I wanted that to be my journey through the acting world.
