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Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera and More Oscar-Nominated Actresses Reflect on Roles Celebrating Female Resilience: ‘It Was a Reminder to Me That I Can Weather the Storm’
Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera and more Oscar-nominated actresses reflect on roles celebrating female resilience.
“I think that the six or seven months I spent with Sofia at this time in my life — as a mother, as a wife, having felt like wanting to quit and give up — she pushed me into knowing you have everything that you need inside of you to continue this next chapter and leg in life.” This epiphany by “The Color Purple” star Danielle Brooks about the character she portrayed is just one of many powerful yet similar revelations that connect a handful of female Oscar nominees and their respective performances in movies ranging from “Nyad” to “Barbie,” “Poor Things” and “The Holdovers.” For them, stories of female self-realization that began on-screen transformed them off-screen. When Brooks got the chance to return to her role as Sofia for the movie musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” nearly 10 years after her initial Broadway debut performance, it was vastly different due to the stage of her life at the time. “The Holdovers” star Da’Vine Joy Randolph was always Alexander Payne’s first choice for the role of Mary Lamb, but backers weren’t so sure — they insisted that he look for “30 other actresses with bigger names” first, she recently told Variety.
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