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Elizabeth Berkley's mom asked if Showgirls role would win her an Oscar: 'It was not a strange thing to ask'

Elizabeth Berkley’s mom wondered if her daughter’s role in ‘Showgirls’ could earn her an Oscar because ‘every girl in Hollywood had fought for this role.’

The actress, who starred as Las Vegas dancer Nomi Malone, told a sold-out audience at a screening of the Paul Verhoeven-directed film at the Academy Museum’s David Geffen Theater on Wednesday that her mother was certain the project was going to put her in awards contention. “My mommy asked my agent at the time — I won’t mention his name — do you think that she could win an Oscar for this role?” Berkley said in video footage from the event. Berkley previously told PEOPLE in 2020 that she felt like a "pariah" within the entertainment industry after the release of Showgirls, which was her first major film role.

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