The Impossible, and
Birdman. So did two Oscar nominations for best actress and a reputation for tackling emotionally vulnerable roles. There have been hiccups too: her 2017 Netflix series
Gypsy only ran for one season,
The Book of Henry, also 2017, was critically panned and this year HBO cancelled the
Game of Thrones prequel she was to star in. At her best, critics tend to describe her work in elemental terms – think “magnetic” and “electrifying” – and that emotional subtlety shines in
Penguin Bloom too.
Naomi Watts in Gypsy – not one of her finest works. It’s a true story, following the Bloom family – Samantha, her photographer husband Cameron and their three young boys – as they carve a way through tragedy and back to hope.