Oscars 2021: This year’s British nominees from Carey Mulligan to Riz Ahmed Leah Sinclair
With Riz Ahmed potentially becoming the first Muslim to win best actor at the awards to Emerald Fennell possibly becoming the second female to win best director and best screenplay, we’ve listed the British stars who are flying the flag at this year’s ceremony:
Carey Mulligan
Nominated for the best actress prize for her role as a traumatised woman seeking revenge in Promising Young Woman, Ms Mulligan, 35, is no stranger to the Oscars.
She was nominated for her break-out role in Lone Scherfig’s film An Education in 2010, when she was also in the running for the Bafta rising star award.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Takes the Lead in Netflix s The 39 Steps Limited Series
Benedict Cumberbatch Takes the Lead in Netflix s The 39 Steps Limited Series
Netflix s The 39 Steps limited series will update the story for modern day, with Benedict Cumberbatch signed on to lead.
Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to lead a limited series adaptation of author John Buchan s novel
The 39 Steps, which was adapted by directing icon Alfred Hitchcock way back in 1935. The Cumberbatch-led series will reportedly update the story for modern day, with Netflix winning the rights to the project.
First published in 1915, author John Buchan s novel
The 39 Steps follows adventurer Richard Hannay, who has just returned from South Africa. He quickly becomes thoroughly bored with London life, until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabilize the fragile political balance of Europe. Initially sceptical, Hannay nonetheless harbours
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