November 18th 2024.
The Academy Awards next year are highly anticipated, with speculation that screen legend Isabella Rossellini may receive her first nomination and win. It could be a groundbreaking event, with a record-breaking 8-minute performance from Rossellini considered a frontrunner for one of the major awards.
In the past, actors have not necessarily needed to have a significant amount of screen time to be recognized for their performances. For example, Dame Judi Dench won the Best Supporting Actress award in 2000 for her lively portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, despite only appearing in the film for just under 6 minutes. Beatrice Straight holds the record for the shortest performance to win an Oscar, with only 5 minutes and 2 seconds of screen time in 1976's Network.
But next year, it could be Isabella Rossellini's turn to finally receive the recognition she deserves. At 72 years old, the daughter of screen legend Ingrid Bergman is a highly acclaimed and established star in her own right. She appears in the religious thriller Conclave, based on the bestselling novel by Robert Harris, alongside Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci. In just 7 minutes and 51 seconds of screen time, Rossellini's portrayal of Sister Agnes adds depth and intrigue to the film's plot, which follows the selection of the next Pope and the discovery of dark secrets within the Catholic Church.
Not only is Conclave a strong contender in multiple categories, including Best Picture and Leading Actor for Fiennes' nuanced performance, but it could also bring Rossellini her first Academy Award. If she does win, she will join the ranks of her mother, Ingrid Bergman, who holds the record for the most number of Oscars won for acting, with three wins.
Despite her breakthrough performances in the 1980s and 1990s, including memorable roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her, Rossellini has yet to receive an Oscar nomination. However, she has been recognized for her television work, with a Golden Globe nomination for Crime of the Century and an Emmy nod for Chicago Hope in the 1990s. She also made a memorable cameo on the hit TV show Friends in the same decade.
If Rossellini does win next year, she will not only break her own record for the shortest performance to win an Oscar, but she will also make history as the first mother-daughter duo to both win acting Oscars. Ingrid Bergman, who won Best Supporting Actress in 1975 for Murder on the Orient Express, has three Oscars to her name, tying her in second place for the most number of acting Oscars ever won with Hollywood legends such as Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.
Other notable short performances that have received Oscar recognition include Hermione Baddeley's 2-minute, 19-second appearance in Room at the Top in 1959, Ethel Barrymore's 3-minute, 52-second role in 1947's The Paradine Case, and Jane Alexander's 5-minute, 9-second appearance in All the President's Men. In the Best Supporting Actor category, Ben Johnson holds the record for the shortest performance to win, with just under 10 minutes of screen time in The Last Picture Show in 1972.
Conclave, directed by Edwards Berger, is also considered a strong contender in other major categories, making it a highly anticipated release in UK cinemas on November 29th.
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