3 Over Age 50 Women Nominees!

2007 Academy Awards
February 25, 2007
'Good Luck Ladies!'

2007 Best Actress nominees:
Dame Judi Dench-Age: 72
Dame Helen Mirren-Age: 62
Meryl Streep-Age: 58

It's definitely worth a mention, that three of the five 2007 Academy Award nominees for Best Actress are women over the age of fifty! Not only are they up for the prize, but, they earned their nominations with performances of anything but 'your-sweet-old-granny-like' characters. Huzzah!

A side-note here...Both Dench and Mirren earned nominations for roles in the dramatic offerings, 'Notes on a Scandal', and 'The Queen'. These are British film offerings, my friends. Ms Streep's nomination comes from her comedic performance as the 'Bitch Boss' in 'The Devil Wears Prada', another usual Hollywood fluff-forgettable comedy.

Earth to Hollywood...Ya gonna let the Brits so out-do ya!!! When ya gonna start making dramatic films that offer really Great parts, for mature gals? The Ladies on this side of the pond deserve venues to showcase the honed talents of the mature actress.

--Jeannine Schenewerk

Copyright ©2007 Jeannine Schenewerk