BlackTree TV covers The 80th Annual Academy Awards

Best Actress

Julie Christie

Julie Christie, the British movie legend whom Al Pacino called "the most poetic of all actresses," was born in Chukua, Assam, India, on April 14, 1941, the daughter of a tea planter and his Welsh wife Rosemary, who was a painter. The young Christie grew up on her father's tea plantation before being sent to England for her education. Finishing her studies in Paris, where she had moved to improve her French with an eye to possibly becoming a linguist (she is fluent in French and Italian), the teenager became enamored of the freedom of the Continent. She also was smitten by the bohemian life of artists and planned on becoming an artist before she enrolled in London's Central School of Speech Training. She made her debut as a professional in 1957 as a member of the Frinton Repertory of Essex.

The Other Nominees

Cate Blanchett

Marion Cotillard

Laura Linney

Ellen Page

Away From Her

As Fiona Anderson suffers the progressive effects of Alzheimer's, her husband Grant fights to maintain their relationship in spite of Fiona's increasing emotional distance. A month-long "no visitors" stay at a rest home leaves Fiona uncertain and confused in Grant's company, and he is dismayed to learn that she has formed a close bond with another man who is also a patient at the facility.

Cast

• Gordon Pinsent
• Stacey LaBerge
• Julie Christie
• Olympia Dukakis
• Deanna Dezmari
• Clare Coulter
• Thomas Hauff
• Alberta Watson

Production Team

• Directed and Written by Sarah Polley