The first time I was nominated for an award for professional acting, I was in my mid-twenties. I was married and the mother of my first two daughters. I had been working for near to 15 years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'
I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
This sounds crazy, but my goal is to be nominated for an Oscar. I was the kid who was practicing my acceptance speech when I was ten.
My very first acting job was with Alan Parker on' Angela's Ashes,' but as a child, I had written to so many other productions just applying for any role. I always wanted to be an actress, and I did loads of acting summer schools.
Personally, the first year when I started making enough money just from acting - by that, I mean not doing anything else but acting - was around 2003.
I was 18 when I got my first acting job.
I got my first acting role because I was a singer.
I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.
My acting is still being recognized for the fact that I wasn't nominated.