Doubt

film by Shanley [2008]

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Adams

  • Amy Adams
    In Amy Adams: Breakthrough and stardom

    …and as Sister James in Doubt (2008), for which she received another Academy Award nomination. In 2008 she also starred in the comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Sunshine Cleaning, a dramedy about sisters who open a crime-scene cleaning service.

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Davis

  • Viola Davis: Emmy Award, 2015
    In Viola Davis: Doubt and Fences

    In the film Doubt (2008), Davis played the mother of a young man who may have been molested by a Roman Catholic priest; her brief performance earned her Academy and Golden Globe award nominations for best supporting actress. She demonstrated her comedic skills with an appearance in an…

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Hoffman

Streep

  • Three-time Oscar winner
    In Meryl Streep: A devil, Julia Child, and Margaret Thatcher

    …with Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt, about a nun who suspects a priest of having inappropriate relationships with children at a Catholic school; her performance in the latter film earned Streep another Academy Award nomination. She also garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of famed American chef Julia Child in…

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