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12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of ...
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor [2] CBE (/ ˈ tʃ uː ə t ɛ l ˈ ɛ dʒ i oʊ f ɔːr / ⓘ CHOO-ə-tel EJ-ee-oh-for; [3] born 10 July 1977 [2]) is a British actor. [4] He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award, with nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film directed and produced by Steve McQueen. It is an adaptation of the 1853 autobiographical slave narrative memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York-born free negro who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery. [1][2] The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the ...
While at Yale, she won the Herschel Williams Prize in the 2011–12 academic year for "acting students with outstanding ability" . [1] Nyong'o at the 2013 New York Film Festival. Immediately after graduating from Yale, Nyong'o landed her breakthrough role [29] when she was cast in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013).
Kelvin Harrison Jr. (born July 23, 1994 [1]) is an American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for a British Academy Film Award, Gotham Award, an Independent Spirit Award. He began his career with small roles in the 2013 films Ender's Game and 12 Years a Slave.
12 Years a Slave: Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Nominated [45] Dancing on the Edge: Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: Nominated Gotham Awards: 2007: Talk to Me: Best Ensemble Cast [b] [g] Won [46] 2013: 12 Years a Slave: Best Actor: Nominated [47] Houston Film Critics Society Awards: 2013: Best Actor ...
The following year, she joined an all-star cast in the Steel Magnolias television remake as Annelle Dupuy-Desoto, a role originated by Daryl Hannah. [6] [7] In 2013, Oduye co-starred alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave, winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture.
Paul Franklin Dano (/ ˈdeɪnoʊ /; [1] born June 19, 1984) [2] is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and gained wider recognition for playing a troubled teenager in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For playing identical twins in Paul Thomas Anderson 's period drama There ...