Oscar Nominee Rinko Kikuchi from Babel Film
Rinko Kickuchi’s performance in the film Babel was so impressive that it made me curious enough to try and find out her background, and, in the process, discovered, to my delight, that Rinko Kickuchi has been nominated for her work in the Oscars.
However, the odds are against Rinko Kickuchi in winning the golden statuette, as former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson won in the same category in the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards.
Nevertheless, my fingers will be crossed during the Oscars that Rinko Kickuchi’s angry, vulnerable, naked, truthful performance of a Japanese deaf-mute teenager trying to come to terms with the suicide of her mother, will be a surprise victory for Rinko Kickuchi.
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was she the deaf girl? I also liked the performance of the Mexican nanny. she was excellent.
Yes, Rinko Kikuchi was the deaf girl. The Mexican nanny is also nominated for the Oscars. But Rinko’s chances of winning look slimmer than ever because I just saw in the news that Jennifer Hudson won at the BAFTAs.
Yup, Jennifer Hudson won at the Oscars
Jenniffer Holliday, who won the Tony for her Broadway performance of the same role that Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar for, said earlier that “[If] she’s going to win an Oscar, [then] all three of us — Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Holliday and Effie — will be up there when she wins.”