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Full awards and nominations of Secrets and Lies

Secrets and Lies

1996

Mike Leigh

Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste ...

7.7

15,853

Drama

Drama

This powerful drama film follows London doctor Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an intelligent middle-class black woman who was adopted and now decides to track down her biological mother. But her daunting discovery is that her natural mother Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) is white and working class. Cynthia is doubtful of Hortense’s claim until she presents her birth certificate, then Cynthia's painful memories begin to reappear. Cynthia ... [+]

69th Academy Awards (1997) - Movies from 1996

nom.

Best Picture

nom.

Best Director (Mike Leigh)

nom.

Best Leading Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

nom.

Best Supporting Actress (Marianne Jean-Baptiste)

nom.

Best Original Screenplay (Mike Leigh)

54th Golden Globes Awards (1997) - Movies from 1996

nom.

Best Picture - Drama

winner

Best Leading Actress Drama (Brenda Blethyn)

nom.

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Marianne Jean-Baptiste)

BAFTA 1997: British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Movies and Series from 1996)

nom.

Best Film

winner

Most Outstanding British Film

nom.

Best Director (Mike Leigh)

nom.

Best Leading Actor (Timothy Spall)

winner

Best Leading Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

nom.

Best Supporting Actress (Marianne Jean-Baptiste)

winner

Best Original Screenplay (Mike Leigh)

Goya Awards (1997) - Spain

winner

Best European Film

22th Cesar Awards (French Academy) (1997) - Films from 1996

nom.

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Cannes Film Festival 1996

winner

Golden Palm: Best Picture

winner

Award for Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

winner

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

9st European Film Awards - Year 1996

nom.

Best Film

Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 1996

nom.

Best Original Screenplay (Mike Leigh)

12 Independent Spirit Awards

winner

Best Foreign Film

3 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Movies from 1996)

nom.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Brenda Blethyn)

National Society of Film Critics 1996

nom.

Best Picture

nom.

Best Director (Mike Leigh)

nom.

Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

NBR (National Board of Review) - Awards for 1996

nom.

Top Ten Films

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 1996

winner

Best Picture

winner

Best Director (Mike Leigh)

winner

Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

French Critics Awards (Syndicate of Cinema Critics) 1997

winner

Best Foreign Film

Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1996 Productions

nom.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (Mike Leigh)

Chicago Film Critics Awards 1996

nom.

Best Picture

nom.

Best Director (Mike Leigh)

nom.

Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996

winner

Best Direction (Mike Leigh)

winner

Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

1st Satellite Awards8

nom.

Motion Picture, Drama

nom.

Best Director (Mike Leigh)

nom.

Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama (Brenda Blethyn)

47th Fotogramas de Plata

winner

Best Foreign Movie according to Critics

41 Sant Jordi Awards

winner

Best International Actress (Brenda Blethyn)

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