Gena Rowlands
American actress (born 1930)
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Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television has spanned nearly seven decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). She is also known for her performances in Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), and her son Nick Cassavetes's film, The Notebook (2004). In 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, βThe most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus is Gena Rowlands.β In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.
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