The Iron Lady
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Genre: Biography, Drama, Biographical film
Year: 2011
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Language: English Language
Starring: Olivia Colman, David Westhead, Susan Brown, Julian Wadham, Nick Dunning, Michael Pennington, Richard Dixon, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Stewart Head, Jim Broadbent, Roger Allam, Meryl Streep, Harry Lloyd, Alexandra Roach
The Iron Lady is a 2011 British biographical film based on the life of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Thatcher is portrayed primarily by Meryl Streep, but also, in her formative and early political years, by Alexandra Roach. Thatcher's husband, Denis Thatcher, is portrayed by Jim Broadbent, and Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member and eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, is portrayed by Anthony Head.
While the film met with mixed reviews, Streep's performance was widely acclaimed, and considered to be one of the finest of her career. She received her 17th Academy Award nomination, and ultimately, the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her portrayal of Thatcher across four decades. She also earned her third Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (eighth overall), and her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
The film begins sometime in 2008 (opening against the backdrop of news of the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing) with an elderly Lady Thatcher buying milk unrecognized by other customers and walking back from the shop alone. Over the
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The Iron Lady is a biography drama film written by Abi Morgan and directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
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