portrayal
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Port Talbot-born Creevy appeared in Netflix series Black Doves and The Guest as well as award-winning drama In My Skin, for which she won Bafta Cymru best actress for her portrayal of teenage protagonist Bethany.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
This is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of behind-the-scenes Hollywood — why was that important for you to examine?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Royal commentator Jenny Bond described it as a "fantastically hostile, absolutely rude book... it's a very unpleasant portrayal of a man - but it's his memory of it, and who knows who's right?"
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Why it’s worth seeing: Come for the inspirational drama, stay for the spot-on Stallone portrayal by Ippolito, who—fun fact—has also played Al Pacino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Yet in its very portrayal, and in the lavish detail paid to its design, there was a certain false glitz, as though the entire exhibit were under a limelight.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Adds Miyashita: "These puzzles beckon our curiosity. After all, spiral forms in nature have inspired human creations ranging from rotini pasta, to a barber's pole or even portrayals of the biblical 'Tower of Babel'."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Notably, the show didn’t hook viewers with sex or other salacious material but, rather, plausible portrayals of greed and motivating vindictiveness.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Having sat on the other side of the table from Times staff, managers can’t help but wonder about the newspaper’s portrayals of other companies involved in labor disputes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
And the much-loved leads - Tucci as Miranda's creative director, Nigel Kipling, and Hathaway as Andy Sachs who returns to Runway as its new features editor, are sharp in their portrayals.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Fortunately, today’s scientists, historians, and art collectors have rediscovered and acknowledged her work for what it is: amazingly beautiful, accurate portrayals of insect metamorphoses and ecosystems.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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Academy Awards, List 6
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