Sophie's Choice (film) Sophie, its beautiful, complex, worldly heroine, gives Meryl Streep the chance at bravura performance and she is, in a word, incandescent." Pauline Kael of "The New Yorker" wrote that it "is, I think, an infuriatingly bad movie ... The whole plot is based on a connection that isn't there—the connection between Sophie and Nathan's relationship and what the Nazis did to the Jews. Eventually, we get to the Mystery—to Sophie's Choice—and discover that the incident is garish rather than illuminating, and too particular to demonstrate anything general." The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Streep), and was nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress Action Movie. For supporting actress, see Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress is an award given out at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards are presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and was first presented in 1995. There were no official nominees announced until 2001. There have been two ties in this category (2008, 2009) and there are currently six nominees annually. This is the main best actress award for leading dramatic performances. The Critics' Choice also have other