Sophie's Choice (film) 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition). Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards Writers Guild of America Streep also made a clean sweep in the Best Actress categories at all major critics groups: National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Society of Film Critics and Boston Society of Film Critics Sophie's Choice (film) Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who adapted William Styron's novel of the same name. Meryl Streep stars as Sophie, a Polish immigrant who shares a boarding house in Brooklyn with her tempestuous
César Award for Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, Best Supporting Actress to Virna Lisi). Five women have won the César Award for Best Actress after previously winning the César Award for Most Promising Actress: Only one film has received both accolades: "The Dreamlife of Angels" in 1999 (Best Actress to Elodie Bouchez, Most Promising Actress to Natacha Régnier). Thirteen women have received nominations in the three competitive acting categories: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Actress. They are Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dominique Blanc, Anne Brochet, Karin Viard, Sandrine Kiberlain, Emmanuelle Devos, Cécile de France, Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Emilie Dequenne, Sara Forestier and