Miss Congeniality (film) Miss Congeniality (film) Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and starring Sandra Bullock with Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, and Candice Bergen. "Miss Congeniality" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 22, 2000 and was a box office hit grossing $212 million worldwide. Bullock also garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. A sequel, "", was released in March 24, 2005. In 1982, a very young Gracie Hart steps into
Miss Virginia (film) as April 2018 in Los Angeles and Aduba was also spotted a month later at Capitol Hill, shooting some of the film’s scenes. Miss Virginia is expected to be released in 2019. Hanna has directed several short films since 2008, including "Memento Mori", "Losing Gracie", and Shelter. Miss Virginia is based on the story of Virginia Walden Ford. In the 1990s, she struggled to keep her son from a dangerous neighborhood school. Unable to pay for the expensive tuition at a safe private school, Ford turned to activism until her son obtained a scholarship. She helped establish the D.C. Opportunity