Mildred Pierce (miniseries) admired the show's attention to detail and structure, but complained that the five-hour adaptation was "too damn long". He finishes with, "Winslet’s Mildred is a genuine star turn. How Joan Crawford would have loathed her." The series was shown out of competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in 2011. Mildred Pierce (miniseries) Mildred Pierce is a five-part miniseries that first aired on HBO on March 27, 2011. Adapted from James M. Cain's 1941 novel of the same name, it was directed by Todd Haynes, and starred Kate Winslet in the title role, alongside Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood,
César Award for Best Supporting Actress to have won two competitive acting César in a row. Including her Best Actress César won in 1983, Nathalie Baye is also the only performer to have won an acting César in three consecutive years, in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Noémie Lvovsky holds the record of most nominations with 6. With only two nomination for Best Supporting Actress but 14 nominations for Best Actress, Isabelle Huppert has been nominated a total of 16 times, which makes her the overall most-nominated female performer. Eight women have won both the César Award for Best Supporting Actress and the César Award for Best