Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce is a 1941 hardboiled novel by James M. Cain. It was made into an Academy Award–winning film of the same name in 1945, starring Joan Crawford, and a 2011 Emmy Award–winning miniseries of the same name, starring Kate Winslet. Set in Glendale, California, in the 1930s, the book is the story of a middle-class housewife, Mildred Pierce, and her attempts to maintain her family's social position during the Great Depression. Mildred separates from Bert, her unemployed husband, and sets out to support herself and her children. After a difficult search she finds a job as a
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current prize being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting. Toni Collette and Judy Davis are the most awarded actresses in this category with three wins each. Candidates for this award must be human and female, and cannot be nominated in the leading actress category for the same role in the same production. AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an accolade