Mary Louise Parker

[fitzdavid2]

Could Mary-Louise Parker receive two nominations in the category of Best Actress this year?  I know she was so brilliant in "How I Learned to Drive" and that is practically assured.  Does she have a shot for "The Sound Inside"?  I recall Jan Maxwell was nominated but not in the same category for "Follies" and I think "The Royal Family" in the same year.  

[UncleCharlie]

You've already seen her in How I Learned to Drive? Are you... from the future? Please tell me, what's the market going to do next spring? Should I short tech stocks or add to my position?

In answer to your question, yes, of course she can be nominated twice for best actress.

[fitzdavid2]

No, I saw  her years ago and she was absolutely superb.  A landmark performance.  I just assume that she will receive a nom for its first Broaway production.  

[uncageg]

UncleCharlie said: "You've already seen her in How I Learned to Drive? Are you... from the future? Please tell me, what's the market going to do next spring? Should I short tech stocks or add to my position?

In answer to your question, yes, of course she can be nominated twice for best actress."

 

It is known that she and Morse are reprising their roles on Broadway. Maybe do some research before being nasty. And if you knew then maybe engage in conversation about her past performance instead of being snarky. It really gets tired.

 

[UncleCharlie]

uncageg said: "It is known that she and Morse are reprising their roles on Broadway. Maybe do some research before being nasty. And if you knew then maybe engage in conversation about her past performance instead of being snarky. It really gets tired.

I don't think anyone can assume someone is guaranteed a nomination in 2020 because of their performance in a role in 1997. Save the lecture.

 

[PianoMann]

This is a trickier situation than Jan Maxwell's back in 2010 because Jan had one performance eligible in each of the categories, as you said (it was for "The Royal Family" and "Lend Me a Tenor," not "Follies" though).

The fact that "Drive" runs through the spring and therefore coincides with Tony season elevates Parker's chances of a nod for that performance. Reviews for her performance in "Sound Inside" were excellent, though, with Jesse Green in the Times saying that it's her at her career best (including that earlier bow in "Drive" which complicates things. Worst case scenario is that the contingent of the Tony nominating committee that wants to vote for Parker is divided on which is the better performance and she gets in for neither, though I think that is unlikely. I think it's unlikely she gets in for both, too, unless the % is close enough that the category expands to six slots as it did this year.

[RippedMan]

She's the one to beat, for sure. 

[NOWaWarning]

Would her performance in Drive be eligible since it’s a role she’s reprising? I genuinely don’t know what the Tonys rules are on this, not that they’ve ever been consistent.

[msmp]

NOWaWarning said: "Would her performance in Drive be eligible since it’s a role she’s reprising? I genuinely don’t know what the Tonys rules are on this, not that they’ve ever been consistent."

I think you're eligible provided you haven't won the Tony for it before? I recall that being cited as a reason Glenn Close couldn't be nominated for the Sunset Blvd. revival in 2017 (not that she had a shot of beating out Bette Midler), amongst other things.

[JBC3]

UncleCharlie said: "

I don't think anyone can assume someone is guaranteed a nomination in 2020 because of their performance in a role in 1997. Save the lecture."

The original poster's "practically assured" is a bit different than "guaranteed" but regardless, it doesn't seem unreasonable to speculate that a gifted actress reprising a role for which she received great acclaim might give a performance worthy of a nomination.

[uncageg]

The "lecture" was not about the prediction.

JBC3 I agree with you.

[AEA AGMA SM]

NOWaWarning said: "Would her performance in Drive be eligible since it’s a role she’s reprising? I genuinely don’t know what the Tonys rules are on this, not that they’ve ever been consistent."

She should still be eligible since the original production never played Broadway, thus she was never eligible for the Tony the first time around.

[Miles2Go2]

As deserving of two nominations as she probably would be and as exciting as it would be, she’ll have a better chance of winning if she scores just one slot. Otherwise, she could risk splitting the vote.

[nasty_khakis]

This has nothing to do with her talents and I apologize if this is rude, but in the past few years I've noticed she's developed a sight lisp when she speaks. I at first thought it was a character choice in Heisenberg, but noticed it again in The Sound Inside (in which she was excellent) and in a recent interview. Has anyone else noticed this?