{"id":118841,"date":"2025-11-06T15:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/118841\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:50:09","slug":"amanda-seyfrieds-best-actress-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/118841\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried’s Best Actress Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe trailer for \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee<\/a>,\u201d a historical drama starring Amanda Seyfried<\/a>, has been released.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d takes place in the 18th century and follows Ann Lee (Seyfried), the founding religious leader of the Shaker Movement, who is proclaimed as the female embodiment of Christ. The film depicts her establishment of the utopian society while the Shakers worship with song and dance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPraised by film critics and festivalgoers, \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d touches on faith, isolation and female empowerment set against the backdrop of more than a dozen original Shaker hymns. Seyfried is receiving major Oscar buzz for her role, and Variety\u2019s awards editor Clayton Davis currently predicts that she\u2019ll get a best actress nomination.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to Seyfried, the ensemble cast includes Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie, Stacy Martin, Christopher Abbott and Tim Blake Nelson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMona Fastvold serves as director while also co-writing and producing alongside Brady Corbet.\u00a0The two previously collaborated<\/a> on \u201cThe Brutalist,\u201d which earned 10 Academy Award nominations and won three, including best actor for Adrien Brody, cinematography and original score. It also took home three Golden Globes for best motion picture (drama), director (for Corbet) and actor.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d premiered in competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 1, where it competed for the Golden Lion. At the festival, Seyfried received <\/a>a 15-minute standing ovation for her performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is set to open in theaters with a limited release on Dec. 25. <\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out the trailer for \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trailer for \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee,\u201d a historical drama starring Amanda Seyfried, has been released. \u201cThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7496,146,85,46,397,76042],"class_list":["post-118841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-amanda-seyfried","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-the-testament-of-ann-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}