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    Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television. He has received numerous...
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    Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage. West Eleven (1963) - Uncredited Two Left Feet (1965) - Uncredited...
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    1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets &...
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    1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Life Is Sweet and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her...
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    Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). Notable film roles include Bullets Over Broadway...
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    Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before...
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    Little Dorrit (1987) and had his breakthrough with lead roles in the Mike Leigh films Life Is Sweet (1990) and Naked (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival...
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    participant in the films of Mike Leigh, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Shirley in Leigh's High Hopes (1988). Sheen...
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  • Hard Truths (category Films directed by Mike Leigh)
    drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who had previously collaborated with Leigh in Secrets & Lies, and Michele...
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    on stage and screen. He is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990)...
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