1.   And its star, Zoe Caldwell, would appear to be a shoo-in for the best actress prize.

2.   It won the actress prize for Ascaride.

3.   She has already won a Golden Globe and the best actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the same performance.

4.   The film made a splash last year at Cannes, where its stars, Elodie Bouchez and Natacha Regnier, shared the best actress prize.

5.   The Salvation Army worker he falls for was played by Kati Outinen, who took the best actress prize.

6.   The awards ceremony was also a night of personal triumph for actress Candice Bergen who collected for the fifth time the best comic actress prize.