Angelina Joliehas been a celebrated actor for decades. She is famous for both her on and off-screen life, as she was in a high-profile relationship with actor and formerMr. and Mrs. Smithco-star Brad Pitt for over a decade. Prior to this, Jolie was also known for winning Best Supporting Actress for her acclaimed role inGirl, Interrupted. She was also later nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for the stirring family dramaChangeling.
While she had a peak period in the 2000s,Jolie’s careerhas slowed down a bit in recent years with her choosing to take fewer roles. In 2021, she made her MCU movie playing Thena inEternals, but then did not act in any projects in 2022 or 2023. Her career also saw other feature film gaps between her 2016 voice acting role inKung Fu Panda 3and her starring role in the sequel filmMaleficent: Mistress of Evil. Jolie is back this year in 2024, and her recent film has just seen some major success.
Maria Has Become A Success On Netflix
Maria Has Done Well With Critics
Mariais now a streaming success. In the biopic, Jolie plays the eponymous Maria Callas, a world-renowned opera singer who is living out the end of her life in the 1970s in Paris.Mariais receiving fairly positive reviewsthus far after originally premiering at the Venice Film Festival in August 2024. The movie earned Jolie a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, and has earned Oscar buzz. In addition to Jolie,Mariafeatures a leading cast including Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Haluk Bilginer, and Casper Phillipson.
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Now,Mariahas become a Netflix hit.Mariamade it to no. 4 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in the U.S.Today (December 12) list. Beating it out today wereIt Ends With Us,Subservience, and the holiday filmThat Christmas. Also making it onto the chart today wereMary,Our Little Secret,We’re the Millers,The Children’s Train,The Star, andRun All Night.
Our Take On Maria’s Netflix Success
Maria Could Continue To Get Awards Momentum
While it did not quite top the list,Mariasaw fairly instant Netflix success, as it just got added to Netflix yesterday, December 11. Its quick place on the Netflix list is probably directly correlated to the recent momentum it received when Jolie’s Golden Globe nomination was announced on December 9. Nonetheless, its streaming success is a good sign thatMariacould continue its momentum throughout the awards season, and potentially see Jolie’s name appear on the list of Best Actresses when the Oscar nominations are announced in January.
Maria
Cast
Maria(2024) is a biographical drama about opera singer Maria Callas, directed by Pablo Larraín, starring Angelina Jolie. It concludes Larraín’s trilogy on iconic women.
