‘Triangle Of Sadness’ Star Dolly De Leon On Becoming An Overnight Success: “I Like To Think That Everyone Else Has Changed Except For Me”
deadline.comAfter 30 years in TV film and theater, where she has performed in plays by Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Shakespeare, Filipina actress Dolly De Leon made news stories all around the world during Cannes 2022 for playing a cleaner.
But not just any cleaner; as the savvy Abigail, who turns the tables when a luxury cruise ship capsizes in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning social satire Triangle of Sadness, De Leon gives a masterclass in skewering lazy clichés and assumptions about her home country.
Proving the power of De Leon’s performance is the response from countries all around the world, notably the U.K., where she made the Bafta longlist, and the U.S., where she is in the running for a Golden Globe.
How did she feel about the nomination? “My initial reaction? I cried,” she recalls. “I was with friends, and we were out having dinner and the moment we found out they ordered champagne and we celebrated.
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