Richard Jenkins, a graduate for the IWU School of Theater Arts, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film The Shape of Water. Jenkins has also been nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actor’s Guild, and Critics Choice Awards for his role as Giles.
This is Jenkins second Academy Award nomination. He was nominated for Best Actor for his starring role in The Visitor in 2007. He also won an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series for Olive Kitteridge in 2015.
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Congratulations on the long record of excellence Richard.
Josephine Chiza Gurira’67 (aka Danai Gurira’s mother)