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For which film did Dukakis win an Academy Award?

  • Steel Magnolias

  • Look Who's Talking

  • Moonstruck

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

Answer

The Academy Award for Best Actress went to Olympia Dukakis for her supporting role in the romantic comedy-drama film Moonstruck, which tells the story of a widowed Italian-American woman from Brooklyn, New York, who falls in love with her fiancé's younger brother. Dukakis's portrayal of the eccentric and wise Rose Castorini, the matriarch of the Italian-American family, earned her critical acclaim and the prestigious Oscar.
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