What is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Kevin Wade, that stars an American actress which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe?
Working Girl Working Girl is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Kevin Wade. It tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith), working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank. When her boss, Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), breaks her leg skiing, Tess uses Parker's absence and connections, including her errant beau Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford), to put forward her own idea for a merger deal.
Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. Her film breakthrough was in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed "Miller's Crossing". She followed this with roles in films including "Used People" (1992), "The First Wives Club" (1996), and "Flubber" (1997). For her performance as artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 film "Pollock", she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She earned another Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in "Mystic River" (2003). Other notable film roles include "American Gun" (2005), and 2007's "The Mist" and "Into the Wild".