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Gibson and Penn were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Penn was nominated as Best Director, and both Bancroft (portraying Sullivan) and Duke (portraying Keller) won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
Patricia Richardson scored two Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations for her role as Jill Taylor in Home Improvement, but she never snagged a trophy. Since the show wrapped in 1999, Richardson has appeared in several made-for-TV movies and starred in Lifetime's series Strong Medicine..