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Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born 11 December 1960) is a British composer who made history in 1996 for being the first female composer to win an Academy Award for the Best Original Score, for Emma. She was also nominated twice, for the soundtracks of The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000).
Rachel Portman, Composer. British composer Rachel Portman became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film, Bessie.
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Rachel became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of EMMA. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film BESSIE. In 2023 she received her second Primetime Emmy Award for JULIA.
Official website of the film composer Rachel Portman.
- Rachel Portman began scoring films at age 14. And now at the age of only 58, she has scored over 100 films.
- She composed her first major film score at only 22 years old. Her first film, Privileged,was released in 1982 and was also the screen debut for British actor Hugh Grant.
- She was first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Musical or Comedy Score. In 1997, Portman became the first woman to win an Oscar in the scoring category for her soundtrack to the adaption of Jane Austen’s Emma.
- She has also had two further Academy Award nominations. Portman’s score for The Cider House Rules(1999), starring Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine, was nominated for Best Original Score in 2000.
Rachel Portman is one of the UK’s foremost composers, best known for her music composed for films such as “Emma” (1996), “The Cider House Rules” (1999), “Chocolat” (2000) and “Never Let Me Go” (2010). She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award, i.e. for her score for “Emma”.
Rachel Portman is an English composer, best known for her music for films such as “Emma”, “The Cider House Rules”, “Chocolat” and “Never Let Me Go”. In 1997 she was the first female composer to win an Academy Award for her score for “Emma”.
