Being the Ricardos

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Being the Ricardos

film by Sorkin [2021]

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Being the Ricardos is a 2021 biographical drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film focuses on the marriage and careers of television stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who starred in the iconic sitcom I Love Lucy. The movie explores the complexities of their relationship and the challenges they faced both personally and professionally during the production of their groundbreaking show. It delves into themes of fame, ambition, and the pressures of Hollywood.

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Javier Bardem
Later roles
…Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel, and Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin’s biopic about a turbulent week in the life of Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, both of whom starred in the TV comedy series I Love Lucy. For his performance in the latter film, Bardem received his fourth Oscar…
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…Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel, and Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin’s biopic about a turbulent week in the life of Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, both of whom starred in the TV comedy series I Love Lucy. For his performance in the latter film, Bardem received his fourth Oscar…
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Move into directing
…2021 Sorkin wrote and directed Being the Ricardos, a biographical drama about the marriage and careers of Lucille Ball (played by Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem).
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…2021 Sorkin wrote and directed Being the Ricardos, a biographical drama about the marriage and careers of Lucille Ball (played by Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem).
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Nicole Kidman
Later work
…Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s biopic Being the Ricardos (2021), which centers on a turbulent week in the life of Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), both of whom starred in the TV comedy series I Love Lucy. For her performance, Kidman earned her fifth Oscar nomination, for best…
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…Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s biopic Being the Ricardos (2021), which centers on a turbulent week in the life of Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), both of whom starred in the TV comedy series I Love Lucy. For her performance, Kidman earned her fifth Oscar nomination, for best…
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Alia Shawkat
Career
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…Lucy, in the biographical film Being the Ricardos. She then played an FBI agent in the espionage series The Old Man (2022–24). In 2025 Shawkat played an actress who gets a job working in a mock Iraqi town used to train the U.S. military in the war satire Atropia (2025);…
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J.K. Simmons
Oz, Spider-Man movies, and Whiplash
…demanding compensation for student-athletes; and Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin’s biopic about Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz.
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…demanding compensation for student-athletes; and Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin’s biopic about Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz.
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