Awards See How Similar Oscar Nominated Actors Look to the Real Life Characters They Played Did they look the part? Feb. 27, 2014 prev5 of 7next Weinstein Co.; Niall Carson / PAJudi Dench as Philomena Lee in Philomena When Philomena Lee became pregnant at 18, the unwed mother was forced to give up her son for adoption. Fifty years later, she tried to find him with the help of a British journalist. Share Read Later