Editing Nora Ephron (section)

=== 2000–2013: Theater work and final projects ===
Ephron's play ''[[Imaginary Friends (play)|Imaginary Friends]]'' (2002) explores the rivalry between writers [[Lillian Hellman]] and [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]]. She co-authored the play ''[[Love, Loss, and What I Wore]]'' (based on the book by [[Ilene Beckerman]]) with her sister Delia, and it has played to sold-out audiences in Canada, New York City and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/love-loss-and-what-i-wore-toronto-cast-named-1.951766|title= Love, Loss and What I Wore Toronto cast named|publisher= Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date= January 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-nycs-love-loss-and-what-i-wore-welcomes-haylie-duff-penny-fuller-and-more-com-169776|title= NYC's Love, Loss and What I Wore Welcomes Haylie Duff, Penny Fuller and More|website= Playbill|date= July 2, 2010|access-date= January 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/05/theater-review-love-loss-and-what-i-wore-at-the-geffen-playhouse.html|title= Theater review: 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' at the Geffen Playhouse|website= Los Angeles Times|date= May 14, 2010|access-date= January 12, 2020}}</ref> In 2007, Ephron received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[George Lucas]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|year=2007 |title=Nora Ephron Biography Photo | url= https://achievement.org/achiever/nora-ephron/|quote= Awards Council member and famed filmmaker George Lucas presenting award-winning director and screenwriter Nora Ephron with the Golden Plate Award at the 2007 International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C.}}</ref>

Ephron directed and co-wrote the screenplay for her final film ''[[Julie & Julia]]'' (2009).<ref name=":0" /> The film is based on [[Julie Powell]]'s blog and memoir of the same title. The film is about [[Julia Child]], the famous American chef played by Meryl Streep, and Julie Powell, a New Yorker attempting to cook her way through Child's cookbook, played by [[Amy Adams]]. As Powell blogs her experience, the film flashes back to the story of Child's first stages of her career as she trains in a French culinary school. The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success.<ref name=":0" /> Streep received the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]] for her performance with nominations for the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Award]]. Ephron received a nomination for the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]].

Her play, ''[[Lucky Guy (play)|Lucky Guy]]'' was released posthumously. It was released a year after her death in 2013 on [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] and starred [[Tom Hanks]] as a newspaper journalist [[Mike McAlary]]. Ephron and Hanks received [[Tony Award]] nominations for [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]] and [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]] respectively. Alexis Soloski of ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised the production and Ephron's writing declaring, "She has a lively sense of the caffeine-addled cut and thrust of newsroom life, and can make you very nearly weepy for the past triumphs of the tabs, even as she shows what a closed, testosterone-heavy world they occupied".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/apr/02/lucky-guy-review|title= Lucky Guy review|website= The Guardian|accessdate= November 30, 2024}}</ref>