<Dl> <Dt> Lincoln household </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Daniel Day - Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> Producer Kathleen Kennedy described Day - Lewis's performance as "remarkable" after 75% of the filming had been completed, and said, "Every day you get the chills thinking that Lincoln is sitting there right in front of you ." Kennedy described Day - Lewis' method acting immersion into the role: "He is very much deeply invested and immersed throughout the day when he's in character, but he's very accessible at the end of the day, once he can step outside of it and not feel that--I mean, he's given huge scenes with massive amounts of dialogue and he needs to stay in character, it's a very, very performance - driven movie ." His performance as Abraham Lincoln earned him his third Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only actor who has won three Oscars in the leading actor category . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Sally Field as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> Field was first announced to join the cast as early as September 2007, but officially joined the cast in April 2011 . Field said, "To have the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day - Lewis and to play one of the most complicated and colorful women in American history is simply as good as it gets ." Spielberg said, "she has always been my first choice to portray all the fragility and complexity that was Mary Todd Lincoln". Her performance as Mary Todd Lincoln earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Gloria Reuben as Elizabeth Keckley <Dl> <Dd> Keckley was a former slave who was dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> Robert Lincoln had recently left his studies at Harvard Law School and was newly named a Union Army captain and personal attendant to General Grant . He returned to the White House on April 14, 1865 to visit his family . His father was assassinated that night . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Gulliver McGrath as Tad Lincoln </Li> <Li> Stephen Henderson as Lincoln's valet William Slade </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Marvel as Mrs. Jolly </Li> </Ul> <Li> Daniel Day - Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> Producer Kathleen Kennedy described Day - Lewis's performance as "remarkable" after 75% of the filming had been completed, and said, "Every day you get the chills thinking that Lincoln is sitting there right in front of you ." Kennedy described Day - Lewis' method acting immersion into the role: "He is very much deeply invested and immersed throughout the day when he's in character, but he's very accessible at the end of the day, once he can step outside of it and not feel that--I mean, he's given huge scenes with massive amounts of dialogue and he needs to stay in character, it's a very, very performance - driven movie ." His performance as Abraham Lincoln earned him his third Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only actor who has won three Oscars in the leading actor category . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Dl> <Dd> Producer Kathleen Kennedy described Day - Lewis's performance as "remarkable" after 75% of the filming had been completed, and said, "Every day you get the chills thinking that Lincoln is sitting there right in front of you ." Kennedy described Day - Lewis' method acting immersion into the role: "He is very much deeply invested and immersed throughout the day when he's in character, but he's very accessible at the end of the day, once he can step outside of it and not feel that--I mean, he's given huge scenes with massive amounts of dialogue and he needs to stay in character, it's a very, very performance - driven movie ." His performance as Abraham Lincoln earned him his third Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only actor who has won three Oscars in the leading actor category . </Dd> </Dl>

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