Alejandro González Iñárritu 's dark comedy '' Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) '' ( 2014 ) featured Watts as the actress of a play mounted by a faded Hollywood actor ( played by Michael Keaton ) . The film was the subject of widespread acclaim , and won four awards at the 87th Academy Awards including Best Picture ; Watts and the other cast members earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture . Her other two awaiting projects were screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . The dramedy '' St. Vincent '' starred Watts as a Russian prostitute . She learnt the accent by spending time with Russian women in a West Village spa during a six-week period . '' Los Angeles Times '' reported a dividing reaction towards her performance , asserting that her part " put off some critics with its outrageousness " , but " earned plenty of plaudits too " . Watts nabbed a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress . In '' While We 're Young '' , Watts starred with Ben Stiller as a New York City-based married couple who begin hanging out with a couple in their 20s . That film was an arthouse success and Watts received praise for her on-screen chemistry with Stiller
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
Naomi Watts