▁and ▁an ▁Out er ▁Crit ics ▁Circle ▁Award ▁for ▁Out standing ▁A ctor . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁She en ▁expl ored ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Jimmy ▁Por ter ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁Theatre ' s ▁production ▁of ▁Look ▁Back ▁in ▁An ger . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁She en ▁described ▁the ▁production ▁as ▁" the ▁most ▁enjoy able ▁thing ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁done ▁... ▁everything ▁came ▁together ". ▁The ▁Daily ▁Mail ▁declared ▁him ▁a ▁" def init ive ▁Jimmy ▁Por ter ... ▁simply ▁ex h ilar ating ▁in ▁his ▁great ▁jazz ▁r iffs ▁of ▁speech es , ▁mer cur ial ▁and ▁ir res ist ible ." ▁" She en ▁has ▁corner ed ▁the ▁market ▁in ▁explos ive ▁energy ", ▁said ▁The ▁Independent , ▁" but ▁this ▁thr illing ▁performance ▁is ▁his ▁fin est ▁yet ." ▁The ▁Fin an cial ▁Times ▁noted : ▁" As ▁Jimmy ▁Por ter , ▁a ▁role ▁of ▁st agger ing ▁difficulty ▁in ▁every ▁way , ▁Michael ▁She en ▁gives ▁surely ▁the ▁best ▁performance ▁London ▁has ▁yet ▁seen ▁from ▁him ▁... ▁You ▁hang ▁on ▁every ▁word ▁he ▁ut ters ▁... ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁d azz ling ly ▁through - the - body ▁performance ." ▁He ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁a ▁Laur ence ▁Oliv ier ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁A ctor ▁and ▁an ▁Even ing ▁Standard ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁A ctor . ▁ ▁The ▁De al , ▁The ▁Queen ▁and ▁Fant ab ul osa ▁( 2 0 0 2 – 2 0 0 6 ) ▁At ▁this