Ambulance Girl is a 2005 made for television movie. It premiered in the United States

United States

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 on September 12, 2005 on the Lifetime

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 network. The film stars Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates is an American actress and director.After several small roles in film and television, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery , for which she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe...

 and Robin Thomas

Robin Thomas

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.

The film is based on the memoir by Jane Stern

Jane and Michael Stern

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, Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT. The teleplay was written by Alan Hines and the film was directed by Kathy Bates.

Kathy Bates plays Jane Stern, a food writer who becomes an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Nominations

Bates received an Emmy Award

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 nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, but lost to Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

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 for her role in Elizabeth I. The film received two Prism Award nominations, one for Best Miniseries or TV Movie and the other for Performance in a Miniseries or TV Movie. The film did not win either nomination.