Best Oscar-Winning Performance by an Actress (The 1990s)

[Caelin Cripps]

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Since we are all quarantined and mostly liked bored, I thought it might be fun to rank each Oscar-winning performance by an actress from the last three decades. This is the 1990s version and I have included the 2000s and 2010s in separate threads. Have fun and continue staying safe! 🙂

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Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Kathy Bates, Misery (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (30)
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (30)
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (30)
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (30)
Holly Hunter, The Piano (30)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (30)
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (30)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (30)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (30)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (30)

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[Caelin Cripps Joined: Apr 28th, 2016 Topics: 31 Posts: 859 View Predictions]

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I will start us off…

+3 Bates
+1 Foster
+1 Goldberg
-3 Paltrow
-2 Tomei

Kathy Bates, Misery (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (31)
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (30)
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (30)
Holly Hunter, The Piano (30)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (30)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (30)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (30)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (28)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (27)

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[rlk Joined: Oct 28th, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 2213 View Predictions]

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+5 Hunter
-5 Binoche

Holly Hunter, The Piano (35)

Kathy Bates, Misery (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (31)
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (30)
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (30)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (30)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (30)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (30)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (28)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (27)

Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (25)

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[Hellodoli Joined: Jun 7th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 11648 View Predictions]

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+5 Binoche
-5 Paltrow

Holly Hunter, The Piano (35)

Kathy Bates, Misery (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (31)
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (30)
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (30)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (30)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (30)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (30)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (28)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (22)

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+2 Hunter
+2 Goldberg
+1 Paquin
-3 Sorvino
-2 Hunt

Holly Hunter, The Piano (37)

Kathy Bates, Misery (33)
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (31)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (30)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (30)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (30)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (28)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (28)

Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (22)

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[JayDF Joined: Sep 18th, 2011 Topics: 36 Posts: 18137 View Predictions]

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+2 Frances McDormand, Fargo
+1 Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love
+1 Emma Thompson, Howards End
+1 Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway
-3 Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
-2 Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets

Holly Hunter, The Piano (37)

Kathy Bates, Misery (33)
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (33)

Frances McDormand, Fargo (32)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (31)
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (31)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (31)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (26)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (22)

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 232 Posts: 10918 View Predictions]

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-3 Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love
-1 Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vienna
-1 Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
+5 Emma Thompson, Howards End

Holly Hunter, The Piano (37)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (36)

Kathy Bates, Misery (33)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (32)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (32)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (31)
Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (26)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (22)

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[Caelin Cripps Joined: Apr 28th, 2016 Topics: 31 Posts: 859 View Predictions]

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+3 Bates
+1 Foster
+1 Goldberg
-5 Paltrow

Holly Hunter, The Piano (37)

Kathy Bates, Misery (36)
Emma Thompson, Howards End (36)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (32)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (26)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (17)

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+ 3 Lange
+ 1 Bates
+ 1 Goldberg
– 5 Wiest

Holly Hunter, The Piano (37)
Kathy Bates, Misery (37)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (36)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (32)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (26)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (17)

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+5 Hunter
-5 Paltrow

Holly Hunter, The Piano (42)

Kathy Bates, Misery (37)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (36)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (33)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (32)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (30)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (30)
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (30)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (26)
Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (12)

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+3 Foster
+2 Swank
+1 McDormand
-3 Basinger
-2 Hunt
-1 Binoche

Holly Hunter, The Piano (42)

Kathy Bates, Misery (37)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (36)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (35)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (33)
Frances McDormand, Fargo (33)

Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)

Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (29)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (27)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)
Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (27)

Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (24)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (12)

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+3 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
+2 Emma Thompson, Howards End
-3 Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite
-2 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky

Holly Hunter, The Piano (42)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (38)
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (38)

Kathy Bates, Misery (37)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Frances McDormand, Fargo (33)

Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (31)

Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)

Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (29)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)
Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (27)

Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (24)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (24)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (12)

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[rlk Joined: Oct 28th, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 2213 View Predictions]

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+2 Foster
+2 McDormand
+1 Hunter
-4 Lange
-1 Binoche

Holly Hunter, The Piano (43)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (40)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (38)

Kathy Bates, Misery (37)

Frances McDormand, Fargo (35)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (27)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (27)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (29)
Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (27)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)

Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (24)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (24)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (12)

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+3 Bates
+1 Tomei
+1 Paltrow
-2 Lange
-3 Binoche

Holly Hunter, The Piano (43)

Kathy Bates, Misery (40)
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (40)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (38)

Frances McDormand, Fargo (35)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (28)
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (27)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)

Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (26)

Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (25)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (24)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (24)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (13)

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+2 Bates
+2 Tomei
+1 Paltrow
-2 Lange
-3 Binoche

Holly Hunter, The Piano (43)

Kathy Bates, Misery (42)

Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (40)

Emma Thompson, Howards End (38)

Frances McDormand, Fargo (35)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (34)

Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (32)

Anna Paquin, The Piano (31)

Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (30)

Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King (30)
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking (30)

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love (28)

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (27)
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted (27)

Dianne Wiest, Bullets over Broadway (26)

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets (24)
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (24)

Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (23)
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (23)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love (14)

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