Actors who are one good role away from an Oscar

[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 60 Posts: 5138 View Predictions]

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I feel like there’s several performers out there who really just need the right role/movie to earn an Oscars. Who are some actors you think this applies to?

The first that comes to my mind is Bryan Cranston. Not that it was a competitive year, but Cranston’s nomination for Trumbo felt pretty telling to me. It was a small film that few people seemed to care for and had very little support besides his performance (although it did well at SAG). I think people were very quick to nominate him due to his legendary work on Breaking Bad, and I think when he gets the right film, they’ll be just as quick to give him a win.

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 2366 View Predictions]

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Emily Blunt

Jake Gyllenhaal

Glenn Close

Margot Robbie

I STAN Lady Gaga and Roddy Ricch

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[DrewN92 Joined: Jan 4th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 719 View Predictions]

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Michelle Williams

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[Jays Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 7 Posts: 2266 View Predictions]

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Here’s a couple that most people wouldn’t mention

Jesse Plemons
Merritt Wever
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Rachel McAdams
Vera Farmiga
Matthew Rhys

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[Hoster1 Joined: Aug 8th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 1979 View Predictions]

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Christine Baranski. One baity role in a good project and she’ll have Janney-esque sweep.

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[karls Joined: Oct 8th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 166 View Predictions]

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Willem Dafoe (I think Will get one soon)
Kirsten Dunst

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[ENGLAND Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 108 Posts: 3494 View Predictions]

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Angela Bassett

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[reputationsgrammy Joined: Jul 28th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 344 View Predictions]

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Margot Robbie (though it’ll be hard to top Tonya Harding)
Toni Collette
Constance Wu

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Pretty sure if Jim Carrey gives one more great performance, he’ll get at least nominated and possibly win. Otherwise…

Timothée Chalamet
Amy Adams
Adam Driver
Michelle Williams
Kerry Washington
Saoirse Ronan (for sure, I really don’t see her empty handed this decade)
Tom Hardy (supporting role, not lead for some reason)
Sterling K Brown
Angela Bassett

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[Edgar Pereira Joined: Jun 29th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 371 View Predictions]

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5 names come to my mind at the same time for different reasons:
* MICHELLE PFEIFFER – an awards comeback for one of the most relevant actresses of the 80’s and 90’s… I think a lot of people (including the internet) wants her to happen. Plus, she should have won for THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (1989).
* EMILY BLUNT – I mean, I still don’t know how the AMPAS keeps snubing her and it is hard to believe she isn’t an “Academy Award nominee” yet. If she manages to get nominated soon, I see her “wanting it all”! Plus: she’s a terrific actress.
* AL PACINO – After his performance in THE IRISHMAN, I believe people started wondering how 2nd Oscar worthy is Al Pacino! If he gets a juicy role soon, there’s some goodwill around him.
* SCARLETT JOHANSSON – She had a stellar 2019 (box-office hit, double Academy Award nominee) and she has a stellar career. With the delay of BLACK WIDOW‘s release (maybe 2021?), if she adds a meaty role in an independent production soon I can see another 2019 happening again for her, but with a win since she’s one of the biggest stars these days.
* BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – He was the actor of the moment some years ago and he has proven himself to be one of the best actors working these days. His next projects list suggest he had a break from his MCU duties and he’ll be back with some smaller productions… and I’m expecting him to get the AMPAS’ attention anytime soon.

Maybe: VIOLA DAVIS and ANTHONY HOPKINS

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[Brayden Fitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 96 Posts: 6116 View Predictions]

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Hoster1 wrote:

Christine Baranski. One baity role in a good project and she’ll have Janney-esque sweep.

If the Wicked film adaptation ever happens I feel she do exactly that if she was cast as Madame Morrible

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[adamunc Joined: Jul 5th, 2011 Topics: 69 Posts: 3754 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

If the Wicked film adaptation ever happens I feel she do exactly that if she was cast as Madame Morrible

Morrible is a small part with basically no arc. It’s almost a cameo. Fun, but it would need substantial augmentation in a film version to get awards recognition. Even the great Carole Shelley wasn’t Tony-nominated for creating the stage role.

Lucas Hedges is a gifted actor who just needs to have another great role at the right time to wear out shoe leather making trips to the podium.

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[Heptapod Joined: Feb 2nd, 2019 Topics: 20 Posts: 1469 View Predictions]

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Elisabeth Moss is inches away from a win. None of her film projects have really been awards-geared, but as soon as she’s in something that lands with the Academy, that Oscar will be in her hands before you can say Scientology.

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[CateNicole Joined: Jun 20th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 1236 View Predictions]

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No one has said Kidman yet. So, Kidman.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 60 Posts: 5138 View Predictions]

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adamunc wrote:

Morrible is a small part with basically no arc. It’s almost a cameo. Fun, but it would need substantial augmentation in a film version to get awards recognition. Even the great Carole Shelley wasn’t Tony-nominated for creating the stage role. Lucas Hedges is a gifted actor who just needs to have another great role at the right time to wear out shoe leather making trips to the podium.

Yeah, Morrible’s a lousy part. Wicked’s very popular, but it’s not exactly an acclaimed show. When it first came out, some critics were pretty damn nasty towards it. I don’t think the movie will be a big awards player. Maybe they could possibly have a supporting actress contender on their hands if they frauded Glinda’s actress into supporting.

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