Best Supporting Actress: 2009

[ENGLAND Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 98 Posts: 3252 View Predictions]

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Who would you have nominated in this category and who do you think would have won. MoNique swept that year like no other but I do believe she would have had great competition had the Academy actually looked into worthy performances. Here is my lineup:

-Marion Cotillard (Nine)
-Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan)
-Mozhan Marnò (The Stoning of Soraya M.)
-MoNique (Precious)
-Julianne Moore (A Single Man)

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 5 Posts: 811 View Predictions]

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Of the nominees, I preferred Farmiga, but MoNique is not a bad winner at all; I am happy she has this award, actually. Consolation for the way the industry has treated her.

Have not seen much from the year, unfortunately, but I really enjoyed Amy Landecker in A Serious Man, several of the women in About Elly, Kruger in Inglourious Basterds, in addition to Moore.

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[diego Joined: Dec 10th, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 483 View Predictions]

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Mo’Nique deserved to sweep that year. If anything, Gabourey Sidibe also deserved the Oscar over that awful Sandra Bullock win.

I enjoyed the other performances, but I wouldn’t change anything because in my lineup Mo’Nique would always end up winning.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 346 Posts: 20917 View Predictions]

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No one would have come close to Mo’Nique’s greatness, but I would have swapped out the “Up in the Air” ladies for the “Inglorious Basterds” ladies, included Julianne Moore over Penélope Cruz in one of her worst performances, and kept in Maggie Gyllenhaal. I was one of the few people back then who was pleasantly surprised with Gyllenhaal’s inclusion and didn’t outright dismiss it as a churlish “coattail nomination.”

Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”
Diane Kruger, “Inglorious Basterds”
Mélanie Laurent, “Inglorious Basterds”
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”

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[Honey Joined: Jan 30th, 2017 Topics: 20 Posts: 4933 View Predictions]

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Literally was Monique and 4 seat warmers. Best Oscar acting win sweep that hasn’t been ruined by the internet of people overrating the performance and win.

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[Emmyfan Joined: Nov 26th, 2010 Topics: 74 Posts: 4425 View Predictions]

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Mo’Nique deserved every award she won. I would be curious as to who came in second.

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 402 View Predictions]

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Emmyfan wrote:

Mo’Nique deserved every award she won. I would be curious as to who came in second.

Probably Anna Kendrick. She was the stronger of the two Up in the Air ladies.

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[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 258 Posts: 1742 View Predictions]

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It always struck me as surprising that Julianne Moore got left out and Penelope Cruz got in. The studio screwed Marion C. by pushing her as lead actress in Nine.

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[M: The Original Joined: Aug 5th, 2014 Topics: 57 Posts: 6489 View Predictions]

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RobertPius wrote:

It always struck me as surprising that Julianne Moore got left out and Penelope Cruz got in. The studio screwed Marion C. by pushing her as lead actress in Nine.

Ironically it worked out lovely for Julianne in the end.

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[Seven Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 9 Posts: 3166 View Predictions]

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Mo’Nique deserved every single award and no one came close to her that year. One of the best supporting performances ever

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[JayDF Joined: Sep 18th, 2011 Topics: 36 Posts: 17581 View Predictions]

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Mo’Nique is the tope choice. I really liked Cruz (my fav performance in NINE actually) and Farmiga, but they don’t make my top 5.

Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning
Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Samantha Morton, The Messenger

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 402 View Predictions]

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Mo’Nique literally had no competition. Her performance was triumphant. One of the greatest of all-time.

Agreed. She was simply remarkable in every possible way.

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