Last 13 Oscars Lead Actress Category: An Analysis

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This thread is meant to look into the leading actress category at the Oscars in the last 13 years and analyse it.

Feel free to post your personal nominees or winners of any category.What are the trends that are recurring? What is the correlation with other categories? What are some agregious category frauds (supporting placed in lead)? What’s the diversity in this category?

Winners:

2010- Natalie Portman, Black Swan
2011- Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
2012- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
2013- Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2014- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2015- Brie Larson, Room
2016- Emma Stone, La La Land
2017- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
2018- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
2019- Renee Zellwegger, Judy
2020- Frances McDormand, Nomadland

2021- Jessica Chastain, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

2022- Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

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[Barbra Please Joined: Oct 21st, 2018 Topics: 47 Posts: 2285 View Predictions]

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2010 / Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
2011 / Leila Hatami, A Separation
2012 / Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
2013 / Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is The Warmest Color
2014 / Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2015 / Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
2016 / Isabelle Huppert, Elle
2017 / Broklynn Prince, The Florida Project
2018 / Toni Collette, Hereditary
2019 / Cho Yeo Jeong, Parasite
2020 / Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

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[Babylonian Joined: Aug 16th, 2021 Topics: 8 Posts: 4014 View Predictions]

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Being an ingenue seems to have gone out of favor, and veterans seem to be preferred.

FYC:

Everything Everywhere All At Once in every eligible category

Hold My Hand - Lady Gaga for Best Original Song

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[Manav Joined: Dec 21st, 2019 Topics: 61 Posts: 6705 View Predictions]

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Babylonian wrote:

Being an ingenue seems to have gone out of favor, and veterans seem to be preferred.

Which I think is better. To award long working actresses is much better than jumping to award someone the first time even thought person’s career best work may be yet to come.

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[Heptapod Joined: Sep 8th, 2021 Topics: 3 Posts: 1061 View Predictions]

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Manav wrote:

Which I think is better. To award long working actresses is much better than jumping to award someone the first time even thought person’s career best work may be yet to come.

I agree, but there’s a difference between Laura Dern and Julianne Moore winning long-overdue Oscars and giving them to McDormand over and over or Zellweger for what was virtually her first good role since the last Oscar. I don’t think McDormand or Zellweger were undeserving by any means, they both delivered amazing performances, but Sally Hawkins, Carey Mulligan, and Scarlett Johansson have all consistently put out amazing work for a decade or two now, enough to be considered veterans in my book, and would have been just as deserving.

FYC: Bad Sisters (Anne-Marie Duff) Cunk on Earth (Diane Morgan), Fleishman Is in Trouble (Lizzy Caplan/Claire Danes), Industry (Marisa Abela/Myha'la Herrold), Physical (Rose Byrne), Poker Face (Ellen Barkin/Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Chloë Sevigny), The White Lotus (Sabrina Impacciatore)

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[Manav Joined: Dec 21st, 2019 Topics: 61 Posts: 6705 View Predictions]

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Heptapod wrote:

I agree, but there’s a difference between Laura Dern and Julianne Moore winning long-overdue Oscars and giving them to McDormand over and over or Zellweger for what was virtually her first good role since the last Oscar. I don’t think McDormand or Zellweger were undeserving by any means, they both delivered amazing performances, but Sally Hawkins, Carey Mulligan, and Scarlett Johansson have all consistently put out amazing work for a decade or two now, enough to be considered veterans in my book, and would have been just as deserving.

Oh yes totally. I think Mulligan, Johansson and Hawkins all fit the bill of long working actresses getting their due. (I actually think Hawkins is massively under recognised ). I was more referring to the sudden urge in the 1990s to give it to Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Hunt (although she did have a TV Career) and this decade to Jennifer Lawrence (and Brie Larson to an extent). I consider Emma Stone out of this because I think by 2016, she low key warranted some recognition for a decade’s work.

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[winslets Joined: Jul 8th, 2021 Topics: 16 Posts: 177 View Predictions]

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I don’t think an Oscar should be given considering the person’s career. In theory, it should be for a specific role regardless of whether the actress has a 60-year career or if she is a newcomer in her first film.

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[ScottieG Joined: Dec 25th, 2021 Topics: 8 Posts: 324 View Predictions]

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My personal line up!

2010:
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Kristen Stewart, Welcome to the Rileys
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

2011:
Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

2012:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

2013:
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

2014:
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

2015:
Cate Blanchett, Truth
Angelina Jolie, By the Sea
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van

2016:
Amy Adams, Arrival
Viola Davis, Fences
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

2017:
Annette Bening, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Jessie Buckley, Beast
Jane Fonda, Our Souls At Night
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2018:
Glenn Close – The Wife
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Nicole Kidman – Destroyer
Julia Roberts – Ben is Back

2019:
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Kristen Stewart – Seberg
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Renee Zellweger – Judy

2020:
Andra Day, The United States Vs Billie Holiday
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Imogen Poots, Vivarium

2021:
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Jennifer Hudson, Respect
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Tilda Swinton, Memoria

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[Manav Joined: Dec 21st, 2019 Topics: 61 Posts: 6705 View Predictions]

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winslets wrote:

I don’t think an Oscar should be given considering the person’s career. In theory, it should be for a specific role regardless of whether the actress has a 60-year career or if she is a newcomer in her first film.

Fair but art is usually subjective. So in a particular year where many performances which are equally deserving are competing, preference should be given to the actress constantly working and having gone unrewarded for a long time. However if the newcomer gives an undeniable performance,then they should be rewarded (but there has rarely been any case of this. The only one I can think of is Charlize Theron).

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[Hawk Joined: Aug 16th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 469 View Predictions]

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My picks would’ve been:

2010: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
2011: Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
2012: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook (fight me)
2013: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2014: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2015: Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
2016: Isabelle Huppert, Elle
2017: Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
2018: Toni Collette, Hereditary
2019: Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
2020: Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
2021: Tessa Thompson, Passing

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[Brayfers Joined: Oct 19th, 2018 Topics: 17 Posts: 1719 View Predictions]

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Personal Winners:

• 2010: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
• 2011: Viola Davis, The Help
• 2012: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
• 2013: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• 2014: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• 2015: Brie Larson, Room
• 2016: Viola Davis, Fences
• 2017: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• 2018: Glenn Close, The Wife
• 2019: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
• 2020: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
• 2021: Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Letterboxd: Brayfers

!EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!
- SEVEN OSCARS
- BEST PICTURE
- Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress
- Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actress
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Director & Best Original Screenplay
- Paul Rogers, Best Film Editing

FYC (TV):
- Abbott Elementary
- House of the Dragon
- The White Lotus
- The Last of Us

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[jdpjdp Joined: Jan 26th, 2022 Topics: 0 Posts: 11 View Predictions]

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My personal winners:

 

2010 – Natalie Portman

2011 – Meryl Streep

2012 – Jessica Chastain

2013 – Cate Blanchett

2014 – Julianne Moore

2015 – Cate Blanchett

2016 – Natalie Portman

2017 – Frances McDormand

2018 – Glenn Close

2019 – Renee Zellweger

2020 – Carey Mulligan

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[Rachel615 Joined: Sep 20th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 2329 View Predictions]

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My personal preferences:

2010 Natalie Portman-Black Swan
2011 Michelle Williams-My Week With Marilyn
2012 Emmanuelle Riva-Amour
2013 Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine
2014 Rosamund Pike-Gone Girl
2015 Charlotte Rampling-45 Years
2016 Isabelle Huppert-Elle
2017 Sally Hawkins-The Shape of Water
2018 Carey Mulligan-Wildlife
2019 Alfre Woodard-Clemency
2020 Carey Mulligan-Promising Young Woman

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[20HFC20 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 13 View Predictions]

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2010. Natalie Portman, Black Swan
2011. Kirsten Dunst, Melancolia
2012. Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
2013. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2014. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2015. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
2016. Amy Adams, Arrival
2017. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018. Olivia Colman, The Favourite
2019. Lupita Nyong’o, Us
2020. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
2021. Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person In The World

If I am looking at this correctly there is quite the consensus between 2010 and 2013 perhaps 2014 to.

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[Mary Joined: Nov 8th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 620 View Predictions]

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Personal Winners:

2010: Natalie Portman – Black Swan

2011: Viola Davis – The Help

2012: Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

2013: Amy Adams – American Hustle

2014: Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

2015: Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

2016: Ruth Negga – Loving

2017: Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water & Margot Robbie – I, Tonya

2018: Carey Mulligan – Wildlife

2019: Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

2020: Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

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