Who should present Best Actress at the Oscars?

[Chris Beachum Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 802 Posts: 1321 View Predictions]

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In hoping producers continue the lengthy tradition of inviting last year’s acting winners to return… let’s hope Jessica Chastain, Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose are already signed up.

Will Smith will not be returning to present Best Actress.

Whenever there has needed to be a replacement, the general tradition for the last 30+ years is that someone from the same category would be chosen. Assuming that means they are narrowing down to a previous Best Actor winner, who should present Best Actress on March 12?

Here is a list of all the living Best Actor winners. Make you case for your top 2-3 choices.

Gene Hackman (71) — retired
Jack Nicholson (75, 97) — retired
Richard Dreyfuss (77)
Jon Voight (78)
Dustin Hoffman (79, 88)
Robert De Niro (80)
Ben Kingsley (82)
Robert Duvall (83)
F. Murray Abraham (84)
Michael Douglas (87)
Daniel Day-Lewis (89, 07, 12)
Jeremy Irons (90)
Anthony Hopkins (91, 20)
Al Pacino (92)
Tom Hanks (93, 94)
Nicolas Cage (95)
Geoffrey Rush (96)
Roberto Benigni (98)
Kevin Spacey (99) — unavailable
Russell Crowe (00)
Denzel Washington (01)
Adrien Brody (02)
Sean Penn (03, 08)
Jamie Foxx (04)
Forest Whitaker (06)
Jeff Bridges (09)
Colin Firth (10)
Jean Dujardin (11)
Matthew McConaughey (13)
Eddie Redmayne (14)
Leonardo DiCaprio (15)
Casey Affleck (16)
Gary Oldman (17)
Rami Malek (18)
Joaquin Phoenix (19)
Will Smith (21) — unavailable

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[treacherous Joined: Jan 1st, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 15 View Predictions]

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Ben Kingsley should present since it’s the 40th anniversary of his win.

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[babypook Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 22 Posts: 3624 View Predictions]

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DDL
Kotsur
Rami Malek (kidding, kidding)
Firth

The Sunne in Splendour.
I prefer my roses white

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[jjjmoss Joined: Jun 2nd, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 2232 View Predictions]

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Honorary Winner Jackie Chan should present the win to Yeoh!

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[espnfan Joined: Nov 24th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 78 View Predictions]

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I will stick with my idea I had in the other thread about possible presenters at this years Oscars, but considering the fact this is the 95th anniversary of the Oscars, I hope they do something similar to what they did in 2009.

Instead of having one past winner present the Oscar (presumably the previous years winner, which is not possible this year), why not have five past winners and living legends present each acting award this year? I thought that was one of the most magical moments ever at the 2009 Oscars and a truly lovely surprise as well. Win or lose, it was pretty special to see all the nominees individually celebrated and honored by someone.

And in an effort to celebrate the 95th Oscars and the history that milestone encompasses, why not have a winner from each of the past five decades present the award? It could look something like this:

1980’s: Ben Kingsley or F. Murray Abraham
1990’s: Tom Hanks
2000’s: Sean Penn
2010’s: Colin Firth
2020’s: Joaquin Phoenix or Anthony Hopkins

It would not have to be those exact names above; these are just examples if they were to use this format.

It would be nice to see them pull out all the stops considering this is the 95th Oscars and do something extra special like above. Considering the absolute disaster last year’s show was, it would be nice to see some prestige, honor, and class return to the show.

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[Freeman_DC3 Joined: Nov 4th, 2022 Topics: 1 Posts: 167 View Predictions]

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A past best actress winner.

Jessica Lange, Holly Hunter, Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates, Sissy Spacek.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 91 Posts: 6027 View Predictions]

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Most likely DiCaprio, but I’d MUCH rather see him and Winslet present BP. Get on it, producers! 25th anniversary of “Titanic”! It’s such an easy call to make. They would be foolish to pass that opportunity up.

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[Jacob "Oscar Boy" Boe Joined: Apr 20th, 2019 Topics: 5 Posts: 1289 View Predictions]

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Knowing Blanchett’s PROBABLY going to win it, I think it would be cute if they had either DDL or Eddie Redmayne present. DDL gave her her first Best Actress Oscar, and Eddie was given his Oscar by her, so either one would be a nice full circle moment.

Once there was only Dark. If you ask me, the Light's winning.

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[Rachel615 Joined: Sep 20th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 2342 View Predictions]

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Jacob "Oscar Boy" Boe wrote:

Knowing Blanchett’s PROBABLY going to win it, I think it would be cute if they had either DDL or Eddie Redmayne present. DDL gave her her first Best Actress Oscar, and Eddie was given his Oscar by her, so either one would be a nice full circle moment.

I think it’s a mistake to produce the show expecting that a particular person will win a specific award— they should learn from the Chadwick experience and not do that again.

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[YeohBestActress Joined: Sep 16th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 2651 View Predictions]

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Streep and McDormand

It will like welcoming another in 3 Oscar club

and if Yeoh wins, it will be legends rewarding another legend

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[kamila Joined: Dec 6th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 1856 View Predictions]

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Hanks would be a good choice.

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[jjjmoss Joined: Jun 2nd, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 2232 View Predictions]

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YeohBestActress wrote:

Streep and McDormand

Showing you can be relevant and winning awards into your 60s like Yeoh

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[Damucracia Joined: Jan 21st, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 192 View Predictions]

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Tom Hanks maybe, for the anniversary of Philadelphia

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[Mladen Joined: Dec 11th, 2013 Topics: 0 Posts: 734 View Predictions]

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YeohBestActress wrote:

Streep and McDormand

It will like welcoming another in 3 Oscar club

and if Yeoh wins, it will be legends rewarding another legend

In both cases, we would be winning.

That said, I realized last night I am done. Cate won BAFTA and I am in “que sera, sera” mode. She amassed slew of great awards for Lydia, and honestly, if she wins SAG and Oscar, it would be extra joy for me, if she doesn’t and Michelle prevails, I’ll do happy dances around the house. I said this like a month ago on Best Actress thread, but I truly realized it yesterday.

Spreading the Love: Oscars 2023
Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Director: The Daniels
Best Actor: Colin Farrell
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan
Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett

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[vinny Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 26 Posts: 22830 View Predictions]

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It’s probably going to be Hanks. He is there every year anyway to present or do something so fits the pattern

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