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1920’s:
1927/28- Janet Gaynor – Seventh Heaven / Street Angel / Sunrise
1928/29- Mary Pickford – Coquette
1930’s:
1929/30- Norma Shearer – The Divorcee
1930/31- Irene Dunne – Cimarron
1931/32- Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932/33- Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory
1934- Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
1935- Bette Davis – Dangerous
1936- Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld
1937- Luise Rainer – The Good Wife
1938- Bette Davis – Jezebel
1939- Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
1940’s:
1940- Ginger Rogers – Kitty Foyle
1941- Joan Fontaine – Suspicion
1942- Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver
1943- Jennifer Jones – The Song of Bernadette
1944- Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight
1945- Joan Crawford – Mildred Pierce
1946- Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own
1947- Lorette Young – The Farmer’s Daughter
1948- Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda
1949- Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress
1950’s:
1950- Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard
1951- Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
1952- Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
1953- Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
1954- Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
1955- Katharine Hepburn – Summertime
1956- Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
1957- Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
1958- Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
1959- Audrey Hepburn – The Nun’s Story
1960’s:
1960- Deborah Kerr – The Sundowners
1961- Sophia Loren – Two Women
1962- Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
1963- Patricia Neal – Hud
1964- Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
1965- Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music
1966- Elizabeth Taylor – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967- Anne Bancroft – The Graduate
1968- Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter
1969- Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970’s:
1970- Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
1971- Jane Fonda – Klute
1972-Maggie Smith – Travels with My Aunt
1973- Ellen Burstyn – The Exocist
1974- Gena Rowlands – A Woman Under the Influence
1975- Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976- Faye Dunaway – Network
1977- Diane Keaton – Annie Hall
1978- Geraldine Page – Interiors
1979- Sally Field – Norma Rae
1980’s:
1980- Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981- Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant’s Woman
1982- Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice
1983- Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
1984- Sally Field – Places in the Heart
1985- Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams
1986- Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God
1987- Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction
1988- Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark
1989- Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Diasy
1990’s:
1990- Kathy Bates – Misery
1991- Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs
1992- Emma Thompson – Howards’ End
1993- Holly Hunter – The Piano
1994- Jodie Foster – Nell
1995- Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking
1996- Frances McDormand – Fargo
1997- Helen Hunt – As Good As It Gets
1998- Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
1999- Hilary Swank – Boys Don’t Cry
2000’s:
2000- Julia Roberts – Erin Brokovich
2001- Judi Dench – Iris
2002- Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven
2003- Charlize Theron – Monster
2004- Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
2005- Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
2006- Helen Mirren – The Queen
2007- Marion Cotillard – La vie en rose
2008- Melissa Leo – Frozen River
2009- Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
2010’s:
2010- Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
2011- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

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[Irishmovielover4everParticipant Joined: Apr 22nd, 2011 Topics: 95 Posts: 3582 View Predictions]

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1920’s:
1927/28- Janet Gaynor – Sunrise
1928/29- Maria Falconetti – The Passion of Joan of Arc
1929/30- Louise Brooks – Pandora’s Box
1930’s:
1930/31- Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
1931/32- Marlene Dietrich – Shanghai Express
1932/33- Greta Garbo – Queen Christina
1934- Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
1935- Katharine Hepburn – Sylvia Scarlett
1936- Ruth Cattarthon – Dodsworth
1937- Irene Dunne – The Awful Truth
1938- Katharine Hepburn – Bringing Up Baby
1939- Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
1940’s:
1940- Rosalind Russell – His Girl Friday
1941- Barbara Stanwyck – The Lady Eve
1942- Ingrid Bergman – Casablanca
1943- Ida Lupino – The Hard Way
1944- Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity
1945- Peggy Ann Garner – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1946- Ingird Bergman – Notorious
1947- Deborah Kerr – Black Narcissus
1948- Joan Fontaine – Letter from an Unknown Woman
1949- Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress
1950’s:
1950- Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard
1951- Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
1952- Debbie Reynolds – Singin’ in the Rain
1953- Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
1954- Judy Garland – A Star is Born
1955- Susan Hayward – I’ll Cry Tomorrow
1956- Carroll Baker – Baby Doll
1957- Giulietta Masina – The Nights of Cabiria
1958- Jeanne Moreau – Elevator to the Gallows
1959- Marilyn Monroe – Some Like It Hot
1960’s:
1960- Emmanuelle Riva – Hiroshima mon amour
1961- Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffanys
1962- Katherine Hepburn – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
1963- Anna Karina – Vivre sa Vie
1964- Kim Stanley – Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1965- Catherine Deneuve – Repulsion
1966- Elizabeth Taylor – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967- Bibi Andersson – Persona
1968- Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
1969- Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970’s:
1970- Carrie Snoress – Diary of a Mad Housewive
1971- Vanessa Redgrave – The Devils
1972- Liza Minelli – Cabret
1973- Sissy Spacek – Badlands
1974- Gena Rowlands – A Woman Under the Influence
1975- Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976- Faye Dunaway – Network
1977- Shelley Duvall – 3 Women
1978- Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sontana
1979- Hannah Schygulla – The Marriage of Maria Braun
1980’s:
1980- Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981- Diane Keaton – Reds
1982- Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice
1983- Isabelle Adjani – Possession
1984- Gena Rowlands – Love Streams
1985- Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple
1986- Marie Rivière – The Green Ray
1987- Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction
1988- Glenn Close – Dangerous Liasions
1989- Michelle Pfeiffer – Fabulous Baker Boys
1990’s:
1990- Kathy Bates – Misery
1991- Michelle Pfeiffer – Frankie and Johnny
1992- Emma Thompson – Howard’s End
1993- Holly Hunter – The Piano
1994- Irene Jacob – Three Colours: Red
1995- Julianne Moore – [safe]
1996- Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
1997- Pam Grier – Jackie Brown
1998- Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love
1999- Hilary Swank – Boy’s Don’t Cry
2000’s:
2000- Björk – Dancer in the Dark
2001- Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rogue!
2002- Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven
2003- Charlize Theron – Monster
2004- Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005- Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
2006- Laura Dern – Inland Empire
2007– Marion Cotillard – La vie en rose
2008- Melissa Leo – Frozen River
2009- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
2010’s:
2010- Natalie Portman – Black Swan
2011- Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur
2012- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
2013- Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
2014- Julianne Moore – Still Alice
2015- Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
2016- Sonia Braga – Aquarius
2017- Kristen Stewart – Personal Shopper
2018-

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#44265

Editec to include 2011 & 2012 choices…
I’ve included a tie to match to academy’s…and included the unofficial nomination of 1934…

1920’s: 1927/28- Gloria Swanson – Sadie Thompson 1928/29- Jeanne Eagles – The Letter 1930’s: 1929/30- Greta Garbo – Romance 1930/31- Marlene Dietrich – Morocco 1931/32- Marie Dressler – Emma 1932/33- May Robson – Lady For a Day 1934- Bette Davis – Of Human Bondage 1935- Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams 1936- Carole Lombard – My Man Godfrey 1937- Irene Dunne – The Awful Truth 1938- Bette Davis – Jezebel* 1939- Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind* 1940’s: 1940- Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story 1941- Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire 1942- Bette Davis – Now, Voyager 1943- Jean Arthur – The More the Merrier 1944- Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity 1945- Ingrid Bergman – The Bells of St. Mary’s 1946- Celia Johnson – Brief Encounter 1947- Rosalind Russell – Mourning Becomes Electra 1948- Barbara Stanwyck – Sorry, Wrong Number 1949- Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress* 1950’s: 1950- Bette Davis – All About Eve and Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard 1951- Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire* 1952- Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding 1953- Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday* 1954- Judy Garland – A Star Is Born 1955- Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo* 1956- Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia* 1957- Deborah Kerr – Heaven Knows, Mr. Alison 1958- Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame 1959- Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer 1960’s: 1960- Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment 1961- Sophia Loren – Two Women* 1962- Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker* 1963- Patricia Neal – Hud* 1964- Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater 1965- Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music 1966- Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl 1967- Edith Evans – The Whisperers 1968- Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl* 1969- Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 1970’s: 1970- Carrie Snodgress – The Diary of a Mad Housewife 1971- Jane Fonda – Klute* 1972- Liza Minnelli – Cabaret* 1973- Ellen Burstyn – The Exorcist 1974- Ellen Busrtyn – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore* 1975- Isabelle Adjani – The Story of Adele H. 1976- Liv Ullmann – Face To Face 1977- Diane Keaton – Annie Hall* 1978- Geraldine Page – Interiors 1979- Bette Midler – The Rose 1980’s: 1980- Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection 1981- Diane Keaton – Reds 1982- Jessica Lange – Frances 1983- Debra Winger – Terms of Endearment 1984- Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians 1985- Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God 1986- Sigourney Weaver – Aliens 1987- Cher – Moonstruck* 1988- Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark 1989- Isabelle Adjani – Camille Claudel 1990’s: 1990- Meryl Streep – Postcards From the Edge 1991- Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise 1992- Emma Thompson – Howards’ End* 1993- Holly Hunter – The Piano* 1994- Jessica Lange – Blue Sky* 1995- Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility 1996- Frances McDormand – Fargo* 1997- Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown 1998- Meryl Streep – One True Thing 1999- Hilary Swank – Boys Don’t Cry* 2000’s: 2000- Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream 2001- Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom 2002- Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven 2003- Samantha Morton – In America 2004- Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005- Felciity Huffman – Transamerica 2006- Judi Dench – Notes On a Scandal 2007- Laura Linney – The Savages 2008- Kate Winslet – The Reader* 2009- Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia 2010’s: 2010- Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone 2011- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady* 2012 – Emanuelle Riva – Amour Multiple wins: 5 – Meryl Streep (plus 1 supporting) 4 – Bette Davis 4 – Ellen Burstyn (plus 1 supporting) 3 – Barbara Stanwyck 3 – Katharine Hepburn 3 – Anne Bancroft 2 – Gloria Swanson 2 – Vivien Leigh 2 – Ingrid Bergman 2 – Rosalind Russell 2 – Jane Fonda 2 – Diane Keaton 2 – Isabelle Adjani 2 – Jessica Lange 2 – Emma Thompson 2 – Judi Dench 2 – Kate Winslet 1 (plus 1 supporting) : Judy Garland, Geraldine Page, Vanessa Redgrave, Cher, Sigourney Weaver & Holly Hunter

 

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[allabout oscarsMember Joined: Sep 20th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 1394 View Predictions]

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2010..Nicole Kidman- Rabbit Hole
2009..Meryl Streep- Julie and Julia
2008..Meryl Streep- Doubt
2007..Marion Cotillard- la Vie en Rose
2006..Kate Winslet- Little Children
2005..Laura Linney- The Squid and the Whale
2004..Hilary Swank- Million Dollar baby
2003..Diane Keaton- Something’s gotta Give
2002..Julianne Moore- Far From heaven
2001..Judi Dench- Iris
2000..Ellen Burstyn- Requiem for a Dream

1999..Annette Bening- American Beauty
1998..Meryl Streep- One True Thing
1997..Judi Dench- Mrs. Brown
1996..Frances McDormand- Fargo
1995..Meryl Streep- The Bridges of Madison County
1994..Jessica Lange- Blue Sky
1993..Debra Winger- A Dangerous Woman
1992..Emma Thompson- Howard’s End
1991..Jodie Foster- Silence of the Lambs
1990..Anjelica Huston- The Grifters

1989..Jessica Tandy- Driving Miss Daisy
1988..Meryl Streep- A Cry in the Dark
1987..Barbra Streisand- Nuts
1986..Anne Bancroft-‘night, Mother
1985..Meryl Streep- Out of Africa
1984..Sally Field- Places in the Heart
1983..Debra Winger- Terms of Endearment
1982..Meryl Streep- Sophie’s Choice
1981..Diane Keaton- Reds
1980..Ellen Burstyn- Ressurection

1979..Sally Field- Norma Rae
1978..Jane Fonda- Coming Home
1977..Jane Fonda- Julia
1976..Faye Dunaway- Network
1975..Louise Fletcher- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1974..Ellen Burstyn- Alice doesnt Live Here Anymore
1973..Barbra Streisand- The Way we Were
1972..Diana ross- Lady Sings the Blues
1971..Jane Fonda- Klute
1970..Glenda Jackson- Women in Love

1969..Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Dont They?
1968..Barbra Streisand- Funny Girl
1967..Anne Bancroft- The Graduate
1966..Elizabeth Taylor- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1965..Julie Andrews- The Sound of Music
1964..Anne Bancroft- The Pumpkin Eater
1963..Patricia Neal- Hud
1962..Anne Bancroft- the Miracle Worker
1961..Natalie Wood- Splendor in the Grass
1960..Shirley MacLaine- The Apartment

1959..Audrey Hepburn- The Nun’s Story
1958..Susan Hayward- I Want to Live
1957..Joanne Woodward- The Three faces of Eve
1956..Deborah kerr- The King and I
1955..Anna Magnani- The Rose Tatoo
1954..Grace Kelly- The Country Girl
1953..Deborah Kerr- From here to Eternity
1952..Shirley Booth- Come Back Little Sheba
1951..Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire

1950..Bette Davis- All About Eve
1949..Olivia DeHavilland- The Heiress
1948..Barbara Stanwyck- Sorry, Wrong Number
1947..Rosalind Russell- Mourning Becomes Electra
1946..Olivia DeHavilland- To each His Own
1945..Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce
1944..Claudette Colbert- Since You Went Away
1943..Ingrid bergman- Casablanca
1942..Bette Davis- Now, Voyager
1941..Bette Davis- The Little Foxes
1940..Katharine Hepburn- The Philadelphia Story

1939..Vivien Leigh- Gone With the Wind
1938..Bette Davis- Jezebel
1937..Luise Rainer- The Good Earth
1936..Carole Lombard- My Man Godfrey
1935..Katharine Hepburn- Alice Adams
1934..Bette Davis- Of Human Bondage
1933..Katharine Hepburn- Morning Glory
1932..Helen hayes- The Sins of Madeline Claudet
1931..Irene Dunne- Cimmaron
1930..Norma Shearer- The Divorcee

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[tonorloParticipant Joined: Oct 4th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 3227 View Predictions]

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1920’s:
1927/28- Janet Gaynor – Seventh Heaven / Street Angel / Sunrise
1928/29- Jeanne Eagels – The Letter

1930’s:
1929/30- Greta Garbo – Romance
1930/31- Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
1931/32- Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932/33- May Robson – Lady for a Day
1934- Norma Shearer – The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1935- Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams
1936- Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld
1937- Greta Garbo – Camille
1938- Norma Shearer- Marie Antoinette
1939- Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind

1940’s:
1940- Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story
1941- Bette Davis – The Little Foxes
1942- Bette Davis – Now, Voyager
1943- Jennifer Jones – The Song of Bernadette
1944- Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight
1945- Ingrid Bergman-  The Bells of St. Mary’s
1946- Celia Johnson – Brief Encounter
1947- Rosalind Russell – Mourning Becomes Electra
1948- Olivia de Havilland – The Snake Pit
1949- Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress

1950’s:
1950- Bette Davis – All About Eve
1951- Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
1952- Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
1953- Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
1954- Judy Garland – A Star is Born
1955- Anna Magnani- The Rose Tattoo
1956- Deborah Kerr – The King and I
1957- Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
1958- Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame
1959- Audrey Hepburn – The Nun’s Story

1960’s:
1960- Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
1961- Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1962- Katharine Hepburn – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
1963- Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
1964- Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
1965- Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music
1966- Ida Kaminska – The House on Main Street
1967- Edith Evans – The Whisperers
1968- Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter
1969- Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970’s:
1970- Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
1971- Jane Fonda – Klute
1972- Liza Minnelli – Cabaret
1973- Ellen Burstyn – The Exorcist
1974- Gena Rowlands – A Woman Under the Influence
1975- Isabelle Adjani – The Story of Adele H.
1976- Liv Ullmann – Face to Face
1977- Diane Keaton – Annie Hall
1978- Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata
1979- Sally Field – Norma Rae

1980’s:
1980- Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981- Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond
1982- Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice
1983- Debra Winger – Terms of Endreament
1984- Judy Davis – A Passage to India
1985- Geraldine Page- The Trip to Bountiful
1986- Sissy Spacek – Crimes of the Heart
1987- Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction
1988- Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark
1989- Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Diasy

1990’s:
1990- Kathy Bates – Misery
1991- Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs
1992- Emma Thompson – Howards’ End
1993- Angela Bassett- What’s Love Got to Do With It?
1994- Jodie Foster – Nell
1995- Emma Thompson- Sense and Sensibility
1996- Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
1997- Helen Hunt- As Good As It Gets
1998- Fernanda Montenegro- Central Station
1999- Hilary Swank – Boys Don’t Cry

2000’s:
2000- Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich
2001- Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball
2002- Diane Lane- Unfaithful
2003- Charlize Theron – Monster
2004- Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
2005- Felicity Huffman- Transamerica
2006- Helen Mirren – The Queen
2007- Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
2008- Melissa Leo- Frozen River
2009- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

2010’s:
2010- Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole

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[iskolarParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 12 Posts: 1050 View Predictions]

#44268

tonorlo, I just want to say I miss your Best ACtress analysis back at the old forums. And I’m interested to hear your thoughts on the 2011 race. I think Kidman was a surprising choice. 🙂

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[ENGLANDParticipant Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 53 Posts: 2063 View Predictions]

#44269

1995 was one of the greatest years for actresses. When it comes to snubs everyone always talks about Nicole Kidman in to die for and sometimes mention Angela Bassett but lets be honest, Kathy Bates delivered the greatest performace of the 90s by an actress in Dolores Claiborne hands down.

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#44270

I’ll list my choices of the nominees, going back through the ’80s; if I would have picked someone not nominated, they’re listed in parentheses:

2010: Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
2009: Carey Mulligan, An Education (Tilda Swinton, Julia)
2008: Melissa Leo, Frozen River (Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky)
2007: Julie Christie, Away From Her (Tang Wei, Lust, Caution)
2006: Penelope Cruz, Volver
2005: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica (Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger)
2004: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2003: Charlize Theron, Monster
2002: Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
2001: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! (Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive)
2000: Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
1999: Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
1998: Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station (Christina Ricci, The Opposite of Sex)
1997: Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove
1996: Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
1995: Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas (Nicole Kidman, To Die For)
1994: Jessica Lange, Blue Sky (Linda Fiorentino, The Last Seduction)
1993: Holly Hunter, The Piano
1992: Emma Thompson, Howards End
1991: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
1990: Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
1989: Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
1988: Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark (Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham)
1987: Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
1986: Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
1985: Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1984: Judy Davis, A Passage to India (Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone)
1983: Meryl Streep, Silkwood
1982: Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
1981: Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City
1980: Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People 

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[tonorloParticipant Joined: Oct 4th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 3227 View Predictions]

#44271

Hey, thanks, iskolar! Just for you…

I’ll sign the general consensus that 2010 was a better-than-average year for Best Actress (none of these women strike me as out-and-out filler, which usually constitutes at least 20% of the race). That having been said, I don’t think any of these entries are candidates for the “100 Best Oscar-Nominated Performances,” either. They all have different things going for them, but all of them have little creases in their performances that nag me a bit.

Annette Bening typically gets recognized for her highly shellac-ed neurotic women, and in “The Kids Are All Right,” she feels refreshingly put together and mostly free of the spiky artificiality that her past performances embrace wholeheartedly (granted, for “American Beauty” and “Being Julia,” it’s hard to imagine her giving successful interpretations of those characters without that element in place). There is certainly a more grounded and sympathetic woman here than is Bening’s usual wont, but- flip/flop artist that I am- I wish Bening had more to do as her world is threatened to be pulled out from under her. She remains credible and realistic in her approach throughout (her cards-on-the-table speech to Julianne Moore is amazingly free of tics and overt theatricality), but in pulling back, she seems professional rather than extraordinary to me. In order to ring the bells that make me say “Oscar,” I admit, I like a little more “oomph” in the performance and I tend to be won over by the tour-de-force rather than subtle restraint (big exception: Audrey Hepburn in “The Nun’s Story”). Bening is good in “Kids”- in fact, at times, she’s very good- but she never makes me say “Oscar.” (Now, if she had been nominated for “Mother and Child”…)

I’ll admit: I would have preferred Tony winner Cynthia Nixon reprising her role in the film version of “Rabbit Hole,” but box office insurance (so went the idea, anyway) Nicole Kidman’s take on the meaty role of a grieving mother surprised me. Kidman is an actress I’ve always had an uneasy relationship with; the charisma has always ranked high above the actual ability, though I respect her willingness to try different things. In much of her filmography, I get the sense that Kidman always seems to want to better herself as an actress and in “Rabbit Hole,” her liquid deliveries and provocative facial expressions create something entirely unique in a role that would be easy to approach from solid, baleful mourning. Kidman has seldom been more of a chameleon than she is here, displaying shades and colors that are subtle and nuanced, and which add up to a truly legitimate performance, which for me, is a rarity for her (many of her performances add up to a lot of successful and not-so-successful line readings to me). If the eager drama student pokes her head through a few times in “Rabbit Hole,” Kidman just as often and more frequently finds the necessary gravitas needed to sell the moment.

The burnished girl-woman that Jennifer Lawrence presents in “Winter’s Bone” is very nearly a triumph of talent over charisma. Hair matted, plainly made-up with a busted lip, Lawrence never looks like a remarkable heroine, and she never once tries to give a movie star performance. “Winter’s Bone” needs a tough, no-nonsense gal to sell this uncomfortable saga, and Lawrence clearly displays her chops as she builds a girl who slogs her way through large and small family drama, and as hard as she tries and as surprisingly competent as she may seem, Lawrence also injects a compelling haunt into the viewer by making it clear that she is never completely comfortable in her role as de facto foundation for her family. Lawrence is the reason “Winter’s Bone” works, and she delivers a solid performance that isn’t perfect- she has room to grow as an actress, though nothing she does in “Winter’s Bone” is sheer ineptitude- but makes the necessary vehicle for her film.

Depending on my mood that day, I would almost say that Portman was the weakest link on the ballot, when she in fact has probably the baitiest role. Admittedly, my personal take on “Black Swan” can best be summed up by Macbeth: “the tale of an idiot told in sound and fury, signifying nothing.” But what really makes me stay off of Portman’s bandwagon is the irritating pitch at which she holds her performance for 75% of the running time, trying desperately to sell herself as a naive savant while her eyes practically radiate the subliminal message, “I’m smarter than this. I’m smarter than this.” I may be unduly harsh here, but while Portman is stuck in a wonderland nebula of more truly interesting characters, she has little to do but pop her eyes, pipe up in a childish treble, and work herself into a fragile frenzy. Ironically, it is only when Portman finally goes off the deep end and tosses the frightened little girl aside that I am able to relax as a viewer and finally sort-of enjoy the tawdry spectacle of “Black Swan,” for at last, Portman is at least in concert with her erratic vehicle. Portman does everything I suppose she’s supposed to do, but the final frenzy that comes anywhere close to justifying an Oscar nomination to me is simply a case of too little, too late.

Williams’ portrait of disillusioned love in “Blue Valentine” is neck-and-neck with Kidman for me for best-in-lineup status. Williams is that increasingly rare young actor who doesn’t need dialogue to convey volumes of emotional turmoil; she is galvanizing when she is simply walking toward the camera, fully registering Cindy’s disgust with the present and fear for the future. I could very nearly give her the Oscar, but for one caveat that may not be fair, but here it is. Much of the power of Williams’ work in “Blue Valentine” derives from her excellent chemistry with Ryan Gosling (who could have and should have been nominated), whereas “Rabbit Hole,” even with its fine supporting cast, exists essentially as a vehicle for Kidman, and as such, her performance resonates with an unfair advantage. A one-man (or in this case, woman) show is always a difficult turndown for me, and not only is this far and away the best of Kidman’s Oscar-nominated performances, I suspect there’s a good chance she may never be this good again.

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[FritzMember Joined: May 24th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 13 View Predictions]

#44272

Ah, tonorlo, so happy to read your eloquent thoughts again!

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 108 Posts: 14558 View Predictions]

#44273

^
ditto.

Either the “h” or an “n” has been left off the thread title. Just thought I’d mention that…..

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[LoganParticipant Joined: Oct 11th, 2011 Topics: 14 Posts: 1915 View Predictions]

#44274

I think if I made a list of my 10 favorite Best Actress winning performances, Portman would be on it. The last bit of Black Swan (the full throttle crazy) was a great piece of acting (though she’s solid throughout). That last fifth is more of a feat than anything I’ve seen from most acting winners.

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[AnthonyParticipant Joined: Dec 17th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 763 View Predictions]

#44275

1980-Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981-Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City
1982-Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
1983-Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment
1984-Jessica Lange, Country
1985-Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful
1986-Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
1987-Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
1988-Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark
1989-Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
1990-Kathy Bates, Mr. and Mrs Bridge
1991-Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
1992-Emma Thompson, Howards End
1993-Holly Hunter, The Piano
1994-Miranda Richardson, Tom & Viv
1995-Elizabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
1996-Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
1997-Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown
1998-Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
1999-Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
2000-Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
2001-Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
2002-Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
2003-Charlize Theron, Monster
2004-Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005-Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
2006-Helen Mirren, The Queen
2007-Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
2008-Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
 

For the last three, I need to rewatch all of the films for reconsideration.                                                                

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[LaactingnycParticipant Joined: May 29th, 2011 Topics: 89 Posts: 3749 View Predictions]

#44276

Bette Davis – 1935, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1962
Olivia De Havilland – 1946, 1948, 1949

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: Posts: View Predictions]

#44277

I’m not listing all the broads tonight – too much time.  Here are a few off the top of my head:
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  1943 – Bette Davis, Now, Voyager 
       
  1950 – Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
 
  1972 – Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues

  2009 – Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

And, for those of you not picking Jess in Blue Sky:

      
  

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