A few names that come to mind as deserving (and possibly long overdue) for an Oscar win:
Brenda Blethyn: Two Oscar Noms (1997-Lead; 1999-Supporting) and no wins. She doesn’t get the same kind of roles she was in the early half of the new century but she’s still a fantastic performer and should be capable of landing a plum supporting role that launches her onto the Oscar stage one more time.
Also in her corner; she’s clearly a well respected performer. She has a Golden Globe (out of three nominations); a BAFTA (out of four noms) and two Emmy nominations.
Ewan McGregor: I can’t believe he’s never been up for an Oscar. He has three Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy nominations. He’s still relatively young and works pretty consistently (though likely not in Oscar-bait projects) and likely isn’t really still on the A-List. But he probably should have been nominated by now.
Cameron Diaz: Put her on the next to impossible list. She’s basically retired now and hasn’t acted since 2014. She worked for several decades and never came close to a nomination. Her best shots were likely “Being John Malkovich”, “Gangs of New York” or “Vanilla Sky.”
But she’s only 40-something, could easily return to acting at some point later and become a “late in life” performer. Perhaps she’ll have a Jessica Tandy like career resurgence later in life?
Ethan Hawke: Talk about overdue; Ethan has been working since the late 1980’s and has four Oscar nominations to his name. (two for acting; two for writing) and still works consistently and regularly. He should have been nominated for “First Reformed” and hopefully has time to get nominated again. I have no doubt at some point he’ll be viewed as overdue enough for a win.
Janet McTeer: Still entirely possible with the right role she could win an Oscar. Highly respected, still works frequently and has two Oscar nominations under her belt. Although at 58 time may be running out if it doesn’t happen soon.
Winona Ryder: She needs to grab onto a big, meaty supporting role in a critically acclaimed film to ever get another nomination. Could be tough since she mostly works in TV now and rarely does Oscar-Bait movies anymore.
Kristin Scott Thomas: Hard to believe she only has one previous nomination to her credit. But she probably should have gotten a second nomination by now. Doesn’t seem like anybody is in a rush to give her a second nomination. Of course she mostly works in The UK now and isn’t a huge name stateside anymore.
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