Well, she also won in the 70s for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore when it should have gone to Gina Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence. Shit happens.
I can the Oscars is a popularity contest now and yea on 2001 she by far was the only choice to win her leading ladies did not even cone close in fact I can’t even remember who the f won on 2001 all I remember is her as sara .
Actually i disagree. I doubt Harvey would have helped her since she turned down his advances and her then boy friend Brad Pitt threatened to kick his ass.
Bc historically the Academy awards ingenue in their 20’s over seasoned actresses. It plays out so many times. ( ie Grace Kelly over Judy Garland, Emma Stone over Isabelle Huppert, JLaw over Emanuelle Riva ( although I can understand that win) and possibly Gaga over Glenn Close( although I think both are very worthy performances), and even the resulting tie between Barbra and Katherine Hepburn.
Jennifer had the Harvey Weinstein company in her corner advocating for her win. And Emma Stone had history in her favor, the academy has always favored musicals so it's actually not a surprise that she won.
Absolutely 100%. It still to this day and it will always disgust me Paltrow winning over a powerhouse performance of Blanchett's Elizabeth. Blanchett over the years proved to be a much better actress. Gwyneth was never nominated again.
@@marklesterandriecruzet255 I just mean neither of there careers are over and so more awards are possible. Blanchett is 50 and Paltrow will be 47 later this month.
Blanchett should definitely have won. I do think Paltrow deserved to be nominated (and should have been nominated again for Proof some years later) but the entire Shakespeare In Love oscars was bizarre.
@@goodbadbill You are right on both, I think Helen was riding on all those Emmy wins for M.A.Y. I went and re-watched AGAIN, and agree, some of her scenes were heart-wrenching so I can see why she won. Also the other 4 nominees were non-Americans which may have helped.
Ha! I posted twice. I just have never gotten over the fact that Burstyn lost to Roberts. Don't. Get me wrong, Julia Roberts is a perfectly fine actress but there is no way she wins over Ellen Burstyn in Requiem....
Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple) was absolutely robbed of her Oscar. It seems these academy awards are more of a beauty/popularity contest most often than not.
a total joke that Julia Roberts won an Oscar - she cant and didnt compare with the exceptional performance of Ellen Burstyn - what a terrible error shameful academy
Julia Roberts has been making movies since the late 80's. She has 5 hits under her belt in all that time. Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Notting Hill, My Best Friend's Wedding and Erin Brockovich. I can remember a few days before the debut of "My Best Friend's Wedding", film critic Gene Shallit, said this better be a hit, because she hasn't had one in 5 yrs, and if it isn't her career wouldn't be going anywhere any longer.
It was one of Julia's stronger performances but Ellen's in "Requiem for a Dream" is a mind-blower. In fact Burstyn said originally she didn't want the role because she knew it was going to be a rough ride emotionally. But Darren Aronovsky convinced her to do it and she more than rose to the challenge. Ellen Burstyn really should have won.
I watched both requiem and erin but the one tht I like to watch over and over is Erin, mybe the script and Julia performance is worth wtching. Sarcactic, funny, fearless, intelligent, motherly .. Ellen was fntastic emotionally but I personally think the character was lack of personality and variations.
Ellen Burstyn actually scared me the first time I saw her tranformation. Such a great movie which I label as a horror because drugs/alcohol can do wonders when it comes to fucking up lives.
Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom was a performance only a master of their craft could do..Halle Berry won for a soft core screaming performance. Complete injustice. Spacek's performance for that movie is still taught and admired in acting classes
Jennifer Lawrence winning over Emmanuelle Riva still hurt's me, and sadly it would've been a beautiful recognition award for her career before she have passed. Larence have plenty time ahead to improve and proves she deserve and honestly her role wasn't even the second best that year.
As a doctor myself, I feel Jennifer Lawrence did justice to the character with her nuanced and well-articulated performance, and it deserved to be awarded...
Meryl Streep deserved to win for "Doubt"; Judy Garland should have won for "A Star is Born"; Liz Taylor should have won for "Suddenly, Last Summer", but DID win for "Virginia Wolf" Glen Close should have won for "Fatal Attraction AND "The Wife"; It happens a lot that an actress/actor wins an Oscar for a role she/he was less great in than one they were nominated and lost for. The Judy Garland loss to Grace Kelly is still remembered and talked about today in Hollywood.
Are you implying that Ms. Taylor’s performance in “Virginia Woolf” was less great than her performance in “Suddenly, Last Summer” ??? Her performance in “Virginia Woolf” isn’t only considered to be her best ever, but also one of the best performance ever in cinema history… Also, I disagree about Garland, because Grace Kelly deserved her Oscar and in fact won all the precursor awards that season, so it wasn’t anything shocking/surprising…
I agree. That is her best performance of her entire career. It's a travesty overall that she has 8 Oscar nominations and ZERO wins it bugs me to this day wtf.
What really upsets me is that Judy Garland, AN ICON, was waiting in the HOSPITAL for they to call her name that night but they just didn't 🤦♂️. Her performance in A Star Is Born was incredible!
Glenn Close was brilliant in Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons and should have won for both but the Academy members are stupid- they won’t reward an exceptional performance if the character isn’t a loveable heroine or victim of crime. Emma Stone winning over Isabelle Huppert in Elle was just insane.
Not always. Maggie Smith deservedly won for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" playing a very a less than loveable character who brought on her own victimization.
Emma didn't deserve the win, but neither did Huppert, who had way better performances on her belt. Amy Adams should have won that year, if not her then Ruth Negga or Natalie Portman.
Well Mia farrow I think is the most underrated actress in Hollywood ,she should have won for Rosemary's baby,nominated for broadway danny rose ,and purple rose of Cairo
@@Loulou-sr3tk You're right, just in a different film. Geraldine was given that Oscar purely because she had been nominated so many times without a win.
Most people who think Whoopi should've won have never bothered to see Page in A Trip to Bountiful. I never thought Whoopi was the best actress in her own movie. I thought that honor went to Margaret Avery. Imo
@@josephcarlisle1943 I agree. I've seen both movies, and A Trip to Bountiful just didn't move me. Which has withstood the test of time? I really think The Color Purple and Whoopi's performance were far more moving and inspiring. Geraldine Page's Oscar was like Paul Newman's for The Color of Money... overdue Oscar-syndrome
Totally agree with this list. Wasted Oscar votes for Helen Hunt, Reese and Gwyneth. They have all done negligible film work since. Felicity in Transamerica and Ellen Burstyn in Requiem were astonishing. I would have favored Jessica Chastain over Jennifer Lawrence myself.
It’d be nice if the Academy gave awards to deep, complicated roles rather than the most buzz worthy ones. More proof that money talks even in the art world.
OMG, this list is about as accurate as it gets---my sentiments EXACTLY!! The Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Hunt wins are so mind-boggling---Helen can't even get a small role these days!! Halle Berry's win in 2002 might seem somewhat "political" bc people in Hollywood were bitching no woman of color ever won Best Actress, so that seemed like a good time to give it. Nicole's win in 2003 was compensation for her loss the previous year for Moulin Rouge, she really deserved it more for Moulin Rouge than she did for The Hours.
KrueMann1992 Nobody saw that movie "Anna", but anyone who did will NOT forget Sally Kirkland. I don't cry watching movies, but Sally moved me to tears! Cher had half of Hollywood pulling for her, Glenn and Sally didn't stand a chance.
luis grant I agree but I feel for Close. She has been ignored for so long by the academy and Streep gets nominated every year. If Streep sneezes she will get an Oscar nomination. Hollywood politics.
100% agreed about Felicity Huffman, Judy Garland, Glenn Close, and Ellen Burstyn. I love Cher, but she was nowhere near the utter beauty of Glenn Close!
Close is obviously a better actress than Cher, but I really enjoyed Cher in "Moonstruck." The film has a magical quality that few movies do, and that can't happen unless the star of the film also isn't a bit magical/charming in the role. She pulled it off, so it's hard for me to hate. Perhaps I'm biased since I'm Italian-American lol.
Even before I clicked on the video, I was like "I bet Cher for Moonstruck is gonna be on here since everyone fights for Glenn Close" since half of the people commented how Glenn Close should have won on Cher's Oscar speech vid.
Emma Stone (lalaland) over Isabelle Hupert (Elle) Julianne Moore (Still Alice) over Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) Brie Larson (the Room ) over Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) Geraldine Page (TheTrip To Bountiful) Over Whoopi Goldberg (Color Purpure ) Frances Mcdormand (Fargo) over Brenda Blettyn (Secret and lies ) Faye Dunaway (Network ) over Sissy Spacek ( Carrie) Jodie Foster (The Acussed) over Glenn Close (Dangerous liaisons)
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a day is fantastic and she is such a dear wonderful lady America can be so proud of. God bless her and give her health and joy.
I actually think it would have been great if Judy Garland and Dorothy Dandridge had tied that year. Both gave stellar performances, Judy in "A Star Is Born" and Dorothy in "Carmen Jones."
Viola is amazing. She wows me every time. She had 15 minutes in "Doubt" as Mrs. Miller and she did the next-to-impossible; she stole a scene right away from Meryl Streep.
I always thought that Barbara Stanwyck should have won in 1944 for 'Double' Indemnity' over Ingrid Bergman for 'Gaslight'. Even though I adore Bergman.
I completely agree that Judy got ripped off. I'm not sure Grace Kelly even deserved to be nominated. The famous dressing room scene alone should have won her the Oscar. She got hosed.
Unfortunately it can be a popularity contest and Judy had burned a few bridges over the years due to the drug issues I think that played into it and yes Judy was totally 💯 robbed
Emmanuelle Riva went above and beyond in that film in that Haneke made. If that wasn't the most daring and fearless perfomance to be worth an Oscar, nothing has been worth an Oscar.
I really wish Glenn had won for "Dangerous Liaisons" too. I loved John Malkovich in it but Glenn's performance is the one I really remember and still notice when I watch it.
The one that isn't listed is the classic one were Joan Crawford actively campaigne against "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". Joan not only successfuly sidelined Bette's Best Actress Oscar, she also accepted for Anne Bancroft who won for The MIracle Worker.
Despite Joan's spitefulness, Anne Bancroft deserved to win that Oscar for THE MIRACLE WORKER. In fact, Anne's portrayal of Annie Sullivan goes down for me as THE BEST performance - most deserving - to win THE BEST ACTRESS OSCAR. I had to watch it come to that conclusion. See her and judge for yourself!
Chris N Joan didn’t have that kind of influence, all she did was ask the nominees who couldn’t attend to the ceremony if she could accept the award on their behalf, Anne Bancroft and Geraldine Page both agreed, Bette was the favourite, but favourites don’t always win, in many ocasiones they split votes with another one and then a third one wins, Bette was so shocked she didn’t win that she convinced herself and everyone that Joan Crawford had campaigned against her.
Bette Davis should've won for 'All about Eve' (maybe a tie with Gloria Swanson would've been fair) and/or ' What ever happened to Baby Jane', Judy Garland for 'A star is born' and Glenn Close for 'Fatal attraction'!
I have to disagree with the Halle Berry entry. All the actresses in this category that were excellent, but Halle deserved that Oscar. Her performance was amazing and extended far beyond the few minutes of the love scene with Billy Bob Thornton. She fought for that role and put her heart and soul into that role. The scene alone when she discovered that Billy Bob's character was the guard who participated in her husband's execution ran the gamut of every emotion one could feel. JMO
Thank you I so agree she did two really great performances just about then monsters ball and introducing Dorothy Dandrige about another Oscar nominee who in her case was robbed of the Oscar
@@kellicoffman8440 actually, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge was a TV movie and Halle was nominated for and won the Emmy for lead actress. That was definitely another well deserved award as well.
YES!!! Groucho Marx hit the nail on the head in his condolence telegram he sent to Judy stating her loss was the “greatest loss since Brink’s” (referring to the 1950 “Great Brinks Robbery”). Judy’s performance is nothing short of a tour de force!!
Eve S. Sadly we will never know what impact her winning could have had in her. I worry that the damage might have already been too far gone by that point. Such a tragic story...,she had basically ONE person on her side growing up (Mikey Rooney) and he had his own issues he couldn’t defend her like he could have...
I just watched Carrie the other day. Sissy Spacek should have won the oscar. Piper Laurie as her mother was equally great. That crazy red hair also deserved a nomination. Fun to watch.
I like Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings, and for the rest of them I think they all deserve their Oscars but for different performances. Emma Stone - Birdman Reese Witherspoon - Wild Sandra Bullock - Gravity Penelope Cruz - Almost anything she has done with Almodovar
Going farther back, I would have awarded the 1946 Oscar to Jennifer Jones for "Duel in the Sun." Her role was demanding and transformative compared to winner Olivia de Havilland for "To Each His Own."
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You remembered Judy Garland. That's the number one best actress Oscar mistake, in my opinion. Grace Kelly had no business holding the Oscar. But you're Paltrow number one reminded me of that terrible mistake.
Jasper, I agree that Judys got hosed, big time hosed. So did the song, THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY. It lost to Three coins in a fountain. Nice song, but, The Man That Got Away was awsome. James should have won for best actor, George should have won best director, and Mr. Warner should have won for biggest IDIOT.
"The Ferryman" you hit it on the nose, each one! Nice. Carey Mulligan blew me away in "AN EDUCATION"; a performance that stays with you. It's that subtle, but masterful, performance by Mulligan that makes me want to see her in anything. Witherspoon, Bullock, Roberts, Berry all seemed like political wins.
The Academy has biases on their own. In 1967 it says Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) won over Faye Dunaway. I have not seen Dunaway's movie. But I saw another nominee, Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark. I can tell that Audrey's performance is 100 times better than Katharine.
Yes she had a couple of more Oscar worthy performances mask is definitely one of them and I happen to love moonstruck and her performance in in but I agree
@@keitherickson4523udy had a small part it’s true in Shakespeare in love but she truly did a stand out performance in those few minutes. I never felt it was undeserved but I also agree she was great in mrs brown
I used to be an Oscar fan but now I know it is just a big joke! It is unacceptable that Gwyneth Paltrow or even Emma Stone have both won an Oscar and actresses like Glenn Close or Felicity Huffman have never won. Seriously? Emma Stone for La la land? Lol
They keep on robbing Ellen Burstyn wtf...her portrayal in Requiem was so complex only a thespian and a great actress as she is can deliver...absolutely aslo agree on Fecility Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett...and my golly give Glenn Close an Oscar will yah!..
Sure, but that doesn't mean there are absolutely no criteria to evaluate levels of skill and effort. I also think I can see a tendency to shy away from "extreme" or edgy performances in favor of - to put it bluntly - vanilla performances.
Marilyn Monroe should have been at least NOMINATED for her role in "Some Like it Hot". She won 2 Golden Globes, but Hollywood shunned her because she dared to fight against (and defeat) the studio slave system.
@@johnfitzpatrick3094 Also, they held a grudge against her because she single-handedly destroyed the studio system, which basically OWNED the actors under contract with their particular studio, and TOLD them what parts they had to take. MM abandoned them in the mid-50s, (Her telegram to Fox when she decided against the movie (after reading the script) they were requiring her to do was, "...I'm sorry. I just don't like it..." and was suspended as a result. She stuck to her guns, and a year later triumphantly returned to Hollywood from NY, getting everything she held out for. Ditto in 1962 when Fox fired her from "Something's Got to Give". When they fired her with false accusations and a substantial law suit, she went on a media blitz, and Fox was quickly forced to rehire her at 5X her original salary, with director approval, and her choice of writers. She absolutely hated Bernstein's script, and she had Fox hire Nunnally Johnson to re-write it, at her request. Dumb blonde, my butt.
@@TheVerbalVolley She was fired from Something's Got to Give for not showing up to work. Those weren't false accusations. I'm not calling her a dumb blonde, but Monroe was an actress who had trouble remembering her lines.
@@johnfitzpatrick3094 She was seriously ill with acute sinusitis and a high fever. Fox's OWN studio doctor examined her and urged the studio to postpone shooting for one month to allow her time to recover. The studio chose to ignore the doctors diagnosis and, as a result, they had a very sick woman on their hands. She was severely depleted and weak physically. If you watch the clips from her final, uncompleted film, you will see that Fox was lying about her acting to defame her, but she was in near perfect form. The only time she struggled with her lines was when her stuttering came to the fore. She was a lifetime stutterer and fought desperately to overcome it.
1987 with Cher, really should have been Holly Hunter for "Broadcast News"... Ellen Burstyn has certainly been robbed a few times... She should have won for "Requiem for a Dream", followed closely by an excellent performance by Laura Linney for "You Can Count on Me", where Mark Ruffalo should have been nominated as well
Thank you so much for mentioning Holly; that's a terrific overlooked performance. And Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo in "You Can Count on Me." Wonderful performances from both. I could not agree more.
@@cherylhulting1301 Thank you for your response... I am glad you agree... I live Cber, but really should have not been her award... I still love Broadcast News and watch it when it was on and she just did such a marvelous job.... As for You Can Count on Me... you are spot on.... Mark Ruffalo is on my list of biggest snubs....He was absolutely phenomenal in that role and Laura Linney was as well.... So that year, for me. It was a toss up between Laura Linney and Ellen Burstyn
Gwyneth winning over Cate Blanchet and Fernanda Montenegro is UNBELIEVABLE
I cannot believe Ellen Burstyn didn't win for Requiem for a Dream. That was one of the best performances ever in history...
I agree. Her performance was just spectacular and memorable. That scene when she is in the subway just kills me.
Agreed. That film was from a then new director Darren Aronofsky and what she did with that role was incredible and should have been rewarded.
Well, she also won in the 70s for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore when it should have gone to Gina Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence. Shit happens.
I can't believe Julia Roberts won an Oscar...
I can the Oscars is a popularity contest now and yea on 2001 she by far was the only choice to win her leading ladies did not even cone close in fact I can’t even remember who the f won on 2001 all I remember is her as sara .
Everyone knows Gwyneth won only because of Harvey Weinstein's influence (back then) in the Academy and the industry.
Same with Jennifer Lawrence
That and who her parents were.
Flenif2247 lol🤣
Yes Cate Blanchet should have won. I thought Gp was good but Cate was transformative in. Her role as Elizabeth
Actually i disagree. I doubt Harvey would have helped her since she turned down his advances and her then boy friend Brad Pitt threatened to kick his ass.
How on earth, Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone have an Oscar but Glenn Close has never won? HOW?
Bc historically the Academy awards ingenue in their 20’s over seasoned actresses. It plays out so many times. ( ie Grace Kelly over Judy Garland, Emma Stone over Isabelle Huppert, JLaw over Emanuelle Riva ( although I can understand that win) and possibly Gaga over Glenn Close( although I think both are very worthy performances), and even the resulting tie between Barbra and Katherine Hepburn.
I totally agree! If Emma Stone can win then Lady Gaga should win
Jodie Foster won When Glenn Close was nominated by Dangerous Liaisons....please please
The academy is based upon politics and beauty, not really about the quality of performances,sadly that's how it is.
Jennifer had the Harvey Weinstein company in her corner advocating for her win. And Emma Stone had history in her favor, the academy has always favored musicals so it's actually not a surprise that she won.
Absolutely 100%. It still to this day and it will always disgust me Paltrow winning over a powerhouse performance of Blanchett's Elizabeth. Blanchett over the years proved to be a much better actress. Gwyneth was never nominated again.
Indeed...horrible mistake...Oscar i think is aware of this..Cate deserves more Best Actress.
So far.
@@worrywart1311 wdym by so far???
@@marklesterandriecruzet255 I just mean neither of there careers are over and so more awards are possible. Blanchett is 50 and Paltrow will be 47 later this month.
Blanchett should definitely have won. I do think Paltrow deserved to be nominated (and should have been nominated again for Proof some years later) but the entire Shakespeare In Love oscars was bizarre.
The only two that I'm really very upset is Julia Roberts winning over Ellen Burstyn, and Gwyneth Paltrow over Cate Blanchett.
I'd add Helen Hunt winning over Judi Dench for Mrs. Brown.
Agreed
Fernanda Montenegro deserved an Oscar
Not Gwyneth and cate
Fernanda!!!
Fernanda Montenegro or Cate Blanchett should’ve won. That performance in Central Station was amazing!
I'm sure Gwyneth had Harvey Weinstein to thank for that undeserving win....🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
CATE BLANCHETT was robbed 😢
Shes won two
Fernanda Montenegro was robbed hehee
FERNANDA MONTENEGRO was robbed
@@racheldesouzabagestao7635 I could not agree more. Fernanda Montenegro gave a master class in acting "Central Station."
FERNANDA MONTENEGRO!!!
Helen Hunt's win was hard to take seriously along with Jenifer Lawrence's win.
Helen Hunt had some great scenes though. Jennifer Lawrence didn't sell the role for me but the Academy were blind imo.
@@goodbadbill You are right on both, I think Helen was riding on all those Emmy wins for M.A.Y. I went and re-watched AGAIN, and agree, some of her scenes were heart-wrenching so I can see why she won. Also the other 4 nominees were non-Americans which may have helped.
Kate Winslet should have won for TITANIC. That movie was EPIC. it should have won all 14 Oscars it was nominated for.
ELLEN BURSTYN!!!!!!!! Yes. A million times, yes.
Ha! I posted twice. I just have never gotten over the fact that Burstyn lost to Roberts. Don't. Get me wrong, Julia Roberts is a perfectly fine actress but there is no way she wins over Ellen Burstyn in Requiem....
Gwyneth Paltrow over Fernanda Montenegro was a shame.
Two times Ellen Burstyn have been stolen, she should have won for " The exorcist" and for "Rrequiem form dream"
daniel torres That's why she's theGreatest
Well she's already won 2
@@marytyrone9020 just one. The exorcist she lost to Glenda Jackson if my mind serves me right.
I agree fully, though, Burstyn stole the Oscar from Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under Influence, so...
Barbra Streisand for The Way We Were.
Gave up on the Oscars when Crash beat Brokeback
Me too
Shakespeare over SPR for me.
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem For a Dream was out of this world. Glenn Close in Fatal Atraction was amazing too.
Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple) was absolutely robbed of her Oscar. It seems these academy awards are more of a beauty/popularity contest most often than not.
The same for Whoopi Goldberg
I agree Felicity Huffman and Cate Blanchett deserved the oscar!!!
Older Academy members did not sit through Requiem For A Dream and walked out of screenings as it was way too dark and heavy. That’s why Roberts won.
a total joke that Julia Roberts won an Oscar - she cant and didnt compare with the exceptional performance of Ellen Burstyn - what a terrible error shameful academy
Donald Kramer she should've won for Steel Magnolias
IMO, Julia's performance deserved an Oscar and definitely wasn't a terrible error...
Julia Roberts has been making movies since the late 80's. She has 5 hits under her belt in all that time. Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Notting Hill, My Best Friend's Wedding and Erin Brockovich. I can remember a few days before the debut of "My Best Friend's Wedding", film critic Gene Shallit, said this better be a hit, because she hasn't had one in 5 yrs, and if it isn't her career wouldn't be going anywhere any longer.
It was one of Julia's stronger performances but Ellen's in "Requiem for a Dream" is a mind-blower. In fact Burstyn said originally she didn't want the role because she knew it was going to be a rough ride emotionally. But Darren Aronovsky convinced her to do it and she more than rose to the challenge. Ellen Burstyn really should have won.
I watched both requiem and erin but the one tht I like to watch over and over is Erin, mybe the script and Julia performance is worth wtching. Sarcactic, funny, fearless, intelligent, motherly .. Ellen was fntastic emotionally but I personally think the character was lack of personality and variations.
Viola Davis should have won in the Help.
Number one definitely biggest scandal.Gwyneth Paltrow over Cate Blanchett.God damn you Harvey Weinstein.
And Jennifer Lawrence over Naomi Watts in the Impossible. SMH
Ellen Burstyn for "Requiem for a Dream"--no contest. Also, Nicole Kidman for To die For!
I agree re Nicole Kidman, and she wasn't even nominated! That's probably my favorite performance of hers.
Ellen Burstyn actually scared me the first time I saw her tranformation. Such a great movie which I label as a horror because drugs/alcohol can do wonders when it comes to fucking up lives.
Excuse me, but the one robbed when Halle Berry won was Sissy Spacek for In The Bedroom.
Naomi Watts should've been nominated and then won for Mulholland Drive.
Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom was a performance only a master of their craft could do..Halle Berry won for a soft core screaming performance. Complete injustice. Spacek's performance for that movie is still taught and admired in acting classes
Sissy was robbed twice!! For Carrie and In the bedroom
Owl 5 I definitely agree.
I was thinking the same thing!
To this day I can't believe Sandra Bullocks won for the Blind side
Jennifer Lawrence winning over Emmanuelle Riva still hurt's me, and sadly it would've been a beautiful recognition award for her career before she have passed. Larence have plenty time ahead to improve and proves she deserve and honestly her role wasn't even the second best that year.
Omg yes! Jennifer winning "LEAD ACTRESS" for a supporting role against tge magnificent performance of Emamanuelle Riva in "Amour".
Paulo R. Nascimento That year, the BAFTA had it right; they awarded Riva.
As a doctor myself, I feel Jennifer Lawrence did justice to the character with her nuanced and well-articulated performance, and it deserved to be awarded...
@@Juandomngz Actually I thought if anyone deserved to win for Silver Linings Playbook it should have been Bradley Cooper.
@@LizDee1 He did deserved to win for the role.
How did Glenda Jackson win Best Actress for a Touch Of Class over Barbra Streisand for The Way We Were? I will never understand that one.
gabourey sidibe should have won over sandra bullock
I always thought she did win until I double checked when someone corrected me
Paul Reza ANYONE in that category as should've won other than Bullock. I think her performance was way overrated
Meryl Streep deserved to win for "Doubt"; Judy Garland should have won for "A Star is Born"; Liz Taylor should have won for "Suddenly, Last Summer", but DID win for "Virginia Wolf" Glen Close should have won for "Fatal Attraction AND "The Wife"; It happens a lot that an actress/actor wins an Oscar for a role she/he was less great in than one they were nominated and lost for. The Judy Garland loss to Grace Kelly is still remembered and talked about today in Hollywood.
Are you implying that Ms. Taylor’s performance in “Virginia Woolf” was less great than her performance in “Suddenly, Last Summer” ??? Her performance in “Virginia Woolf” isn’t only considered to be her best ever, but also one of the best performance ever in cinema history… Also, I disagree about Garland, because Grace Kelly deserved her Oscar and in fact won all the precursor awards that season, so it wasn’t anything shocking/surprising…
💯 Glenn close its an absolute travesty she didn’t win for fatal attraction.
I agree. That is her best performance of her entire career. It's a travesty overall that she has 8 Oscar nominations and ZERO wins it bugs me to this day wtf.
She earned it more for Dangerous Lliasions, but it was still a snub for her to lose to Cher.
What really upsets me is that Judy Garland, AN ICON, was waiting in the HOSPITAL for they to call her name that night but they just didn't 🤦♂️. Her performance in A Star Is Born was incredible!
Yes! Cate Blanchette-She was great in that role as she has been in many of her roles
Missing from this list is the incredible performance of Glen Close in Dangerous Liasons. If one, that Oscar belonged to her and not to Jodie Foster.
Ms. Paltrow should win her next Oscar playing “herself” in “Couched” The Harvey Weinstein Story
Nah. She'd get a razzie for playing such a one note character.
These are right on. Especially Ellen Burstyn for Requiem. She is outstanding in that!
I agree, she made her point without showing off her tits and ass like Julia did in "Erin Brockovich". What a joke!!!!
Isabell Huppert was robbed too ... She should have won over Emma Stone
Glenn Close was brilliant in Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons and should have won for both but the Academy members are stupid- they won’t reward an exceptional performance if the character isn’t a loveable heroine or victim of crime. Emma Stone winning over Isabelle Huppert in Elle was just insane.
Not always. Maggie Smith deservedly won for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" playing a very a less than loveable character who brought on her own victimization.
Emma didn't deserve the win, but neither did Huppert, who had way better performances on her belt. Amy Adams should have won that year, if not her then Ruth Negga or Natalie Portman.
Well Mia farrow I think is the most underrated actress in Hollywood ,she should have won for Rosemary's baby,nominated for broadway danny rose ,and purple rose of Cairo
I love her in Broadway Danny Rose! What a wonderful performance!
Ellen Burstyn in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” over Gena Rowlands in “A Woman Under the Influence”. - definitely worth a mention!
Whoopi Goldberg shoulda won for "The Color Purple" over Geraldine Paige for "A Trip to Bountiful"
That was due to overdue factor..
Are you crazy... Geraldine Page gave one of the best performance by an actrice
@@Loulou-sr3tk You're right, just in a different film. Geraldine was given that Oscar purely because she had been nominated so many times without a win.
Most people who think Whoopi should've won have never bothered to see Page in A Trip to Bountiful. I never thought Whoopi was the best actress in her own movie. I thought that honor went to Margaret Avery. Imo
@@josephcarlisle1943 I agree. I've seen both movies, and A Trip to Bountiful just didn't move me. Which has withstood the test of time? I really think The Color Purple and Whoopi's performance were far more moving and inspiring. Geraldine Page's Oscar was like Paul Newman's for The Color of Money... overdue Oscar-syndrome
Totally agree with this list. Wasted Oscar votes for Helen Hunt, Reese and Gwyneth. They have all done negligible film work since. Felicity in Transamerica and Ellen Burstyn in Requiem were astonishing. I would have favored Jessica Chastain over Jennifer Lawrence myself.
It’d be nice if the Academy gave awards to deep, complicated roles rather than the most buzz worthy ones. More proof that money talks even in the art world.
I agree with Judy Garland and Cate Blanchett
I agree with Judy but would opt for Fernanda Montenegro over Paltrow, which is not to say that Cate was brilliant in "Elizabeth." She was.
Gena Rowlands is superb!!!!
Jessica Chastain should’ve won for ZeroDarkThirty also ViolaDavis for TheHelp.
Btw Reese deserved the Oscar
I have to agree with your selections. Especially, Judy Garland over Grace Kelly and Glen Close over Cher.
Thank you for mentioning Judy Garland's snub. She should have won hands down!!!!
Burstyn was phenomenal in requiem for a dream
Fernanda Montenegro should have won in 1999.
All the another nominated actresses deserved wining Oscar over Gwyneth Paltrow. I don't know if Gwyneth deserved get nominated.
Not. Ally Sheedy deserved Paltrow nomination.
Montenegro should won.-
We all know why Gwyneth won! Stupid hypocrite. She is also a big liar!
Cate blanchett was way more deserving for portraying Elizabeth and everybody knows that
Absolutely.
fernanda montenegro is the one who should've won over gwyneth !!!
OMG, this list is about as accurate as it gets---my sentiments EXACTLY!! The Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Hunt wins are so mind-boggling---Helen can't even get a small role these days!! Halle Berry's win in 2002 might seem somewhat "political" bc people in Hollywood were bitching no woman of color ever won Best Actress, so that seemed like a good time to give it. Nicole's win in 2003 was compensation for her loss the previous year for Moulin Rouge, she really deserved it more for Moulin Rouge than she did for The Hours.
When I watched Transamerica, I was deeply touched by Felicity Huffman's flawless performance. She should have won.
Glen Close for Fatal Attraction over Cher's corny performance
KrueMann1992 i saw that movie and it's so underrated!
KrueMann1992 Nobody saw that movie "Anna", but anyone who did will NOT forget Sally Kirkland. I don't cry watching movies, but Sally moved me to tears! Cher had half of Hollywood pulling for her, Glenn and Sally didn't stand a chance.
luis grant I agree but I feel for Close. She has been ignored for so long by the academy and Streep gets nominated every year. If Streep sneezes she will get an Oscar nomination. Hollywood politics.
liberal Hollywood made their choice
Glenn Close has been overlooked way too many times.....
Sandra Bullock didn’t deserve it for The Blind Side but definitely should have won for Gravity
I agree with this 100% except in my opinion Judy Holliday beating Gloria Swanson and Bette Davis is my #1 all time oscar fuck-up.
Agreed - Bette should have won in 1950. Such a shame that she didn't!
You are so right
Yup!
Yep . . should have been a tie between Bette and Gloria!! Both were perfection . .
Ellen Burstyn won an Oscar for the wrong film ( Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore)
Burstyn has been robbed twice for Exorcist and Requiem!!!!
100% agreed about Felicity Huffman, Judy Garland, Glenn Close, and Ellen Burstyn. I love Cher, but she was nowhere near the utter beauty of Glenn Close!
Close is obviously a better actress than Cher, but I really enjoyed Cher in "Moonstruck." The film has a magical quality that few movies do, and that can't happen unless the star of the film also isn't a bit magical/charming in the role. She pulled it off, so it's hard for me to hate. Perhaps I'm biased since I'm Italian-American lol.
Totally agree with Michelle Williams' role for My Week with Marilyn! She should've won that race!
the fact that amy adams still hasn't won an oscar angers me
Even before I clicked on the video, I was like "I bet Cher for Moonstruck is gonna be on here since everyone fights for Glenn Close" since half of the people commented how Glenn Close should have won on Cher's Oscar speech vid.
I totally agree with #1. Cate was amazing in Elizabeth.
Totally agree. Cher acting as herself and Glenn Close giving a masterclass in acting.
Gwyneth Paltrow - Fernanda Montenegro
Halle Berry - Sissy Spacek
Emma Stone (lalaland) over Isabelle Hupert (Elle)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice) over Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Brie Larson (the Room ) over Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Geraldine Page (TheTrip To Bountiful) Over Whoopi Goldberg (Color Purpure )
Frances Mcdormand (Fargo) over Brenda Blettyn (Secret and lies )
Faye Dunaway (Network ) over Sissy Spacek ( Carrie)
Jodie Foster (The Acussed) over Glenn Close (Dangerous liaisons)
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a day is fantastic and she is such a dear wonderful lady America can be so proud of. God bless her and give her health and joy.
Also Judy Garland should have one for a Star is Born!! Grace Kelly barely moved her face!
I actually think it would have been great if Judy Garland and Dorothy Dandridge had tied that year. Both gave stellar performances, Judy in "A Star Is Born" and Dorothy in "Carmen Jones."
I still think Viola Davis was robbed...she should have won for The Help.
I totally agree!!!!
Viola is amazing. She wows me every time. She had 15 minutes in "Doubt" as Mrs. Miller and she did the next-to-impossible; she stole a scene right away from Meryl Streep.
I always thought that Barbara Stanwyck should have won in 1944 for 'Double' Indemnity' over Ingrid Bergman for 'Gaslight'. Even though I adore Bergman.
And Barbara Stanwyck never won an Oscar. Can you believe it?
@@jeanettesmith765 That's harder to believe than any actress in the history of the Academy Awards, never a bad performance and alot of great ones.
If Halle Berry did not deserve the Oscar it was because SISSY SPACEK deserved the Oscar, NOT NICOLE
Gabby Sidibe should’ve won for Precious
I completely agree that Judy got ripped off. I'm not sure Grace Kelly even deserved to be nominated. The famous dressing room scene alone should have won her the Oscar. She got hosed.
Unfortunately it can be a popularity contest and Judy had burned a few bridges over the years due to the drug issues I think that played into it and yes Judy was totally 💯 robbed
Emmanuelle Riva went above and beyond in that film in that Haneke made. If that wasn't the most daring and fearless perfomance to be worth an Oscar, nothing has been worth an Oscar.
Gwyneth over Fernanda Montenegro still hurts!
Glenn Close in 'Dangerous Liasons' . Absolutely. Take away all the trappings, focus on the story and you're left with a shattering performance.
I really wish Glenn had won for "Dangerous Liaisons" too. I loved John Malkovich in it but Glenn's performance is the one I really remember and still notice when I watch it.
I still think that jennifer lawrence winning over emmanuelle riva was a joke
Jennifer Lawrence grosses me out!
Jennifer Lawrence should have won an Oscar for Winters Bone.
@@ADRHYN natalie portman deserved it
The one that isn't listed is the classic one were Joan Crawford actively campaigne against "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". Joan not only successfuly sidelined Bette's Best Actress Oscar, she also accepted for Anne Bancroft who won for The MIracle Worker.
Despite Joan's spitefulness, Anne Bancroft deserved to win that Oscar for THE MIRACLE WORKER. In fact, Anne's portrayal of Annie Sullivan goes down for me as THE BEST performance - most deserving - to win THE BEST ACTRESS OSCAR. I had to watch it come to that conclusion. See her and judge for yourself!
Chris N Joan didn’t have that kind of influence, all she did was ask the nominees who couldn’t attend to the ceremony if she could accept the award on their behalf, Anne Bancroft and Geraldine Page both agreed, Bette was the favourite, but favourites don’t always win, in many ocasiones they split votes with another one and then a third one wins, Bette was so shocked she didn’t win that she convinced herself and everyone that Joan Crawford had campaigned against her.
@@andressegui1236 yeah, that sounds more plausible than Joan actually campaigning against Bette. But then again, who knows?
Bette Davis should've won for 'All about Eve' (maybe a tie with Gloria Swanson would've been fair) and/or ' What ever happened to Baby Jane', Judy Garland for 'A star is born' and Glenn Close for 'Fatal attraction'!
Jennifer Lawrence nvr deserved tht oscar ...nvr evr
I have to disagree with the Halle Berry entry. All the actresses in this category that were excellent, but Halle deserved that Oscar. Her performance was amazing and extended far beyond the few minutes of the love scene with Billy Bob Thornton. She fought for that role and put her heart and soul into that role. The scene alone when she discovered that Billy Bob's character was the guard who participated in her husband's execution ran the gamut of every emotion one could feel. JMO
Thank you I so agree she did two really great performances just about then monsters ball and introducing Dorothy Dandrige about another Oscar nominee who in her case was robbed of the Oscar
@@kellicoffman8440 actually, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge was a TV movie and Halle was nominated for and won the Emmy for lead actress. That was definitely another well deserved award as well.
Biggest mistake was Judy Garland not winning for A Star is Born.
It probably would have changed her life where Grace Kelly didn't need it...
@@eves.6780 You're so right, it would have given Judy the much needed approval and confidence she craved. And never got.
YES!!! Groucho Marx hit the nail on the head in his condolence telegram he sent to Judy stating her loss was the “greatest loss since Brink’s” (referring to the 1950 “Great Brinks Robbery”). Judy’s performance is nothing short of a tour de force!!
Eve S. Sadly we will never know what impact her winning could have had in her. I worry that the damage might have already been too far gone by that point. Such a tragic story...,she had basically ONE person on her side growing up (Mikey Rooney) and he had his own issues he couldn’t defend her like he could have...
Emma Stone in "La La Land" (And I love her) over Isabelle Huppert in "Elle"
Toni Collette's performance in Hereditary was the best performance I've ever seen committed to film by an actress...she wasn't even nominated.
I just watched Carrie the other day. Sissy Spacek should have won the oscar. Piper Laurie as her mother was equally great. That crazy red hair also deserved a nomination. Fun to watch.
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon, Penelope Cruz and Sandra Bullock don’t deserve the Oscar.
Penelope Cruz does deserve. Watch Volver. She is amazing. Also your list should include Gwyneth.
I like Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings, and for the rest of them I think they all deserve their Oscars but for different performances.
Emma Stone - Birdman
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Penelope Cruz - Almost anything she has done with Almodovar
Going farther back, I would have awarded the 1946 Oscar to Jennifer Jones for "Duel in the Sun." Her role was demanding and transformative compared to winner Olivia de Havilland for "To Each His Own."
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You remembered Judy Garland. That's the number one best actress Oscar mistake, in my opinion. Grace Kelly had no business holding the Oscar. But you're Paltrow number one reminded me of that terrible mistake.
Correct. Kellys didn't even deserve a nomination, let alone a win.
Jasper, I agree that Judys got hosed, big time hosed. So did the song, THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY. It lost to Three coins in a fountain. Nice song, but, The Man That Got Away was awsome. James should have won for best actor, George should have won best director, and Mr. Warner should have won for biggest IDIOT.
"The Ferryman" you hit it on the nose, each one! Nice. Carey Mulligan blew me away in "AN EDUCATION"; a performance that stays with you. It's that subtle, but masterful, performance by Mulligan that makes me want to see her in anything. Witherspoon, Bullock, Roberts, Berry all seemed like political wins.
Ellen Burstyn is simply amazing. She’s terrific in everything she does.
The Academy has biases on their own. In 1967 it says Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) won over Faye Dunaway. I have not seen Dunaway's movie. But I saw another nominee, Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark. I can tell that Audrey's performance is 100 times better than Katharine.
I think Cher won that year because they were paying her back for not nominating her for Mask... she should have won for that and not Moonstruck!
Yes. Just as they gave the Oscar to Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love as an apology for robbing her of an Oscar for Mrs. Brown.
Yes she had a couple of more Oscar worthy performances mask is definitely one of them and I happen to love moonstruck and her performance in in but I agree
@@keitherickson4523udy had a small part it’s true in Shakespeare in love but she truly did a stand out performance in those few minutes. I never felt it was undeserved but I also agree she was great in mrs brown
I used to be an Oscar fan but now I know it is just a big joke! It is unacceptable that Gwyneth Paltrow or even Emma Stone have both won an Oscar and actresses like Glenn Close or Felicity Huffman have never won. Seriously? Emma Stone for La la land? Lol
They keep on robbing Ellen Burstyn wtf...her portrayal in Requiem was so complex only a thespian and a great actress as she is can deliver...absolutely aslo agree on Fecility Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett...and my golly give Glenn Close an Oscar will yah!..
Paltrow? Hunt? Witherspoon?!!! Kind of makes u lose faith!!!
Julia Roberts and Gwenyth Paltrow winning an Oscar for anything...enough said.
Holly Hunter should have won over Cher. Was a much more dimensional performance
At the end, all those "awards" (Oscars, Golden Globes, Bafta, SAG, etc.) are so subjective
Sure, but that doesn't mean there are absolutely no criteria to evaluate levels of skill and effort. I also think I can see a tendency to shy away from "extreme" or edgy performances in favor of - to put it bluntly - vanilla performances.
Marilyn Monroe should have been at least NOMINATED for her role in "Some Like it Hot". She won 2 Golden Globes, but Hollywood shunned her because she dared to fight against (and defeat) the studio slave system.
It was because they didn't take Monroe seriously as an actress.
@@johnfitzpatrick3094 Also, they held a grudge against her because she single-handedly destroyed the studio system, which basically OWNED the actors under contract with their particular studio, and TOLD them what parts they had to take. MM abandoned them in the mid-50s, (Her telegram to Fox when she decided against the movie (after reading the script) they were requiring her to do was, "...I'm sorry. I just don't like it..." and was suspended as a result. She stuck to her guns, and a year later triumphantly returned to Hollywood from NY, getting everything she held out for. Ditto in 1962 when Fox fired her from "Something's Got to Give". When they fired her with false accusations and a substantial law suit, she went on a media blitz, and Fox was quickly forced to rehire her at 5X her original salary, with director approval, and her choice of writers. She absolutely hated Bernstein's script, and she had Fox hire Nunnally Johnson to re-write it, at her request. Dumb blonde, my butt.
@@TheVerbalVolley She was fired from Something's Got to Give for not showing up to work. Those weren't false accusations. I'm not calling her a dumb blonde, but Monroe was an actress who had trouble remembering her lines.
@@johnfitzpatrick3094 She was seriously ill with acute sinusitis and a high fever. Fox's OWN studio doctor examined her and urged the studio to postpone shooting for one month to allow her time to recover. The studio chose to ignore the doctors diagnosis and, as a result, they had a very sick woman on their hands. She was severely depleted and weak physically. If you watch the clips from her final, uncompleted film, you will see that Fox was lying about her acting to defame her, but she was in near perfect form. The only time she struggled with her lines was when her stuttering came to the fore. She was a lifetime stutterer and fought desperately to overcome it.
@Flenif2247 correct, Marilyn was excellent, she really surprised me.
I agree with your number one: it should not have been Gwyneth Paltrow. BUT, the winner should had been Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station!
1987 with Cher, really should have been Holly Hunter for "Broadcast News"... Ellen Burstyn has certainly been robbed a few times... She should have won for "Requiem for a Dream", followed closely by an excellent performance by Laura Linney for "You Can Count on Me", where Mark Ruffalo should have been nominated as well
Thank you so much for mentioning Holly; that's a terrific overlooked performance. And Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo in "You Can Count on Me." Wonderful performances from both. I could not agree more.
@@cherylhulting1301 Thank you for your response... I am glad you agree... I live Cber, but really should have not been her award... I still love Broadcast News and watch it when it was on and she just did such a marvelous job.... As for You Can Count on Me... you are spot on.... Mark Ruffalo is on my list of biggest snubs....He was absolutely phenomenal in that role and Laura Linney was as well.... So that year, for me. It was a toss up between Laura Linney and Ellen Burstyn
And oh boy !! Sandra !! No way she deserved Oscar for that. Carey was brilliant. but not known.
Emily Watson over Frances Mccdormand (1997)
Viola Davis Or Carey Mulligan over Frances Mccdormand (2021)
Glenn Close deserve 3 Oscars
I disagree, Carlos. Sorry. But Glenn Close didn't win and lost 8 times. It's quite an shock, you know?
Ellen Burstyn lost for Requiem for a dream is the worst mistake in Oscars history