BEST of the Best Actress Oscar Noms (Only The '90s Edition)

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Frances McDormand - Fargo 10
Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves 7
Anjelica Huston - The Grifters 4
Emma Thompson - Howards End 3
Brenda Blethyn - Secrets and Lies 3
Elizabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas 1
Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do With It 1
Kathy Bates - Misery 1
Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie 1
Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison County 1
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry 1
Laura Dern - Rambling Rose 1
Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds 0
Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient 0
Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair 0
Diane Keaton - Marvin's Room 0
Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility 0
Meryl Streep - Music of My Heart 0
Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove 0
Julie Christie - Afterglow 0
Judi Dench - Mrs Brown 0
Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets 0
Annette Bening - American Beauty 0
Kate Winslet - Titanic 0
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth 0
Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station 0
Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love 0
Meryl Streep - One True Thing 0
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking 0
Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field 0
Mary McDonnell - Passion Fish 0
Catherine Deneuve - Indochine 0
Susan Sarandon - Thelma & Louise 0
Bette Midler - For the Boys 0
Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs 0
Geena Davis - Thelma & Louise 0
Joanne Woodward - Mr and Mrs Bridge 0
Meryl Streep - Postcards From the Edge 0
Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo's Oil 0
Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation 0
Sharon Stone - Casino 0
Susan Sarandon - The Client 0
Winona Ryder - Little Women 0
Miranda Richardson - Tom & Viv 0
Jessica Lange - Blue Sky 0
Jodie Foster - Nell 0
Debra Winger - Shadowlands 0
Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day 0
Holly Hunter - The Piano 0
Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman 0


lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago)

Blethyn. in a heartbeat.

piscesx, Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago)

Are you Nell? From the movie Nell?

johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago)

My picks:

Emma Thompson - Howards End
Susan Sarandon - Thelma and Louise
Elizabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas
Holly Hunter - The Piano
Brenda Bleythn - Secrets and Lies
Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago)

dern shouldve been nom'd for citizen ruth wtf is rambling rose

johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:49 (thirteen years ago)

Gee, how can you nominate Mary McDonnell and not Alfre Woodard for PF?

Oh.

incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 October 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago)

It was said at the time.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago)

wd take Blethyn, or Watson in LvT's last good movie.

incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 October 2011 00:12 (thirteen years ago)

The worst winner: Helen Hunt.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago)

Blethyn. in a heartbeat.

― piscesx, Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:45 (Yesterday) Bookmark

^^^

jed_, Monday, 10 October 2011 00:25 (thirteen years ago)

voted anjelica huston, not sure i really think it's the best performance but i think it's the one i'd most like to watch again right now. lotta love for channing, bassett, shue, blethyn, mcdormand, watson (btv), thelma, louise. would vote bridges of madison county best streep, sense and sensibility best thompson. nell.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 00:52 (thirteen years ago)

mcdonnell still had some tatonka shine on her which is probably why she was able to get the nod. plus yknow, white.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago)

wd take Blethyn, or Watson in LvT's last good movie.

― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius)

^^^

buzza, Monday, 10 October 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago)

ok what actresses should've been nominated in 94 because ye gods that is a weak grouping.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago)

o right LINDA FIORENTINO

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:03 (thirteen years ago)

surprisingly stronger than the mens poll, dig all these and some others:

Anjelica Huston - The Grifters
Sharon Stone - Casino (her best perf)
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility
Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie (surprised she's never won)

The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

worst of em has to be hunt, right?

The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago)

hunt or maybe winslett

casino is stone's best performance for sure, not sure that's enough tho

at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

also (much weaker arguments): jennifer jason leigh (take yr pick which flick), irene jacob, karen sillas maybe

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

sharon stone's best performance is in stardust memories. i love kate winslet w/ the heat of a thousand suns but having caught ten minutes of titanic recently i can verify that is not a great performance.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago)

its not great, but i dont think its bad or anything.

The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

i think the relative weakness of it compared to nearly everything else she has done is what made it stand out for me. it was like a good keira knightly performance.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:15 (thirteen years ago)

well there's nothing to perform, tbf to her

at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago)

last good helena bonham carter role that year unless i'm mistaken.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago)

would vote bridges of madison county best streep

Agreed. Still one of her more bearable performances (in a less than bearable movie that's still watchable than the "book").

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

I shoulda put Bonham Carter on my list -- and she probably would have won if not for Hunt.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

between helen hunt and pam grier hollywood chose helen hunt.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:23 (thirteen years ago)

'92 and '94 weakest of all. Jessica Lange won by default (not a bad performance either).

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago)

Pfeiffer nominated in JFK-exploiting claptrap while Catwoman that same year is ignored.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago)

have to say helen hunt virtually disappearing after whutifthisisasgoodasitgets was one of the nicer failures of my worst fears being confirmed since live failed to turn into the next u2.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago)

holy shit love field WAS the same year as her catwoman! fucking insane - it's not like there wasn't oscar buzz for her catwoman performance either. i guess the academy was still old enough that it wasn't going to vote for some fucking comic book movie.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago)

As for '95, I'd have given the trophy to Shue and let Sean Penn win instead of Cage (Sarandon would've won for T&L in my world).

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago)

yeah i'd totally flip the actor and actress wins in 95.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago)

but then cage wouldnt have a trophy ;_;

The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago)

but then cage might've kept acting!

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago)

in this alternate reality he wins for bad lieutenant

at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago)

nic cage is the only real actor left

lagerfeld of modern despots (latebloomer), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

Bette Midler - For the Boys

My god I forgot about this

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago)

http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/081/003427_39.jpg

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago)

The story at the time was that she bought the nomination.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago)

in this alternate reality he wins for bad lieutenant

― at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Sunday, October 9, 2011 9:38 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

adaptation imo

The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago)

agreed

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago)

kaufman/cage involvement means adaptation has enough alternate reality already

at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Monday, 10 October 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago)

McDormand quite easily, though I give honourable mentions to Channing and Shue. Six Degrees of Separation is a sentimental favourite of mine.

jer.fairall, Monday, 10 October 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago)

Also, how is it possible that I watched every Oscar ceremony of the 90s and yet have never heard of Tom & Viv?

jer.fairall, Monday, 10 October 2011 04:27 (thirteen years ago)

most shamefully missing:

Nicole Kidman - The Portrait of a Lady

incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 October 2011 04:45 (thirteen years ago)

maybe excluded on a similar yet reverse basis of a lifetime achievement award?

at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Monday, 10 October 2011 05:14 (thirteen years ago)

no she was snubbed for to die for also (and arguably for eyes wide shut), and then suddenly post divorce oscar couldn't get enough of her.

balls, Monday, 10 October 2011 05:17 (thirteen years ago)

Nah, most shamefully missing is Pam Grier, as mentioned above.

jer.fairall, Monday, 10 October 2011 05:37 (thirteen years ago)

Who is this "Fernanda Montenegro"?

The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 October 2011 07:38 (thirteen years ago)

One of those people in furrin films.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago)

I see. Do not remember hearing about her or the movie at all at the time.

The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 October 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago)

Angelica Huston for the Grifters. I like a lot of these actresses, but not in these parts they were nominated for.

DaTruf (Nicole), Monday, 10 October 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago)

Gonna have to be Emily Watson first time around.

michael assbender (Eric H.), Monday, 10 October 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago)

btw I chose that photo in the hopes that one of their agents will get the bright idea to cast Irons, Whoopi, Bates, and Pesci.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago)

They'll probably instead get Nicholson, Hunt, Basinger and Williams together instead.

michael assbender (Eric H.), Monday, 10 October 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago)

in a James L. Brooks comedy

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 October 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago)

Ah, ah, ah -- "dramedy."

Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan M. (Phil D.), Monday, 10 October 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago)

"comma"

michael assbender (Eric H.), Monday, 10 October 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago)

There are a few I liked, but the only two I'd vote for would be McDormand in Fargo or Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs. If I could add one name it would be Pam Grier in Jackie Brown.

clemenza, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago)

I haven't seen Shadowlands but I'm tempted to vote for Debra Winger because Debra Winger. Still, I gotta go with Marge Gunderson.

da croupier, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

i haven't seen quite a few of these mike leigh and miramaxers

da croupier, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

Frances McDormand is easily the best thing about Fargo, and she's onscreen for (guessing) 25 minutes.

incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago)

since howard's end is my favorite movie, i gotta say emma

homosexual II, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago)

oh look at this

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 October 2011 00:37 (thirteen years ago)

Huston is third on this list, Irons second on the Best Actor one. So 1990 was the year, eh.

lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 October 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago)

Well, in this case 1996 was. Rightly.

michael assbender (Eric H.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 02:44 (thirteen years ago)

seven years pass...

I categorized these. I learned in social media that Kathy Bates has her partisans.

a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 17:14 (six years ago)

A fun performance in a fun movie, I'd say, but I haven't seen it since the 90s.

Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 18:35 (six years ago)


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