Only Mirren, Swank, and Roberts deserve awards for these performances. I was very tempted to vote for Swank, who is fabulous, but actually second to Winslet that year (who ends up finishing this list off with the worst performance on it, unfortunately).
I went with Mirren, but the 3 I mentioned are the only ones who should have one singular vote on this esteemed board.
In my "perfect" world...maybe it would look like this
Burstyn (though I like Roberts)
Spacek
Huppert (or Gyllenhaal)
Jamie Lee Curtis
as is (or Winslet to save us from the Reader)
Farmiga
as is (Cruz was worthy- saves us from VCB)
Christie
Hathaway (or hell, Binoche in a different world)
Swinton (or Gainsbourg or Moreau or Cornish or
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Looking at this list has made me wonder: why is this the category that always ruins my night?
I very nearly voted for Mirren. She's easily the classiest choice made this entire decade, and the only one I'd have actually voted to win the Oscar her year.
But, assuming she'd be a runaway (and I see I was right), I picked Hilary Swank. Of course, she's not nearly the actress Mirren is, but her Million Dollar Baby performance is overwhelmingly powerful. She gets a lot of criticism for winning a second trophy, though with winners like these, why anyone would throw tomatoes at the selection of this great turn is baffling.
I very nearly voted for Mirren. She's easily the classiest choice made this entire decade, and the only one I'd have actually voted to win the Oscar her year.
But, assuming she'd be a runaway (and I see I was right), I picked Hilary Swank. Of course, she's not nearly the actress Mirren is, but her Million Dollar Baby performance is overwhelmingly powerful. She gets a lot of criticism for winning a second trophy, though with winners like these, why anyone would throw tomatoes at the selection of this great turn is baffling.
Mirren. She did not especially look or sound like Elizabeth II. But she projected the essence of her character: a woman of advanced years who has been very famous and powerful her entire life, has been largely sheltered from the real world due to an accident of birth, and is going through a serious personal crisis and resents that she has to do it in public. Mirren made the brilliant decision to not try to impersonate Elizabeth but just play her character (if that makes any sense).
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WOW!
This is...not...a great list at all. Had Sissy Spacek or Julie Christie rightfully won, I'd be torn between them...but this? I can't begrudge Mirren, Roberts, or Swank their nominations but there were so many in their respective years in the running (or nominated alongside them!) that deserved it more.
I'm going with Julia Roberts whose performance at this point has become somewhat underrated.
This is...not...a great list at all. Had Sissy Spacek or Julie Christie rightfully won, I'd be torn between them...but this? I can't begrudge Mirren, Roberts, or Swank their nominations but there were so many in their respective years in the running (or nominated alongside them!) that deserved it more.
I'm going with Julia Roberts whose performance at this point has become somewhat underrated.
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