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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 29, 2019 12:42:05 GMT
Curious to see what people say here and I mean from actors/actresses who actually have nods - not like say Donald Sutherland - but a nominated performer who missed for their best work ever for you. I'm going with Nicole Kidman in Birth - I am not a huge fan of hers like some are on here - but I do like her and she's been nodded 4 times - but Birth allowed her to do all the things she does well and in a most challenging role too. In fact she's not nodded for her two best performances to me - the other being To Die For........  |
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Post by JangoB on Dec 29, 2019 12:52:14 GMT
I'm very happy that Isabelle Adjani has two highly deserving Oscar nominations (both of which she should've won) but she still wasn't nominated for what I consider to be the greatest female performance of all time - "Possession".
And to mention another great French lady - Juliette Binoche instantly came to mind with "Three Colors: Blue" and "Certified Copy".
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Post by jimmalone on Dec 29, 2019 13:40:53 GMT
William Hurt - The Accidental Tourist
Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside (obviously this happens a lot to foreign actors and actresses, but I still name him, cause they nominated Bardem three other times)
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Sidney Poitier - In the Heat of the Night
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Post by LaraQ on Dec 29, 2019 13:53:35 GMT
Toni Collette-Hereditary.
Sally Hawkins-Happy Go Lucky.
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 29, 2019 13:55:18 GMT
Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone and Javier Bardem for the Sea Inside are the first I can think of.
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Post by Sharbs on Dec 29, 2019 14:02:00 GMT
SO MANY. I'm just going to do the first few that are off the top of my head. If I really wanted to work on this I could give you a thousand and a half examples.
My favorite Gosling performance is either The Place Beyond the Pines or Drive, depending on when you ask me and either way this is my answer; he's completely deserving of his nominations, but these are his best.
I'll also include Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Andrew Garfield, Silence
Gene Hackman, The Conversation
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Post by sirjeremy on Dec 29, 2019 14:12:29 GMT
Lesley Manville is the first person that comes to my mind for her masterful work in Another Year.
Julie Andrews - Duet for One
Renée Zellweger - Nurse Betty
Joan Plowright - Equus
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Georgia
Matt Damon - The Talented Mr. Ripley
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Post by cherry68 on Dec 29, 2019 14:35:20 GMT
Gary Oldman wasn't nominated for his best supporting role (and missed some of his best leading too).
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Post by mhynson27 on Dec 29, 2019 15:52:12 GMT
Andrew Garfield- The Social Network
Amy Adams- Arrival
Tom Hanks- Captain Phillips
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Post by finniussnrub on Dec 29, 2019 16:40:47 GMT
Ed Harris - A History of Violence
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Post by futuretrunks on Dec 29, 2019 23:04:55 GMT
I think Leo's best performance is a tie between Rev Road and Blood Diamond, so I guess he half qualifies?
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Dec 29, 2019 23:36:36 GMT
Lynch often gets career-best performances from his actors, and four of those weren't nominated:
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr.
Laura Dern, Inland Empire
Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet
Sheryl Lee, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Post by demille on Dec 30, 2019 11:00:27 GMT
Deborah Kerr for Black Narcissus and The Innocents.
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Post by Allenism on Dec 30, 2019 15:48:39 GMT
Some of these performances are BARELY their "best", but anyhoo:
Sissy Spacek, 3 Women
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher
Laura Dern, Inland Empire
Toni Collette, Japanese Story
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (her only great performance)
Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream
Gwyneth Paltrow, Emma or Two Lovers
Kate Winslet, Heavenly Creatures
Gene Hackman, The Conversation
Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Sean Penn, 21 Grams
Johnny Depp, Ed Wood
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me
Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers (there's really not much in between this and The Master, though)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 16:32:33 GMT
Ava Gardner, The Night of the Iguana
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Post by stephen on Dec 30, 2019 20:44:55 GMT
It happens more often than not, so rather than list every actor who it applies to, I'll just stick to actors with four or more nominations to their name.
Sissy Spacek: Badlands
Gene Hackman: The Conversation / The Royal Tenenbaums (I personally love Unforgiven the most, but the other two consistently duke it out for the top spot so I felt I had to acknowledge it)
Amy Adams: Arrival
Deborah Kerr: The Innocents
Tom Hanks: Captain Phillips
Sean Penn: 21 Grams
Glenda Jackson: Marat/Sade
Then you have folks like Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange and Robert Duvall who gave their best performances on TV, but they were largely nominated or won awards for those performances.
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