Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we’ll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you’ll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.)
Best Actress Nominees: 1996
Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking
Mira Sorvino wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite.
Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility
Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone – Casino
Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County
Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1996 Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite
Kathleen Quinlan – Apollo 13
Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility
Joan Allen – Nixon
Mare Winningham – Georgia
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Susan Sarandon wins Best Actress for her performance in Dead Man Walking.
See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
