Tag: Best Actress Academy Award

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 2003

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 Nominee: 2003

Salma Hayek, Frida
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Diane Lane, Unfaithful
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Renee Zellweger, Chicago


Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 2003

Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Julianne Moore, The Hours
Meryl Streep, Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago


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Nicole Kidman wins Best Actress for her role in The Hours.

 
Catherine Zeta-Jones wins Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chicago.

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 See nominees and winners in previous years:  1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 2002

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: 2002
Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball
Judi Dench, Iris
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge!
Sissy Spacek, In The Bedroom
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones’s Diary
Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 2002
Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
Marisa Tomei, In The Bedroom
Kate Winslet, Iris
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Halle Berry (transcript only) wins Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball.
Jennifer Connelly wins Best Supporting Actress for her role in A Beautiful Mind.
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 See nominees and winners in previous years:  1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 2001

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: 2001

Joan Allen, The Contender
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich 

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 2001

Judi Dench, Chocolat
Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters, Billy Elliot

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Julia Roberts wins Best Actress for her performance in Erin Brockovich.
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Marcia Gay Harden (transcript only) wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pollock.
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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 2000

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: 2000

Annette Bening, American Beauty
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart
Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 2000

Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don’t Cry
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Hilary Swank wins Best Actress for her performance in Boys Don’t Cry.
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Angelina Jolie wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Girl, Interrupted.
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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1999

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: 1999

Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
Fernanda Montenegro –  Central Station
Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love
Meryl Streep – One True Thing
Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie 

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1999

Kathy Bates – Primary Colors
Judi Dench – Shakespeare in Love
Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice
Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie
Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters

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 Gwyneth Paltrow wins Best Actress for her performance in Shakespeare in Love.

Judi Dench (transcript only) wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Shakespeare in Love.

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See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1998

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: 1998

Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie – Afterglow
Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown
Helen Hunt – As Good As It Gets
Kate Winslet – Titanic

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1998

Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack – In & Out
Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting
Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart – Titanic

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Helen Hunt wins Best Actress for her role in As Good As It Gets.

 Kim Basinger wins Best Supporting Actress for her role in L.A. Confidential.

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See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1997

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: 1997

Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
Diane Keaton, Marvin’s Room
Frances McDormand, Fargo
Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1997

Joan Allen, The Crucible
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient
Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies
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Frances McDormand wins Best Actress for her performance in Fargo.
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Juliette Binoche (transcript only) wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The English Patient.
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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1996

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

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.

Mira Sorvino wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite.


See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995



Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1995

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: 1995

Jodie Foster, Nell
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
Miranda richardson, Tom & Viv
Winona Ryder, Little Women
Susan Sarandon, The Client

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1995

Rosemary Harris, Tom & Viv
Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction
Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway
Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway
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Jessica Lange wins Best Actress for her performance in Blue Sky.
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Dianne Wiest wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bullets Over Broadway.
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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1994

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: 1994

Holly Hunter – The Piano

Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day
Debra Winger – Shadowlands
Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1994

Anna Paquin – The Piano
Holly Hunter – The Firm
Rosie Perez – Fearless
Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence
Emma Thompson – In the Name of the Father
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 Holly Hunter wins Best Actress for her performance in The Piano.
Anna Paquin wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Piano.
See nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1993

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: 1993

Catherine Deneuve, Indochine
Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish
Michelle Pfeiffer, Love Field
Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo’s Oil
Emma Thompson, Howards End

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1993

Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April
Vanessa Redgrave, Howards End
Miranda Richardson, Damage
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
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Emma Thompson wins Best Actress for her performance in Howards End.
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Marisa Tomei wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in My Cousin Vinny.
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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1990, 1991, 1992

Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 1990

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: 1990

Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel
Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine
Jessica Lange, Music Box
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy

Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 1990

Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Anjelica Huston, Enemies: A Love Story
Lena Olin, Enemies: A Love Story
Julia Roberts, Steel Magnolias
Dianne Wiest, Parenthood
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Jessica Tandy wins Best Actress for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy.
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Brenda Fricker wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown.
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Click on the following links to see the nominees and winners in previous years: 1991, 1992