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