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I’m glad you brought up Emily Blunt! She should’ve been nominated for “The Dev Wears Prada” and “A Quiet Place”. I hope she gets nominated this year for “Oppenheimer”. I also agree that Nicole Kidman was OVERLOOKED for “The Paperboy”, I saw that movie and her performance was phenomenal!
I will be very happy knowing Emily Blunt is an Academy Award nominated actress, although I think her performance in Oppenheimer was flat and, excuse me, blunt.
I'm with you, jimmy: she certainly merited a nomination. And I agree with Siskel and Ebert on D'Angelo doing a better job as Patsy Cline than Jessica Lange.
Sigourney Weaver (The Ice Storm), Rene Russo (Nightcrawler), Michelle Pfeiffer (White Oleander), Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers), Sharon Stone (The Mighty), Sandra Bullock (Infamous), Kim Basinger (The Burning Plain), Faye Dunaway (Barfly)
A. F. I. some years back selected the top 100 villains in films. Margaret Hamilton performance as the wicked witch in the wizard of Oz was voted in the top 10. It's one the scariest characters in motion pictures. In real life I read that she was a nice person and a former kindergarten teacher.
I agree she was robbed. A lot of people say that Judy Garland was robbed of a nomination for that film. I do agree she should have been nominated. However, I think Margaret Hamilton was more robbed of a nomination for that film. She’s the biggest standout in that film.
I'm glad you mentioned Mila Kunis. That should never have gone overlooked. However, I'm thinking of Reizl Bozyk in Crossing Delancey. Her nomination was supposed to be a lock and she was even on Good morning America to hear the nominations live. It was pretty embarrassing for her when they didn't call her name.
I don't recall Bozyk mentioned as a frontrunner...she wasn't nominated for any of the precursor awards. However, that definitely sounds like a moment I'm sure she would like to forget!
Rosemarie DeWitt for 2008’s Rachel Getting Married. The family fight scene had her front and center and she was magnificent, absolutely holding her own opposite Anne Hathaway.
@@oscarman42 DeWitt was nominated for 12 precursors for Supporting Actress and took six of them. She wasn’t in the mix for the big awards leading up to the Oscars, but I still had hope for her. I thought she had an outside shot at making it in on Oscar morning.
She was! Some scoffed at her getting a nomination because of the film's subject matter - but you're right - GG, SAG, Broadcast Film Critics nominated, and a couple of critics association wins.
At some point especially after bafta it was more than expected..... Laura Dern was overdue but I don't think she should have won for Marriage story... Neither Jennifer tho but a nomination would have been nice!
Vivien Leigh should have been nominated for her last movie - "Ship Of Fools" -- and could have been in the supporting category since it was an ensemble.
Thank you for mentioning Karen Black and her AMAZING PERFORMANCE! Its one of the most surprising performances ive ever seen and as strong and amazing that 1982 lineup was she should have been nominated and won by a mile.
I am so surprised (and delighted) by how many have commented on this! I thought I was in a small minority about Black's performance (and the film). Looks like many have found this small gem!
Some wonderful choices here by everyone ones that come to mind Madeleine Kahn -What's up Doc Regina King -Ray Kirsten Dunset Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Melanie Laurent -Inglorious Basterds Helena Bonham Carter -Fight Club Pamela Franklin -The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Dolly de Leon Triangle of Sadness Jessica Chastain -Crieson Peak Taylor Russell -Waves More may come to mind I think a better clip for Marina de Tavira in Roma would have been after Cleo saved the children from drowning although she couldn't swim . It was a very emotional scene for all of them.
Hands down, Black was snubbed...One of her best performances...Agree with you on Blunt..My favorites who were snubbed were Kathy Baker in Street Smart and Season Hubley in Hardcore..Also, I'd say Veronica Cartwright in Inserts...All sex workers, but real, human characters who salvaged the subpar material.
If I had to list overlooked performances we'd be here till the 2030 Oscars but there are 2 that stand out for me Louise Latham in Marnie and Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm.
Weaver's performance has been mentioned a lot in previous videos - she was good in that film. Though not a success at the time of its release, Marnie gained respect years later after many gave it a second looks.
Laura Linney - The Truman Show Cate Blanchett - Nightmare Alley Tilda Swinton - Suspiria Frances Fisher - Titanic Marcia Gay Harden - The Mist Liz Smith - A Private Function Anne Bancroft - Torch Song Trilogy Dianne Wiest - Edward Scissorhands Ruth Nelson - Awakenings Catrherine O'Hara - Beetlejuice Ammanda Plummer - The Fisher King Michelle Pfeiffer - Batman Returns Glenn Close - The House of the Spirits & The Stepford Wives Joan Cusack - Addams Family Values Lily Tomlin - The Beverly Hillbillies Pam Ferris - Matilda Joan Allen - The Ice Storm & Pleaseantville Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut Gwyneth Paltrow - The Talented Mr. Ripley & The Royal Tenenbaums Emma Thompson - Love, Actually Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading Bryce Dallas Howard - The Help Rose Byrne - Bridesmaids Ann Dowd - Mass Ruth Negga - Passing
Thanks for adding Gwen Welles to the list. Nashville already had 2 nominations here so some may have considered that enough. I would personally add the 2 Barbara's- Harris and Baxley as nod worthy as well.
For the two questionable performances you noted, I guess they simply rode the coattails of their respective Best Picture nominees. For a consideration for an overlooked supporting performance, I would nominate Dale Dickey in the 2010 film "Winter's Bone."
A supporting actress nom which absolutely should've happened was Leslie Manvillle for Another Year. Absolutely. They recognised her later for The Phantom Thread. I love her and she gave a devastating performance in Another Year...the screenplay by Mike Leigh was at least nominated and she received a Bafta nomination for it.
1939- Rosalind Russell - The Women 1943- Marjorie Main- Heaven can Wait 1955 -Rosalind Russell - Picnic 1959-Eve Arden - Anatomy of a Murder 1971- Vivian Pickles - Harold and Maude 1974- Madeline Kahn - Young Frankenstein (not Blazing Saddles) 1975- Rachel Roberts - Picnic at Hanging Rock 1988- Mercedes Ruehl - Married to the Mob 1989- Laura San Giacomo- Sex, Lies and Videotapes 1993- Gong Li - Farewell My Concubine 2003- Catherine O´Hara - A Mighty Wind 2006- Catherine o´Hara - For your Consideration
I would add Robin Wright for "Forrest Gump", Maria Bello for "The Cooler", Anjelica Huston for "The Crossing Guard", Caitriona Balfe for "Belfast" and Cameron Diaz for both "Being John Malkovich" and "Vanilla Sky", all of whom received Golden Globe and SAG nominations but missed out on Oscar!
Good Afternoon All, My choice for supporting actresses who were overlooked for Oscar nominations: -- Agnes Moorehead for SINCE YOU WENT AWAY -- Thelma Ritter for A LETTER TO THREE WIVES -- Joanna Barnes for AUNTIE MAME -- Allyn Ann McLerie for THEY SHOT HORSES, DON'T THEY -- Lynn Redgrave for KINSEY
Interesting list! McLerie was a great character actress - no awards, but she worked steadily throughout her career. Ritter wasn't even credited in "Letter"!
Your Joanna Barnes shout out is interesting. Barnes was a hoot! But I don’t know if it’s enough screen time. (And I stepped on the ping pong ball…). Love that delivery!!
cameron diaz in being john malkovich and vanilla sky, cloris leachman in spanglish, julianne moore in magnolia, rachel mcadams in mean girls and kirsten dunst in interview with the vampire
I know the performance I am talking about is not widely appreciated, but I would have nominated Renee Zellweger for Jerry Maguire. To me, it was she who gave the performance of the film.
@@oscarman42 It's the scene in the movie where Bill Pullman finds Nicole Kidman supposedly "dead mother" it's the best scene in an above average movie.
@@rickycole6327 I love AB in this and it was the high point of a very basic film. Her use of the word "fuck" should have gotten her the nomination! Love it.
You failed to mention: Laura Linney in Squid and the Whale Jennifer Jason Leigh in Margot at the Wedding Mary Louise Parker in The Client Melissa Leo in Novice Kirsten Dunst in The Beguiled Misty Upham in Frozen River Dale Dickey in Winter’s Bone Shirley MacLaine in Steel Magnolias Nina Arianda - Being the Ricardos Carey Mulligan - Shame And many more…
My favorite kinds of performances are those in which an actor shows up for one or two scenes and steals the movie. Betty Buckley comes to mind in Another Woman. One scene, 90 seconds of screen time and it’s a masterclass!
I walked out of an advance screening of the film (before which I had never heard of Emily Blunt) thinking she would surely get a nomination. It’s very disappointing that she got snubbed, and again for The Quiet Place II. Her eventual nomination for Oppenheimer is barely in her top 5 performances for me, but I’m glad she finally got recognised and hopefully the first of many!
Here are some who I feel should have been nominated: - Fionnula Flanagan ("The Others") - Kirsten Dunst ("Interview With the Vampire") - Meg Ryan ("Restoration") - Stockard Channing ("Moll Flanders") - Whoopi Goldberg ("Girl, Interrupted")
JUST SOME FROM THE 60's & 70's Eleanora Brown, Two Women (Italy) (1961) Dora Bryan, A Taste Of Honey (UK) (1961) Shelley Winters, Lolita (UK) (1962) Ethel Merman, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Ruth Gordon, Where's Poppa? (1970) Harriet Anderson, Cries And Whispers (Sweden) (1972) Edith Massey, Pink Flamingos (1972) Ann Wedgeworth, Scarecrow (1973) Joan Goodfellow, Buster And Billie (1974) Shirley Stoler, Seven Beauties (Italy) (1976) Geraldine Chaplin, Welcome To L.A. (1976)
Leslie Ann Warren for “Victor/Victoria”! She has that accent in period piece down solid, even when she had to sing and dance. She was nominated and should have won!
Marlene Dietrich in Judgement at Nuremberg. I could never forget her face when she said "We did not know." To me she was stronger than Judy Garland in that. Also Isabelle Huppert for "8 femmes" and Vanessa Redgrave for "Atonement"
Rachel McAdams also deserves more than one nomination. It's crazy how she only has one nomination for supporting actress 8 years ago for Spotlight, I really believe she deserves to be nominated again even for some of her comedic performances before. I also don't understand why she's not being cast in "awards-darling" movies where the esnemble includes A-listers, she probably would have better chance of being noticed again by the academy if she gets a chance to be in an A-list ensembel movie.
I think Marina de Tavira’s performance in Roma was very underrated. She wasn’t getting any awards and all of a sudden she gets an Oscar nod. I think it’s partly because of Roma’s critical success that she got that surprise nomination.
Love the clip you used for her, or the slapping scene is a good one too. You should be in charge of providing the Oscar clips! Roma IMO should've won Best Picture that year. @@oscarman42
marina was fine in Roma but her compaigning and lazy voting which means name checking the actresses in most seen films resulted in her nomination. Same with Jackie Weaver.
While her performance predates the establishment of the Best Supporting Actress category, I nominate Marie Dressler for ANNA CHRISTIE. Dressler played Marthy opposite Greta Garbo's performance as the title character.
Sorry Michael, I got to this one late, I thought the episode was great and I agree with your choices. I did actually like De Tavira in Roma, but even she was shocked by the nomination, she was getting her child ready foe school when her agent called to tell her, she was stunned. Silver Linings Playbook was good, but 8 nominations! Seriously? As for Ms Weaver, you got it right, she had no story here (she's great in Animal Kingdom though). My No 1. BSA Snub... Lesley Manville for Another Year.
I love Marina de Tavira’s performance and was thrilled by her nomination. It’s extremely subtle but believable and lived in. I felt all her pain and frustration. And I love her character journey. I agree that Jacki Weaver didn’t quite deserve that Oscar nomination for Silver Linings Playbook, but I thought she was still pretty good in it. Such a solid actress. You don’t need an “Oscar scene” or “Oscar arc”. Just a solid performance in a given year. They can look extremely different From performance to performance
I most certainly agree with Nicole Kidman being robbed for her electrifying turn as Charlotte in The Paperboy. Why she missed out? For one, the movie was a polarizing one and her performance was a risque not appealing to the Academy. Second, Weaver was part of the ensemble of a bigger and likeable movie and so she obviously got a coatail nomination. Kidman was definitely very close
Susannah York was one of the most recognizable and talented British actresses of the 60s and early 70s and yet she received only one Best Supporting Actress nomination for They Shoot Horses Don't They, which was well deserved. I would suggest that Tom Jones and A Man For All Seasons, esp the latter, were equally worthy of nominations. In both cases the Academy chose other women from those films and she was aced out.
@@oscarman42 You know I was debating that in my mind and her character Sophie's place in the novel and in the film blur for me. Only Tom is the protagonist in the novel, but York's character is larger in the film. She probably is a lead there.
@williamreed2558 Plus, as you know, the Academy nominated 3 really short performances in the supporting category, which probably all canceled each other out.
@@oscarman42 Yes, adding another supporting actress from Tom Jones would have never happened. I guess I need to edit TJ out of my comment :) I think her nomination in A Man For All Seasons would have been very credible except the veteran Wendy Hiller gave an equally fine performance.and overshadowed her in awards season. I think John Hurt and Orson Welles could have been nominated as well as Robert Shaw. What a film for remarkable performances !!!
Blunt - agreed, I didn't see Downsizing, Black was fine but Sandy Dennis was better in "Jimmy Dean", don't remember Gwen Welle's in Nashville, agree whole heartedly about Mila Kunis (she, Barbra Hershey and Winona Ryder were the best things about The Swan), Jackie Weaver was swept along with the overwhelming love for the movie but she didn't deserve the nomination, I haven't seen Roma.
I voted for Chau for SAG, I thought she was that good. I know a lot of people love Dennis, but I found her too "mannered" by this time (it didn't help that the character was annoying).
Hello! Angie Dickinson in Dressed to Kill..Imagine if that happened? But well, horror movie by DePalma where Angie's character dies a horrific death, on camera, just after one night stand where she may have contracted an STD...That being said, Dickinson managed to make her character sympathetic and thoughtful and for the rest of the film, we think of her. Kudos Angie!
Ashley Judd's performance in a Paul Auster's 1995 film, Smoke, always comes to mind as an actress in a supporting role who at least should have been nominated.
Emily Blunt has been so deserving of Oscar love for so long. I’m happy she’s finally potentially going to get some recognition it just sucks it’s for that nothing role in Oppenheimer. That Deposition scene is the only thing of substance she gets to do in the movie.
Marina's nomination was just to add momentum for Roma. Same can go for Jackie Weaver and it also helps that she was previously nominated. I don't understand the hype with Silver Linings Playbook and the nomination reels they used were whack.
Oscarman42 and friends, what is the story about Anne Francis' performance in FUNNY GIRL.? For years, I have heard it said that she gave an Oscar worthy performance, but most of it ended up on the cutting room floor. Rumor had it Barbra Streisand demanded that Francis' screen time be cut. Both women have denied the rumor, but I dunno. Any thoughts?
Pamela Franklin - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Totally unbelievable omission - look at the other nominees that year. Virginia Mayo - The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) I know this site believes there was no world before 1970 - but there was!
@@AlexW-fr1jk Just didn't want you to mistakenly believe that I only focus on certain decades Check out my rare Joan Crawford video from the 1946 ceremony when she won Best Actress. 😉
Little-known fact: Columbia tried to push for a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Rosalind Russell as the frustrated school teacher in 1955's "Picnic." (The female lead was Kim Novak.) Roz proclaimed she never supported anyone and that put an end to the suggestion.
@@oscarman42 Rosalind Russell actively sought out the role of Rosemary in PICNIC. She probably realized that it is one of the better written roles for women of a certain age. What I wouldn't have done to see Eileen Heckart play Rosemary on Broadway
@@oscarman42 When Harry Cohn saw the dailies for PICNIC, he said something along the lines of do something about Russell's looks. She looks too good to be a spinster school teacher. Russell was one of the few actresses that Cohn respected. I doubt she was ever on any producer's casting couch.
A lot of great suggestions…almost all of them very worthy of a nod …if not the award that year… For me…. Judy Parfit as the socialite …Vera….that hires Dolores Claiborne in “Dolores Claiborne” was overlooked even after delivering the most quoted line from that movie, “Dolores…an accident can be an unhappy woman’s best friend”…. A wonderful performance in a wonderful film… Kathy Bates… Jennifer Jason Leigh and David Strathairm were all overlooked as well…. All deserving of nominations that year… with Kathy Bates giving the performance of the year as the down trodden decent human being Dolores Claiborne…
@@oscarman42 It's looking slim at this point. Looking at the SAG noms in Supporting Actress, I don't see any of those five swapping out for Ferrera. Blunt, Brooks, Randolph and Foster are locked in, and Academy has a love jones for Cruz that doesn't seem to be abating anytime soon.
I'm a little disappointed because all the focus on The Speech has taken attention away from the other components of her role, like how she made soul-crushing ennui so relatable.
This is a tricky one. In 1964, Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman were all nominated for "Tom Jones." Again, I'm stressing that none of them gave a bad performance. That said, I feel that Joan Greenwood was more deserving of an Oscar nomination than Diane Cilento. (Were it up to me, the award would have gone to Edith Evans.)
Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Dianne Wiest (I Am Sam), Michelle Pfeifer (Mom), Glenn Close (Reversal of Fortune), Gena Rowlands (The Notebook), Ann Dowd (Compliance and Mass), Ruth Negga (Passing), Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman), Jane Fonda (Youth), Susan Sarandon (InThe Valley of Elah), Elizabeth Debicki (Widows), Caitriona Balfe (Belfast), Carmen Maura (Volver), Annette Bening (The Report), Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year), Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian), Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler)....
Claire Foy from First Man should have been nominated over Marina De Tavira from Roma imo. Claire Foy was nominated at all the precursors but still got snubbed. Marina De Tavira took her slot. Also, Toni Collette from Hereditary should have been nominated over Yalitzia Aparicia from Roma. Also, Toni Collette should have won the Oscar over Olivia Colman.
@@pablofrank2466 I'm surprised thus far by how many did see it (I thought I was in the minority!). I thought the cast was at their best...too bad it was overlooked.
Here's some more snubs 😐 Jennifer Connelly in Requiem For a Dream Brittany Murphy in Girl Interrupted Mary Tyler Moore in Flirting With Disaster Dolly Parton in 9 to 5 Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot
As soon as I watched Silver Linings Playbook, I said Jackie Weaver would get an Oscar nomination…she did have some good scenes if I can recall. But Nicole Kidman was so good in The Paperboy and should have definitely been nominated.
I wonder if some of Weaver's moments were cut from the film, because I just couldn't find anything that justified a nomination. Your instincts proved correct, however!
Ok,where do i start,i never liked Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls,as a singer she was brilliant and also nailed as Aretha Franklin,but in Dreamgirls there is either not that much acting or good acting in the first place,Emily Blunt should have been nominated and won,one of the biggest snubs along with Geena Rowlands in Opening Night,Ruth Negga in Passing,Andrew Scott in All Of Us Strangers,Cher in Mask,Norma Aleandro in The Official Story,Margot Robbie in Barbie,Steve Buscemi in Fargo,etc,also agree with Karen Black,probably the most underrated actress of all times,my opinion,could have been nominated that year instead of Kim Stanley,i previously commented about Hong Chau in a comment about Female Supporting Performances that should have been nominated,Marina and Jackie were nominated for obvious reasons,the film and the directors,that's it,Jacki was really good but Samantha Barks deserved that place,instead of Marina De Tavira were so many options Nicole Kidman in Boy Erased,the film should have also gotten multiples nominations but got none,Margot Robbie in that movie about Elizabeth 1,Emily in A Quiet Place,Elizath Debicki in Widows,among others i guess
Nunca entendí la nominación de Marina de Tavira, fue demasiado para una actuación que no se destaca especialmente. se benefició por el efecto arrastre que generó "Roma"
For the 2 performances you mentioned I think they got nominated based on the popularity of each of their respectable films I get it but I don’t support for Marina there were many options like Clair Foy for first man, Emily blunt in a quiet place, Michelle yeoh in crazy rich Asians and Letitia Wright in black panther. I also agree with the mila snub that year for black swan in fact I would argue that best supporting actress winner melisss Leo was average compared to the other nominees specifically her co star Amy adams and hailee steinfield (who low key should’ve been lead) Here my favorite best supporting actress Oscar snubs: Jennifer Lopez for hustlers Katy Jurado for high noon Zhao Shu-zhen for the farewell Mya Taylor for Tangerine Angela Bassett for waiting to exhale Margaret Hamilton for the wizard of oz Mila Kunis for black swan
Jurado was expected to be nominated (after winning the GG). Lopez was nominated in most of the precursors and was heavily talked about for a nomination. What a shame Hamilton was overlooked - what an iconic performance!
@@user-dm1vn1ug5cgrace wasn’t nominated for high noon but I heard allegedly the studios was campaigning and pushing for grace over Jurado despite grace given less screen time and Jurado getting more acclaim/praises for her performance
I love this poll,i'd have nominated everyone you highlight bar Black,her performance never works for me the way Cher's does. I can't believe Blunt's being nominated for Oppenheimer when she has been so memorable and inspired in other films,I didn't end the film thinking that was one of the 5 best of 2023 as solid as she always is. Weaver got swept up in the O'Russell love in that lasted for a few years,she was pulled in with her film and Kidman unfortunately was in a divisive film and she was it's lone chance. De Tavira is good in Roma and has some good scenes a couple with her husband and the scene on the beach but I can see why it's perplexing to some I would have had Blunt and especially Dolly Wells from Can You Ever Forgive Me in their or Michelle Yeoh for Crazy Rich Asians then there's Claire Foy in First Man,definitely not Margot Robbie who had Sag on her side.
Great analysis! I haven't seen Oppenheimer yet but I'm pretty sure Blunt will finally get a nomination. "5 & Dime" featured a great ensemble, and it was the first film for which Cher was taken seriously as an actress (Golden Globe nominated).
In 1953, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, for MOGAMBO. Kelly's part is slightly smaller than Gardner's but it still is a leading role in the Gardner/Clark Gable/Kelly triangle.
"Category fraud" is an oft-discussed issue. The Academy's actors branch ultimately determines category placement, so nominees have to accept whichever designation chosen for them.
Catherine O'Hara should have been nominated in 2006, she was great in For Your Consideration. Have soured on Kunis because of her scientology ties, but she should have been nominated. Nicole Kidman should always be overlooked...awful, awful, awful in everything.
Marina de Tavira was sublime in ROMA. She played a role imbued in classicism and egoism, then an abrupt shift to defeat, after her bourgeois dreams backfire. Emily Blunt and Mila Kundis have roles that are predictable malice and bitchiness. That's your thing. No need to undermine others because of your poor appreciation of nuances.
As an actor, I am fully aware of subtext. One has to have an understanding of the technique and skill that go into making a "predictable" role believable. A good actor makes it look easy. da Tavira's peers chose not to nominate her for a SAG award as they - like myself - did not find anything special in her performance. No fault of the actress - she had little to work with. This video (and channel) are all about having fun discussing - and debating - the Oscars. No one is right or wrong. One can disagree with another - but all opinions are to be respected.
