OSCARS 2008

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

 

The nominees were:

Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"

Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Julie Christie "Away From Her"

Laura Linney "The Savages"

Ellen Page "Juno"

 

What were your favourites? What was unfairly snubbed? Who shouldn't have even been here in the first place?

 

Here are some of the other nominees from major awards from the same year:

Golden Globes

Drama:

Julie Christie "Away From Her"

Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Keira Knightley "Atonement"

Angelina Jolie "A Mighty Heart"

Jodie Foster "The Brave One"

 

Musical or Comedy:

Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"

Amy Adams "Enchanted"

Nikki Blonsky "Hairspray"

Helena Bonham Carter "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Ellen Page "Juno"

 

BAFTAS

Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"

Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Julie Christie "Away From Her"

Keira Knightley "Atonement"

Ellen Page "Juno"

 

SAG Awards

Julie Christie "Away From Her"

Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"

Angelina Jolie "A Mighty Heart"

Ellen Page "Juno"

 

OSCARS REVIEWS

2016 Best Picture

2016 Best Leading Actress

2016 Best Leading Actor

2016 Best Supporting Actress

2016 Best Supporting Actor

2016 Best Director

 

2015 Best Picture

2015 Best Leading Actress

2015 Best Leading Actor

2015 Best Supporting Actress

2015 Best Supporting Actor

2015 Best Director

 

2014 Best Picture

2014 Best Leading Actress

2014 Best Leading Actor

2014 Best Supporting Actress

2014 Best Supporting Actor

2014 Best Director

 

2013 Best Picture

2013 Best Leading Actress

2013 Best Leading Actor

2013 Best Supporting Actress

2013 Best Supporting Actor

2013 Best Director

 

2012 Best Picture

2012 Best Leading Actress

2012 Best Leading Actor

2012 Best Supporting Actress

2012 Best Supporting Actor

2012 Best Director

 

2011 Best Picture

2011 Best Leading Actress

2011 Best Leading Actor

2011 Best Supporting Actress

2011 Best Supporting Actor

2011 Best Director

 

2010 Best Picture

2010 Best Leading Actress

2010 Best Leading Actor

2010 Best Supporting Actress

2010 Best Supporting Actor

2010 Best Director

 

2009 Best Picture

2009 Best Leading Actress

2009 Best Leading Actor

2009 Best Supporting Actress

2009 Best Supporting Actor

2009 Best Director

 

2008 Best Picture

2008 Best Leading Actor

Seen three of these and this would be my ranking:

 

1 Marion Cotillard

2 Julie Christie

3 Ellen Page

 

Cotillard - This is one of my favourite performances of all-time, it's amazing how she managed to portray one woman throughout different stages of her life. There was heaps of emotion in her singing scenes and I just found it one of the most captivating portrayals of a character I've ever seen :wub:

 

Christie - She was probably runner-up in the real Oscars too and it's not hard to see why. It reminds me of Julianne Moore in Still Alice or Judi Dench in Iris where some of the scenes just tear your heart out. I'm not that familiar with Christie's older films but it's a shame she hasn't done much of note since this either.

 

Ellen Page - Perfect for this role but the role is a bit light in comparison to the other two so I have had to rank her a bit lower. She seemed so promising at the time though so it's also a shame we haven't seen her do many good films since (Inception aside really...) :(

 

In terms of snubs, I really think Keira Knightley could have made it in if she was pushed supporting. She hardly has a big role so it wouldn't be category fraud and she was just as good in this as she was in her actual two Oscar nominations (if not better!). A bit of a shame Ronan was the only acting nomination from this film when McAvoy, Knightley and Redgrave all nailed it too ! :(

 

Helena Bonham Carter would have been in my top five too but she probably never stood much of a chance in reality despite the Golden Globe nomination. She's so underrated though, 2 Oscar nominations does not do her justice at all. It's a bit gutting that Depp stole the attention here because they made a great duo in the film but she didn't get half the love from the awards :cry:

Amy deserved the Oscar nod for Enchanted :smoke:

The performance that Cotillard gave is probably one of the best of all time, so it's a good thing she won! Her performance is really quite something. The confidence she oozes, the big emotional scenes and the subtle ones are all splendid as well!