Best Actress 1997

[crazyspanish Joined: May 27th, 2022 Topics: 5 Posts: 13 View Predictions]

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How would you rank the nominees for Best Actress?

 

-Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (winner)

-Helena Bonham Carter for The Wings of the Dove

-Julie Christie for Afterglow

-Judi Dench for Mrs Brown

-Kate Winslet for Titanic

 

I wonder if Kate Winslet was the expected winner due to the success of Titanic… Was Helen Hunt winning a surprise? I haven’t seen all these films yet, I’ll post my ranking when I do, but I’m very interested in your thoughts.

 

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[crazyspanish Joined: May 27th, 2022 Topics: 5 Posts: 13 View Predictions]

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Helen Hunt wasn’t exactly a surprise. She was the predicted winner although a lot of people thought it could have gone to Judi Dench as well. It was a two way race. Winslet was third in line to win and people thought that she could win only if there was a clean sweep by Titanic although some felt the Academy Members would reward the film at other place and not through newcomer Winslet. Helena Bonham Carter’s chances of a win had evaporated weeks ago after she lost GG to Judi Dench. Christie was #5.

 

Thank you for your reply! Interesting info.

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[Boidiva02 Joined: May 24th, 2011 Topics: 15 Posts: 274 View Predictions]

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crazyspanish wrote:

How would you rank the nominees for Best Actress?

-Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (winner)

-Helena Bonham Carter for The Wings of the Dove

-Julie Christie for Afterglow

-Judi Dench for Mrs Brown

-Kate Winslet for Titanic

I wonder if Kate Winslet was the expected winner due to the success of Titanic… Was Helen Hunt winning a surprise? I haven’t seen all these films yet, I’ll post my ranking when I do, but I’m very interested in your thoughts.

My rankings:

1. Julie Christie
2. Kate Winslet
3. Helen Hunt
4. Helena Bonham Carter
5. Judi Dench

"and to the fans, I was only supposed be on every other Tuesday. But thanks to you I'm here to stay. I'm going back to that studio on Monday and I'm going to play Erica Kane for all she's worth."- Susan Lucci, 1999 Daytime Emmy Speech.

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[FreemanGriffin Joined: Feb 19th, 2012 Topics: 98 Posts: 6594 View Predictions]

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

These were a wonderful five nominees – but where was Pam Grier for Jackie Brown?

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[Lydia 3rd Oscar TAR Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 41 Posts: 2521 View Predictions]

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01. Dench
02. Carter
03. Winslet
04. Hunt
05. Christie

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Best Actress: Sandra Hüller
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Best Supporting Actress: Rachel McAdams
Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Zone of Interest
Best Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall

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[babypook Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 44 Posts: 7770 View Predictions]

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Helen is the only American in this lineup. She had it won a long while before the broadcast. Her “aging makeup” thing was some sort of big deal.

They were all good. Can’t rank them.

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