see maybe similar chemical Catholics OTO
Olympia opening city these are some of
the most well deserved Best Actress
Oscars awarded by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences correctly with
dignity that’s what the rest of the
world was was it modest for welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 best
actress oscar winners he’ll sell us all
you know but only if he thinks we think
he won’t why did I have to have such
clever children for this list we’re
taking a look at the most outstanding
performances from 1928 onwards that have
earned an Academy Award for Best
Performance by an actress in a leading
role when I was growing up in
Bakersfield my favorite thing in all the
world was to go to the movies on
Saturday afternoons for the chapter
plays cliffhangers
I know that Mr Man number 10 Charlize
Theron monster the truth is some come
walk and I’m trying to clean my life up
here you know in a film some critics
called the best of the year Charlize
Theron did not portray but became Aileen
Wuornos the unsightly and mentally ill
prostitute that became one of the United
States most notorious female serial
killers cuz I killed someone alright
okay
my last John alright killed my last John
I was raped and beat of who’s gonna get
killed
although the makeup prosthetic teeth and
thirty pounds she gained for the role
transformed her physically ferrin’s
greatest accomplishment was the inner
one which allowed her to convey the
inner anguish and turmoil of the woman
I’m good with the Lord I’m fine with
them the movie tracks war knows the
story all the way to her execution and
throughout it all Darren’s performance
is as raw as it is mesmerizing people
kill each other every day and for what
for politics for religion and their
heroes read to me first kid then we make
love number nine Kate Winslet the reader
you should be ashamed
go on in a drama set in post-war Germany
Kate Winslet stars as Hanna Schmitz a
tram conductor who begins a romance with
an underage boy and is later discovered
to have been a prison guard during the
second world war the movie plays with
themes of guilt grief and desire and
Winslet delivers a powerful performance
as a woman with secrets and regrets you
don’t have the power to upset me you
don’t matter enough to upset me
difficult controlling and emotionally
remote she embraces the complexities of
the character against the background of
the Holocaust aftermath proving that she
is one of our generations most
formidable actresses did you not realize
that you were sending these women to
their deaths yes but there were new
arrivals new women were arriving all the
time so that the old ones had to make
room for the new ones
number 8 Hilary Swank boys don’t cry
I’m Brandon
called one of the greatest performances
around the turn of the new millennium
here Hilary Swank uncannily portrays the
tragic story of the real-life Brad and
Tina so you’re a boy
now what born Teena Brandon and female
this young transgender thinks of himself
as a man and therefore dresses talks and
acts like one I don’t know what my role
you are not a boy that is the wit role
and you are not a boy till they’re mad
they say I’m the best boyfriend in her
hair capturing his life love and
ultimately tragic attempt to fit in a
world that hates him and doesn’t
understand him just admit that you’re a
dyke because a lot of Dyke Swank
embodies the inner struggle of the
tortured soul and gave the best
performance of her career doing it the
Academy thought so too
and awarded her with an Oscar the next
year relax me like a girl girl yeah
a long time ago then I guess I was just
like a boy girl you never cared for me I
didn’t do believe me Henry’s bad as
Henry’s province he can people it with
sheep for all I care
number seven katharine hepburn the lion
in winter my richard is the next king
not to a John I know you and Ray I know
every twist and Bend you’ve got and I’ll
be waiting around each : I’ll follow you
in this classic historical drama we find
tension and excitement brewing as King
Henry the second must decide which of
his sons will inherit the throne he
still plans to make John King of course
he does why what a greedy little Trinity
you are King King king two of you must
learn to live with disappoint ah which
two lets deny them all and live forever
while every performance from the
all-star cast is captivating Katharine
Hepburn’s turn as the brazen Duchess
eleanor of aquitaine imprisoned by her
husband for spurring rebellion against
him is perhaps the most delightful a day
you hurt me I’ll try out I’ve put more
horns on you within Louie ever was I
supposed to care I’ll kill you if you
leave me no one could pull off this
sharp yet passionate performance as well
as the incomparable Hepburn who handles
the dialogue and characters so well it
feels like she was born to play the role
I could take defeats like Euler’s in
laughs I’ve done it if you’re broken
it’s because you’re brittle I’ve lost
you and I can’t ever have you back again
don’t be silly you’ll be brilliant think
of me as your inspiration number six
Kathy Bates misery you poor dear thing
what are you doing on the floor
based on a Stephen King novel this
psychological horror stars Kathy Bates
as any Wilks opposite James Caan you’ll
never realize what a rare treat you’ve
given me playing a woman who rescues her
favorite author from a car accident she
nurses him
to help in her secluded home only to
discover that he has killed off a
beloved character in his latest book you
dirty bird
how could you she can’t be dead
thus begins a downward spiral as the
outraged and obsessive annie imprisons
him and forces him to bring the
character back all while becoming
increasingly erratic and violent bates
phenomenal acting here and her ability
to switch from sweet to psychopathic are
both uncanny and horrifying I’m his
number one fan
I’ve got all his books number 5 Frances
McDormand Fargo reah betcha yeah yeah
directed by the Coen brothers this
mixture of crime thriller and dark
comedy is enhanced enormous ly by the
believable portrayal of Marge Gunderson
by Frances McDormand who is a small town
and very much pregnant police chief you
okay Margie yeah I’m fine
it’s just morning sickness
well that passed after she stumbles on
the work of a gang of violent yet inept
criminals she must use her sharp
deductive skills and astute police work
to bring the perpetrators to justice the
crime I’m investigating the perpetrators
are driving a car with dealer plates and
they called someone who works here so
it’d be quite a coincidence if they
weren’t you know connected McDormand
performance in this classic film is
unforgettable as she elevates the story
and gives it a timeless quality with
intelligence naturalness and an easy
Minnesota charm
here ya’re and it’s a beautiful day
number four Jodie Foster The Silence of
the Lambs you spook easily Starling high
yet sir although many cite Anthony
Hopkins terrifying performance as the
highlight in this thriller Jodie Foster
stands out as the young FBI trainee that
expires in one week an entree an FBI on
you I’m still in training at the academy
as Clarice Starling
she’s commissioned to interview Hannibal
Lecter a cannibal and ex psychiatrist in
an effort to find serial killer Buffalo
Bill it excites him most serial killers
keep some sort of trophies from their
victims I didn’t know oh you ate your
combining confidence with insecurity
fear with action perceptiveness with
naivete foster embraces all the
complexities of the character my father
had become the whole world to me when he
left me I had nothing I was ten yourself
an orphan and a backwoods girl with a
troubled past who struggles to fit in
with her career Foster’s performance
plays with our hearts minds and keeps us
transfixed
number three Elizabeth Taylor Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf I thought it
was a scream in her most acclaimed
performance Elizabeth Taylor stars as
the crude bitter and tormented wife of
Richard Burton’s George a history
professor some men would get their right
arm for the chance last month in reality
it works out that the sacrifices of a
somewhat more private portion of the
anatomy when she informs him that she’s
invited a young couple for drinks to
their home late one night it doesn’t
take long for the two couples to find
themselves caught in a torrent of rage
sadness remorse and alcohol in fact he
was sort of a flat a great big fat
stopping mama I hope that was an empty
bottle George you can’t afford to waste
good liquor physically transforming
herself in her portrayal of Martha
Taylor peels back the layers in her
riveting interpretation revealing not
only criticism and scorn but also
vulnerability and sympathy under the
monstrous exterior I’m loud and I’m
Volga and I wear the pants in the house
because somebody’s got to but I am NOT a
monster I’m not number two Vivien Leigh
a streetcar named desire
you must be standing I’m Blanche
although it was her performance in 1939
s gone with the wind that launched her
career Vivien Leigh brought depth and
gravitas to her portrayal of Blanche
DuBois in this 1951 classic can I help
you ma’am holy they told me to take a
streetcar named desire when she leaves
Mississippi to visit her sister in New
Orleans we watch as the initially
refined
and pretentious Blanche begins to
unravel as her past and secrets come
back to haunt her before depreciating
insecure and delusional as well as
protective and self-absorbed Lee is
spellbinding in her nuanced performance
as a woman who clings to an image and
lifestyle that she will never have
wherever you are
I’ve always depended on the kindness of
strange before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions the
thing is this very possibly and he never
wakes up oh so he’s dead he’s dead yeah
oh I’m so sorry I’m so sorry
I know I helped feel that just trying to
replace me what if we do what you
probably don’t realize is that we have a
lot of old men on this ward who couldn’t
hear the music if we turned it lower
that music is all they have your hand is
staining my window I need to find out
more about his past he won’t talk about
it
he’s like an onion you have to peeling
back a layer at a time not if you use a
knife you’re a hypocrite you’re
conformist you’re a liar
I opened up to you and you judged me
you’re an asshole
number one Meryl Streep Sophie’s Choice
I know it’s frayed it was afraid I would
be left alone although she won an Oscar
for her fine performance in the Iron
Lady and dazzled us in dozens of other
incredible roles Meryl Streep displayed
perhaps the finest acting by any actress
ever
in this 1982 drama so they send me to
Auschwitz playing a Polish Catholic
immigrant to Brooklyn so convincingly
that we forget it’s her Streep is
electrifying as a Nazi concentration
camp survivor a mother who lost her
children a passionate lover and a
vulnerable foreigner I kept repeating to
myself I have saved
Tobiah juggling emotions ranging from
joy to anger to unspeakable sadness
Streep is natural absorbing and
unforgettable in Dominica Valen it’s
like sailing $65 but babe do you agree
with our list which Best Actress Oscar
winners are your favorite for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
yeah that and miseries child those are
the only two divine things ever in this
world
Olympia opening city these are some of
the most well deserved Best Actress
Oscars awarded by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences correctly with
dignity that’s what the rest of the
world was was it modest for welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 best
actress oscar winners he’ll sell us all
you know but only if he thinks we think
he won’t why did I have to have such
clever children for this list we’re
taking a look at the most outstanding
performances from 1928 onwards that have
earned an Academy Award for Best
Performance by an actress in a leading
role when I was growing up in
Bakersfield my favorite thing in all the
world was to go to the movies on
Saturday afternoons for the chapter
plays cliffhangers
I know that Mr Man number 10 Charlize
Theron monster the truth is some come
walk and I’m trying to clean my life up
here you know in a film some critics
called the best of the year Charlize
Theron did not portray but became Aileen
Wuornos the unsightly and mentally ill
prostitute that became one of the United
States most notorious female serial
killers cuz I killed someone alright
okay
my last John alright killed my last John
I was raped and beat of who’s gonna get
killed
although the makeup prosthetic teeth and
thirty pounds she gained for the role
transformed her physically ferrin’s
greatest accomplishment was the inner
one which allowed her to convey the
inner anguish and turmoil of the woman
I’m good with the Lord I’m fine with
them the movie tracks war knows the
story all the way to her execution and
throughout it all Darren’s performance
is as raw as it is mesmerizing people
kill each other every day and for what
for politics for religion and their
heroes read to me first kid then we make
love number nine Kate Winslet the reader
you should be ashamed
go on in a drama set in post-war Germany
Kate Winslet stars as Hanna Schmitz a
tram conductor who begins a romance with
an underage boy and is later discovered
to have been a prison guard during the
second world war the movie plays with
themes of guilt grief and desire and
Winslet delivers a powerful performance
as a woman with secrets and regrets you
don’t have the power to upset me you
don’t matter enough to upset me
difficult controlling and emotionally
remote she embraces the complexities of
the character against the background of
the Holocaust aftermath proving that she
is one of our generations most
formidable actresses did you not realize
that you were sending these women to
their deaths yes but there were new
arrivals new women were arriving all the
time so that the old ones had to make
room for the new ones
number 8 Hilary Swank boys don’t cry
I’m Brandon
called one of the greatest performances
around the turn of the new millennium
here Hilary Swank uncannily portrays the
tragic story of the real-life Brad and
Tina so you’re a boy
now what born Teena Brandon and female
this young transgender thinks of himself
as a man and therefore dresses talks and
acts like one I don’t know what my role
you are not a boy that is the wit role
and you are not a boy till they’re mad
they say I’m the best boyfriend in her
hair capturing his life love and
ultimately tragic attempt to fit in a
world that hates him and doesn’t
understand him just admit that you’re a
dyke because a lot of Dyke Swank
embodies the inner struggle of the
tortured soul and gave the best
performance of her career doing it the
Academy thought so too
and awarded her with an Oscar the next
year relax me like a girl girl yeah
a long time ago then I guess I was just
like a boy girl you never cared for me I
didn’t do believe me Henry’s bad as
Henry’s province he can people it with
sheep for all I care
number seven katharine hepburn the lion
in winter my richard is the next king
not to a John I know you and Ray I know
every twist and Bend you’ve got and I’ll
be waiting around each : I’ll follow you
in this classic historical drama we find
tension and excitement brewing as King
Henry the second must decide which of
his sons will inherit the throne he
still plans to make John King of course
he does why what a greedy little Trinity
you are King King king two of you must
learn to live with disappoint ah which
two lets deny them all and live forever
while every performance from the
all-star cast is captivating Katharine
Hepburn’s turn as the brazen Duchess
eleanor of aquitaine imprisoned by her
husband for spurring rebellion against
him is perhaps the most delightful a day
you hurt me I’ll try out I’ve put more
horns on you within Louie ever was I
supposed to care I’ll kill you if you
leave me no one could pull off this
sharp yet passionate performance as well
as the incomparable Hepburn who handles
the dialogue and characters so well it
feels like she was born to play the role
I could take defeats like Euler’s in
laughs I’ve done it if you’re broken
it’s because you’re brittle I’ve lost
you and I can’t ever have you back again
don’t be silly you’ll be brilliant think
of me as your inspiration number six
Kathy Bates misery you poor dear thing
what are you doing on the floor
based on a Stephen King novel this
psychological horror stars Kathy Bates
as any Wilks opposite James Caan you’ll
never realize what a rare treat you’ve
given me playing a woman who rescues her
favorite author from a car accident she
nurses him
to help in her secluded home only to
discover that he has killed off a
beloved character in his latest book you
dirty bird
how could you she can’t be dead
thus begins a downward spiral as the
outraged and obsessive annie imprisons
him and forces him to bring the
character back all while becoming
increasingly erratic and violent bates
phenomenal acting here and her ability
to switch from sweet to psychopathic are
both uncanny and horrifying I’m his
number one fan
I’ve got all his books number 5 Frances
McDormand Fargo reah betcha yeah yeah
directed by the Coen brothers this
mixture of crime thriller and dark
comedy is enhanced enormous ly by the
believable portrayal of Marge Gunderson
by Frances McDormand who is a small town
and very much pregnant police chief you
okay Margie yeah I’m fine
it’s just morning sickness
well that passed after she stumbles on
the work of a gang of violent yet inept
criminals she must use her sharp
deductive skills and astute police work
to bring the perpetrators to justice the
crime I’m investigating the perpetrators
are driving a car with dealer plates and
they called someone who works here so
it’d be quite a coincidence if they
weren’t you know connected McDormand
performance in this classic film is
unforgettable as she elevates the story
and gives it a timeless quality with
intelligence naturalness and an easy
Minnesota charm
here ya’re and it’s a beautiful day
number four Jodie Foster The Silence of
the Lambs you spook easily Starling high
yet sir although many cite Anthony
Hopkins terrifying performance as the
highlight in this thriller Jodie Foster
stands out as the young FBI trainee that
expires in one week an entree an FBI on
you I’m still in training at the academy
as Clarice Starling
she’s commissioned to interview Hannibal
Lecter a cannibal and ex psychiatrist in
an effort to find serial killer Buffalo
Bill it excites him most serial killers
keep some sort of trophies from their
victims I didn’t know oh you ate your
combining confidence with insecurity
fear with action perceptiveness with
naivete foster embraces all the
complexities of the character my father
had become the whole world to me when he
left me I had nothing I was ten yourself
an orphan and a backwoods girl with a
troubled past who struggles to fit in
with her career Foster’s performance
plays with our hearts minds and keeps us
transfixed
number three Elizabeth Taylor Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf I thought it
was a scream in her most acclaimed
performance Elizabeth Taylor stars as
the crude bitter and tormented wife of
Richard Burton’s George a history
professor some men would get their right
arm for the chance last month in reality
it works out that the sacrifices of a
somewhat more private portion of the
anatomy when she informs him that she’s
invited a young couple for drinks to
their home late one night it doesn’t
take long for the two couples to find
themselves caught in a torrent of rage
sadness remorse and alcohol in fact he
was sort of a flat a great big fat
stopping mama I hope that was an empty
bottle George you can’t afford to waste
good liquor physically transforming
herself in her portrayal of Martha
Taylor peels back the layers in her
riveting interpretation revealing not
only criticism and scorn but also
vulnerability and sympathy under the
monstrous exterior I’m loud and I’m
Volga and I wear the pants in the house
because somebody’s got to but I am NOT a
monster I’m not number two Vivien Leigh
a streetcar named desire
you must be standing I’m Blanche
although it was her performance in 1939
s gone with the wind that launched her
career Vivien Leigh brought depth and
gravitas to her portrayal of Blanche
DuBois in this 1951 classic can I help
you ma’am holy they told me to take a
streetcar named desire when she leaves
Mississippi to visit her sister in New
Orleans we watch as the initially
refined
and pretentious Blanche begins to
unravel as her past and secrets come
back to haunt her before depreciating
insecure and delusional as well as
protective and self-absorbed Lee is
spellbinding in her nuanced performance
as a woman who clings to an image and
lifestyle that she will never have
wherever you are
I’ve always depended on the kindness of
strange before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions the
thing is this very possibly and he never
wakes up oh so he’s dead he’s dead yeah
oh I’m so sorry I’m so sorry
I know I helped feel that just trying to
replace me what if we do what you
probably don’t realize is that we have a
lot of old men on this ward who couldn’t
hear the music if we turned it lower
that music is all they have your hand is
staining my window I need to find out
more about his past he won’t talk about
it
he’s like an onion you have to peeling
back a layer at a time not if you use a
knife you’re a hypocrite you’re
conformist you’re a liar
I opened up to you and you judged me
you’re an asshole
number one Meryl Streep Sophie’s Choice
I know it’s frayed it was afraid I would
be left alone although she won an Oscar
for her fine performance in the Iron
Lady and dazzled us in dozens of other
incredible roles Meryl Streep displayed
perhaps the finest acting by any actress
ever
in this 1982 drama so they send me to
Auschwitz playing a Polish Catholic
immigrant to Brooklyn so convincingly
that we forget it’s her Streep is
electrifying as a Nazi concentration
camp survivor a mother who lost her
children a passionate lover and a
vulnerable foreigner I kept repeating to
myself I have saved
Tobiah juggling emotions ranging from
joy to anger to unspeakable sadness
Streep is natural absorbing and
unforgettable in Dominica Valen it’s
like sailing $65 but babe do you agree
with our list which Best Actress Oscar
winners are your favorite for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
yeah that and miseries child those are
the only two divine things ever in this
world
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