guess who’s coming to dinner
ooh the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences has long honored the
excellent performances of some very fine
actresses so we don’t really know what
they were thinking with these choices
why is that welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 underwhelming oscar-winning
actress performances now that ain’t
workin nothing for this list we’re
taking a look at some of the least
impressive performances from 1928
onwards that received the Academy Award
for Best Actress or Best Supporting
Actress there’s stuff going on you
wouldn’t believe I don’t even believe
number 10 Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love
have a cat with my name you will wear it
out although one of the finest actresses
to come out of England this film was not
necessarily one of Judi Dench’s finest
moments tell master Shakespeare
something more cheerful next time for
Twelfth Night
barely a supporting role her
contribution of around 8 minutes of
screen time as Queen Elizabeth the first
is enjoyable but certainly not layered
deep or profound yes the illusion is
remarkable nominated for seven Oscars
overall Dame Judi was much more
deserving for films like Iris and mrs.
Brown and because she won for the 1998
romantic comedy-drama she stole the Best
Supporting Actress Oscar from an
incredible Lynn Redgrave for gods and
monsters and Brenda Blethyn for
littlevoice the little stick wrecks
everything I can’t starts again can I
now it won’t be anyway oh one man number
nine Julia Roberts Erin Brokovich those
people in Haiti with these people are
expecting a trial playing memorable
characters and films like sleeping with
the enemy and pretty woman Julia Roberts
has amply demonstrated her ability as
both an actor and a charmer
but in this biographical drama we see
Roberts play the titular real-life
whistleblower who bravely takes on a
corporate giant in a performance that we
is it deserving of being called her
finest work you’re called boom set oh
it’s the same kind of character and the
same style we’ve seen her play time and
time again believe it or not I’m on the
prowl for some water records and
considering that she stole the Best
Actress Oscar from the raw and gripping
Ellen Burstyn in requiem for a dream
makes it even worse a limited meet me at
the beauty parlor I got the red dress
that I wore they ever use graduations
and the gold shoes here mrs. Goldfarb
number eight Whoopi Goldberg ghost
praise God I knew he was with his mama
though many of us may think of Whoopi
Goldberg as a comedian TV host and
political activist if you remember that
she actually won an Oscar back in the
day yeah that’s quick not for her more
deserved nomination in the color purple
but for her one-dimensional wacky
psychic in this 1990 romantic fantasy
it’s too different although she’s
certainly not bad she doesn’t break any
new ground here and she robbed the
superior Annette Bening and Lorraine
Bracco for their laird roles in The
Grifters and Goodfellas in the Best
Supporting Actress category but still I
couldn’t hurt him how could I hurt him I
couldn’t even bring myself to leave him
the truth was that no matter how bad I
felt I was still very attracted to him
number seven Elizabeth Taylor
Butterfield 8 am I wrong somehow I get
the feeling that you don’t like me even
Elizabeth Taylor famously said that she
felt she didn’t deserve the award for
this much reviled drama ha ha to be fair
the difficult leading man dreadful
script and misogynistic role didn’t make
it any easier as she was required to
play a little more than a promiscuous
model and call girl mama face it
the slot of all time as Taylor had been
hospitalized and almost died a few
months before voting the Academy had no
doubt awarded her the best actress award
more out of sentimentality that her
depth and talent which is hard to find
in her sensual portrayal of Gloria Wan
drous as opposed to other roles she’s
played
it’s no use it’s no damn use number six
Renee Zellweger cold mountain Here I am
in an epic war drama that chronicles the
tale of a wounded soldier trying to
reunite with the woman he loves Renee
Zellweger injects spirit and humor as
Ruby thues a tough and fiery woman who
knows her way around the farm 30 years I
was in school for my daddy saying God
rest his soul was like wishing him what
he had in life he lived arrest he’s born
tired decided very useful me having me
saddled name from chopped morning
while her spirited delivery brings life
to this otherwise serious flick her
one-dimensional character and
over-the-top portrayal
can hardly be called a model of acting
begin when compared to the brilliant
performances of fellow supporting
actress nominees Patricia Clarkson in
pieces of April and Sheree – Liu in
House of Sand and Fog that same year or
her other oscar-nominated roles you
can’t help but cringe when you think of
it that got one tear for my daddy I
stole it off of crocodile number five
Reese Witherspoon walk the line
I just can’t thank tonight Reese
Witherspoon has given her unique Sparkle
to countless romantic comedies including
Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Alabama oh
god honey I needed that almost as much
as I liked you but did she ever Sparkle
enough to win the golden statuette I
have come to find that passion is a key
ingredient to the study and practice of
law and of life the Academy seemed to
think so
awarding her a Best Actress win for her
performance as June Carter in the 2005
biopic although her acting is not that
spectacular and her accent has been
frequently criticized I’m going to Houma
tonight after the show I’m not here to
look after you to boot the fact that she
beat out the extraordinary Felicity
Huffman in the most challenging
performance of her career in trans
America still baffles us oh and this is
odd I got a phone call last night from a
juvenile inmate of the New York prison
system it claimed to be Stanley’s son no
third person my son number four cher
moonstruck do not new whiskey how about
you give me a glass of whiskey
looking back the idea of cher being an
Oscar winner almost seems like some kind
of joke yeah but in 1987 in the midst of
much hullabaloo over this critically and
commercially successful romantic comedy
the Academy evidently became star struck
over moonstruck and awarded cher the
Oscar for Best Actress for her Sicilian
American accountant I can say yes to
some things and no to other things that
are gonna ruin everything I can do that
on second glance however the popular
singer and actress gave a capable but
not anywhere near remarkable performance
in the role and the fact that she beat
out the incredible Glenn Close in fatal
attraction and Holly Hunter in broadcast
news seems almost ridiculous thanks I
just wish you’d kept the first 20
seconds but thank you number three
Marisa Tomei my cousin Vinnie and bet
the Chinese food here is terrible this
Oscar win was so unexpected that room
were circulated afterwards that Oscar
presenter Jack Palance had read the
wrong name by mistake Oh what are you a
world traveler Marisa Tomei was pretty
much a newcomer to the film scene
her turn as Joe Pesci’s fiancee mainly
consisted of her character making
wisecracks talking fast and chewing gum
and she was up against acting Titans
like Judy Davis Joan Plowright
Vanessa Redgrave and miranda Richardson
in infinitely weightier and more
demanding roles so she’s very nice it
had to be a mistake right well it wasn’t
we agreed to get married as soon as you
want your first case meanwhile 10 years
later my niece the daughter of my sister
is getting married my biological clock
is tickin like this and the way this
case is going I ain’t never gettin
married
number two Helen Hunt as good as it gets
that’s maybe the best compliment of my
life in a performance that’s been called
annoying smug unsympathetic boring and
barely competent Helen Hunt plays a
single mother with a sixth son opposite
Jack Nicholson’s barely tolerable
novelist I’m not going to sleep with you
I will never sleep with you never ever
not ever most will agree that the Oscar
that year belonged to Judi Dench for
mrs. Brown although even Helena Bonham
Carter and Kate Winslet gave superior
performances in Titanic and the wings of
the Dove I’m sure he’ll be all right I
don’t need to send a note did she win
Best Actress because she was the only
American nominated oh I cut me a break
because her role made audiences laugh
anybody here is interested in what
Melvin has to say
whatever the reason it’s clear that if
anything deserve to win here it was the
screenplay
I think that it’s better for me to not
have contact with you because you’re not
ready and you’re a pretty old guy to not
be ready and I’m too old to ignore that
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions
Amiens here is mine I’m dying in this
town oh yeah I got a great sense of
humor that’s something you’re gonna find
out about me I’m funny and I can take a
joke you know a lot of people can’t take
a joke well you don’t know about women
is a lot number one Gwyneth Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love oh do my jucy my
lord
while Gwyneth Paltrow’s sobbed during
her speech at the academy award ceremony
we sobbed at the fact that she had won
it strange to meet her performance as
viola de Lesseps opposite Joseph Fiennes
playwright William Shakespeare left
something to be desired in this
overrated film
while not terrible it was more of an
impersonation than a worthy performance
it lacked depth focus and certainly
didn’t break any new ground Romeo Romeo
a young man Verona a comedy by William
Shakespeare milady
when she said she felt undeserving in
the presence of actresses like Meryl
Streep and Cate Blanchett we couldn’t
help but agree you will not tell as I
love you and as you love me you will
find my breast and buy me a boys wig do
you agree with our list which female
Oscar winners do you think received an
undeserving statuette for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
ooh the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences has long honored the
excellent performances of some very fine
actresses so we don’t really know what
they were thinking with these choices
why is that welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 underwhelming oscar-winning
actress performances now that ain’t
workin nothing for this list we’re
taking a look at some of the least
impressive performances from 1928
onwards that received the Academy Award
for Best Actress or Best Supporting
Actress there’s stuff going on you
wouldn’t believe I don’t even believe
number 10 Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love
have a cat with my name you will wear it
out although one of the finest actresses
to come out of England this film was not
necessarily one of Judi Dench’s finest
moments tell master Shakespeare
something more cheerful next time for
Twelfth Night
barely a supporting role her
contribution of around 8 minutes of
screen time as Queen Elizabeth the first
is enjoyable but certainly not layered
deep or profound yes the illusion is
remarkable nominated for seven Oscars
overall Dame Judi was much more
deserving for films like Iris and mrs.
Brown and because she won for the 1998
romantic comedy-drama she stole the Best
Supporting Actress Oscar from an
incredible Lynn Redgrave for gods and
monsters and Brenda Blethyn for
littlevoice the little stick wrecks
everything I can’t starts again can I
now it won’t be anyway oh one man number
nine Julia Roberts Erin Brokovich those
people in Haiti with these people are
expecting a trial playing memorable
characters and films like sleeping with
the enemy and pretty woman Julia Roberts
has amply demonstrated her ability as
both an actor and a charmer
but in this biographical drama we see
Roberts play the titular real-life
whistleblower who bravely takes on a
corporate giant in a performance that we
is it deserving of being called her
finest work you’re called boom set oh
it’s the same kind of character and the
same style we’ve seen her play time and
time again believe it or not I’m on the
prowl for some water records and
considering that she stole the Best
Actress Oscar from the raw and gripping
Ellen Burstyn in requiem for a dream
makes it even worse a limited meet me at
the beauty parlor I got the red dress
that I wore they ever use graduations
and the gold shoes here mrs. Goldfarb
number eight Whoopi Goldberg ghost
praise God I knew he was with his mama
though many of us may think of Whoopi
Goldberg as a comedian TV host and
political activist if you remember that
she actually won an Oscar back in the
day yeah that’s quick not for her more
deserved nomination in the color purple
but for her one-dimensional wacky
psychic in this 1990 romantic fantasy
it’s too different although she’s
certainly not bad she doesn’t break any
new ground here and she robbed the
superior Annette Bening and Lorraine
Bracco for their laird roles in The
Grifters and Goodfellas in the Best
Supporting Actress category but still I
couldn’t hurt him how could I hurt him I
couldn’t even bring myself to leave him
the truth was that no matter how bad I
felt I was still very attracted to him
number seven Elizabeth Taylor
Butterfield 8 am I wrong somehow I get
the feeling that you don’t like me even
Elizabeth Taylor famously said that she
felt she didn’t deserve the award for
this much reviled drama ha ha to be fair
the difficult leading man dreadful
script and misogynistic role didn’t make
it any easier as she was required to
play a little more than a promiscuous
model and call girl mama face it
the slot of all time as Taylor had been
hospitalized and almost died a few
months before voting the Academy had no
doubt awarded her the best actress award
more out of sentimentality that her
depth and talent which is hard to find
in her sensual portrayal of Gloria Wan
drous as opposed to other roles she’s
played
it’s no use it’s no damn use number six
Renee Zellweger cold mountain Here I am
in an epic war drama that chronicles the
tale of a wounded soldier trying to
reunite with the woman he loves Renee
Zellweger injects spirit and humor as
Ruby thues a tough and fiery woman who
knows her way around the farm 30 years I
was in school for my daddy saying God
rest his soul was like wishing him what
he had in life he lived arrest he’s born
tired decided very useful me having me
saddled name from chopped morning
while her spirited delivery brings life
to this otherwise serious flick her
one-dimensional character and
over-the-top portrayal
can hardly be called a model of acting
begin when compared to the brilliant
performances of fellow supporting
actress nominees Patricia Clarkson in
pieces of April and Sheree – Liu in
House of Sand and Fog that same year or
her other oscar-nominated roles you
can’t help but cringe when you think of
it that got one tear for my daddy I
stole it off of crocodile number five
Reese Witherspoon walk the line
I just can’t thank tonight Reese
Witherspoon has given her unique Sparkle
to countless romantic comedies including
Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Alabama oh
god honey I needed that almost as much
as I liked you but did she ever Sparkle
enough to win the golden statuette I
have come to find that passion is a key
ingredient to the study and practice of
law and of life the Academy seemed to
think so
awarding her a Best Actress win for her
performance as June Carter in the 2005
biopic although her acting is not that
spectacular and her accent has been
frequently criticized I’m going to Houma
tonight after the show I’m not here to
look after you to boot the fact that she
beat out the extraordinary Felicity
Huffman in the most challenging
performance of her career in trans
America still baffles us oh and this is
odd I got a phone call last night from a
juvenile inmate of the New York prison
system it claimed to be Stanley’s son no
third person my son number four cher
moonstruck do not new whiskey how about
you give me a glass of whiskey
looking back the idea of cher being an
Oscar winner almost seems like some kind
of joke yeah but in 1987 in the midst of
much hullabaloo over this critically and
commercially successful romantic comedy
the Academy evidently became star struck
over moonstruck and awarded cher the
Oscar for Best Actress for her Sicilian
American accountant I can say yes to
some things and no to other things that
are gonna ruin everything I can do that
on second glance however the popular
singer and actress gave a capable but
not anywhere near remarkable performance
in the role and the fact that she beat
out the incredible Glenn Close in fatal
attraction and Holly Hunter in broadcast
news seems almost ridiculous thanks I
just wish you’d kept the first 20
seconds but thank you number three
Marisa Tomei my cousin Vinnie and bet
the Chinese food here is terrible this
Oscar win was so unexpected that room
were circulated afterwards that Oscar
presenter Jack Palance had read the
wrong name by mistake Oh what are you a
world traveler Marisa Tomei was pretty
much a newcomer to the film scene
her turn as Joe Pesci’s fiancee mainly
consisted of her character making
wisecracks talking fast and chewing gum
and she was up against acting Titans
like Judy Davis Joan Plowright
Vanessa Redgrave and miranda Richardson
in infinitely weightier and more
demanding roles so she’s very nice it
had to be a mistake right well it wasn’t
we agreed to get married as soon as you
want your first case meanwhile 10 years
later my niece the daughter of my sister
is getting married my biological clock
is tickin like this and the way this
case is going I ain’t never gettin
married
number two Helen Hunt as good as it gets
that’s maybe the best compliment of my
life in a performance that’s been called
annoying smug unsympathetic boring and
barely competent Helen Hunt plays a
single mother with a sixth son opposite
Jack Nicholson’s barely tolerable
novelist I’m not going to sleep with you
I will never sleep with you never ever
not ever most will agree that the Oscar
that year belonged to Judi Dench for
mrs. Brown although even Helena Bonham
Carter and Kate Winslet gave superior
performances in Titanic and the wings of
the Dove I’m sure he’ll be all right I
don’t need to send a note did she win
Best Actress because she was the only
American nominated oh I cut me a break
because her role made audiences laugh
anybody here is interested in what
Melvin has to say
whatever the reason it’s clear that if
anything deserve to win here it was the
screenplay
I think that it’s better for me to not
have contact with you because you’re not
ready and you’re a pretty old guy to not
be ready and I’m too old to ignore that
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions
Amiens here is mine I’m dying in this
town oh yeah I got a great sense of
humor that’s something you’re gonna find
out about me I’m funny and I can take a
joke you know a lot of people can’t take
a joke well you don’t know about women
is a lot number one Gwyneth Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love oh do my jucy my
lord
while Gwyneth Paltrow’s sobbed during
her speech at the academy award ceremony
we sobbed at the fact that she had won
it strange to meet her performance as
viola de Lesseps opposite Joseph Fiennes
playwright William Shakespeare left
something to be desired in this
overrated film
while not terrible it was more of an
impersonation than a worthy performance
it lacked depth focus and certainly
didn’t break any new ground Romeo Romeo
a young man Verona a comedy by William
Shakespeare milady
when she said she felt undeserving in
the presence of actresses like Meryl
Streep and Cate Blanchett we couldn’t
help but agree you will not tell as I
love you and as you love me you will
find my breast and buy me a boys wig do
you agree with our list which female
Oscar winners do you think received an
undeserving statuette for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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