These are my Top 20 contenders for the 2008 Academy Awards.
The ceremony will be held on 22nd February, 2009.
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BEST ACTRESS
These are my very early predictions for the twenty actresses who may be in line for an Oscar nomination in the "Best Actress" category. Many have been to the ceremony before, so perhaps they will gain favour with voters. Others are not very well known, and are caught up in awards fever due to the “buzz” surrounding their movie. Will we see a mix of newcomers with old favourites welcomed back into the fold?
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WINNER:
Meryl Streep (Doubt) - she won the Best Actress Oscar for "Sophie's Choice" and the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Kramer vs. Kramer", and was also previously nominated as Best Actress for "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "Silkwood", "Out of Africa", "Ironweed", "A Cry In The Dark", "Postcards From The Edge", "The Bridges of Madison County", "One True Thing", "Music of the Heart", and "The Devil Wears Prada". She also received Best Supporting Actress nominations for "The Deer Hunter" and "Adaptation".
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NOMINEES:
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Angelina Jolie (Changeling) - she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Girl, Interrupted".
Melissa Leo (Frozen River) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) - she was previously nominated as Best Actress for "Titanic", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", and "Little Children", as well as Best Supporting Actress nominations for "Sense and Sensibility" and "Iris".
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OTHER CANDIDATES:
Kate Beckinsale (Nothing But The Truth) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) - she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "The Aviator", and was also nominated for "Notes on a Scandal" and "I'm Not There". In addition she received Best Actress nominations for "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age".
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Scarlett Johansson (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Nicole Kidman (Australia) - she won the Best Actress Oscar for "The Hours" and was also nominated for "Moulin Rouge!".
Keira Knightley (The Duchess) - she was previously nominated as Best Actress for "Pride & Prejudice".
Keira Knightley (The Edge of Love) - see notes above.
Laura Linney (The Other Man) - she was previously nominated as Best Actress for "You Can Count On Me" and "The Savages", and as Best Supporting Actress for "Kinsey".
Rachel McAdams (The Time Traveler’s Wife) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Frances McDormand (Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day) - she won the Best Actress Oscar for "Fargo" and was also previously nominated as Best Supporting Actress for "Mississippi Burning", "Almost Famous", and "North Country".
Julianne Moore (Blindness) - she was previously nominated as Best Actress for "The End of the Affair" and "Far From Heaven", and as Best Supporting Actress for "Boogie Nights" and "The Hours".
Natalie Portman (Brothers) - she was previously nominated as Best Supporting Actress for "Closer".
Julia Roberts (Fireflies In The Garden) - she won a Best Actress Oscar for "Erin Brockovich" and was nominated for "Pretty Woman", and was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for "Steel Magnolias".
Meg Ryan (The Women) - she has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Emma Thompson (Brideshead Revisited) - she won a Best Actress Oscar for "Howards End" and was nominated for "The Remains of the Day" and "Sense and Sensibility" (for which she won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar). In addition she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for "In The Name of the Father".
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