5 (out of 18) iconic actors who have never been nominated for Oscars and what they should've won for
As the 95th Academy Awards will be tonight many actors, many of those who are first nominees (Colin Farrell and Michelle Yeoh) and those who are vying for another Oscar to their mantel (Cate Blanchett). So I found a list of some of our iconic actors who not only haven't won one nor have they have been nominated. The rest of list is at the source.
Daniel Craig is two-for-two on Golden Globe nominations for playing Benoit Blanc, but he still hasn't secured an Oscar nomination
Craig's iconic Southern accent is Oscar-worthy enough, but the 55-year-old is basically unrecognizable as the same guy who played James Bond for 15 years in "Knives Out" and "Glass Onion." But, Craig arguably could've scored a nod from the Academy for 2006's "Casino Royale" as well, ushering in a new era for 007 and starring in a legitimately terrific film to boot.
If "Crash" was always going to win best picture, the Academy could've at least nominated Thandiwe Newton
"Crash," released in 2004, is one of the most infamous (and perhaps undeserving) best picture winners of all time.
So, why should Newton, 50, have been nominated? Because she plays a young Black woman who is sexually assaulted by a white racist cop played by Matt Dillon - only Dillon was nominated for an Academy Award, even though most of the emotional burden of the film rests on Newton's shoulders. She received many other precursor awards for the film, including a BAFTA, an Empire Award, and multiple other nominations.
We're still upset Pam Grier was snubbed for "Jackie Brown"
Grier has had a decades-long career in Hollywood, first appearing in many blaxploitation films in the '70s before being truly celebrated for her talent in Quentin Tarantino's love letter to blaxploitation in 1997's "Jackie Brown."
Grier, 73, plays the title character Jackie, a smuggler and flight attendant who is not to be messed with. While she and her co-star Samuel L. Jackson were both nominated for Golden Globes, this was before every Tarantino movie was nominated for at least two or three Oscars, and the two were snubbed.
Claire Danes provided an Oscar-worthy performance in "Little Women" as Beth
Danes, 43, is also predominantly a TV star now after "Homeland," "The Essex Serpent," "Fleishman Is in Trouble," and even "My So-Called Life," but she was turning in solid performances in the '90s on screen, most notably in the 1994 remake of "Little Women" - only Winona Ryder as Jo was recognized by the Academy - and the 1996 Baz Luhrmann adaptation of "Romeo + Juliet."
Jeffrey Wright has played so many scene-stealing supporting characters, it's hard to pick just one
Wright, 57, has received awards attention for his performances in "Syriana," "The Manchurian Candidate," "Cadillac Records," "Basquiat," and "The Ides of March."
However, we'd put forth that his Oscar nomination should have come from "The French Dispatch" in 2021, where his vignette is the most heartbreaking of the five segments of director Wes Anderson's anthology film. He plays the secretly gay food journalist Roebuck Wright.
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Daniel Craig is two-for-two on Golden Globe nominations for playing Benoit Blanc, but he still hasn't secured an Oscar nomination
Craig's iconic Southern accent is Oscar-worthy enough, but the 55-year-old is basically unrecognizable as the same guy who played James Bond for 15 years in "Knives Out" and "Glass Onion." But, Craig arguably could've scored a nod from the Academy for 2006's "Casino Royale" as well, ushering in a new era for 007 and starring in a legitimately terrific film to boot.
If "Crash" was always going to win best picture, the Academy could've at least nominated Thandiwe Newton
"Crash," released in 2004, is one of the most infamous (and perhaps undeserving) best picture winners of all time.
So, why should Newton, 50, have been nominated? Because she plays a young Black woman who is sexually assaulted by a white racist cop played by Matt Dillon - only Dillon was nominated for an Academy Award, even though most of the emotional burden of the film rests on Newton's shoulders. She received many other precursor awards for the film, including a BAFTA, an Empire Award, and multiple other nominations.
We're still upset Pam Grier was snubbed for "Jackie Brown"
Grier has had a decades-long career in Hollywood, first appearing in many blaxploitation films in the '70s before being truly celebrated for her talent in Quentin Tarantino's love letter to blaxploitation in 1997's "Jackie Brown."
Grier, 73, plays the title character Jackie, a smuggler and flight attendant who is not to be messed with. While she and her co-star Samuel L. Jackson were both nominated for Golden Globes, this was before every Tarantino movie was nominated for at least two or three Oscars, and the two were snubbed.
Claire Danes provided an Oscar-worthy performance in "Little Women" as Beth
Danes, 43, is also predominantly a TV star now after "Homeland," "The Essex Serpent," "Fleishman Is in Trouble," and even "My So-Called Life," but she was turning in solid performances in the '90s on screen, most notably in the 1994 remake of "Little Women" - only Winona Ryder as Jo was recognized by the Academy - and the 1996 Baz Luhrmann adaptation of "Romeo + Juliet."
Jeffrey Wright has played so many scene-stealing supporting characters, it's hard to pick just one
Wright, 57, has received awards attention for his performances in "Syriana," "The Manchurian Candidate," "Cadillac Records," "Basquiat," and "The Ides of March."
However, we'd put forth that his Oscar nomination should have come from "The French Dispatch" in 2021, where his vignette is the most heartbreaking of the five segments of director Wes Anderson's anthology film. He plays the secretly gay food journalist Roebuck Wright.
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