Each actress has 5 Oscar nominations..with Cate winning one for Supporting Actress for The Aviator. Blanchett has 2 Best Actress and 3 Supporting nominations..while Winslet has 3 Best Actress and 2 Supporting nominations with no wins yet. Who do u guys think will be the first to win Best Actress out of the two? For me..this is a VERY tough choice for me. I am a huge fan of both and see different qualities in each of their acting skills. I find Cate a more versatile actress with sooooo many different roles. Kate is more of a natural dramatic actress and plays more dramatic roles. So right now..she is more a one side actress...but GREAT at it i will add. So i think for me..i will say Cate Blanchett will be the first out of the 2 women who will snag the Best Actress oscar first.

This is a tough one considering both Winslet and Blanchett are two of the most finest actresses of our era. But you are asking about who will nab the best actress oscar first, and considering Kate Winslet will have Revolutionary Road out later this year, and will most likely be going head to head with Meryl Streep, I would say that Kate Winslet will have a better shot THIS YEAR than Cate Blanchett who will have The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, who isn't getting as much buzz as needed for the lead actress oscar. The Academy may feel the need to give Ms. Winslet the lead actress nod for Revolutionary Road, which may happen - so for right now, I think my answer would be Kate Winslet, but both Winslet and Blanchett are both great actresses equally, and some time soon they both will have that lead actress oscar!

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I think that Winslet will win Best Actress before Blanchett since Cate just won a short while ago, and it may take her awhile to win a second one since she's racked up so many nominations already and her nomination for The Golden Age was one that many people did not agree with since Angelina Jolie was snubbed.

Also, I think that this will finally be Winslet's year, and that since she's amassed so many nominations so fast that I don't think they'll be content giving her a supporting one on her first win. Revolutionary Road may turn out to be disappointing, but since it's been a little more than 10 years since Titanic was released, I just picture both Kate and Leo winning their first Oscars together this year. Although it may not even be for Reservation Road, since they both have other projects that might be more well received.

Edited because I keep mixing up Reservation Road with Revolutionary Road.

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Nice replies. I just hope one of them will win in 2009.

I'm currently reading "The Reader." Very promising so far -- if the team pulls it off, Kate might get to that podium next year (about damn time!).

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I'm currently reading "The Reader." Very promising so far -- if the team pulls it off, Kate might get to that podium next year (about damn time!).

Let's keep our fingers crossed. :-)

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Edited because I keep mixing up Reservation Road with Revolutionary Road.

And I thought I was the only one LOL. I was at the video store the other day, and I saw Revolutionary Road and then I thought, "wasn't Leo and Kate the stars in this?". Haha.

Moving on, I think Winslet and Blanchett are some of the finest actresses we've seen evolved this decade. They've shown their potentials before and lived it up this decade. Both gave excellent performances one after the other whether supporting or lead and noms and awards proved that.

I cannot choose who is better between the two of them. As you've said, Cate is more of the experimental type while Kate is more of the dramatic one so I'm just gonna answer who I think will have a Lead Actress Oscar first. I'd say Winslet because it will hurt Blanchett that she have just won recently. Not even Hilary Swank managed to do that in that short span of time.

Here's hoping both will have their Lead Oscars in the future.

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Here's hoping both will have their Lead Oscars in the future.

Cheers!

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I have a feeling each women will win there Best Acress trophy within the next 3 or 4 years.

I am a fan of both of these amazing actress. It is definitely too hard to pick a favorite or say who is better than the other because they are both wonderful. With that said, I think it is time for Winslet to finally win the Oscar that has eluded her time and time again. She will be the first of the two to win the Lead Actress Oscar.

I love them both, but I think Winslet will win Best Actress before Blanchett. Winslet just seems like she's due. Blanchett already has an Oscar, so she can wait just little longer (but not too long, I hope).

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Originally posted by Mrs. Daryl Zero:
I think that Winslet will win Best Actress before Blanchett since Cate just won a short while ago, and it may take her awhile to win a second one since she's racked up so many nominations already and her nomination for The Golden Age was one that many people did not agree with since Angelina Jolie was snubbed.

Also, I think that this will finally be Winslet's year, and that since she's amassed so many nominations so fast that I don't think they'll be content giving her a supporting one on her first win. Revolutionary Road may turn out to be disappointing, but since it's been a little more than 10 years since Titanic was released, I just picture both Kate and Leo winning their first Oscars together this year. Although it may not even be for Reservation Road, since they both have other projects that might be more well received.

Edited because I keep mixing up Reservation Road with Revolutionary Road.

I dont agree that just because Cate won in 2005 for Supporting actress..that it is too soon for her to win again. There have been many winners that won back to back or won there second Oscar 2 or 3 years after there first win.

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I dont agree that just because Cate won in 2005 for Supporting actress..that it is too soon for her to win again. There have been many winners that won back to back or won there second Oscar 2 or 3 years after there first win.

Well then she needs to star in a BP winner movie. Swank, Foster, Hanks, and Spacey all won their second Oscars shorter because they starred in BP winners. Until then, I don't see her winning for the next five years.

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Well then she needs to star in a BP winner movie. Swank, Foster, Hanks, and Spacey all won their second Oscars shorter because they starred in BP winners. Until then, I don't see her winning for the next five years.

I agree. I'm not saying she definitely won't win again soon. However, I believe that if she does, I also agree that it needs something extra like being in a Best Picture winner movie. I don't think The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons will be it either since I don't see it winning Best Picture, although it might, but even if it does I think Brad Pitt has more of a chance to finally win for that movie than Blanchett does since from the title and the description it seems his role is the most difficult and will get the most notice at awards time if the movie connects with critics and award groups.

Back to Blanchett's chances on winning a second Oscar so soon, she's on a hot streak now as far as nominations go, and she certainly seems loved enough now to win again unlike when it seemed like she was snubbed for roles between Elizabeth and The Aviator even when she would get some of the preliminaries. However, I could see her going through another cold streak depending on the types of movies she makes, if she takes any time off due to her theater work in Australia, and whether people feel tired of her and think that one win and five nominations amassed at her young age might be enough reward for now.

I'm not saying it will happen, but for actors currently still working only Streep, Nicholson, and I would add Winslet to that category now seem to be the very few that are able to get nominated on a fairly regular basis compared to their peers not just going through a hot streak or period of very good luck. Even with those three, they haven't been immune to being snubbed either. So I don't think Blanchett is in that group right now since as I wrote before she did go through that period where they wouldn't nominate her for anything, but maybe she is now, it's hard to say right now if it's only a lucky streak or something more. Obviously they want to honor her with a leading actress Oscar someday otherwise she would have won another one for I'm Not There, so it could be sooner than later. I just happen to think it will be later.

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I can't believe that from Elizabeth, her next nomination was already The Aviator.

Now they make up to her by raining her with nominations, some deserving [Notes on a Scandal], others not [Elizabeth: TGA]

I think she'll continue to pick up noms but like I said, a win is not expected for the next five years.

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Originally posted by Blanchett/Winslet Fan:
I dont agree that just because Cate won in 2005 for Supporting actress..that it is too soon for her to win again. There have been many winners that won back to back or won there second Oscar 2 or 3 years after there first win.

Well then she needs to star in a BP winner movie. Swank, Foster, Hanks, and Spacey all won their second Oscars shorter because they starred in BP winners. Until then, I don't see her winning for the next five years.

No i dont think so. A Best Actress/Actor win does not have to coincide with a Best Picture nominee or winner. That is bogus.

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I have a feeling each women will win there Best Acress trophy within the next 3 or 4 years.

The four actresses that just seem ready to win an Oscar (or another) are Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and Laura Linney.

I'd say each will win a Leading Oscar in the next ten years.

JULIANNE MOORE IS ALSO IN THE LIST FOR A BEST ACTRESS AWARD, SHE HAS 4 NOMINATIONS AND TWO BIG SNUBS, AND SHE HAS 2 FOR LEAD AND 2 SUPPORTING, THIS YEAR WILL BE HARD CAUSE WINSLET´S AND STREEP´S.

I have many expectations for Revolutionary Road; however, Winslet winning Best Actress isn't one of them. She'll be running against a "long overdue to win the third Oscar" Meryl Streep, whose role in Doubt is awards-baity (the original actress won a Tony for the role). Of course, it depends a lot on how their respective films turn out and whether their performances live up to the hype; however, just based on speculation, I'd say the odds are not in Winslet's favor.

However, Winslet can win Supporting Actress for The Reader. If that does indeed happen, then she'll probably have to wait a little longer to receive that Best Actress Oscar. Furthermore, it would've been some time since they awarded Blanchett, so they may feel the need to award her again before they award Winslet again so soon. If Winslet wins Supporting Actress, then I'd say Blanchett will be the first of the two to win Best Actress. If Winslet doesn't win Supporting Actress, then I'd say she'll be the first of the two to win Best Actress.

I think Meryl is going to (finally) win her third Oscar come next February for "Doubt"...it's perfect casting in a socko role, and especially if she has a hit with "Mamma Mia" you know her stock will be up with the PR/Exec crowd who harbor a lot of votes. Both Cate and Kate will have to sit it out next year...

Of course I'm tempted to say Kate will get there first because she's sooo overdue but really who knows? Even for the greatest actors, the stars sometimes just don't line up...

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