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Originally posted by Mikead:
Bette Davis - Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (lead - brilliant)
Olivia Dehaviland - Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (supporting)

I totally agree with you. Those two women were terrific. The movie was creepy in many parts.

Jennifer Garner - 13 Going on 30 (seriously)
Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto

and that's all i got right now

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Originally posted by Jake221:
Cher, Mask
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine & The Hours
Cameron Diaz, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky & Gangs Of New York
Dakota Fanning, I Am Sam
Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies
Thandie Newton, Crash
Michelle Pfeiffer, Age Of Innocence
Brad Pitt, Babel
Meryl Streep, The Hours
Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor,

These were not underated peformances
*Cher was nominated for a golden globe and won at Cannes
*Toni Collette for Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for a golden globe and a BAFTA
*Cameron Diaz was golden globes for all of these roles plus a BAFTA for Being JOhn Malkovich
*Dakota Fanning was nominated for a SAG for I am Sam
*Jaimie Lee Curtis won a Golden globe and a SAG
*Thandie Newton for Crash won a BAFTA
*Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for a Golden globe
*Brad Pitt was nominated chicago critics, golden globe, sateliette awards
*MEryl Streep was nominated for BAFTA, golden globe, las vegas critic and sateliette awards
*Kathleen Turner won a golden globe

Except for being nominated for a oscar these performances were not underated in anyway ....

i don't know if anyone already mentioned it in the previous pages, but...

Carrie-Anne Moss, Memento

thankfully, she wasn't completely ignored. she has the Indie Spirit Award.

Elizabeth Shue in "Molly".

Catherine O'Hara for both 'Best in Show' and 'For Your Consideration'..

Had she been nominated for either I would have jumped for joy (especially for 'FYC').

Brooke Smith in 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Jessica Lange in "A Thousand Acres". She should have been nominated for an Oscar at least.

Here are some underated performances:

Derek Luke, Antwone Fisher
Ice Cube, Boyz N the Hood
Keke Palmer, Akeelah and the Bee
Angela Bassett, Waiting to Exhale
Kimberly Elise, Woman Thou Art Loosed
Regina King, Ray
Sharon Warren, Ray
Kerry Washington, Ray
Taraji P. Henson, Practially anything she's appeared in
Jurnee Smollett, The Great Debaters
Sanaa Lathan, Love & Basketball
Debbi Morgan, Eve's Bayou
Alfre Woodard, Crooklyn
Ruby Dee, A Raisin in the Sun
Ivan Dixon, Nothing but a Man
Abbey Lincoln, Nothing But a Man
Don Cheadle, Traffic/Boogie Nights/Devil in a Blue Dress/ Talk to Me
Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dirty Pretty Things/ Talk to Me
Queen Latifah, Set It Off
Mario Van Peebles, Baaadasssss!!!
Marlon Wayans, Requiem of a Dream
Erykah Badu, The Cider House Rules

Cate Blanchett's performance in "Little Fish" is one of the best performances of the decade.

Meryl Streep in 'The Manchurian Candidate'

Margaret Sullavan and Miriam Hopkins were among the best actresses of the late 30s to early 50s. All their performances were under-rated.

Sanaa Lathan "Love & Basketball"
Sarah Michelle Gellar "Cruel Intentions"
Ashley Judd "Kiss The Girls"
Ashley Judd "Where the Heart Is"
Natalie Portman "Where the Heart Is"
Chris Cooper " A Time to Kill"
Julia Stiles "10 things I hate About You"
Heath Ledger "Monster's Ball"
Halle Berry "Losing Isaiah"
Mark Wahlberg "Fear"
Kerry Washington "Save the Last Dance"
Rosario Dawson "Light It Up"
Sandra Bullock "Crash"
Hilary Swank "Freedom Writers"
April L. Hernandez "Freedom Writers"
Michelle Pfeiffer "Dangerous Minds"
Cate Blanchett "The Gift"
Giovanni Ribisi "The Gift"

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Originally posted by Be:
Cate Blanchett's performance in "Little Fish" is one of the best performances of the decade.

Yes, it definitely is. I think it's her best after Heaven. Too bad they are also the least seen works of her.

Tim Robbins - The Player
Talia Shire - The Godfather Part 3
Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof & Sylvia

Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn, Alison Lohman & Renee Zellweger - White Oleander

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Originally posted by Agrado:

Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof

I still think she should have won an Oscar for this.

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Originally posted by GH:

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Originally posted by Agrado:

Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof

I still think she should have won an Oscar for this.

A nomination would have most certainly been deserved. I was actually surprised she wasn't, she really should have been.

I'm still going with my old standby: Thandie Newton in "Crash." She was robbed.