what were your favorite line-ups for lead actress, or the ones you thought were the best and any winner would be a deserving one? here are some of my personal favorites (my picks for that year in bold):

2006

Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children


2004

Annette Bening - Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


2001

Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
Judi Dench - Iris
Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!
Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones' Diary


1995

Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
Elisabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone - Casino
Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison County
Emma Thompson - Sense & Sensibility


1988

Glenn Close - Dangerous Liaisons
Jodie Foster - The Accused
Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist


(more later...)

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To save others from posting, I'm gonna answer for some posters:

JOSE:
1988
Jodie Foster - The Acussed
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the mist
Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
Glenn Close - Dangerous Liasons
Meryl Streep - A cry in the dark

Agrado:
2002:
Salma Hayek (Frida)
Diane Lane (Unfaithful)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Renee Zellweger (Chicago)

Mike:
2007:
*Helen Mirren
*Meryl Streep
*Kate Blanchett
*Dame Judi Dench
*Penelope Cruz

1980:
*Sally Field
*Marsha Mason
*Jane Fonda
*Bette Midler
*Jill Clayburgh

AJ:
1988:
Jodie Foster - The Acussed
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the mist
Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
Glenn Close - Dangerous Liasons
Meryl Streep - A cry in the dark

Fishbiscuit:
Grace Kelly
Dorothy Dandridge
Audrey Hepburn
Judy Garland
Jane Wyman

k:
1954
Leslie Caron - Lili
Ava Gardner - Mogambo
Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamara - The Moon Is Blue

dwb:
1962:
Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker (W)
Bette Davis-Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
Katherine Hepburn-Long Days Journey Into Night
Geraldine Page-Sweet Bird Of Youth
Lee Remick-The Days Of Wine & Roses

1967:
Katharine Hepburn-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (W)
Anne Bancroft-The Graduate
Faye Dunaway-Bonnie and Clyde
Edith Evans-The Whisperers
Audrey Hepburn-Wait Until Dark

tomk:
1939:
Dark Victory (1939) - Bette Davis
Gone with the Wind (1939) - Vivien Leigh
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - Greer Garson
Love Affair (1939) - Irene Dunne
Ninotchka (1939) - Greta Garbo

Oscarluver:
1950:
Anne Baxter (All About Eve)
Bette Davis (All About Eve)
Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday)
Eleanor Parker (Caged)
Gloria Swanson (Sunset Boulevard)

Stinger:
1969:
Genevieve Bujold - Anne of a Thousand Days
Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses Don't They
Liza Minelli - The Sterile Cuckoo
Jean Simmons - The Happy Ending
Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

tonorlo:
Any of the following:

1937:
Irene Dunne, "The Awful Truth"
Greta Garbo, "Camille"
Janet Gaynor, "A Star is Born"
Luise Rainer, "The Good Earth"
Barbara Stanwyck, "Stella Dallas"

1948:
Ingrid Bergman, "Joan of Arc"
Olivia de Havilland, "The Snake Pit"
Irene Dunne, "I Remember Mama"
Barbara Stanwyck, "Sorry, Wrong Number"
Jane Wyman, "Johnny Belinda"

1952:
Shirley Booth, "Come Back, Little Sheba"
Joan Crawford, "Sudden Fear"
Bette Davis, "The Star"
Julie Harris, "The Member of the Wedding"
Susan Hayward, "With a Song in My Heart"

1958:
Susan Hayward, "I Want to Live!"
Deborah Kerr, "Separate Tables"
Shirley MacLaine, "Some Came Running"
Rosalind Russell, "Auntie Mame"
Elizabeth Taylor, "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof"

1962:
Anne Bancroft, "The Miracle Worker"
Bette Davis, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Katharine Hepburn, "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
Geraldine Page, "Sweet Bird of Youth"
Lee Remick, "Days of Wine and Roses"

1972:
Liza Minnelli, "Cabaret"
Diana Ross, "Lady Sings the Blues"
Maggie Smith, "Travels With My Aunt"
Cicely Tyson, "Sounder"
Liv Ullmann, "The Emigrants"

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For me (* indicates my absolut favorites):

1937*
1938
1939
1940*
1950*
1951
1959
1961
1962*
1967*
1982
1988
1991
1995
1996*
2001*
2002
2004

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Fritz,

Fritz, are you dating the performances' years or the ceremony year (by 2001 do you mean berry, spacek, kidman, dench and zellweger or roberts, burstyn, linney, allen and binoche?)

quote:

Originally posted by vozas:
Fritz, are you dating the performances' years or the ceremony year (by 2001 do you mean berry, spacek, kidman, dench and zellweger or roberts, burstyn, linney, allen and binoche?)

The performance's year (2004 is Swank and Bening etc, 2001 is Kidman, Spacek etc)...

2002
Salma Hayek (Frida)
Diane Lane (Unfaithful)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Renee Zellweger (Chicago)

1998
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)
Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love)
Meryl Streep (One True Thing)
Emily Watson (Hilary & Jackie)

1988
Glenn Close (Dangerous Liasions)
Jodie Foster (The Accused)
Melanie Griffith (Working Girl)
Meryl Streep (A Cry in the Dark)
Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist)

1977
Anne Bancroft (The Turning Point)
Jane Fonda (Julia)
Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Shirley MacLaine (The Turning Point)
Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl)

The years I would be hard pressed to rank would be:

1937

Dunne, Garbo, Gaynor, Rainer and Stanwyck

1961

A Hepburn, Laurie, Loren, Page and Wood

1962

Bancroft, Davis, K Hepburn, Page and Remick

1966

Aimee, Kaminska, L Redgrave, V Redgrave and Taylor

1972

Minnelli, Ross, Smith, Tyson and Ullmann

1978

Bergman, Burstyn, Clayburgh, Fonda and Page

1980

Burstyn, Hawn, Moore, Rowlands and Spacek

1985

Bancroft, Goldberg, Lange, Page and Streep

1993

Bassett, Channing, Hunter, Thompson and Winger

2006

Cruz, Dench, Mirren, Streep and Winslet

Ny absolute favorite is 1983- Jane Alexander in Testament, Shirley Maclaine in Terms of Endearment, Meryl Streep in Silkwood, Julie Walters in Educating Rita, and Debra Winger in Terms of Enderment. I loved all of those ladies and thought they were all brilliant and very very different.

The other years where I basically loved all of the 5 nominees in the category were 2006 (Mirren), 1996 (McDormand), 1995 (Sarandon, 1993 (Hunter), 1988 (Foster in The Accused), 1987 (Cher), 1985 (Page), 1982 (Streep), 1981 (Hepburn), 1979 (Field in Norma Rae), 1978 (Fonda in COming Home), 1962 (Bancroft), 1950 (Holliday), 1939 (Leigh)

1988 by a mile!

Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons)
JODIE FOSTER (THE ACCUSED)
Melanie Griffith (Working Girl)
Meryl Streep (A Cry in the Dark)
Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist)

It just don't get better than that!

Yea 1988 was a great ear for Best Actress - all five could have won. 2002 was a great year since three out of the five ( Kidman, Moore, and Zelweger) were basically in a three way tie.

My ten favorite years (I'm only counting years as eligible if I've seen at least four of the nominated performances):

10--2001
Deserving of a win: Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom), Judi Dench (Iris)
Great nominations: Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones' Diary)
Didn't deserve a nod: Halle Berry (Monster's Ball), Nicole Kidman, (Moulin Rouge)

9--1977
Deserving of a win: Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Great nominations: Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine (The Turning Point), Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl)
Didn't deserve a nod: Jane Fonda (Julia)

8--2002
Deserving of a win: Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Great nominations: Salma Hayek (Frida), Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Diane Lane (Unfaithful)
Didn't deserve a nod: Renée Zellweger (Chicago)

7--1939
Deserving of a win: Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Vivien Leigh (Gone With the Wind)
Great nominations: Bette Davis (Dark Victory)
Didn't deserve a nod: Irene Dunne (Love Affair), Greer Garson (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)

6--1979
Deserving of a win: Sally Field (Norma Rae)
Great nominations: Jill Clayburgh (Starting Over), Jane Fonda (The China Syndrome), Marsha Mason (Chapter Two)
Haven't seen: Bette Midler (The Rose)

5--1980
Deserving of a win: Ingrid Bergman (Höstsonaten)
Great nominations: Ellen Burstyn (Same Time, Next Year), Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman), Geraldine Page (Interiors)
Haven't seen: Jane Fonda (Coming Home)

4--1998
Deserving of a win: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth), Fernanda Montenegro (Central do Brasil)
Great nominations: Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love), Meryl Streep (One True Thing)
Haven't seen: Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie)

3--1988
Deserving of a win: Jodie Foster (The Accused), Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist)
Great nominations: Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons), Melanie Griffith (Working Girl)
Haven't seen: Meryl Streep (A Cry in the Dark)

2--2006
Deserving of a win: Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Great nominations: Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada), Kate Winslet (Little Children)
Haven't seen: Penélope Cruz (Volver)

1--1938
Deserving of a win: Fay Bainter (White Banners), Bette Davis (Jezebel)
Great nominations: Wendy Hiller (Pygmalion), Norma Shearer (Marie Antoinette)
Haven't seen: Margaret Sullavan (Three Comrades)

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how can your favorite categories of ALL TIME have nominees you consider undeserving??

Personally,

1940
Bette Davis - The letter
Martha Scott - Our town
Joan Fontaine- Rebecca
Katharine Hepburn- The Philadelphia Story
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle

quote:

Originally posted by vozas:
how can your favorite categories of ALL TIME have nominees you consider undeserving??

Easy...there are only about 15 years in which I've seen four or more of the nominees.