tsom wrote:Besides Julie Andrews, has any actor or actress won an Oscar for a performance in a Disney film, or even been nominated?
Beyond Julie and Meryl, Richard Farnsworth was nominated as Best Actor for 1999's
The Straight Story, and Johnny Depp was nominated in the same category for 2003's
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
And if we took into consideration their Touchstone, Miramax, and Hollywood Pictures divisions, they've had 18 wins from 65 nominations. Granted, the majority are from Miramax films made when they were still associated with Disney, so one could say those don't "count" anymore since Miramax and Disney split some years ago. Likewise, Touchstone was pretty much "Disney with another name" in the 80s/90s, but today serves as a distributing arm for DreamWorks, so those may not count either.
Best Actor:
Paul Newman for 1986's
The Color of Money (Win)
Robin Williams for 1987's
Good Morning, Vietnam
Daniel Day-Lewis for 1989's
My Left Foot (Win)
John Travolta for 1994's
Pulp Fiction
Richard Dreyfuss for 1995's
Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins for 1995's
Nixon
Massimo Troisi for 1995's
Il Postino: The Postman
Ralph Fiennes for 1996's
The English Patient
Billy Bob Thornton for 1996's
Sling Blade
Matt Damon for 1997's
Good Will Hunting
Roberto Benigni for 1998's
Life Is Beautiful (Win)
Russell Crowe for 1999's
The Insider
Tom Wilkinson for 2001's
In the Bedroom
Michael Caine for 2002's
The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis for 2002's
Gangs of New York
Jude Law for 2003's
Cold Mountain
Johnny Depp for 2004's
Finding Neverland
Philip Seymour Hoffman for 2008's
Doubt
Daniel Day-Lewis for 2012's
Lincoln (Win)
Best Actress:
Anjelica Huston for 1990's
The Grifters
Joanne Woodward for 1990's
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Mary McDonnell for 1992's
Passion Fish
Diane Keaton for 1996's
Marvin's Room
Kristin Scott Thomas for 1996's
The English Patient
Helena Bonham Carter for 1997's
The Wings of the Dove
Judi Dench for 1997's
Mrs. Brown
Gwyneth Paltrow for 1998's
Shakespeare in Love (Win)
Meryl Streep for 1999's
Music of the Heart
Juliette Binoche for 2000's
Chocolat
Judi Dench for 2001's
Iris
Sissy Spacek for 2001's
In the Bedroom
Renée Zellweger for 2001's
Bridget Jones's Diary
Salma Hayek for 2002's
Frida
Renée Zellweger for 2002's
Chicago
Helen Mirren for 2006's
The Queen (Win)
Meryl Streep for 2008's
Doubt
Viola Davis for 2011's
The Help
Best Supporting Actor:
Al Pacino for 1990's
Dick Tracy
Martin Landau for 1994's
Ed Wood (Win)
Samuel L. Jackson for 1994's
Pulp Fiction
Chazz Palminteri for 1994's
Bullets over Broadway
Paul Scofield for 1994's
Quiz Show
Robin Williams for 1997's
Good Will Hunting
Robert Forster for 1997's
Jackie Brown
Geoffrey Rush for 1997's
Shakespeare in Love
Michael Caine for 1999's
The Cider House Rules (Win)
Haley Joel Osment for 1999's
The Sixth Sense
Jim Broadbent for 2001's
Iris (Win)
John C. Reilly for 2002's
Chicago
Javier Bardem for 2007's
No Country for Old Men (Win)
Tommy Lee Jones for 2012's
Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress:
Brenda Fricker for 1989's
My Left Foot (Win)
Annette Bening for 1990's
The Grifters
Joan Plowright for 1992's
Enchanted April
Dianne Wiest for 1994's
Bullets over Broadway (Win)
Uma Thurman for 1994's
Pulp Fiction
Jennifer Tilly for 1994's
Bullets over Broadway
Mira Sorvino for 1995's
Mighty Aphrodite (Win)
Joan Allen for 1995's
Nixon
Mare Winningham for 1995's
Georgia
Juliette Binoche for 1996's
The English Patient (Win)
Minnie Driver for 1997's
Good Will Hunting
Judi Dench for 1997's
Shakespeare in Love
Toni Collette for 1999's
The Sixth Sense
Judi Dench for 2000's
Chocolat
Marisa Tomei for 2001's
In the Bedroom
Catherine Zeta-Jones for 2002's
Chicago
Queen Latifah for 2002's
Chicago
Renée Zellweger for 2003's
Cold Mountain (Win)
Amy Ryan for 2007's
Gone Baby Gone
Amy Adams for 2008's
Doubt
Viola Davis for 2008's
Doubt
Octavia Spencer for 2011's
The Help (Win)
Jessica Chastain for 2011's
The Help
Sally Field for 2012's
Lincoln
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