# Two questions about the Oscars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724 "2005-12-22T02:10:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![WavyRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea666f/32.png) [@WavyRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WavyRabbit)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724/21 "2005-12-22T15:57:20Z")

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> [@Superdude](#):
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> And, a few years ago, Kate Winslet and Gloria Stewart were both nominated (in two different categories) for playing the same character: Rose DeWitt in [Titanic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/).
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> IIRC, that was the first time in history that that had occurred.

The second time was also Kate Winslet with Judi Dench in [Iris](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280778/).

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**Author:** ![WavyRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea666f/32.png) [@WavyRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WavyRabbit)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724/22 "2005-12-22T15:59:07Z")

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D’oh, too late!

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724/23 "2005-12-22T16:04:47Z")

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> [@h.sapiens](#):
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> Yes, the both played Queen Elizabeth I, and Judi Dench won the Supporting Atress award.

And as I recall, Geoffrey Rush was in one of those movies, and Joseph Fiennes was in the other. 😉

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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724/24 "2005-12-23T03:57:53Z")

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> [@h.sapiens](#):
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> Yes, they both played Queen Elizabeth I, and Judi Dench won the Supporting Actress award…

And then Whoopi (who was hosting the Oscars) came out dressed as Elizabeth, waited for the laughter to die down and said “I am the African Queen.”

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-the-oscars/336724/25 "2005-12-23T04:06:12Z")

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[All of the hosts](http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/) of the Academy Awards.

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