# Which of the Best Actress Oscar-nominees would you vote for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885 "2010-03-01T18:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/1 "2010-03-01T18:00:57Z")
This is Streep’s 13th nomination in this category (out of a total 16). She’s won 2 Oscars in the past, one for Best Actress back in 1982 (the last time she won). This is Mirren’s 4th nomination and second in this category. She won this award 3 years ago. This is the first nomination for the other three. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/2 "2010-03-01T20:56:50Z")
I’d vote for Carey Mulligan, not so much because I think she deserves it, her nomination is her reward, but because she’s so darn cute I love the idea of seeing her face when she wins. And yes, that’s a horrible reason to vote for someone. I still haven’t seen The Last Station so I can’t judge Mirren’s performance. Knowing her, she probably deserves it 100%. I’d have voted for Streep in a heartbeat if the entire movie had been about Julia Child. She was fantastic and I hope she wins anyway. Bullock got the role of a lifetime and ran with it, so if she wins I will understand and be happy for her. It’ll be a downer having to put up with all the “Sandra **BULLOCK**? _REALLY_?” crap, but I think she’ll live up to it. The nomination is Gabourey’s reward, and good for her, but if Sandra and Meryl split the vote, I wouldn’t be shocked if Sidibe were to manage a surprise win. I don’t see it happening, but anything can happen. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/3 "2010-03-01T22:27:20Z")
Haven’t seen _The Last Station_ but among the other four I’d pick Mulligan, the Bullock, then Sidibe, then Streep way back behind them all (I simply didn’t care for her performance or the movie). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/4 "2010-03-01T22:39:22Z")
I voted for Merryl Streep. I honestly didn’t think Sandra Bullock was all that great. She was ok, but nothing special. Her fake southern accent really undermined her performance. It was a little too tryhard for my taste. It reminded me somewhat of Julia Roberts in _Erin Brockovich_, in which another mediocre actress (actually, I think Julia Roberts is even worse than mediocre. I think she flat can’t act) was chewing up scenery in a movie designed to be Oscar bait. The part was way too big for her, and she sucked in the movie, but she ended up with an Oscar anyway. One of a long list of actresses who have been given that award for highly overrated performances. The Aacdemy seems to do that more with the Best Actress category than any other, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/5 "2010-03-02T03:36:32Z")
I voted for Carey Mulligan because her performance made the whole movie 10x more interesting. My second choice would be Bullock. I’ve known women like her character and I think she’s dead on. Sidibe was ok, but not as impressive as Mulligan or Bullock. I haven’t seen Mirren or Streep. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/6 "2010-03-02T04:47:12Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I still haven’t seen The Last Station so I can’t judge Mirren’s performance. Knowing her, she probably deserves it 100%. I just got home from seeing **The Last Station** (and **The Ghost Writer** ) and maybe she doesn’t deserve it 100%, but she certainly deserved her nomination, as did Christopher Plummer, who was marvelous. I love that he has two movies in the theaters right now, **The Last Station** and **The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus**. Two very different characters, and he’s such a great actor. He has no chance of winning over Christoph Waltz, but it’s nice that he’s getting attention. I’m glad I’ve now seen all the acting nominees. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/7 "2010-03-02T09:17:05Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I just got home from seeing **The Last Station** (and **The Ghost Writer** ) and maybe she doesn’t deserve it 100%, but she certainly deserved her nomination, as did Christopher Plummer, who was marvelous. I love that he has two movies in the theaters right now, **The Last Station** and **The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus**. Two very different characters, and he’s such a great actor. He has no chance of winning over Christoph Waltz, but it’s nice that he’s getting attention. > > I’m glad I’ve now seen all the acting nominees. Perhaps you didn’t understand the question? This poll was asking for the best “actress”. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/8 "2010-03-02T10:02:58Z")
> [@ShermanAter](#): > > Perhaps you didn’t understand the question? This poll was asking for the best “actress”. I know, I just felt like waxing non-poetically about Plummer there for a moment. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-best-actress-oscar-nominees-would-you-vote-for/530885/9 "2010-03-05T15:30:43Z")
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