The Academy Awards are the recognition given to the artists who have done exceptional performances in the movie. In this article, we have listed the fifteen best performances that won Oscar.
Unforgettable Roles That Earned Oscar Gold
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Jennifer Lawrence’s character in the movie Silver Linings Playbook earned her Oscars for Best Actress in 2013. She played the role of Tiffany Maxwell. She portrayed the emotional character of Tiffany in the movie well. The movie was released in 2012. In the movie, she is a widow suffering from depression after the death of her husband. Tifanny is also an independent woman in the movie.
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Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
The role of Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2010. The character he portrayed was a country music singer who was struggling with career, relationships, and alcoholism. The character of the musician he played in the movie was once famous but is now struggling. Bad Blake performs in bars and relies on alcohol due to his failures in life.
Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted)
Angelina Jolie won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar award for her role in the movie Girl, interrupted in the year 2000. She played the character Lisa Rowe who is a sociopath in a mental hospital. The character of Lisa Rowe is manipulative and rebellious.
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
For their performance in the movie Beginners, Christopher Plummer won an Academy Award in 2011 for Best Supporting Actor. The character’s name is Hal Fields, a widower who now wants to show his true self as a gay.
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave, Best Supporting Actress 2014)
Lupita Nyog’o won the Best Supporting Actress award for the movie 12 Years of a Slave in 2014. She played the character Patsy, who is an enslaved woman suffering on a plantation. Patsey suffers physical and sexual abuse from Edwin Epps in the movie.
Viola Davis (Fences)
Viola Davis won the Oscar award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017. She played the character of Rose Maxon. Rose Maxon is a strong and compassionate woman, a wife and a mother who is suffering from emotional turmoil.
Charlize Theron (Monster)
Charlize Theron won the Best Actress Academy Award for the movie Monster in 2004. She performed the role of Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who was executed in 2002.
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Mahershala Ali won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in the movie Moonlight in 2017. He performed the role of Juan who is a drug dealer. Even though Juan is a drug dealer he is compassionate and becomes a father figure for Chiron.
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Christoph Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the movie Inglourious Basterds in 2010. He performed the role of Col. Hans Landa. Hans Landa is a cunning Nazi Officer who has to hunt down Jews.
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Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Marion Cotillard won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2008 for her role in the movie La Vie en Rose. He performed the role of Edith Piaf who is a French singer. The movie shows Piaf’s life as a singer.
JK Simmons (Whiplash)
JK Simmons won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 2015 for his role in the movie Whiplash. He performed the role of Terence Fletcher who conducts a jazz band.
Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Denzel Washington won the Best Actor Academy Award in 2002 for his role in the movie Training Day. In the movie, he performed the role of Alonzo Harris, a narcotic officer. Alonzo is an intelligent officer who does corruption.
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2011 for her performance in the movie Black Swan. She plays the role of Nina Sayers who is a talented ballerina. The movie is directed by Darren Aronofsky. Natalie Portman also received other prestigious awards like the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild awards. Her performance as Nina Sayers was her career-best performance. The movie also had a cultural impact as society began to discuss the mental health and immense pressure faced by the actors.
Mo’Nique (Precious)
Mo’Nique won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2010 for her role in the movie Precious. She performed the role of Mary Lee Johnston. Mary is an abusive, unemployed, and manipulative mother. Mary torments her daughter physically and emotionally.
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Academy Award in 2008 for his role in the movie There Will Be Blood. He performed the role of Daniel Plainview who is an oil prospector. Daniel is an ambitious man but it eventually leads him to failure. In his pursuit of wealth and power, he loses his humanity. The movie shows us Daniel’s journey of ambition, greed, and power.
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Heath Ledger won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 for his role in the movie The Dark Knight. He got an Academy Award for his performance as Joker in Nolan’s Film Dark Knight. The Joker in the movie The Dark Knight is not like traditional villains. The Joker doesn’t want wealth or power but he wants to create confusion and test the moral boundaries of others.
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Conclusion
Oscars are given to the best performances of the artists in the movies. In this article, we have listed down the fifteen best performances that have won Oscars. Academy Awards are prestigious for all artists in the industry. The exceptional artists with high talent get the Oscar award for their performance in the movie.
