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01-24-2005, 06:35 PM
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Has never been nominated in the past. He may also be nominated for best supporting actor for Collateral, which would make him the first man to have two acting nominations in the same year since Al Pacino in 1993. Nine people have previously got two acting nominations in the same year in Oscars history but none has ever won both.
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
DiCaprio's only previous nomination came for best supporting actor in 1994, when he was 19, for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He lost out to Tommy Lee Jones.
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Has had three personal Academy Award nominations in the past - one for best actor (Unforgiven, 1992) and two for best director (Unforgiven and Mystic River, 2004). He has won one - the directing statuette for Unforgiven. If he is also nominated for best director this time, it would be the first time the same person has got nominations for both acting and directing in the same year since Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful in 1999. Only Benigni and Sir Laurence Olivier have directed themselves to a best actor award - but no-one has ever won both best actor and best director in the same year.
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
This would be his second nomination in a row after his first and only previous nomination for Pirates of the Caribbean last year. He was beaten by Sean Penn.
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Has never been nominated before.
Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside
Nominated once before for Before Night Falls in 2001 - it was the first time a Spanish actor was nominated. Would become the first Spanish actor to win, and the first person to be up for best actor for a foreign-language film since Roberto Benigni won for 1999's Life Is Beautiful.
Liam Neeson - Kinsey
Was nominated once previously for Schindler's List in 1994, but lost out to Tom Hanks.
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
Has never been nominated before.
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BEST ACTRESS
Clint Eastwood directed Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Won best actress the first and only time she was previously nominated - for Boys Don't Cry in 2000.
Annette Bening - Being Julia
Has been nominated twice before but has never won. She was up for best supporting actress for The Grifters in 1991, beaten by Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost, and best actress for American Beauty in 2000, when she lost out to Hilary Swank.
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Has never been nominated before.
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Winslet has been nominated three times before - but has never won. Her previous nominations were for Sense and Sensibility (1996), Titanic (1998) and Iris (2002). She may also be nominated for best supporting actress for Finding Neverland, and would become the first actress to have two nominations in the same year since Julianne Moore in 2003. Nine people have previously got two acting nominations in the same year in Oscars history but none has ever won both.
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Has never been nominated before. Would become the first Colombian actor to be nominated and the first actress to be nominated for a foreign-language role since Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station in 1999.
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill II
It is 10 years since her only previous nomination for best supporting actress for Pulp Fiction.
Scarlett Johansson - A Love Song for Bobby Long
Has never been nominated before.
Julia Roberts - Closer
Has been nominated three times before, winning once. She was nominated for Steel Magnolias (1990), Pretty Woman (1991) and won for Erin Brockovich (2001).
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BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese has had four previous best director nominations
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Has been nominated six times before, four times for directing and twice for writing - but has never won. His previous directing nominations came for Raging Bull (1981), The Last Temptation of Christ (1989), Goodfellas (1991) and Gangs of New York (2003). Other directors to get at least four directing nominations but never win include Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini and Sidney Lumet.
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
See best actor above.
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Has been nominated once before, in 2000 for writing Election, but has never previously had a directing nomination.
Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
Has never been nominated before.
Taylor Hackford - Ray
He won the Oscar for best live action short film for Teenage Father in 1979 - but has not been nominated since.
Mike Nichols - Closer
Got his first Oscar nomination 38 years ago when he was shortlisted for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? His first and only win came the following year, in 1968, for The Graduate and has since been nominated for best director for Silkwood (1984) and Working Girl (1989). He also received a best picture nomination for The Remains of the Day in 1994. Now 73, he would be the oldest winner of the best director award if he won, beating Roman Polanski, who was 69 when he won for The Pianist in 2003.
Michael Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Has never been nominated before.
Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ
Won best director and best picture for his only two nominations to date for Braveheart in 1996.
Mike Leigh
Has been nominated three times - once for directing (Secrets and Lies, 1997) and twice for writing (Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy, 2000) - but has never won.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Thomas Haden Church (right) and Paul Giamatti star in Sideways
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Has never been nominated before.
Clive Owen - Closer
Has never been nominated before.
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Nominated three times before but has never won. He was nominated for Street Smart (1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1990) and The Shawshank Redemption (1995).
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
See best actor above.
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Twelve-year-old Highmore would become the fourth-youngest nominee for best supporting actor and youngest winner if he won.
Alan Alda - The Aviator
Has never been nominated before.
David Carradine - Kill Bill II
Has never been nominated before.
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey/Garden State
Has never been nominated before.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett plays late actress Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Has been nominated once before, for Elizabeth in 2000, but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. If shortlisted in 2005, she would be nominated for playing the person who has won more Oscars than anyone else, Katharine Hepburn - who won four times from 12 nominations.
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Has never been nominated before.
Natalie Portman - Closer
Has never been nominated before.
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Has been nominated once before, for best leading actress, for You Can Count On Me in 2001, when Julia Roberts eventually won.
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
See best actress above.
Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate
Streep already holds the record for the most Oscar acting nominations with 13, one ahead of Katharine Hepburn. Streep has won twice - for Kramer vs Kramer (1980) and Sophie's Choice (1983).
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
Has never been nominated before.
Cloris Leachman - Spanglish
Has been nominated once before, 33 years ago, for The Last Picture Show. Now 78, she would be the oldest winner of the best supporting actress prize if she won.
Has never been nominated in the past. He may also be nominated for best supporting actor for Collateral, which would make him the first man to have two acting nominations in the same year since Al Pacino in 1993. Nine people have previously got two acting nominations in the same year in Oscars history but none has ever won both.
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
DiCaprio's only previous nomination came for best supporting actor in 1994, when he was 19, for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He lost out to Tommy Lee Jones.
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Has had three personal Academy Award nominations in the past - one for best actor (Unforgiven, 1992) and two for best director (Unforgiven and Mystic River, 2004). He has won one - the directing statuette for Unforgiven. If he is also nominated for best director this time, it would be the first time the same person has got nominations for both acting and directing in the same year since Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful in 1999. Only Benigni and Sir Laurence Olivier have directed themselves to a best actor award - but no-one has ever won both best actor and best director in the same year.
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
This would be his second nomination in a row after his first and only previous nomination for Pirates of the Caribbean last year. He was beaten by Sean Penn.
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Has never been nominated before.
Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside
Nominated once before for Before Night Falls in 2001 - it was the first time a Spanish actor was nominated. Would become the first Spanish actor to win, and the first person to be up for best actor for a foreign-language film since Roberto Benigni won for 1999's Life Is Beautiful.
Liam Neeson - Kinsey
Was nominated once previously for Schindler's List in 1994, but lost out to Tom Hanks.
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
Has never been nominated before.
Return to top
BEST ACTRESS
Clint Eastwood directed Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Won best actress the first and only time she was previously nominated - for Boys Don't Cry in 2000.
Annette Bening - Being Julia
Has been nominated twice before but has never won. She was up for best supporting actress for The Grifters in 1991, beaten by Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost, and best actress for American Beauty in 2000, when she lost out to Hilary Swank.
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Has never been nominated before.
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Winslet has been nominated three times before - but has never won. Her previous nominations were for Sense and Sensibility (1996), Titanic (1998) and Iris (2002). She may also be nominated for best supporting actress for Finding Neverland, and would become the first actress to have two nominations in the same year since Julianne Moore in 2003. Nine people have previously got two acting nominations in the same year in Oscars history but none has ever won both.
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Has never been nominated before. Would become the first Colombian actor to be nominated and the first actress to be nominated for a foreign-language role since Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station in 1999.
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill II
It is 10 years since her only previous nomination for best supporting actress for Pulp Fiction.
Scarlett Johansson - A Love Song for Bobby Long
Has never been nominated before.
Julia Roberts - Closer
Has been nominated three times before, winning once. She was nominated for Steel Magnolias (1990), Pretty Woman (1991) and won for Erin Brockovich (2001).
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BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese has had four previous best director nominations
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Has been nominated six times before, four times for directing and twice for writing - but has never won. His previous directing nominations came for Raging Bull (1981), The Last Temptation of Christ (1989), Goodfellas (1991) and Gangs of New York (2003). Other directors to get at least four directing nominations but never win include Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini and Sidney Lumet.
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
See best actor above.
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Has been nominated once before, in 2000 for writing Election, but has never previously had a directing nomination.
Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
Has never been nominated before.
Taylor Hackford - Ray
He won the Oscar for best live action short film for Teenage Father in 1979 - but has not been nominated since.
Mike Nichols - Closer
Got his first Oscar nomination 38 years ago when he was shortlisted for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? His first and only win came the following year, in 1968, for The Graduate and has since been nominated for best director for Silkwood (1984) and Working Girl (1989). He also received a best picture nomination for The Remains of the Day in 1994. Now 73, he would be the oldest winner of the best director award if he won, beating Roman Polanski, who was 69 when he won for The Pianist in 2003.
Michael Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Has never been nominated before.
Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ
Won best director and best picture for his only two nominations to date for Braveheart in 1996.
Mike Leigh
Has been nominated three times - once for directing (Secrets and Lies, 1997) and twice for writing (Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy, 2000) - but has never won.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Thomas Haden Church (right) and Paul Giamatti star in Sideways
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Has never been nominated before.
Clive Owen - Closer
Has never been nominated before.
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Nominated three times before but has never won. He was nominated for Street Smart (1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1990) and The Shawshank Redemption (1995).
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
See best actor above.
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Twelve-year-old Highmore would become the fourth-youngest nominee for best supporting actor and youngest winner if he won.
Alan Alda - The Aviator
Has never been nominated before.
David Carradine - Kill Bill II
Has never been nominated before.
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey/Garden State
Has never been nominated before.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett plays late actress Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Has been nominated once before, for Elizabeth in 2000, but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. If shortlisted in 2005, she would be nominated for playing the person who has won more Oscars than anyone else, Katharine Hepburn - who won four times from 12 nominations.
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Has never been nominated before.
Natalie Portman - Closer
Has never been nominated before.
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Has been nominated once before, for best leading actress, for You Can Count On Me in 2001, when Julia Roberts eventually won.
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
See best actress above.
Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate
Streep already holds the record for the most Oscar acting nominations with 13, one ahead of Katharine Hepburn. Streep has won twice - for Kramer vs Kramer (1980) and Sophie's Choice (1983).
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
Has never been nominated before.
Cloris Leachman - Spanglish
Has been nominated once before, 33 years ago, for The Last Picture Show. Now 78, she would be the oldest winner of the best supporting actress prize if she won.