1. Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf
Film: La Vie en Rose
Won: The 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress--Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
2. Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote
Film: Capote
Won: The 2005 Academy Award, Screen Actor’s Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
3. Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison
Film: The Doors
Won: No awards received.
4. Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes
Film: The Aviator
Won: The 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
5. Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln
Film: Lincoln
Won: The 2012 Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actor.
6. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher
Film: The Iron Lady
Won: The 2011 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
7. Jaime Foxx as Ray Charles
Film: Ray
Won: The 2004 Academy Award for Best Actor.
8. Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta
Film: Raging Bull
Won: The 1980 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
9. Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos
Film: Monster
Won: The 2003 Academy Award, Screen Actor's Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
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