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In The Last 10 Years, These Celebs Won Best Actor — Did They Deserve It?

Did These Celebs Deserve To Win Best Actor?

The other nominees were: Viola Davis (_Ma Rainey's Black Bottom_), Andra Day (_The United States vs. Billie Holiday_), Vanessa Kirby (_Pieces of a Woman_), and Carey Mulligan (_Promising Young Woman_).

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Frances McDormand for _Nomadland_ in 2021.

The other nominees were: Riz Ahmed (_Sound of Metal_), Chadwick Boseman (_Ma Rainey's Black Bottom_), Gary Oldman (_Mank_), and Steven Yeun (_Minari_).

Anthony Hopkins acting in a scene of The Father

Anthony Hopkins for _The Father_ in 2021.

The other nominees were: Cynthia Erivo (_Harriet_), Scarlett Johansson (_Marriage Story_), Saoirse Ronan (_Little Women_), and Charlize Theron (_Bombshell_).

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Renée Zellweger for _Judy_ in 2020.

The other nominees were: Antonio Banderas (_Pain and Glory_), Leonardo DiCaprio (_Once upon a Time...in Hollywood_), Adam Driver (_Marriage Story_), and Jonathan Pryce (_The Two Popes_).

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Joaquin Phoenix for _Joker_ in 2020.

The other nominees were: Yalitza Aparicio (_Roma_), Glenn Close (_The Wife_), Lady Gaga (_A Star Is Born_), and Melissa McCarthy (_Can You Ever Forgive Me?_).

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Olivia Colman in _The Favourite_ in 2019.

The other nominees were: Christian Bale (_Vice_), Bradley Cooper (_A Star Is Born_), Willem Dafoe (_At Eternity's Gate_), and Viggo Mortenson (_Green Book_).

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Rami Malek for _Bohemian Rhapsody_ in 2019.

The other nominees were: Sally Hawkins (_The Shape of Water_), Margot Robbie (_I, Tonya_), Saoirse Ronan (_Lady Bird_), and Meryl Streep (_The Post_).

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Frances McDormand for _Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri_ in 2018.

The other nominees were: Timothée Chalamet (_Call Me By Your Name_), Daniel Day-Lewis (_Phantom Thread_), Daniel Kaluuya (_Get Out_), and Denzel Washington (_Roman J. Israel, Esq._).

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Gary Oldman for _Darkest Hour_ in 2018.

The other nominees were: Isabelle Huppert (_Elle_), Ruth Negga (_Loving_), Natalie Portman (_Jackie_), and Meryl Streep (_Florence Foster Jenkins_).

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Emma Stone for _La La Land_ in 2017.

The other nominees were: Andrew Garfield (_Hacksaw Ridge_), Ryan Gosling (_La La Land_), Viggo Mortensen (_Captain Fantastic_), and Denzel Washington (_Fences_).

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Casey Affleck for _Manchester By The Sea_ in 2017.

The other nominees were: Cate Blanchett (_Carol_), Jennifer Lawrence (_Joy_), Charlotte Rampling (_45 Years_), and Saoirse Ronan (_Brooklyn_).

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Brie Larson for _Room_ in 2016.

The other nominees were: Bryan Cranston (_Trumbo_), Matt Damon (_The Martian_), Michael Fassbender (_Steve Jobs_), and Eddie Redmayne (_The Danish Girl_).

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Leonardo DiCaprio for _The Revenant_ in 2016.

The other nominees were: Marion Cotillard (_Two Days, One Night_), Felicity Jones (_The Theory of Everything_), Rosamund Pike (_Gone Girl_), and Reese Witherspoon (_Wild_).

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Julianne Moore for _Still Alice_ in 2015.

The other nominees were: Steve Carell (_Foxcatcher_), Bradley Cooper (_American Sniper_), Benedict Cumberbatch (_The Imitation Game_), and Michael Keaton (_Birdman_).

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Eddie Redmayne for _The Theory of Everything_ in 2015.

The other nominees were: Amy Adams (_American Hustle_), Sandra Bullock (_Gravity_), Judi Dench (_Philomena_), and Meryl Streep (_August: Osage County_).

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Cate Blanchett for _Blue Jasmine_ in 2014.

The other nominees were: Christian Bale (_American Hustle_), Bruce Dern (_Nebraska_), Leonardo DiCaprio (_The Wolf of Wall Street_), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (_12 Years a Slave_).

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Matthew McConaughey for _Dallas Buyers Club_ in 2014.

The other nominees were: Jessica Chastain (_Zero Dark Thirty_), Emmanuelle Riva (_Amour_), Quvenzhané Wallis (_Beasts of the Southern Wild_), and Naomi Watts (_The Impossible_).

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Jennifer Lawrence for _Silver Linings Playbook_ in 2013.

The other nominees were: Bradley Cooper (_Silver Linings Playbook_), Hugh Jackman (_Les Misérables_), Joaquin Phoenix (_The Master_), and Denzel Washington (_Flight_).

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Daniel Day-Lewis for _Lincoln_ in 2013.

The other nominees were: Glenn Close (_Albert Nobbs_), Viola Davis (_The Help_), Rooney Mara (_The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_), and Michelle Williams (_My Week with Marilyn_).

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Meryl Streep for _The Iron Lady_ in 2012.

The other nominees were: Demián Bichir (_A Better Life_), George Clooney (_The Descendants_), Gary Oldman (_Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_), and Brad Pitt (_Moneyball_).

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Jean Dujardin for _The Artist_ in 2012.

The other nominees were: Annette Bening (_The Kids Are All Right_), Nicole Kidman (_Rabbit Hole_), Jennifer Lawrence (_Winter's Bone_), and Michelle Williams (_Blue Valentine_).

On the left, Natalie is acting in a scene from the movie. On the right, she is holding her Oscar

Natalie Portman for _Black Swan_ in 2011.

The other nominees were: Javier Bardem (_Biutiful_), Jeff Bridges (_True Grit_), Jess Eisenberg (_The Social Network_), and James Franco (_127 Hours_).

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Colin Firth for _The King's Speech_ in 2011.

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