"Oscar Trivia: Day 13"
"Actors Who Have Been Nominated for 2 Acting Oscars The Same Year"
by Tim Nasson
January 23, 2008
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Cate Blanchet may be the most recent actor to get 2 "Oscar Nominations" for acting during the same year, ("Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and "I'm Not There"), but she joins nearly a dozen others.
However, she takes a unique honor. The only actor to have ever been nominated for an Oscar for portraying the same character two times. Yes, over a decade ago, Cate Blanchet received her first Oscar nomination for portraying Queen Elizabeth in "Elizabeth." Eleven years later, she is back, making Oscar history, with a Best Actress Oscar nomination for the sequel to "Elizabeth," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."
In addition, Cate Blanchett was also honored with a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination this year. For playing a man, Bob Dylan, in the biopic "I'm Not There."
Believe it or not, "Elizabeth" director Shakir Kapur insists there will be a third in a planned trilogy of "Elizabeth" movies, with Cate Blanchet reprising her role again. So, if Cate loses the Best Actress Oscar this year, which she most likely will, she's got a good chance of making even bigger history in another decade, when the final "Elizabeth" is filmed and she presumably will get another Oscar nod for the role. Third time the charm?
Below, the complete list of actors - in all of Oscar history - who have been nominated for 2 Acting Oscars the same year.
* Indicates the "Oscar" win
1938 - Fay Bainter
Actress -- White Banners
Actress in a Supporting Role -- Jezebel *
1942 - Teresa Wright
Actress -- The Pride of the Yankees
Actress in a Supporting Role -- Mrs. Miniver *
1944 - Barry Fitzgerald
Actor -- Going My Way
Actor in a Supporting Role -- Going My Way *
[Note: Rules have since been changed to disallow a double nomination for the same performance.]
1982 - Jessica Lange
Actress in a Leading Role -- Frances
Actress in a Supporting Role -- Tootsie *
1988 - Sigourney Weaver
Actress in a Leading Role -- Gorillas in the Mist
Actress in a Supporting Role -- Working Girl
1992 - Al Pacino
Actor in a Leading Role -- Scent of a Woman *
Actor in a Supporting Role -- Glengarry Glen Ross
1993 - Holly Hunter
Actress in a Leading Role -- The Piano *
Actress in a Supporting Role -- The Firm
1993 - Emma Thompson
Actress in a Leading Role -- The Remains of the Day
Actress in a Supporting Role -- In the Name of the Father
2002 - Julianne Moore
Actress in a Leading Role -- Far from Heaven
Actress in a Supporting Role -- The Hours
2004 - Jamie Foxx
Actor in a Leading Role -- Ray *
Actor in a Supporting Role -- Collateral
2008 - Cate Blanchett
Actress in a Leading Role -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Actress in a Supporting Role -- I'm Not There
