Curse of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
Who knew that there no curse. That it was just Harvey Weinstein destroying their careers after their Oscar win,
Most moviegoers would be hard-pressed to remember Brenda Fricker and Mercedes Ruehl, who won the prize in 1989 and 1991 (for My Left Foot and The Fisher King), respectively. The Curse really took hold in 1992, when Marisa Tomei won an upset victory for her performance in My Cousin Vinny. Tomei essentially spent the next decade trying to justify her win. In the meantime, there arose two main forms of Best Supporting Actress winners: Actresses who came from obscurity and quickly returned there (see: Marcia Gay Harden) and actresses whose stars seemed to be on the rise before a sudden post-Oscar slump (see the most famous victim of the curse: Renée Zellweger).
Mira Sorvino (1995) never found much success after winning for Mighty Aphrodite, besides her lead role in cult favorite Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Kim Basinger (1997) never had a noteworthy role after winning for L.A. Confidential, besides her Freudian appearance as Eminem’s mom in 8 Mile. (Breakup watch: Basinger divorced Alec Baldwin a few years after her win.)
Jennifer Connelly (2001), longtime U.S. resident and green-card candidate Catherine Zeta-Jones (2002), and naturalized American citizen Rachel Weisz (2005), who have all struggled to match their early acclaim.
Geena Davis (1988) suffered a career setback… but it wasn’t the Supporting Actress Oscar, it was Cutthroat Island. Whoopi Goldberg has become such an all-encompassing pop icon that it’s almost silly to point out that she quickly followed up her Ghost win with the mega-popular Sister Act. And then there’s Angelina Jolie (1999), who is by some measure the last real female box office star in Hollywood
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 3, 2018 6:46 AM
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Marcia Gay Harden has hardly drifted into obscurity OP.....same with Marissa Tomei
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 18, 2017 5:06 PM
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R1 but it took Marisa a long time to to re-build as a respected character actress
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 18, 2017 5:07 PM
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Marisa had a string of flops after her win, but then rebounded nicely with a follow-up nomination and some other successes. Her problem was that Hollywood was trying to push her as a leading lady when she is really more of a character actress.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 18, 2017 5:09 PM
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Mira and Renee were Harvey'd
Proven Harvey blacklisted Mira and Renee stopped fucking him.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 18, 2017 5:10 PM
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He wasn't in the supporting category.....but Adrien Brody hasn't made too many notable films since his Oscar win
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 18, 2017 5:15 PM
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While that may be true, R5, it's completely off topic. Pay attention!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 18, 2017 5:30 PM
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If there is a curse, then I am now happy to see Seabiscuit Jannet win.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 3, 2018 5:55 AM
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"Angelina Jolie (1999), who is by some measure the last real female box office star in Hollywood"
Nope. Her only box office hits are action movies and animation/Disney. All or most of her dramas have flopped.
The last real female box office stars are Sandra Bullock and (ugh) Julia Roberts. Proven long term box office success across several kinds of films.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 3, 2018 6:03 AM
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It's just a piece of metal after all.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 3, 2018 6:03 AM
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Are we saying Harvey tried to fuck Brenda Fricker ?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 3, 2018 6:27 AM
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Why did you leave me out of this?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 3, 2018 6:29 AM
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Who wrote that about the actresses and included Rachel Weisz? It’s not even correct. She won best actress New York Film Critics after the Oscar win and is critically acclaimed all the time while still working with name directors. She also often gets leads in things that are at least interesting if not wholly successful. Plus, James Bond dick.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 3, 2018 6:46 AM
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