Leonardo DiCaprio and Amy Adams are two of the most beloved stars working today, but they have one thing in common. Both have been nominated for multiple Oscars and have yet to win.
DiCaprio lost last night to Matthew McConaughey, who was awarded for successfully reinventing himself for Dallas Buyers Club. McConaughey was rewarded for finally taking on roles that matched his talent and his performance as Ron Woodruff certainly was one of the best of his career.
Leo, as the Internet affectionately calls him, was surprisingly nominated for The Wolf of Wall Street, probably the gutsiest performance of the five nominees. Obviously, the Best Actor category was the best it’s been in years, but this was DiCaprio’s time to shine. It was his passion project and Martin Scorsese got DiCaprio’s best performance ever.
The actor, who became an international superstar with Titanic, has now been nominated five times without a win. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for 1993’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Best Actor for The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006) and Wolf. He was also listed as a producer on Wolf, so if the movie won Best Picture, he would have got an Oscar that way.
Will Leo ever win? Eventually. He’ll find another passion project and give another great performance. Still, who would have thought that The Great Gatsby would be the Leo movie to win Oscars last night, not Wolf?
Adams has also been nominated five times. Her first four came for Best Supporting Actress - Junebug (2005); Doubt (2008); The Fighter (2010); and The Master (2012). She was nominated for Best Actress for American Hustle this year. While she probably gave the best performance in the film (which came home empty handed, by the way), Best Actress was won months ago when Blue Jasmine premiered.
Adams also has a bright future. She’s shown incredible range the past few years and is only getting better. But considering the number of other talented actresses working today, it’s going to be tough.
You can check out who did win right here.
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