Some may argue that winning an Oscar is more of a curse than a blessing.
With the Oscars right around the corner, I started thinking about some of the past winners.
I continued with my deep dive and found more sources backing up the discussions on Reddit.
Some may argue that winning an Oscar is more of a curse than a blessing.
“Hilary Swankscareerpath has always surprised me.
She won Best Actress TWICE, and then it feels like she disappeared from the face of the Earth.
Then she popped up last year leadingAlaska Daily, which couldnt make it past one season.
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Swank won Best Actress forBoys Don’t Cryin 2000 andMillion Dollar Babyin 2005.
Murray Abraham’s name has become synonymous with the Oscars curse.
Film critic Leonard Matlin actuallysaidthat the Oscars curse is known as “F. Murray Abraham syndrome.”
After he won Best Actor forAmadeusin 1985, Abraham’s career simplydidn’t blow upthe way many expected.
He began turning down film roles and focused more on work in the theater.
He’s still found success with television roles inHomelandandThe White Lotus.
“Adrien Brody, though I love him dearly and have watched everything hes done since.
Things just fell flat after the win.
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Brody was the youngest man to win Best Actor for his work inThe Pianistin 2003.
He’s since appeared in some Wes Anderson films, and he seems to enjoy quirkier projects that don’ttypecasthim.
After thefailureof the filmHeaven’s Gatein 1981, Cimino was shunned from Hollywood.
Martin Scorsese once said, “Heaven’s Gateundercut all of us.
I knew at the time it was the end of something, that something had died.”
5.Halle Berry.
Currently, she’s thefirst and onlyBlack woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
She won in 2002 forMonster’s Ball.Since her win, she’s taken roles in theX-Menfranchise andCatwoman.
Her role inCatwomanwon her aRazziefor Worst Actress in 2004. u/NataliaGordienko
Rainer won Best Actress forThe Great Ziegfeldin 1937 andThe Good Earthin 1938.
She madehistoryas the first person to win back-to-back Academy Awards.
She was nominated again three years later for Best Supporting Actress inMystic River, but she lost.
“Easily Matthew McConaughey.
Everything afterInterstellarhas been failed bait or stuff likeThe Dark Tower.The one interesting role has beenThe Beach Bum.
Recently, he and his wife, Camila, have opened up about leaving California andmovingto Texas.
“In terms of an acting career?
He ended up having toauctionoff his award to pay his wife’s medical bills.
“I love the Oscar, but I love my wife more,” he said.
His Oscar was sold for $60,500 to an anonymous buyer at an auction.
After commission, Russell got $55,000.
“Most people’s answers are actors, so I’ll go with a director:Jonathan Demme.
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She’s usually the costar alongside a leading male, and recently she moved into TV withSnowpiercer.”
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Honestly, she might be up there with Vivica A.
Fox and Valerie Bertinelli in terms of ‘Queen of the TV movie.’
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Ruehl won Best Supporting Actress in 1992 forThe Fisher King.
She won at age 44, and the trajectory of her career seemingly petered out afterward.
“It’s hard to get a job after that.
People think you want more money,” shesaid.
She has also spoken about how ageism and sexism in Hollywood have had an impact on her career.
14.Marlee Matlinwona Best Actress Oscar for her film debut inChildren of a Lesser Godin 1987.
She was the first deaf female actor to be nominated.
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Dujardin won Best Actor in 2012 forThe Artist.
Penn won Best Actor in 2004 forMystic Riverand again in 2009 forMilk.
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Vikander won Best Supporting Actress in 2016 for her performance inThe Danish Girl.
She has since spoken out about herstruggleswith fame.
I kept telling myself,Take it in.
It is incredible.But I didn’t know what to do.
There were all these first-class flights, 5-star rooms.
But I was always by myself.
I was by myself,” she told the UK’s Times newspaper, per Variety.
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