Jodie Foster Wins Best Actress: 1989 Oscars

Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman present Jodie Foster with the Best Actress Oscar for The Accused at the 61st Academy Awards.
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[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie is one of those people who literally command the room with their cerebral intellect and presence

[@HughElvisCrumlish]

❤Jodie Foster is my hero and favourite actress in the whole world❤ She's an international and national legend and truly a walking star🎉🎉😢😊😅❤❤ ❤ x x o x x x I Love You,Jodie Foster❤ x x x o x x x ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kusumnagar9449]

The Accused is honestly the most disturbing and traumatising film I have seen and Jodie's courageous and powerhouse performance is a testament to the fact why she's one of our greats

[@yvonneshanson1525]

Agreed, only movie that top it in traumatizing me was requiem for a dream. I deeply regret watching it...

[@AnnaLVajda]

True story I think too.

[@ЛюбчоНиколов-м6е]

"The accused" It's really heavy, but it can't be compared to the heaviest movie I've ever seen: "Boys Don't Cry." I'm sorry I watched it. " The accused " is nicer and less heavy (at least for me). "Monster" with Charlize Theron is also a difficult film.

[@brandyphillips6190]

@@AnnaLVajda yes it’s a true story and the lady it’s about died in her early 20s in a really bad car accident. Thankfully her children survived but they think someone messed with her car to cause it but couldn’t prove it.

[@peterwilliamson8721]

I found portions of it difficult to watch.

[@s.l.3673]

Foster is as beautiful as she is talented. That year's Best Actress competition was one of the toughest.

[@andyappleton3353]

And then some people with personal opinions made queen. How exciting

[@Lommy9999]

What a strong year of leading actresses

[@rxtsec1]

Exactly, you basically took my comment

[@missdee4927]

one of the strongest lineups.

[@chuckychuck8318]

And supporting too

[@mordecaiesther3591]

Melanie Griffith should’ve won

[@leslielewis381]

@@mordecaiesther3591 Glenn close

[@Stefarooh]

This woman is so articulate its ridiculous even at that young age.

[@rhubarbbikini3794]

@John Kyle I always think intelligence makes someone 100x more attractive

[@apollotheodore2560]

I just learned this yesterday. She got accepted in Stanford, Harvard, Yale etc, ultimately choosing Yale. She studied Literature ang graduated Magna Cum Laude!

[@rhubarbbikini3794]

@@apollotheodore2560 yes she is a very inspirational and intelligent woman!

[@gargantuaism]

You are impressed that she is articulate at her young age? She's not TEN for godsake . Why WOULDN'T she be articulate?

[@julianpang9999]

@@gargantuaism why can't you just let people enjoy things brother

[@LiberianStreetwalker]

Jodie Foster can fight against Meryl Streep and would still win

[@num1Jaysta]

***** And Glenn will always lose to them this day.

[@kusumnagar9449]

In a brain game yep but in Oscars Meryl Streep is a royality she gets nominated for films she shouldn't so she's more of a hoodlum imo than an actor

[@gauravw6947]

kusum nagar Only someone ignorant about the art of filmmaking and acting would question Meryl's acting potential..

[@muhanadkuwaiti3102]

lisbeth_starling Great Jodie Foster is much better than overrated Meryl Streep

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Obviously

[@dwaynecoy1871]

Don't think you'll ever see a more impressive group of actresses in one single award. Everyone of them are icons, superstars at the top of their game and incredibly talented masters of the acting world.

[@LukeKetchum7003]

So before The Silence of the Lambs, Jodie Foster was already an academy award winner. Amazing!

[@AlexBlend]

Sigourney Weaver was my ultimate winner that year but Glenn Close and Jodie Foster were fantastic too. Kathleen Turner deserved to be in this category for "The Accidental Tourist" as well. God, I still can't believe Sigourney Weaver and Glenn Close don't have the Oscar

[@mercuryfever392]

Sigourney was amazing in "Gorillas In the Mist". Jodie was absolutely deserving of this one. It was such a raw performance. It's a shame that her nomination was the only one for this movie.

[@mia.2857]

And...Melanie...her roles in Working girl and Pacific Hights were perfect and dificult to play...not that role that played Jodie...not even i Lambs....

[@ivanbrocko]

Just can't believe Sigourney did not get it !! Even now in 2019. She was Dian Fossey !!

[@Azcafilmsproductions]

Spot on Man. My exact choice. It was a strong year in which even Melanie Griffith was at the top of her acting career. I wanted Sigourney to win because her portrayal of Diane Foster is so heartfelt and so surrendered. But then there was Glenn Close with a performance to top that of ALEX in Fatal Atraction (In my book, right now she would have 3 awards: Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and Albert Nobbs). Everything in that performance is ferocious, even when contained, I would say better when contained. And you have to remember that the las 2 minutes of the movie belong to her. And then Meryl in her Cannes Win Role that shows she doesn't want to be loved, she wants to do the best roles in the planet, and she does. With an Australian accent, and a unique performance, she shows us what it is to be the best. Melanie went outside her comfort zone with Working Girl, giving heart and soul to many of her previous and future sweet and sexy characters. But then Jodie Foster left them all sitting there, as she not only goes through the trauma of multiple rape, but also confronting social stereotypes. Jodie had always given us spectacular performances in Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone and many more. She is incapable of being excellent. She can be romantic, commanding, a bad ass or a rookie and she will make you feel exactly what it is that is going through her mind and soul. No matter how many Oscars they've won or lost, they have already left their imprint in the art of performance.

[@lilchicklets]

Agree with you Alex. Turner's monologue at the beginning of The Accidental Tourist is mesmerizing. Actually I believe there was a controversy with Gina Davis' nomination for The Accidental Tourist. She should've been placed in the Best Actress category. It was a bit of hogwash that the studio advertised both her and Turner for the best supporting actress category. Gene Siskel pointed this out during his Oscar surprises of 1989 broadcast. You can find it here on youtube. I believe he referred to it as category fraud and argued that both Klein and Davis were not true supporting roles, hinting he wanted Turner to have the Supporting Nomination. He was always a huge fan of Kathleen's and even expressed bitter disappointment when she wasn't nominated for Best Actress for War of the Roses the following year.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Her confidence matched with that beauty, talent and intelligence is unbelievable

[@LEDANCETHERAPY]

Wow what a competition. Incredible actresses. I absolutely loved dangerous liasons but I really thing Jodie deserved this oscar. Her performance was amazing. Such a sad story.

[@clairelavers6681]

It is so sad she supports child rapist Roman Polanski.

[@missdee4927]

She doesn't support what he did. I think she separates personal life from the artist. I see what you mean though. I would never work with someone like him.

[@cynthiasy9727]

LEDANCETHERAPY i

[@omkarpeace_Devotional]

She was nowhere near Glenn Close

[@jakezembower5900]

Sigourney Weaver is just the absolute Queen.

[@brendapascale786]

Yes! And a so beautiful woman!

[@Chambinho4.0]

Eu concordo plenamente ❤️🇧🇷

[@nikreece6295]

Sigourney should've won...

[@mariebellucci6572]

Which is why only SHE could fight another Queen, AN ALIEN QUEEN.

[@mzeirini8922]

Oh my god tom cruise is so beautiful here !!

[@TheGoaBase]

+mz eirini so sexy!

[@11Garrett11]

I thought he got better looking as he got older

[@jordybeukeboom539]

He must get An Oscar

[@arifzworld]

@@jordybeukeboom539 He'll.

[@marcocrema6963]

so much

[@kh9234]

Great actress for a film with so much meaning well deserved.

I cant believe now that Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar and have 3 nominations as you can see those years The 5 nominees could win.

[@luislizard2626]

Alexis Gonzáles that imbecile .. never watched and never watch her movies

[@andresuston7692]

Now, they are just giving Oscars away.

[@randomhuman97]

@@andresuston7692 she won around the time the pics leaked I think. . . For silver Linings Playbook. . . was that as consolation?

[@andresuston7692]

@@randomhuman97 👍

[@mario_ibarra]

What a stupid your comment

[@santiago2u]

Hoffman, Foster, Cruise.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie Foster is an actor of exceptional talent, depth and beauty who was always ahead of her peers, by the time actors of her age were in their diapers she was making commercials, by the time they learned to speak, she was making movies for Disney, by the time they starting going to the school, she was winning awards and getting nominated for the Oscars, by the time they decided to enter films, Jodie decided to leave it behind and enjoy the ivy league world which she graduated with magna cum laude, by the time her peers had their breakthrough she already had won two Oscars and transitioned to the director's chair. An extraordinary talent, who's contribution to cinema is unparalleled and exquisite. A sheer gift to the world of acting and filmmaking

[@sigmundgrizli2896]

I think that main reason why Jodie got the award is because she made revolution in film history with this movie,it's the first movie which spoked abouth rape,at least in this brutal way,plus the contrast of the character,on the one side she was extremely seductive confident woman,on the other hand in that courtroom scene she looked and sound like scared 6 years old girl,I don't think that any other actress displayed vulnerability in such a beautiful way.

[@hardsam68]

yes it was a sympathy win, whereas CLose played a total nasty bitch

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

This is one hell of a line up, I mean when do we get to see three of the greatest actresses of all-time compete together in the same category

[@exbronco]

That was Sigourney's year. she didn't win an oscar that year, but she was nominated for Supporting Actress and also best actress.

[@kvocalist]

Yup very well deserved. I recall being a child and thinking what the hell did i just watch. It def bothered me watching that movie. Very well acted by jodie. Was good to know the history behind the movie as i got older.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

I love how different and unique her speeches are, always different from the traditional thank yous

[@RenanCMaia]

DANGEROUS LIAISONS was released only in December 1988. Many journalists and actors didn't watch in time to vote for it (including the Hollywood Foreign Press Association).

[@johnsax1445]

One of the strongest group in Oscar history

[@AlexLopez-kx7bc]

The leading's role category in 1996 was stronger

[@eln2012]

The Accused is an amazing, powerful drama with one of the greatest female performances in the history of cinema. Foster has never even had an acting lesson, she's just so natural and humanistic in this role, she excels at playing the role of the strong-minded yet physically vulnerable young woman with a raw intensity. Every scene she's in exudes realism, hope and courage which most deservedly won her the Oscar that year, nobody else came close, they weren't as fearless or truthful to their roles

[@omkarpeace_Devotional]

Foster was nowhere near Glenn Close

[@luiscontreras-pm2bf]

Sigourney Weaver is one of the greatest actresses of the last four decades, and one of the most underrated. He should have won the Oscar that year.

[@ak14777]

1:24 damn that is the sweetest laugh

[@milton7851]

This quality of acting in 1989! Forward to 2017 and you have Emma stone ?

[@osielescalante2785]

milton78 Emma Stone was great lol 😂

[@Ice.muffin]

Couldn't agree more

[@judybudy5921]

Emma Stone is a great actress..La La Land maybe wasn't her strongest role but she's been good in everything else.

[@cronos1rscrew]

Just decadence

[@georg_couch]

I actually thought she was pretty impressive in La La Land. That audition scene, an all timer. Though I'm not sure she should've won the Oscar, she wasn't exactly undeserving. However, 1988 was indeed a great year acting wise.

[@eduardomerino8098]

Every nominated actress that year should've won for their acting. They all were amazing.

[@ZmenitBussler]

Just watched this tonight. Unbelievable story and so well acted by Jodie.

[@josemiguelgarcia122]

Difficult choice between Jodie Foster , Glenn Close , Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver

[@samarthbhardwaj7702]

I wish Tom and Jodie would have done a movie together in the 90's. They're amazing.

[@ToyZ45]

Glenn Close deserved this Oscar, her performance in Dangerous Liaisons was one of the best I've ever seen in my life...Glenn you are the real winner|||

[@DerekMcAdam2023]

Have u seen The Accused? it's was amazing from Jodie's performance the thing is many actress turn down to play Sarah but Jodie can and also well too. Jodie deserve it

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Never heard such beautiful and husky alto

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Melanie Griffith had no business being nominated alongside those powerhouses.

[@pauloandre8668]

How Meryl Streep was beautiful...

[@razbigranicu]

Jodie is so beautiful and charming. If she was nominated in the same year for the Accused and Silence of the Lambs, I would give her the Oscar for Accused. But, that´s just my opinion.

[@camporosso]

Great speech.

[@adagiobreeze8493]

I’m obsessed with her performance in The Accused and The also real story it’s based on, seriously check it out it’s riveting!

[@deroiste16]

She is so beautiful

[@jenhasken]

One of the most deserved, amazing performance.

[@BELLUS-p4h]

“my family, my tribe where I come from…” Its a different time but read between the lines - She came out.🌈

[@shihlin1]

What a TOUGH category and each film well worth seeing ! I have to say Melanie Griffith was absolutely PERFECT for "Working Girl". You really want to root for her character in that movie.

[@CJODell12]

She won Best Actress again in 1991 for The Silence of the Lambs, another remarkable performance.

[@jimc6054]

I watched this film again tonight for the first time in many years. Jodie's performance is stellar, and very deserving of the award that year. At this time, she had to fight for the role and only got it when Kelly McGillis was hired as she was much more bankable than Jodie at that time. I read that Jodie first thought her performance was not good and that she should reconsider what she wanted to do with her life if she quit acting. The great reviews for her performance surely helped her confidence, and then the (first) Oscar.

[@Vmtdj6848]

I totaly forgot what a great movie year that was. Have seen al those movies. And most of them are hard to watch. It must have been a very difficult choice

[@TheGoaBase]

+Colinda Teeuwisse indeed!

[@StonedUp1]

Jodie will always be my favourite actress

[@MikeysGayToday]

This was an incredibly tough year for me. All performances were sooo different and perfect. Jodie and Glenn should have tied.

[@Bella-Hunter]

brilliant performance

[@maylee261]

Meryl did an amazing job too

[@kusumnagar9449]

No one in Hollywood is as smart and brave as miss foster 👍👍👍 brava

[@nunotraumas]

Sigourney Weaver was nominated for two great performances and left that night empty-handed, i felt sorry for her, she's a great actress, but i'm ok with Jodie Foster winning for her great performance in "The Accused" now Geena Davis for "The Accidental Tourist" i don't think she deserved it... Sigourney should have won!

[@VCthaGOATdunker]

Glad the academy didn't stick her on this one.

[@roxy6794]

Why?

[@VCthaGOATdunker]

roxanne Yang You wanted them to stick her?

[@VCthaGOATdunker]

There you go Susan, stick em!

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Foster won her first Best Actress Oscar in this fact-based story about a young woman, brutally gang-raped in a bar, who has the courage to go after her attackers and those who stood by while it occurred. As Sarah Tobias in The Accused, Foster is rough, boozy, drug-addled, and unwise to the machinations of the legal system. But she's also stalwart and unwavering in her pursuit of justice for the violent degradation she has suffered. Say "goodbye" to teenage Jodie Foster. In The Accused, Foster is all grown up, steely-eyed, and brimming with rage. She's also as wounded and helpless as a blackbird that's broken its wing and fallen into muddy soil. Already the victim of a horrendous sexual assault, Sarah is victimized again as she takes the stand during her rapists' trial, painted by the opposition's attorneys as drunk, promiscuous, and "asking for it." Foster's performance on the stand, struggling to maintain her dignity and composure as the fury within her bubbles to the surface like burning magma within a volcano, is extraordinary.

[@johnnyballenatl]

@westnyacktwins Well, Jodie's career fizzled in the mid-'80s, and her wins for "The Accused" and later "Silence Of The Lambs" basically put her back on the map. And by the way...she and now Natalie Portman have something in common: They're both Best Actress winners/Ivy League graduates (Foster from Yale, Portman from Harvard)!

[@tiaaaron3278]

Jodie looked so adorable here.

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

Agreed

[@DiiegoMcFly]

OMG! Glenn’s performance was just amazing. It’s one of the best performances ever. I can’t believe that she wasn’t able to win, but I have to admit that Jodie deserved too but... God! Glen is just amazing.

[@mikekillagreen9432]

The scene with the pinball machine secured her win

[@arasace]

That prompted Hill to declare, “If anything has been made clear to me today it’s the fact I don’t think a single actor in Hollywood can read,” which brought a hearty laugh from the crowd in the Beverly Hilton ballroom. The stars' problems reading off the teleprompter and complaints about how the script was presented to them was a running gaThe stars' problems reading off the teleprompter and complaints about how the script was presented to them was a running gag through the afternoon.

[@alixxc8156]

Wow what a year for movies. My girl pulled it off though! Well deserved. Jodie did an outstanding job on such a tough subject and came out a winner. The best!

[@hardsam68]

i dont think who gets the Osacr is neccesasrily the 'winner' , I think the nomination is what counts most and I think you'll find 99 percent of them agree

[@NeverStoppedSinging]

I looooove it how natural and gorgeous she looks!!

[@ChandrabhanSingh-mz4hc]

This was a very close call between Jodie and Glenn, although Jodie had much more edge bcoz of such complexity of her character; imfo Jodie deserved it with a huge margin, the range she shows in that performance from a liberal, sexy seductress to a traumatized victim to a slut shamed woman is flabbergasting and she deserves the accolade not just for the performance but literally for her courage to talk on this most difficult role of the century

[@elvispresley718]

Jodie Foster, I want you soooo bad

[@hyperborean72]

Have nothing bad to say about Jody but Glenn Close - 0 wins out of 7 nominations. This is simply disgusting. At least "World according to Garp" and may be "Dangerous Liasons" should have resulted in awarding her the Oscar

[@patmcgroin1418]

I imagine there was an awkward atmosphere between Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver when these nominations were read out considering that they were both co-stars in 'Working Girl'.

[@Lommy9999]

It's weird but Dustin Hoffman was hotter than Tom Cruise here

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie is really special

[@ANFeuerstahl]

I do like Foster and the other actress but Glenn Close should have won. Period.

[@deanjhaas1393]

What an amazing set of nominees. And cruelty is never acceptable. Legend. Icon.

[@RenanCMaia]

Dangerous Liaisons was released only in December 88. Many journalists and actors didn't watch in time to vote for it.

[@classicmovieclub9760]

Jodie so deserved that well done shes awesome!

[@outofpocket72]

TAE IN THE WIIIIN

[@rhiannonhausel1179]

nell, ahh such an amazing movie

[@outofpocket72]

Rhiannon Hausel chickabee

[@rhiannonhausel1179]

Oh my gosh I love your brain, j

[@vijai3]

For thanking your mom respect

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

The career of Jodie Foster is a lesson, how a level-headed, talented, smart person can thrive in something as evil as the entertainment business, despite starting her career as a toddler. She's is the greatest actor ever.

[@Lost876]

Glenn was so ROBBED!!!!

[@YoutubeSun1]

Sad to say she’s BEEN robbed many times since, 😞😞😞

[@skantor2001]

Fue tan difícil este papel para Jodie Foster que tuvo que tomar terapia psicológica por un año para superar el trauma pues ella realmente se sintió como una víctima real

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

great win

[@nickcopeland6915]

Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor that same year.

[@edshoaff3055]

Jodie’s date was actor Julian Sands who has been missing for 13 days while hiking in Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains….I hope he gets found !

[@bobthebear1246]

This WAS a close, tough year as all the nominees were great, the Top 3 of them being 👌 this close - pun unintended - together. I've always loved Jodie Foster, and when I saw this great film (The Accused), I had a good feeling that she was going to - at the very least - be in the running for the Best Actress category. As much as I was happy for her to win near the end of the decade that started with her name being linked by a murderous madman to the attempted assassination of a newly-inaugurated President Of The United States, I really feel that Sigourney Weaver should have won, while Glenn Close should have absolutely won for Fatal Attraction the previous year. Now, it's 30 years later, and neither actress has STILL won an Oscar. It just goes to show you: Hollywood doesn't always fix its fuckups.

[@hardsam68]

i really dont think people like Weaver and CLose really care about a stupid award which pits 5 totally different performances against each other, its a ridiculous award...CLose has won TONY Awards which are much more esteemed....

[@sebastianjohn2389]

Jodie Foster??Are you kidding me?? Glenn Close's performance in Dangerous Liaison is one of the best performances EVER in cinema!! She was beyond ROBBED!!

[@Amsztel]

Well. you definitely didn't watch Accused then. What Jodie created was a perfection. No less.

[@yeahiagree1070]

Sorry but everyone knows Glenn Close deserved to win here. Massive mistake from the academy - She was nominated 5 times in the 80s alone - She should have at least 2 already. But she remains incredibly respected among her peers, doesn't need a bullshit trophy.

[@irina1296]

No way. Jodie and Sigourney were better than Glenn in 1988 but in 1987 Glen should have won, not stupid Cher

[@renegaderunner332]

You are correct!

[@renegaderunner332]

Jodie Foster deserved the Oscar for The Accused. Glenn Close should have won for Fatal Attraction

[@FabinhoFlapp]

Great actresses, great performances. But Close deserved this more than anyone - by far. Period.

[@renan.csmaia]

Fabinho Dantas Flappers 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@steveb7932]

oh wow she must have beening seeing julian sands RIP

[@emmagemma895]

Words cannot even express how hideous that dress is. But well deserved oscar for Jodie Foster.

[@hadriennathanbalmelle9386]

A thrilling performance. And she was beautiful this night. She still is btw

[@jacquelinelane7560]

I love Jodie Foster but HOW does Glenn FREAKEN Close not have an Oscar! This makes no sense to me. This is a massive injustice!

[@joshricketts2070]

Jacqueline Lane I know. I love Jodie foster and her work in The Accuses, but Glenn was the outright best in this category and was also the favorite. I think the academy sympathized with Jodie's character more than Glenn's.

[@jacquelinelane7560]

Josh Ricketts i sadly have not seen Glenn Close's performance in that movie just yet. its on my list. im going back through some of the classic female best actress performance (Woman Under The Inflance with Gena Rowland is next) to see what I have missed over the years but Im sure Close's is amazing and if she was the favorite this might have been an upset. I saw The Accussed many years ago and its hard to watch due to its content and knowing the fate of the women in the years to come, but Jodies acting was amazing and worthy of winning. All I could put it down to is that they give it to the younger up and coming actress over the move experience. Im thinking Hillary Swank over Annette Benning or Jennifer Lawrence over Jessica Chastain, doesnt mean they are less deserving... just in my opinion i felt age help in these cases. It doesnt often happen in the male lead acting category (Eddie Reddmaine is the youngest to win at age 30 but its not uncommon for a female to win in her early 20s). Anyways its a real shame someone as amazing as Glenn Close doesnt have an Oscar. Does she at least have an Emmy for her work on that show Damagers? I only watched one season but god she was good in that too.

[@joshricketts2070]

Jacqueline Lane yes she does!! If I remember right I think she has 2 for damages. I loved The Accused and thought Jodie was great in it, but I just felt after 4 previous nominations for Glenn, it would've been nice to see her win:) Glenn's performance is more emotionally driven while Jodie's is more physically driven with the rape scene. Both are great performances!!

[@irina1296]

I don't agree. Glenn should have won a year earlier for Fatal Attraction. In this year Jodie Foster and Sigourney Weaver were the greatest

[@emrebulut7080]

I've just watched movie with 30 years of delay lol Gosh it's been 30 years. I'm 26. Film is older than me. God I'm getting older too. Anyway, I'm so impressed by her. What an actress. She lived her role. Completely stole the movie. But i couldn't take my eyes off of the attorney. What a beautiful woman i said lol

[@oscarboy94]

Should have been Sigorney's!

[@jimmymoviehound]

I have seen all of these performances sans Glenn Close, I'd say the BEST was Meryl but my favorite was Melanie Griffith, nice to see a year where any of the nominees were deserving

[@royalrap2153]

Yes...these things still remain..We should all remember..and never forget..🙈🙉🙊💕

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

What's interesting is to see how diverse the performances nominated in this category are, this might be a call between Jodie, Meryl and Glenn but Jodie gave the most powerhouse and courageous performance, she earned it 👍👍👍

[@omkarpeace_Devotional]

Glenn Close was robbed

[@ChanTaiMan526]

It's actually very hard to make a choice among these five amazing actresses, all of them deserved to win.

[@Dani-jr1tt]

sigourney weaver lost twice that year, best actress-best supporting actress as scarlett johansson in 2020

[@kandagger]

@cuteNADA1992 How was Jodie an unknown? She had an Oscar nomination under her belt before anyone knew who the other four were. I mean arguably Melanie was knocking out films the same time Jodie was but she didn't become a name actress until the 80's. Then you had the the whole assassination attempt on Reagan thing...that kinda put her on the top of the pop culture radar. If anything she was the old pro of the group.

[@ultraconservative]

Was she going out with Julian Sands?

[@Kinesiology411]

Likely just friends. She's gay.

[@bilaalbadurdeen2733]

One of the G.O.A.T of Hollywood 🔥

[@chickenricee]

I have not seen the movies of other nominated actresses, or I have but I think Jodie Foster deserves the Oscar for "The Accused". :)

[@didietbrandon3167]

jodie Fosterr Muda nya Cakepppp giillaaa

[@henriqueplat8787]

Jodie Foster vc é e sempre será a mulher mais linda...charmosa...inteligente que conheci..te amo...Shallon

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

The best person ever