Sigourney Weaver and the Elusive Oscar | Why She's Never Won

[@florenciabalori3625]

God I'm so obsessed with her I don't care if she never wins anything she KNOWS she's the coolest actor EVER

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, she’s so awesome!

[@homegown1234]

Sigourney Weaver is a very smart and talented actress. Some day she will win the Oscar but the project has not been available.

[@toplaycool21]

I love Signourney Weaver. She is taken for granted which is a major crime.

[@TheAwardsContender]

True!! Thanks for watching!

[@gladysroney9603]

£c'!!

[@jeffbassin630]

Sigourney Weaver is long overdue for an Oscar win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true!

[@Boomboompowwow]

It's sad she has never won she is a great actress. Has great reach

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed, I love her!

[@terugi]

Heartbreakers was my introduction to Weaver, and it is to this day one of my favorite comedic performances ever! She’s so brilliant!

[@VeeLondon1449]

♥️ Thank you, I adore Sigourney. It’s interesting that Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver, where classmates at Yale Drama School, at Yale Streep was the golden child, adored by her teachers/mentors, hailed by her peers. She stepped out of Yale and right onto the stage at Lincoln Center, earning immediate praise from the New York theatre community and propelling her into an awarded acting career. Meanwhile, Sigourney Weaver toiled in the shadows. Unable to win lead roles in school productions (the Yale teachers called her "talentless") which had a huge affect on her confidence. After Yale, Weaver auditioned and auditioned in her native Manhattan, like most young performers taking whatever jobs she could get. It wasn't until Ridley Scott cast her in his inauspicious sci-fi horror film Alien that her career took off. Both women are individually talented and unique.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed!! Would love to see them play sisters in a movie!

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Sigourney said that because of her height she was always cast as hookers of old women whereas Meryl was always the lead. Sigourney’s height likely impacted the roles she got because she towers over most men in Hollywood

[@leightonbate7516]

@@TheAwardsContender They almost did in Marvin's Room before Keaton was cast

[@bjornjohansen5397]

Sigourney certainly had the advantage of coming from wealthy entertainment industry parents and growing up with every opportunity. Meryl comes from humble beginnings. Meryl had a lot more to lose if she did not make it.

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

@@bjornjohansen5397 Yes that’s true. However it still doesn’t mean Sigourney isn’t worthy of an Oscar. She 100% deserved to win in 1989 and get nominated in 1998 yet her wealthy connections couldn’t make either happen

[@irina1296]

Sigourney is my all-time favorite actress by a long shot. She was nominated 3 times for the Oscar and she deserved to win three times. I'm still mad they didn't nominate her for Copycat (1995), The Ice Storm (1997), A Map of the World (1999), Imaginary Heroes (2004) and specially Snow Cake (2006) where she played a high-functioning autistic woman. Stellar performances! Sometimes I think these "academics" just have something against her. Just like they didn't nominate Madonna songs because it was Madonna. Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Nastassja Kinski and Glenn Close are another criminally underrated actresses by the Academy.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching my video!

[@victorrodrigueesoficial]

Sigourney was great in Aliens, but that was the only deserving oscar win she could have. Her performance is very good in Working Girl, but she wasn't better than Geena Davis (she was the perfect balance of supporting and lead), but she wouldn't deserve against Meryl and Glenn. By the way, Jodie won that year, and only because of the rape scene. Her work was still better than Sigourney.

[@irina1296]

@@victorrodrigueesoficial Meryl wasn't better than Sigourney that year. That's for sure. No one talked about her win that year. It was between Sigourney, Glenn and Jodie. I think Sigourney was the best - the most challenging, enduring and just impressive performance in Gorillas In the Mist.

[@victorrodrigueesoficial]

@@irina1296 Meryl was incredible in A Cry in the Dark. She was much better than Sigourney, even though Siggy was very very good. However, no one could compare to Glenn Close. Jodie was good, as good as Sigourney, but her role was flashier (because of the gang r*p* scene). Sigourney is a fantastic actress, but that year, she wasn't better than Geena Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer or better than Glenn or Meryl.

[@irina1296]

@@victorrodrigueesoficial Sorry but I disagree. I think she was better than them in the Leading Actress category. Meryl was incredible indeed but Sigourney impressed me more than her or even Glenn. As for the Supporting category that year - to each their own. My winners were Pfeiffer and Weaver and only them Davis. Opinions differ

[@mthivier]

Her performance in "The Ice Storm" -- which is one of my absolute favorite films -- was amazing.

[@ryzardt]

Ms Weaver was robbed for Gorillas in the Mist just like Glenn Close was for Fatal Attraction. Weaver and Close are two Actresses who are totally deserving of the gold statuette!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@lexkanyima2195]

So snub

[@luizleal1742]

No, she was not robbed. Foster deserved that award, she was terrific in The Accused But i do think she sould have winning for The Working Girl and at least have a nomination for The Ice Storm

[@StellaAnne]

I had convinced myself over the past 33 years that she had won for Working Girl lol I was so sure she had won for it!! She’s under appreciated and long overdue. She’s such a wonderful actor.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I agree, thanks for watching!

[@rjddurhamnc]

I agree, I thought that performance in Working Girl was a delightful display of comic bitchery

[@nitsugazemag]

It’s baffling why such great actresses have yet to win their very first Oscar and some that have yet to secure a single Oscar nomination. Sigourney Weaver is an incredible talent, and deserves a win. There is no Dana, only SIGOURNEY WEAVER

[@TheAwardsContender]

She’s one of the best!

[@bjornjohansen5397]

Gosh, yes. Ladies like Jamie Lee Curtis, Mia Farrow, Robin Wright and Meg Ryan. Big stars at a time with no Oscar nominations at all.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@bjornjohansen5397 it felt lack of nomination

[@bjornjohansen5397]

@@lexkanyima2195 Update! Jamie Lee Curtis actually got her first nomination ever and won this year!

[@lolalover24212]

I love Signourney so much!! Her demeanour and composure reminds me so much of the women in my family, very graceful and articulate but also kickass and protective. I didn’t realize she was also so pleasant and humble off screen, loved seeing some of these interview clips

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Love Sigourney so much.

[@americker]

I adore Sigourney Weaver. Her performance in Aliens is a favourite for a reason - she projects resilience, grit, maternal compassion, fear. Ripley is the ultimate action hero precisely because Weaver grounds her as a real, lived-in presence. Taken out of context, 'Get away from her you bitch' could be a silly, throwaway one liner. But it's totally deserved, and Weaver's delivery of that line (and in the context of everything the character has gone through) is one of the most exhilarating, punch the air moments of 80s cinema. Also, every interview snippet (and her Golden Globes acceptance speeches in particular) confirm what we already knew - that she's a true class act. Love her ❤

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I loved her in the much overlooked The Ice Storm.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great performance!

[@astroboyfan12]

What a great actor… thank you for paying homage to this superb star!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you, it was my pleasure!

[@jaimegdeg6794]

Brian you should do a video about The Ice Storm and how such a masterful and mesmerizing movie was completely overlooked at the Oscars… it could’ve been nominated in many major categories … to this day it is for me one of the greatest Oscars misteries

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, it should’ve at least gotten in for Screenplay and Weaver!

[@danielbelardino7662]

Uhh but The Ice Storm was such a sad and somewhat disturbing movie. Everyone dies pretty much 😢 but yes beautiful Sigourney was amazing as usual in it!

[@yanitchka]

I absolutely love Galaxy Quest - it’s so funny, entertaining and exciting. Alan Rickman should have also been nominated for it (and for other performances) - I love Alan Rickman (who doesn’t?). As for a Weaver - she has always been amazing and she is a screen legend. It will be good for her to have an Oscar, but not having it will not hurt her legend status.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Nods for Weaver and Rickman would’ve been so well deserved!

[@breensprout]

galaxy quest was a movie i watched over and over as a kid and i'm so glad other people enjoy it, too. such an incredible film and great parody of star trek.

[@yanitchka]

It is still to this day one of my favourite comedies. And the performances were awesome.

[@explorewithefrain7305]

I was hoping you would do a video on Sigourney Weaver! Thank you for uploading!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you for watching! It was a pleasure to make!

[@jeffreytaddeo6245]

Great video Brian! Weaver, another versatile actress overlooked by the Academy. I would also include Joan Allen in that group.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!! And I love Joan Allen!

[@fantasyaj6510]

Sigourney Weaver should have won for Gorillas in the Mist (1988). She did the late Dian Fossey justice with that movie. She was also phenomenal as Ellen Ripley in both Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). She earned that Best Actress nomination!

[@DHGlee2013]

Yo she had so much great roles in the 90s and 2000s thay she should have been nominated for! Maybe not like Aliens or Working Girl(I haven't seen Gorillas in the Mist - yet) but movies like The Ice Storm, A Map of the World, or even Holes deserved some awards love. Thanks for these videos. Totally enjoy this along with BeKindRewind

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@christopherxx8181]

Thank you for making this video. I thought she was going to win Supporting actress for working girl. I wanted to see her get a nomination for"a map of the world". Her performance was outstanding.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, great performance!

[@kurterohde9040]

Sigourney Weaver is a truly brilliant artist. No one could have pulled off both Alien & Aliens with such range & staying power AND also do brilliantly in movies as diverse as Ghostbusters, Year of Living Dangerously, Death & the Maiden, Working Girl, Ice Storm, Gorillas in the Mist, Dave, Galaxy Quest, Cedar Rapids, Master Gardener. I hope she gets another nomination soon, and (like Glenn Close) eventually gets her long overdue Academy recognition.

[@danielbelardino7662]

The ice storm was such a sad disturbing movie but yes she was great in it as I remember it most of them died in it😢

[@Jared_Wignall]

It’s always amazing to see all the actors and actresses who’ve been nominated and haven’t won as well as how long it’s been since they were last nominated. I’m surprised at how she’s not been nominated since 1989 as she’s done great work in film over the years, but there are years competition is tough in either the leading and supporting categories so sometimes people get omitted when they perhaps should have been nominated at least. I think Working Girl was likely her best chance at winning out of her three nominations when looking at who she was up against the years she was nominated, but it’s unfortunate she hasn’t won an Academy Award so far. Maybe she’ll win someday. We can only hope. Great video Brian, keep up the excellent work!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you, Jared!!

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Geena Davis was the lead female in her movie so I think it was a case of category fraud tbh. I bet Sigourney was in a VERY close second place to winning that Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Working Girl, and if she hadn’t been nominated for Best Actress that year would’ve easily won.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@bryanalstoncoxing but she was snubbed

[@MyraJean1951]

The scene in Working Girl where Weaver's character is holding a huge stuffed gorilla made me laugh so hard. It felt like a great "in joke."

[@henrikechers9995]

"The Ice Storm", "Snow Cake", and "Death and The Maiden" all blew me away - she should have been nominated for them, and won

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her so much!

[@callen8908]

Oh my gosh, you’re so right. She takes on incredibly challenging roles and owns them

[@snowman1214]

Great video. Her performance in Aliens is my favorite performance on film, of all time, it's perfect.

[@TheAwardsContender]

One of the greatest!

[@theshah9756]

She was the first choice for "The Piano" which eventually went to Holly Hunter. She was the first choice for Barbara Hershey's role in " Portrait of a Lady." if im not mistaken. Both were nominated roles for oscar (Ms Hunter won)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@francesopintore2073]

She didn't wanted to do Portrait of a Lady, because she didnt want to travel with her little daughter. (Barbara was amazing in the role by the way. That movie is such and underrated masterpiece) As for the "Piano", she fired her agent when she found out that the director wanted her for the lead role.:)

[@nikulipikuli]

I love her in Snow Cake. Probably her best performance so far . But there’s so many others like Aliens , Gorillas in the mist , Death and the maiden , A map of the world , My Salinger Year , The Good House etc…

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love Sigourney!

[@bev9708]

Another great choice, Brian, and another great video, BRAVO!! I've long been quite a fan of hers, she is truly a great actress... detestable when we're supposed to detest her, lovable when we're supposed to love her, admirable when we're supposed to admire her, so versatile!! I think she could probably do just about any role she chose. I do remember being particularly impressed with The Ice Storm back in the day and recommending it to all and sundry, but unfortunately it seemed to disappear all too quickly!

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true. The Ice Storm is amazing!

[@rebeccamurphy4695]

One thing I love about your channel is that you talk about all these awesome actors without ever getting catty or snarky about anyone. Good wholesome content for movie lovers! Thank you!

[@evyalley]

Yes!! Thank you!! God I love her so much ❤❤ Also at 12:47 it’s rare for you to see her get that excited and her voice go up that high in speeches or just at all really. She’s giddy and it’s so adorable :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, I love it!

[@mmmdeluxe]

I still don’t get why The ice storm was overlooked at the oscars when 2 years later a movie with the same theme “American Beauty” won 5 oscars. It should’ve been nominated for Picture, Screenplay, Actor, Actress(Allen), Supporting actress x2(Weaver & Ricci)

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know!! I think Titanic had something to do with it.

[@Dennisanyone-]

I’m surprised she hasn’t picked up another nomination in the last 34 years. She probably came the closest with the Ice Storm in 1997 since she received another globe nomination for that. I know she was disappointed when she lost to Davis for supporting actress in 1989. She had an expectation to win since it worked out that way previously with Jessica Lange, Teresa Wright, Fay Bainter and the two nominations in one year. She said her parents came with her, so she was kinda bummed for them. The look on her face when she loses to Davis was like oh well damnit lol. The other two nominations were never serious contenders I believe. Matlin and Foster had the perfect narratives to win.

[@VTMCompany]

Also, before Wright's double Oscar nominations was Fay Bainter's with her supporting Oscar win.

[@Dennisanyone-]

@@VTMCompany ya. Bainter too. I forgot lol.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yeah, she looks happy during Supp Actress but miserable during Lead Actress haha.

[@shihtzucorgi1368]

This is becoming my favorite channel.. Thank you so much..

[@TheAwardsContender]

That means a lot, thank you!!

[@RichYouTube]

An excellent choice for this series. I want to see the Supporting Actress votes for 1989, to understand what happened.

[@TheAwardsContender]

That would be fascinating!

[@lexkanyima2195]

The votes is difficult

[@knightterror2826]

Sigourney's nomination for Aliens is probably my all time favorite acting performance that was recognized by the Oscars but didn't win.

[@jhhone]

Another amazing video! The odds were in Weaver's favor at the 61st Oscars because previously when an actress was nominated in both lead and supporting they would win in supporting the first being Fay Banter in Jezebel, Theresa Wright in Best Years of Our Lives, and Jessica Lange in Tootsie. Lange being the last to reap that certainty! I agree with you that Cusack split the votes with Weaver causing the loss. That may be an interesting topic to explore in the future about performers receiving dual Oscar nominations in the same year.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you so much! And great point about the dual noms!

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

@@TheAwardsContender Yeah, wasn’t Sigourney the first time that a dual nominee went home empty handed?

[@ClassicswithCourtney]

Thank you for covering one of my favorite actresses of alll time!!!! She should have won an oscar already and I sure hope she will win one soon.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!!

[@ScratchthechalkBoard]

Looks like they'll give her a Lifetime achievement Oscar

[@TheAwardsContender]

Possibly, she would deserve one!

[@Winnipegger100]

It's time! Give Sigourney an Oscar! So much great work! Hopefully one of the films she does will finally get noticed and she'll win! Same with Harrison Ford! He should have been nominated and won for the Mosquito Coast.

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true!

[@melissa-janegrace1487]

yay, I got here first! Thank you for your amazing content !!

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re welcome!!

[@tommymarco9893]

This is a great video about Sigourney :) Thank you for uploading !

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@anyemkkkk]

sigourney weaver, annette bening and judy davis all long overdue for an oscar!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@francesopintore2073]

and Glenn Close

[@Musiclandsuite]

Awesome! Thanks for this great bio of her. I'm with you - let's manifest it.

[@branagain]

I’m happy Marlee Matlin won but I wish Weaver won for Aliens. Ripley is one of the most iconic characters of all time. I’m also surprised she wasn’t nominated for Ice Storm. Ice Storm was shut out at the Oscars that year.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Aliens win for Weaver would’ve been an all-timer!

[@jimmydaves]

You know it's a total crime when Frances McDorman has 3 Best Actress Oscars and Sigourney Weaver has none. Weaver really should have won for Supporting Actress over Geena Davis. Also, Weaver was robbed for "A Map of the World". Great performance!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@KaejaeDoherty]

That's very unfair. You are making it sound that Frances McDormand is unworthy of her wins, which she most certainly is not That Geena Davis won for her kooky whisp of a performance beat out Ms. Weaver's sublime performance in Working Girl is the head scratcher here

[@francesopintore2073]

@@KaejaeDoherty McDormand is a fine actress, she totally deserved for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, but for Fargo? Nope. (At the same year Madonna was snubbed for Evita). Geena is an average actress, I just don't understand her success in Hollywood.

[@oscarfun100]

Should have 2 Oscars. Aliens and Working Girl.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!!

[@marceloaguilaraliaga8721]

Totally agreed!!... and she should has been nominated for The Ice Storm and Copycat

[@jamesa.romano8500]

The ironic part is that when Jessica Lange was nominated twice in the same year and won in Supporting, Sigourney presented Lange with her Oscar in 1982 alongside Robert Mitchum. She would end up being the first nominee nominated twice in the same year in separate categories to go home empty handed.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yep, so unfortunate!

[@trolli3]

These videos are soooo great! Thanks for your work

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching!

[@hyperballadbradx6486]

I love this series. And even more when it's someone I worship! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, I’m glad you enjoy the series, I enjoy making them!

[@MrS98VAC]

She REALLY should have won for "Working Girl". She was so juicy in her role as the villainess!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

If Academy had seen A Monster Calls they would have nominated her for Best Supporting Actress!!!

[@sebastienaccart4360]

Merci for your work. Interesting and entertaining. What about an Elusive oscar video about the brilliant Michelle Pfeiffer ? Just an idea...

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching! The Pfeiffer video is coming, stay tuned!

[@benroberts6818]

Basinger was nominated in lead actress at the BAFTAs. Great video, would love to see one for Michelle Pfeiffer 😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Ahhhh, there you go. Thanks for watching!

[@robfuzz]

I would've loved to see her win for Copycat!

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Hell, Alfred Hitchcock never even won a competitive Oscar in his day. Just an honorary Oscar right before his death. I believe he gave a great FU to the Academy with it's shortest acceptance speech... THANK YOU. I feel like the great Ms. Weaver should do the same once the Academy gets around to giving her an honorary Oscar. Good enough to recognize your 5 decades career. Just not good enough to recognize you when you were still young. At least we have her films preserved for posterity and future generations. P.S... for those curious, I would like to point out another great actor of the same generation who somehow never got his due... Dabney Coleman.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@nostromo59]

Weaver’s snubs in the Oscars: Death and the Maiden, The Ice Storm, A Map of the World, The Guys, Imaginary Heroes, The TV Set 🥺☹️

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great performances!!

[@dj71162]

Another great video. Can you please do ones on Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling?

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks, and great ideas!

[@adagiobreeze8493]

If Copycat had been released a year before her and Holly Hunter would’ve had chances at nominations

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, very true!

[@adagiobreeze8493]

@@TheAwardsContender I just started following you on Twitter

[@tomstar3641]

Sigourney Weaver should have won for Working Girl , Gorillas In The Mist and The Ice Storm

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great performances!

[@renan.csmaia]

So sad she was not nominated again after 34 years!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Fingers crossed she still has a fourth nom in her future!

[@SoulKnightKing]

Marlee Matlin really deserve that Oscar win at 21. She was captivating

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@eamonndeane587]

It's a shame Matlin was not given a Supporting Actress nomination for CODA.

[@bigneon_glitter]

For decades, Viven Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara has been called the 'greatest female screen heroine in cinema' - but history is proving out that Sigourney Weaver's Ripley holds the title. Her '87 Oscar loss mirrors Peter O'Toole's loss for _Lawrence Of Arabia_ (as well as his subsequent career losses), and like O'Toole, Weaver will likely win an honorary Oscar at some point but not a straight win - no present day nom will be ever enough to acknowledge an actor who has long since transcended the award's inherent value & fickle pageantry. Oscar favorites & wins are ephemeral - there are winners and there are icons of the medium - Weaver (as Ripley) is the latter. Oscars are given to honor those who climb the mountain with rare & extraordinary excellence, sometimes to honor those who expertly endure the climb itself (like Jeff Bridges) - but there is little inclination to honor those who are already sat upon the mountaintop. That's Weaver. _The Ice Storm_ was an outlier because it was an unusually brilliant performance that offered a new side of Weaver - should've been an easy nom & win (Basinger was a headscratcher). Cool to see someone remembers Weaver's incredible, bold turn in _Snow White._

[@TheAwardsContender]

So agree!! Thank you for watching!

[@amberjulia123]

I was introduced to her in “Holes” as a kid and absolutely LOVED her character - Badass and intimidating whilst also being so darkly feminine. How does she always look scary *and* beautiful at the same time? She has a face unlike any other! ❤

[@brianrohan1]

I really thought she’d win in ‘89 as well. I believe - and correct me if I’m wrong - that hers was the first loss for a double Oscar nomination. Teresa Wright and Jessica Lange each left with an award on their respective double-nominations night.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Everyone is saying this yes. She should’ve won for Working Girl!

[@VTMCompany]

Sigourney's gorgeous white gown at her second Oscar-nominated attendance was infamously serenaded by "Snow White" at the opening ceremony. Her black whatever ensemble at her first nominated attendance (along with those larger-than-life hoop earrings) left much to be desired.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@LambentOrt]

She is always compelling on-screen. It is a total crime she has not won an Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@alambster]

So funny in GB and totally underrated.

[@hadbetterdays]

If you think about it, 1988 was a killer for actresses, the nominees were fire in both categories - and yet, while both eventual winners are wonderful actresses, the result is a bit disappointing. Thinking it could've been Glenn and Sigourney. Or Melanie and Michelle, mix it up as you wish.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed! Should’ve been Weaver in Supporting and Close in Lead!

[@teamogaga]

hey! ty for another great video! 👏🏻 could u please do one about miss kathy bates being the only one actress to date who have won for an horror movie in a leading role? and how robbed she was by not getting a nomination and maybe winning 5 years later for dolores claiborne? (both books stephen king) she's acting royalty but very underrated imo.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks! Great idea about Bates!

[@hernar2]

It should have been Sigourney Weaver for BSA and Glenn Close for BA that year. Geena Davis role on The Accidental Tourist was a leading role. The Academy wanted to award her and the only way to do it was to nominate her in the supporting role.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, those wins would’ve solved a lot of problems!

[@71gmf]

This is very interesting that her first three nominations (to date the only ones) were in three different genres: Sci-fi action drama, biopic drama and romantic comedy. I don't think any actress has done that before or still. An actor maybe, but not an actress. Can anyone think of a similar situation about any actor or actress nominated? Drama, action and comedy?

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, right? A rarity to be sure!

[@71gmf]

@@TheAwardsContender Yes, it is as you pointed out. Maybe Kathy Bates on her four nominations can be consider close to it?

[@mnpollio]

Weaver's loss for Working Girl was inexcusable. It had long been the tradition that when an actor/actress copped Best Performer and Best Supporting nods, then they would at least walk away with the supporting Oscar. The fact that they changed tradition on her was appalling since she was the odds on favorite to win in the supporting category. Afterwards, the prevailing wisdom was that Geena Davis won because hers was a lead performance masquerading as a supporting performance and Joan Cusack's co-nomination from Working Girl helped cancel out Weaver. Rubbish! I normally enjoy Davis, but she was miscast. Muriel is supposed to be dowdy and unattractive, but Davis is radiant and model beautiful. When the cast in her film keep asking Bill Hurt what he sees in her - you're like "Huh? Are you blind?" By contrast, Weaver's performance was a veritable text book on what an award worthy supporting role should be: 1) it was really a supporting role and 2) when she is off screen, you cannot wait for her to return.

[@TheAwardsContender]

100%! Thanks for watching!

[@rockyhrndz]

This was great and she should have gotten it for Aliens and Working Girl! Especially Aliens that was one of the greatest performances in an action movie ever and I think was the template for other women in action movies that followed.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@samgrosky575]

Jodies scene in The Accused where she is confronting kelli mcgillis is definitely the reason she won. It gives me goose bumps whenever I see it.

[@robb2biago]

I love the movie Working Girl, hilarious. I forgot Joan Cusack was nominated too. And I loved Dangerous Liasons. Some day Sigourney will win, she just needs another great roll. I did love the book The Accidental Tourist, and I forgot Geena Davis was married to Jeff Goldbloom.

[@JohnJohn-uz8ip]

I've been waiting for this. I hope @fishjelly sees this!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, hope you enjoyed it!

[@ivanoputica2696]

Can you please make a Laura Linney elusive oscar

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good idea! I do talk about her in my next video, so stay tuned.

[@Abg985]

Sigourney and Glenn Close needs to win an Oscar ASAP! They both deserve it so much. I can’t believe they haven’t even won anything.

[@Sharpe1502]

Can you do one of these videos for Michelle Yeoh?

[@TheAwardsContender]

Excellent idea!

[@blackherz]

I often think had Sigourney Weaver played Laura Dern's role in Marriage Story, she would have not only elevated the movie, but win the oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Interesting! We’ll never know!

[@norijean3279]

Gorillas In The Mist is one of the most passionate and breathtaking female performances ever. Sigourney deserved an Oscar for that one. 😢

[@Uch16784]

I ruined the day. It burns my eyes. I read that it is a characteristic of some eyes that they suddenly light up. Ever since I admired Sigourney. And didn't I notice the narrowing of her eyes until now? Shines as they say: the sun shines through the clouds. I have loved the sun ever since. Made peace with the day. This was also given by Sigourney's mysterious power. Eternal May and June. Sigourney is blooming spring and summer.

[@danielbelardino7662]

She is HILLARIOUS in Baby Mama😂😂😂!

[@cvill03]

Also you should do directors why never got nominated. You long list of Nancy Meyers Barbra Streisand Nora Ephron Penny Marshall Baz Luhrmann Cameron Crowe Chris Columbus Guy Ritchie Ben Affleck Brian De Palma Sam Raimi Tim Burton Rob Reiner

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good idea!

[@callen8908]

Is so disappointing that an actress of her incredible gravity and talent has no Oscar

[@andreiiliepopescu6393]

Sigourney Weaver and Glenn Close being overlooked so much is part of the reason why the Oscars are facing unpopularity and irrelevance cause these awards always nominate the same people and for the same kind of expected roles.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

Galaxy Quest is the one overlooked

[@MyraJean1951]

Brian, you could do another video about how/why Joan Allen has never won an Oscar. I still can't watch her work in The Crucible without crying.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, great idea!

[@timsimms412]

So who is who @18:52? 🤔

[@leightonbate7516]

Should have won 3 times 86 for the Iconic Ripley Mark 2,88 Working Girl in which she's the polar opposite and the her 97 Creme da la Creme The Ice Storm,consistently overlooked and underpraised .

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Would’ve been 3 amazing wins!

[@jeffreytaddeo6245]

Did Weaver attend Yale at around the same time as Meryl Streep?

[@TheAwardsContender]

Very likely, yes!

[@ioannad1857]

two of my favourite quotes from sigourney about her lack of oscars are: "I'm very proud of the fact that I think I have at least three Lego characters. I mean, some people have Oscars. I have Lego characters!" and about people's sympathy "You just want to say, "I'm fine, I'm exactly the same person I was before I arrived at this show."'"

[@lonellfletcher]

So I'm guessing the next elusive video will be Ms. Turner?

[@TheAwardsContender]

Nope, it’s someone currently in the awards conversation!

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

I do have to say Jodie foster in the accused was so worthy I think weaver had a better chance the year she lost to matlin

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, you may be right!

[@אביצאלי-כ8ז]

Can you please do about ed harris and William dafoe one day?

[@bjornjohansen5397]

So many great performers have not won but there is just so much competition for older actresses. At a certain point I think their time has just come and gone. Sigourney now seems more just ubiquitous and using name recognition thanks to blockbusters from decades ago to still get work in Hollywood. But never say never.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I still have hope you can at least be nominated again! Thanks for watching.

[@bjornjohansen5397]

@@TheAwardsContender It finally happend for Jamie Lee Curtis so who knows, hey!

[@albalbuena6478]

I think that a factor that isn’t mentioned is Siskel and Ebert. They may have just been movie critics to some, but they were THE movie critics. Hollywood listened to them. Having your film get two thumbs up really meant something. Siskel and Ebert really thought that Geena Davis deserved to win and were very vocal about it.

[@marisadam12]

That is not fair. She is and extraordinary actress. But Johnny Depp never won an Oscar either. The Academy is not fair.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!