Let's Meet the Nominees - 2015 Oscars (Part 4)

Let's keep it straight, shall we? The Academy Awards are an AMERICAN institution. With that being said, a lot of foreigners swoop in to vie for the big prize. Here are a look at the foreigners nominated for acting Oscars this year...

Rosamund Pike

Best Actress Nominee - "Gone Girl"

Nationality: British

Marion Cotillard

Best Actress Nominee - "Two Days, One Night"

Nationality: French

Eddie Redmayne

Best Actor Winner - "The Theory of Everything"

Nationality: British

Benedict Cumberbatch

Best Actor Nominee - "The Imitation Game"

Nationality: British

Keira Knightley

Best Supporting Actress Nominee - "The Imitation Game"

Nationality: British

Let's Meet the Nominees - 2015 Oscars (Part 3)

Every year there are a handful of Oscar veterans/winners who get another chance at claiming gold. Here are this year veteran nominees...

Marion Cotillard

2015 Best Actress Nominee - "Two Days, One Night"

2008 Best Actress WINNER - "La Vie en Rose"

Reese Witherspoon

2015 Best Actress Nominee - "Wild"

2006 Best Actress WINNER - "Walk the Line"

Meryl Streep

2015 Best Supporting Actress Nominee - "Into the Woods"

2012 Best Actress WINNER - "The Iron Lady"

1983 Best Actress WINNER - "Sophie's Choice"

1980 Best Supporting Actress WINNER - "Kramer Vs. Kramer"

Robert Duvall

2015 Best Supporting Actress - "The Judge"

1984 Best Actor WINNER - "Tender Mercies"

BAFTA Awards (2012 films) WINNERS

Film

Argo

Les Miserables

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

British Film

Anna Karenina

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Miserables

Seven Psychopaths

Skyfall

Director

Michael Haneke, Amour

Ben Affleck, Argo

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Ang Lee, Life Of Pi

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Leading Actor

Ben Affleck, Argo

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Leading Actress

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"

Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, "The Master"

Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"

Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

Judi Dench, "Skyfall"

Sally Field, " Lincoln"

Rising Star Award (voted by the public)

Elizabeth Olsen

Andrea Riseborough

Suraj Sharma

Juno Temple

Alicia Vikander

Original Screenplay

Michael Haneke, "Amour"

Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"

Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"

Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"

Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Adapted Screenplay

Chris Terrio, "Argo"

Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"

David Magee, "Life Of Pi"

Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Film Not in the English Language

Amour

Headhunters

The Hunt

Rust and Bone

Untouchable

Animated Film

Brave

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

Documentary

The Imposter

Marley

McCullin

Searching For Sugar Man

West Of Memphis

Debut by a British writer, director or producer 



Bart Layton (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer) - "The Imposter"


David Morris (Director), Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer) - "McCullin"


Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer), Danny King (Writer) - "Wild Bill"


James Bobin (Director) = "The Muppets"


Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer) - "I Am Nasrine"



Original Music 



"Anna Karenina" - Dario Marianelli


"Argo" - Alexandre Desplat


"Life of Pi" - Mychael Danna


"Lincoln" - John Williams


"Skyfall" - Thomas Newman



Cinematography



"Anna Karenina" - Seamus Mcgarvey


"Les Misérables" - Danny Cohen


"Life of Pi" - Claudio Miranda


"Lincoln" - Janusz Kaminski


"Skyfall" - Roger Deakins



Editing 



"Argo" - William Goldenberg


"Django Unchained" - Fred Raskin


"Life of Pi" - Tim Squyres


"Skyfall" - Stuart Baird


"Zero Dark Thirty" - Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg



Production Design



"Anna Karenina" - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer


"Les Misérables" - Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson


"Life of Pi" - David Gropman, Anna Pinnock


"Lincoln" - Rick Carter, Jim Erickson


"Skyfall" - Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock



Costume Design



"Anna Karenina" - Jacqueline Durran


"Great Expectations" - Beatrix Aruna Pasztor


"Les Misérables" - Paco Delgado


"Lincoln" - Joanna Johnston


"Snow White and the Huntsman" - Colleen Atwood



Make Up & Hair



"Anna Karenina" - Ivana Primorac


"Hitchcock" - Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger


"The Hobbit" - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater


"Les Misérables" - Lisa Westcott


"Lincoln" - Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou



Sound



"Django Unchained" - Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman


"The Hobbit" - Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward


"Les Misérables" - Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst


"Life of Pi" - Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill


"Skyfall" - Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers



Special Visual Effects



"The Dark Knight Rises" - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley


"The Hobbit" - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White


"Life of Pi" - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer


"Marvel Avengers Assemble" - Nominees TBC


"Prometheus" - Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth



Short Animation 


"Here To Fall" - Kris Kelly, Evelyn Mcgrath


"I’m Fine Thanks" - Eamonn O'Neill


"The Making of Longbird" - Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson



Short Film 



"The Curse" - Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries


"Good Night" - Muriel D'ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir


"Swimmer" - Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw


"Tumult" - Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews


"The Voorman" - Problem Mark Gill, Baldwin Li



Golden Globe WINNERS (2012 films)

*will win
+should win

Best Motion Picture, Drama

*+Argo


Django Unchained


Life of Pi


Lincoln


Zero Dark Thirty

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel


*Les Misérables


Moonrise Kingdom


Salmon Fishing in the Yemen


+Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

*+Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln


Richard Gere, Arbitrage


John Hawkes, The Sessions


Joaquin Phoenix, The Master


Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Jack Black, Bernie


*+Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook


Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables


Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen


Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

*+Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty


Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone


Helen Mirren, Hitchcock


Naomi Watts, The Impossible


Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen


Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel


*+Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook


Maggie Smith, Quartet


Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Alan Arkin, Argo


Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained


*Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master


Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln


+Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

+Amy Adams, The Master


Sally Field, Lincoln


*Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions


Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

Best Director

Ben Affleck, Argo


Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty


+Ang Lee, Life of Pi


*Steven Spielberg, Lincoln


Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty


Tony Kushner, Lincoln


*David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Quentin Taratino, Django Unchained


+Chris Terrio, Argo

Best Foreign-Language Film

Amour (Austria)


A Royal Affair (Denmark)


The Intouchables (France)


Kon-Tiki (Norway)


Rust and Bone  (France)

Best Animated Feature Film

+Brave


Frankenweenie


Hotel Transylvania


Rise of the Guardians


*Wreck-It Ralph

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

"For You," Act of Valor, Monty Powell & Keith Urban


"Not Running Anymore," Stand Up Guys, Jon Bon Jovi


"Safe and Sound," The Hunger Games, Taylor Swift. John Paul White, 

Joy Williams & T Bone Burnett


*+"Skyfall," Skyfall, Adele & Paul Epworth


"Suddenly," Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Mychael Danna, Life of Pi


Alexandre Desplat, Argo


+Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina


Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas


*John Williams, Lincoln

Best TV Movie or Miniseries

+Game Change


The Girl


*Hatfields & McCoys


The Hour


Political Animals

Best TV Series, Drama

Boardwalk Empire


Breaking Bad


Downton Abbey


*Homeland


+The Newsroom

Best TV Series, Comedy

+The Big Bang Theory


Episodes


*Girls


Modern Family


Smash

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire


Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad


+Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom


Jon Hamm, Mad Men


*Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Actor, TV Series Comedy

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock


+Don Cheadle, House of Lies


*Louis C.K., Louie


Matt LeBlanc, Episodes


Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

Connie Britton, Nashville


Glenn Close, Damages


*+Claire Danes, Homeland


Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey


Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl


+Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep


*Lena Dunham, Girls


Tina Fey, 30 Rock


Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie

*Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys


+Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock


Woody Harrelson, Game Change


Toby Jones, The Girl


Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

*+Julianne Moore, Game Change


Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn


Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum


Sienna Miller, The Girl


Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

Max Greenfield, New Girl


*+Ed Harris, Game Change


Danny Huston, Magic City


Mandy Patinkin, Homeland


Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Hayden Panettiere, Nashville


Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife


Sarah Paulson, Game Change


*Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey


+Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Cecile B. DeMille Award

Jodie Foster

Oscar Photos

Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor)

Tilda Swinton (Best Supporting Actress)

Marion Cotillard (Best Actress)

Javier Bardem (Best Supporting Actor) 

2008

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Our Oscar Predictions (2012 films)

Acting Oscar Nominations:

(% certainty)

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis (100%)

Hugh Jackman (100%)

Bradley Cooper (90%)

John Hawkes (75%)

Denzel Washington (75%)

Joaquin Phoenix (50%)

Richard Gere (20%)
Ben Affleck (10%)

Actress

Jessica Chastain (100%)

Jennifer Lawrence (95%)

Helen Mirren (80%)

Marion Cotillard (80%)
Naomi Watts (70%)

Rachel Weisz (50%)

Emmanuelle Riva (25%)

Quvenzhane Wallis (10%)

Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin (100%)

Tommy Lee Jones (100%)

Philip Seymour Hoffman (90%)

Javier Bardem (70%)
Christoph Waltz (50%)

Robert De Niro (45%)

Leonardo DiCaprio (30%)

Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway (100%)

Sally Field (100%)

Helen Hunt (95%)

Nicole Kidman (70%)
Amy Adams (65%)

Maggie Smith (60%)

Judi Dench (50%)

Did You Know...

TRENDS

Christopher Nolan prefers to cast brunettes

Carrie Ann Moss in "Memento"

Hilary Swank in "Insomnia"

Katie Holmes in "Batman Begins"

Maggie Gyllenhaal in "The Dark Knight"

Marion Cotillard in "Inception"

Ellen Page in "Inception"

Anne Hathaway in "The Dark Knight Rises"

Marion Cotillard in "The Dark Knight Rises"

Fun Shoots

For the past few years, Newsweek has done various interviews with possible Oscar nominees. Here are some of the shots from past Oscars Actors Roundtables. The Roundtables took place before Oscar nominations were announced for that particular year. These actors were asked to participate because they were all front-runners.

2007: Brad Pitt (Babel), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Penelope Cruz (Volver), and Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

*Pitt did not receive a nomination that year

*Whitaker and Mirren won Oscars that year

2008: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Ellen Page (Juno), Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart), James McAvoy (Atonement), and George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

*McAvoy and Jolie did not receive nominations that year

*Day-Lewis and Cotillard won Oscars that year

2009: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)

Not pictured: Robert Downey, Jr.(Tropic Thunder), and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)

*Hawkins did not receive a nomination that year

2010: Woody Harrelson (The Messanger), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Gaboruey Sidibe (Precious), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Carey Mulligan (An Education), and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

*Bridges and Bullock won Oscars that year

2011: James Franco (127 Hours), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), and Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

*Firth and Portman won Oscars that year

2012: Michael Fassbender (Shame), Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin), George Clooney (The Descendants), and Viola Davis (The Help)

*Fassbender, Theron, and Swinton did not receive nominations that year

*Plummer won an Oscar that year