We all know the Academy Awards is held every year not only to recognize but celebrate the most prestigious stars in Film. If you recently watched the 86th annual Academy Awards which aired Sunday night we would agree the house was filled with nothing but A-list stars. Surprisingly, some of our most favored actors and actress may be highly recognized in Hollywood, but you will not believe still have not snatched themselves an Oscar. Let's take a look at ten stars who can’t seem to claim the golden statuette.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air has dominated both charts in music and film. In 1997, Will Smith released the hit single “Gettin Jiggy wit It” from his solo debut album Big Willie Style which earned him great success and a Grammy. Smith has been nominated for both his roles in “Ali” and “Pursuit of Happiness”, but still can’t seem to Get Jiggy with an Oscar.
Leonardo Dicaprio is most known for his versatility in the roles he portrays. He has earned five nominations, but not still no proclaimed Oscar. Dicaprio’s performances in films like “What’s eating Gilbert Grape”, “Titanic”, or even “Django” was impressive to many “Leo” fans but clearly not too much to the Academy.
While Johnny Depp has earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he is yet to receive an Oscar. Depp has starred in the 1990’s film “Edward Scissorhands”, “ The Tourist”, and “Alice in Wonderland”. He has been in all five of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, which earned him his first nomination in 2003, and has been a nominee for Best Actor in both leading roles for “Sweeney Todd”, and “Finding Neverland”. It seems as though Johnny can never find his way to “Oscarland”
Tom Cruise indeed would be considered a Hollywood A-list star. Cruise has been a heartthrob since his bad boy role in Risky Business. Of course we will always remember how he displayed his love for now ex-wife Katie Holmes by jumping on Oprah's couch. Maybe that is why the Academy has not given him an Oscar, they’re too scared of what he may do.
Samuel L. Jackson has won multiple awards throughout his acting career. Needless to say he has gained so much recognition in his career and is classified as one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors. In the 1994, film Pulp Fiction earned Jackson his first and only Oscar nomination, but still zero wins. The Academy must didn’t see his role in the 2008 film “Lakeview Terrace”, he was just as good a crooked cop as award-winning actor Denzel Washington in Training Day. Sheesh!
Julianne Moore received her first nomination for best actress in a supporting role in the 1998, film “Boogie Nights”. Since then she was nominated three more times for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in “The End of the Affair”, “Far From Heaven and “The Hours”. Moore has been nominated a total of four times for best supporting actress. Unfortunately, she lost all four lets just say if there’s ever a category for hottest red hair actresses in Hollywood she has my vote!
Angela Bassett is yet another Hollywood actress who has yet to snag an Oscar. From her role as Katherine Jackson, the mother of the late King of Pop Micheal Jackson in American Dream, to the role as historical civil rights activist Rosa Parks, and of course we can’t forget that role as Tina Turner in What’s Love got to Do with It. Without a doubt a Basset embodies every role given to her to the fullest. So will Hollywood ever take notice of her intensity?
Michelle Pfeiffer is another actress you can consider is well deserving of an Oscar.
Pfeiffer has been nominated three times for her supporting role in “Dangerous Liaisons”, and leading roles in “Fabulous Baker Boys”, and the 1992 drama film “Love Field”. Why won’t the Academy realize she’s a well overdue to win an Oscar.
I know I know, it’s a shock that actress Glenn Close has not been awarded for an academy either. Close has been acting longer than some of us have been born. She is a six-time nominee for her performances in; “Albert Nobbs”, Dangerous Liaisons”, “Fatal Attraction”, “The Natural”, “The Big Chill”, and “The World According to Garp”. She may not have won an Oscar yet, but I’m sure it’s in the the near future because I don’t see Close slowing down anytime soon. Plus can’t we all agree “Fatal Attraction” should have been a “Fatal Win”.
Let’s just say anytime you're in the same category with legendary actress Meryl Streep and critics argue that you have a good chance of winning you must be a bad Mamma Jamma. In 2008, Davis earned her first nomination for her role in “Doubt”. However, it was Davis’s 2012 nomination for her leading role in the remarkable film “The Help” that had everyone anticipating if she would snag the gold statuette. Although she didn’t take home the Oscar, we can agree she needs no “Help” in dominating any of her roles.