10 Actors Who Gave Their Best & Worst Performance In The Same Year

8. Sandra Bullock - 2009

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It takes a most unique aligning of the stars (see: projects) for an actor to appear in films in the same year that land them an Oscar nomination and a Razzie nomination by the time it comes to awards season.

For Sandra Bullock, that was exactly what happened with her 2009 work. Whilst her stunning performance in The Blind Side saw her win the Best Actress gong at the 82nd Academy Awards, her turn in the dire All About Steve resulted in a Golden Raspberry win for Bullock.

Adapted from Michael Lewis' book of the same name, The Blind Side found Bullock playing the adoptive mother of a poverty-stricken young boy who would go onto play in the National Football League. In All About Steve, let's just say things weren't quite as emotive or poignant.

Where All About Steve is concerned, Sandra plays a lonely, desperate woman whose only friend is her hamster. The Steve of the title is played by Bradley Cooper, and Bullock's Mary ends up stalking him after an initial blind date.

Able to poke fun at how bad her performance and the movie were, Bullock actually attended the 2010 Razzies to personally accept her Worst Actress gong. Not just that, but she also gave each member of the audience a DVD of All About Steve. The following night, Sandra Bullock attended the Oscars to pick up her Best Actress award.

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