10 Phenomenally Talented Actors Who Have Never Won Oscars
9. Sigourney Weaver
To ask a rhetorical question: Who doesn't love Sigourney Weaver? Her breakout role as Ripley in 1979's Alien was crucial in conveying the story in an engaging way. Five years later, her improvised banter with Bill Murray would be immortalised in Ghostbusters, showing the first glimpses of her comedic chops. It wasn't until James Cameron's 1986 Aliens that she was nominated for her first Oscar, the winner that year being Marlee Matlin for her portrayal of Sara Norman in Children of a Lesser God. In 1988, Weaver found herself nominated for two Oscars: Best Supporting Actress (Working Girl) and Best Actress for her role as Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist. Up until that year, every actor or actress nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year had won one. Sigourney Weaver would be the first not to win either. A decade later, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for playing Janey Carver in The Ice Storm, a pensive Ang Lee film entirely neglected at the Oscars.
While studying English and Philosophy at Rutgers University, Andrew worked as a constant contributor to the The Rutgers Review. After graduating in 2010, he began working as a free-lance writer and editor, providing his input to numerous areas including reviews for the New York Film Series, The Express-Times, and private script and story consulting. He is currently the Director of Film Studies at The Morris County Arts Workshop in New Jersey and publishes essays on the subject of film and television at his blog, The Zoetrope.
