10 Worst Actors To Ever Win An Oscar

9. Mira Sorvino

If there's any Oscar win on this list that turned a few heads and raised more than a couple of eyebrows, it's Mira Sorvino's for her admittedly unexpectedly good turn in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite. Sorvino, who prior to this had acted in two notable films - bit parts in Quiz Show and Barcelona - was given a major boost by Allen's plucking her from relative obscurity, such that critics and AMPAS voters became infatuated with her screen presence - not to mention her radiant beauty - and she ended up taking the gong home. Sure, it has charm, and sure, Sorvino fits the role nicely, but there's not really any proof outside of this film that Sorvino is a good actress at all. Let's look at her filmography: Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (which treads similar ground), Mimic, The Replacement Killers, and then an increasingly forgettable slew of (mostly) straight-to-DVD fare. It's a sad CV for someone who should have been huge, but it seems, lacked the ambition, or had a terrible agent. Even though she's not a particularly strong actress, the roles should have come flooding in after the gong was hers, but alas, it didn't happen, and now it seems more to be a fluke than a well-deserved win.