Hunter received the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a mute Scottish woman engaging in an affair with a man who has adopted the Maori customs (Harvey Keitel), which could perhaps be construed as suffering for your art.
20. Calendar Girls Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren has displayed her assets in plenty of films, which makes it seem somewhat odd that she nearly turned down the role of village socialite Chris Harper in Calendar Girls, before signing on when Julie Walters and others did so. Shes not the only one we see exposed in the film, but at age 57 (at the time), she still showed the most.
19. Dangerous Liaisons Uma Thurman
The Kill Bill star would later get more traction in her liaison with director Quentin Tarantino, but long before that Uma Thurman showed off her assets in the Oscar-heavy Dangerous Liaisons as Cécile de Volanges, daughter of Madame de Volanges, secret lover of Valmont and Danceny, and fiancee to Merteuil's former lover, Monsieur de Bastide.
