The actress was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar last year for her work in the hit movie The Help but she was overshadowed in that movie and Oscar category by Octvia Spencer who took home the gold statue last year.

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Oscar winner Helen Mirren is nominated in the best actress category for her role in "Hitchcock, " playing the wife of the British suspense filmmaker.

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Bonham Carter, who has starred in films including Howards End, Planet of the Apes and Fight Club, was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1998 for The Wings of the Dove.

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The Gish sisters were huge silent movie stars, with Lillian going on to be nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1946 for Duel in the Sun.

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She was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Rebel Without a Cause, and for best actress for Splendor in the Grass, and Love with the Proper Stranger.

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Though still best known as an Oscar-nominated actress who's made films such as Good Will Hunting, GoldenEye and Grosse Point Blank, Minnie Driver continues to make inroads as a musician, developing a pop-folk style similar to that of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.

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Joanna Johnston has since been nominated for an Oscar for Costume Design for the Lincoln movie while Sally Field has been nominated in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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